Newcastle defender makes mistake! Surely not!

Steven Taylor's dodgy pass let Moldova U21 equalise for the first time in an exciting 2-2 draw at Portman Road in the U21 Euro qualifiers. Thankfully for him, Preston's pacey striker David Nugent equalised immediately and later on an even worse mistake from Manchester City's Micah Richards grabbed an undeserved draw for the visitors. Many sources will claim Moldova deserved the draw because of their ball posession, but England's quality on the ball was much higher with Theo Walcott's goal especially created and finished with genuine quality. Moldova simply pounced on defensive mistakes, although the chip over goalkeeper Scott Carson looked spectacular, the Moldovan striker could have passed it into the net just as easily and was lucky to score the way he did.

Glenn Roeder took part in an interesting interview on Radio Newcastle. These were the main points: (I've copied these quotes from NUFC.com to save me writing them out again)

On Kuyt: "Having seen him a couple of times now myself- although he's not the quickest - there's no doubt that in the Dutch League he knows how to score a goal. "His body language on the pitch suggests he's the sort of player you'd like in your dressing room - fully committed to the team effort."We are not the only club interested in him - there is another club that's in the top four that's very strongly in for him as well as we are."We'd like to find the possibility of bringing this particular player to Newcastle."

On Martins: "If there was a difference in age then surely that has be reflected in the price. "But that would not mean that he wasn't a very good player and he could do a very good job."We have to decide whether we believe what we are being told."

On Gravesen: "It's a possibility. He's a player I certainly admire. There is a possibility that he could become available over the next few weeks and I'd be silly not to be involved in trying to bring him here."

On Bridge: "We will continue to look at a potential defender we could bring in before the transfer deadline. "

On Beckham: "no enquiry made".

On Campbell: Discussed making a move with backroom staff but checked his record and was surprised how few games he'd played in the last couple of seasons.

On a Shearer replacement:"We needed to be looking at potential targets as long ago as 12 months ago."

"At the end of last season we should have been in a position to have gone and sourced three or four potential signings. But for whatever reason we were not in that position to do that. "And that is why through the close season, myself and the backroom staff have been working very hard to playing catch up and try and find a player or two of enough quality to wear our shirt. It is proving very difficult."

"It's not just us finding it difficult. There doesn't seem to be a lot around at the moment and the few that are, seem so ridiculously priced. You have to pay way over the odds for someone who may be OK, but not special."

"We certainly haven't given up and we're in a position to be looking at three or four more players over the next seven days."

"But with the transfer window coming to a close at the end of August, a decision or two is going to have to be made very quickly."

"I'm confident we will have signed at least one striker before the window closes. Whether that one striker wears the number nine I can't say."

"It's a shirt that's not for a youngster with little experience trying to make his way in the game - it's for an experienced man who is confident enough in himself to put that shirt on again."

"We believe there are only two possibly three potential strikers in the Championship who could come and play in the Premiership and we are constantly monitoring them. We don't feel that any of those strikers would be right to come in and take on the mantle of being our main striker, week in week out."

"The few young strikers that we've got (at the club) will be given every opportunity, but at the moment will fall short of the quality that is needed. We'll just have to see how they develop over the next couple of years."

On a lack of quick players:"We could definitely do with more pace in the side and that is one of the first things that I'm trying to identify when I'm bringing in new players."

On Current players:

Milner: "I'm looking forward to working with him. He's a young English talent."

N'Zogbia: "There's no reason why he shouldn't feature as often this season as before - competition for places is vital."

"Charles has got a huge future at Newcastle. We don't want to burn him out."

"He's a joy to work with.... it's only a matter of time before he becomes a senior member of the French squad and I'm very happy that we were lucky enough to secure him."

On Owen: "I couldn't say whether he'll play again this season, we'll just have to wait and see."

On Dyer: "Kieron is very important to us - one of the few players who runs with the ball as quickly as he does without it."He's had an extended recovery time this time around - he will have been out just over five months by the time he gets back to playing in the first team."

"It is very possible that the two and three months breaks he's had before haven't been long enough."

"He's doing very well at the moment - I know our supporters have heard that before when he's come back and broken."

"There won't be any excuses. He needs to stay fit when he comes back in the middle of September."

"All the signs are extremely positive that when he comes back this time he will stay fit. Every test that's put in front of him he's passing easily. He's running at full speed and he's not having any problems the next day."

"We will continue to work him extremely hard to take him to breakdown point - and the important thing is that we cannot get him there. We will continue to be like that for another month or so and when we see Kieron we like to think that within 7-10 days of returning he will be up for selection."

On Luque: "Albert has found it difficult to play at the tempo that we need him to. He's had a good pre-season and worked hard. His English is improving all the time and slowly but surely I'm hopeful that he'll be able to pick up the pace of the Premiership."

Roeder also said he has his team for Saturday picked and if new blood does arrive by then, they are unlikely to play.

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