Jim Powell
Newcastle have had an up and down season
FA Cup - 4th Round | League Cup - 3rd Round | League - 7th
League Cup - ChelseaLeague - Liverpool
F.A. Cup - Arsenal
Pos. Team : Played : Won : Drawn : Lost : Goals F : Goals A : PTS
1st. Liverpool : 38 : 27: 7 : 4 : 75 : 32 : 88PTS
2nd. Manchester City : 38 : 25: 9 : 4 : 69 : 25 : 84PTS
3rd. Chelsea : 38 : 25: 8 : 5 : 71 : 25 : 83PTS
4th. Manchester United : 38 : 24: 7 : 7 : 77 : 35 : 79PTS
5th. Arsenal : 38 : 22: 8 : 8 : 70 : 36 : 74PTS
6th. Tottenham Hotspurs : 38 : 18: 14: 6 : 65 : 34 : 68PTS
7th. Newcastle United : 38 : 17: 12: 9 : 70 : 59 : 63PTS
8th. Sunderland : 38 : 18: 9 : 11: 51 : 52 : 63PTS
9th. Everton : 38 : 17: 7 : 14: 50 : 49 : 58PTS
10th. Queens Park Rangers : 38 : 14: 11: 13: 56 : 56 : 53PTS
11th. Fulham : 38 : 15: 7 : 16: 46 : 48 : 52PTS
12th. Aston VIlla : 38 : 14: 8 : 16: 49 : 50 : 50PTS
13th. West Ham United : 38 : 10: 14: 14: 45 : 58 : 44PTS
14th. Stoke City : 38 : 9 : 10: 19: 40 : 58 : 37PTS
15th. Swansea City : 38 : 10: 4 : 24: 39 : 66 : 34PTS
16th. West Bromwich Albion: 38 : 8 : 8 : 22: 38 : 66 : 32PTS
17th. Wigan Athletic : 38 : 6 : 9 : 23: 35 : 62 : 27PTS
18th. Southampton : 38 : 7 : 6 : 25: 28 : 71 : 27PTS
19th. Norwich City : 38 : 2 : 12: 24: 38 : 80 : 18PTS
20th. Reading : 38 : 3 : 8 : 27: 24 : 74 : 17PTS
Top scorers 1. Demba Ba - 26
2. Juan Mata - 22
3. Craig Bellamy - 20
4. Stewart Downing - 17 *trolled*
5. Dijbril Cisse - 16
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19. Steven Naismith - 11
25. Papiss Cisse - 10
Clean sheets10. Tim Krul - 7
Assists 1. Hatem Ben Arfa - 14
2. Luis Suarez - 11
3. Juan Mata - 11
4. Robin van Persie - 9
5. James Milner - 9
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16. Saloman Kalou - 7
21. Louis Saha - 6
Name : APP: GLS : AST : CS : YC : RC :
Krul : 38 : 0 : 0 : 7 : 0 : 0 :
Santon : 31 : 0 : 0 : : 0 : 1 :
Bosingwa : 30 : 0 : 2 : : 3 : 0 :
Coloccini : 27 : 0 : 0 : : 1 : 0 :
Forlin : 26 : 0 : 1 : : 0 : 1 :
S. Taylor : 18 : 0 : 1 : : 0 : 0 :
Simpson : 14 : 0 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
R. Taylor : 8 : 0 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
Williamson: 5 : 0 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
Ben Arfa : 31 : 7 : 14 : : 1 : 0 :
Cabaye : 30 : 3 : 4 : : 1 : 0 :
Kalou : 29 : 4 : 7 : : 0 : 0 :
Tiote : 27 : 0 : 1 : : 1 : 0 :
Gutierrez : 21 : 2 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
Jarvis : 21 : 0 : 5 : : 0 : 0 :
Beckham : 15 : 1 : 3 : : 0 : 0 :
Hargreaves: 13 : 0 : 3 : : 0 : 0 :
Marveaux : 4 : 1 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
Gosling : 4 : 0 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
Amalfitano: 1 : 1 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
Ameobi : 1 : 0 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
Ba : 28 : 26 : 5 : : 1 : 0 :
Naismith : 24 : 11 : 5 : : 0 : 0 :
Cisse : 20 : 10 : 2 : : 0 : 0 :
Saha : 12 : 3 : 6 : : 0 : 0 :
Ranger : 1 : 0 : 0 : : 0 : 0 :
quote Jim Powell
To summarise the season, its been one of mixed emotions. At time's we have had some incredible moments; the victory at home to Liverpool, 5-3 away at Stoke, the victory against United, They're the moments this club needs to make it great again. I've been extremely impressed with certain individuals (Ba, Ben Arfa, Santon) but the whole squad as a whole has really pulled together to achieve our aim this season. Unfortunately due to lack of funds or injection from the owner, January was a very quiet month for the club and we weren't allowed to bring in any new players to help us kick on and secure a position higher up the table. I said prior to the season starting if i was able to bring in who i wanted then this club would achieve Europa League football, maybe we were lucky to achieve this goal but regardless we're there and that will help us significantly in the transfer market over the summer. Europe always has a bigger pull. I wasn't able to bring in everyone i wanted be that in the summer or January, the players we have brought in have all added to the team and performed magnificently.
Yes, I would say Marko Marin and Kevin De Bruyne were two players we were looking at in January. The deals we were looking at were Loan deals but it just wasn't feasible at the time, they're Chelsea players at the end of the day and I don't think its right to discuss those individuals.
Level on points with Sunderland is not how we wanted to finish the season but lets give credit to them to finish level with us, they have a terrific manager in Martin O'Neil so they were always going to have a strong season. Although i feel we have let ourselves down, we were more than capable of finishing above Spurs and in turn pushing Arsenal close for 5th. The board are expecting more off me next season so we will have to be very shrewd in terms of transfers and personal. I'm up for the challenge and excited for where i can take this club.
If you look at the table you can see only 3 teams have scored more goals then us, which shows we aren't shy up top. However we have conceded a ridiculous amount of goals which has punished us and led to our end position. Defence is something i will defiantly be looking at over the summer. Demba Ba was just pure class this season, it wasn't until recently it was pointed out to me he only played 28 league games and scored 26 league goals. That's incredible and i'm sure there will be interest for him over the summer but we will try to keep a hold of him.
I received an offer from Queens Park Rangers, however with the financial backing they have the offer they put in front of me didn't excite what so ever, and with respect to QPR, Newcastle are so much more a bigger club with bigger ambitions.