A YEAR that began with a replacement goalkeeper appearing out of his depth as he shipped three goals against Burnley ended with another stand-in shot-stopper freezing in the Premier League limelight to condemn Newcastle to defeat at West Brom.
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“It was a great feeling when I left the pitch to see the fans on their feet”, Anichebe was quoted on his club’s official website.
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Of the four teams above them, Chelsea will inevitably hit their straps in the second-half of the season, Bournemouth are in fine form, Swansea City are slowly picking themselves up following the sacking of Gary Monk and Norwich are grinding out valuable points, most recently against Aston Villa where they won 2-0. The Magpies third choice gloveman will also be disappointed with the way he conceded, considering he got a hand to Fletcher’s header.
“It’ll be ebb and flow, we’ve not reached the midway point yet”, Pulis said.
Fabricio Colloccini’s off-the-line intervention denied James Morrison an early goal for the Baggies, before the same player’s low drive was palmed away by Darlow after a blocked attempt from Victor Anichebe, who’d earlier been denied by the body of Fletcher. McClaren will assess striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, who has an ankle problem, before naming his side with fellow frontman Papiss Cisse likely to be sidelined for several weeks by a groin problem.
And the summer signing was being assessed ahead of the West Brom game. McClaren confirmed before the Everton game that the forward will be sidelined until early in 2016 by a groin injury.
“After so much effort and attitude, to stand toe to toe with West Brom, dealing with all the crosses and the balls in the box, I thought we did ever so well”.
“Hopefully I’ve taken a good step”. “We will try to recover, get some energy into them and I might have to use the squad, but we have to get on with it”.
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The head coach said: “It is like a football match – we are coming to the end of the first half and two halves are completely different, and we hope our second half will be better”.
