Sam had done well the last couple of days, he had snatched two defenders for good money and he was feeling very pleased with himself. The first one was Richard Walker, who he signed from Crewe. He was very highly rated by the staff at Crewe, even though he is largely unknown to most the the Newcastle fans. This didn't worry big Sam, he knew he had signed a 24 year-old for good money, and Walker had the ability to improve vastly.
A couple of day later, Sam snapped an even better player. he highly rated Carlos Bocanegra and thought he could offer the side a lot. Carlos was exactly what the club needed, a defender who was versatile, consistent and who had the ability to improve as well, as he was only 26. This was a very good week for Newcastle's season, they now looked to have a more solid back line, and now Sam needed to get rid of the defenders he did not want.
So onto the game, it was a very big one as well, and the media were already claiming that this game would give an insight into how Newcastle would do this year. Allardyce did not want this though, he wanted to be given time to work with the squad, but he thought the pressure might be good, there was now no room for complacency.
He worked hard on picking a team, though he decided not to go with his new defenders, he did not want them to look like quick fixes. So he went with just a normal 4-4-2 and wanted to use the wings again, and make sure that the ball was getting into the most prized assets, Martins and Owen, they could cause Carragher so real problems with their pace.
The game started with a very quick tempo, it was going to be a good one, Sam could tell. It looked like he could be right as well, as only 14 minutes into the game, Martins scored. It was a very well worked move and the ball eventually got to Obafemi, and he sprinted past Carragher and slotted the ball in the far corner, past the helpless Reina. The Newcastle fans were up, out of their seats, Sam caught a glimpse of a fat man, taking his top off and waving iit in the air, while with the other hand scoffing down a scrumptious Geordie pie. What a start! It lasted like this for about another 15 minutes, but the Dirk Kuyt scored after some poor defending and Liverpool were now back on level terms. Not for long though, a Damien Duff scored a screamer from outside of the box just before half-time. What a goal! Again the Newcastle fans were up, rotating their flags in synchronization.
Sam went in a happy man at half time, they were on top! He was disappointed they had conceded but he knew that there were more goals in this game. He hoped they were for Newcastle. He didn't make any changes, and told the lads to carry on with the positive attitude.
However, they not long into the half did Dirk Kuyt really make a name for himself on his debut in the Premiership! He scored two in quick succession, very neatly put away goals, and that was his hat-trick, he was ecstatic, and his celebration showed it.
It was a grim look on Sam's face though, he knew it would be hard to come back now. He brought on Dyer and Sibierski to try and liven things up, but it didn't work, Liverpool were comfortable at the end.
He walked back to the changing room, and told the lads to take the posities from the game, and there were quite a few. Yet again though, it was the defence that let the side down, hopefully the new signings
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He walked down the isle, towards the press room, hopefully there would be the same amount of press as the last game, this time he didn't want to speak to them.
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