September Review
STUTTERING TOON WORRY PARDEW
Newcastle boss looks to end 'tricky' spell
Alan Pardew has warned his Newcastle side to shape up or face a disappointing season.
United won just two of their six games during September and currently sit 14th in the Premier League.
The Magpies were also eliminated from the Capital One Cup by Wolves but on a brighter note they have taken four points from their first two Champions League games.
Speaking to the Shields Gazette, Pardew said: "We have had a tricky run this season. There have been a lot of tough games and we just haven't been able to reach the levels of last season.
"There has been an improvement from last month and we have been slightly unlucky to have not picked up another win or two in September."
Newcastle started the month well with an emphatic win over Tottenham and a hard-fought victory at Benfica but since then United have failed to win in four games.
Pardew added: "We played well at Old Trafford and the game only got away from us in the last ten minutes.
"At Wolves we underestimated them and our young side were rightly beaten but two draws against QPR and Shakhtar have been well deserved.
"We need to get some consistency or else this could be a very tough season."
RESULTS IN FULL:
Newcastle 4-0 Tottenham W
Remy, Cisse, Ben Arfa, Tiote
Champions League
Benfica 1-2 Newcastle W
Douglas(og) - Debuchy, Gutierrez
Man Utd 4-0 Newcastle L
Valencia, Kaboul, Welbeck(2)
Capital One Cup
Wolves 2-0 Newcastle L
Sigthorsson(2)
QPR 1-1 Newcastle D
Diakite - Ince
Champions League
Newcastle 2-2 Shakhtar D
Cisse(2) - L.Adriano(2)
PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Papiss Demba Cisse (5 apps/3 goals)
STUTTERING TOON WORRY PARDEW
Newcastle boss looks to end 'tricky' spell
Alan Pardew has warned his Newcastle side to shape up or face a disappointing season.
United won just two of their six games during September and currently sit 14th in the Premier League.
The Magpies were also eliminated from the Capital One Cup by Wolves but on a brighter note they have taken four points from their first two Champions League games.
Speaking to the Shields Gazette, Pardew said: "We have had a tricky run this season. There have been a lot of tough games and we just haven't been able to reach the levels of last season.
"There has been an improvement from last month and we have been slightly unlucky to have not picked up another win or two in September."
Newcastle started the month well with an emphatic win over Tottenham and a hard-fought victory at Benfica but since then United have failed to win in four games.
Pardew added: "We played well at Old Trafford and the game only got away from us in the last ten minutes.
"At Wolves we underestimated them and our young side were rightly beaten but two draws against QPR and Shakhtar have been well deserved.
"We need to get some consistency or else this could be a very tough season."
RESULTS IN FULL:
Newcastle 4-0 Tottenham W
Remy, Cisse, Ben Arfa, Tiote
Champions League
Benfica 1-2 Newcastle W
Douglas(og) - Debuchy, Gutierrez
Man Utd 4-0 Newcastle L
Valencia, Kaboul, Welbeck(2)
Capital One Cup
Wolves 2-0 Newcastle L
Sigthorsson(2)
QPR 1-1 Newcastle D
Diakite - Ince
Champions League
Newcastle 2-2 Shakhtar D
Cisse(2) - L.Adriano(2)
PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Papiss Demba Cisse (5 apps/3 goals)