Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor is confident that the team can restore their fear factor at home after the two successive home defeats in the league.
The Magpies have now failed to secure a win in their last 3 games, and need a result badly in their next Premier League game.
Having suffered their third home loss of the season, Newcastle have slipped down to 12th spot on the league table. Last campaign, they had only lost three games all season, but this term, they have already reached that mark.
The club faces an increasingly congested fixture list in the coming weeks, with 2 games per week, and have to make do without many senior players who have been sidelines due to injuries.
The latest blow was dealt to Newcastle’s ambitions this week when star midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 national team.
Manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-c4244 Pardew revealed that the player may require surgery on his groin, and thus will be unable to play for the remainder of the year.
Other long term absentees from the squad are Ryan Taylor and Haris Vuckic, who have been ruled out for the rest of the season.
The Magpies will however find comfort in the return of captain Fabricio Coloccini and Cheick Tiote, who had been serving 3-game suspensions in the previous weeks.
Defender Steven Taylor remains confident about the team’s chances this season, and believes that the fear factor for teams visiting St. James’ Park will return. Speaking to the press, he said:
“We’ll get our form, don’t worry about it. There’s no point beating ourselves up. We’ll get on with it and we’ll try to put that right at home.”
Newcastle had shown promise going forward in last weekend’s 2-1 defeat against Swansea, with midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812 at the heart of all their attacks. Taylor hailed Ben Arfa and added:
“He was magnificent, you give him the ball and he turns up a great chance for the strike or goes himself and goes past one, two or three players.”
“He’s got that ability, when you give him the ball we know something is going to happen. And that’s a special talent.”
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