Newcastle V Chelsea (KO 13.30 SS1)

Johner

The game goes ahead.

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Team news,

TEAM NEWS

Newcastle are without regular centre-backs Mike Williamson and Fabricio Coloccini, both of whom are beginning three-match suspensions.

Joey Barton still has one game of his own ban to serve, but fellow midfielder Cheik Tiote is now suspension free.

Chelsea are again without the injured John Terry but Alex is fit to play.

Influential midfielders Frank Lampard and Michael Essien are still sidelined, with the Ghanaian serving the final game of a three-match suspension.

Newcastle

Suspended: Coloccini & Williamson (three matches),
Barton (one match)

Doubtful: Ameobi (hamstring)

Injured: Ben Arfa (broken leg), Best and R Taylor (both ankle), Gosling (knee), Harper (shoulder)

Chelsea

Suspended: Essien (one match)

Injured: Benayoun (Achilles), Lampard (groin), Terry (back)

Hopefully we will get back to winning ways here, was meant to go to this but the snow ruined my travel plans.

Johner

TEAM NEWS: NEWCASTLE UNITED V CHELSEA
Posted on: Sun 28 Nov 2010

The team is the one named by Carlo Ancelotti in the build-up to the game so Jose Bosingwa will start at right-back.

Florent Malouda plays his 100th Premier League game and Ramires (who is quite possibly seeing snow for the first time) and John Mikel Obi will fill the midfield positions.

Didier Drogba will be flanked by Salomon Kalou and Nicolas Anelka with Alex playing his last game before surgery in a central defensive partnership with Branislav Ivanovic.

Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan is missing so Danny Guthrie moves into the centre with Wayne Routledge coming in on the wing. There is a second change in the centre of midfield with Cheik Tiote replacing Alan Smith. Shola Ameobi takes the armband.

Sol Campbell and Steven Taylor form a second-choice centre-back pairing for the home side with Mike Williamson and Fabricio Coloccini both suspended.

The Chelsea team is:

1 Petr Cech
17 Jose Bosingwa
2 Branislav Ivanovic
33 Alex
3 Ashley Cole
7 Ramires
12 John Mikel Obi
15 Florent Malouda
21 Salomon Kalou
11 Didier Drogba (c)
39 Nicolas Anelka

Subs: 22 Ross Turnbull, 19 Paulo Ferreira, 43 Jeffrey Bruma, 38 Patrick van Aanholt, 46 Josh McEachran, 44 Gael Kakuta, 23 Daniel Sturridge.

Newcastle are expected to start in the following 4-4-2 formation:

Krul; Simpson, Campbell, Taylor, José Enrique; Routledge, Guthrie, Tiote, Gutiérrez; Ameobi (c), Carroll.

Subs: Perch, Kadar, Ranger, Soderberg, Best, Smith, Lovenkrands.

The referee is Andre Marriner.

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flahavaj

Hope Newcastle can do us a favour here but with their two centre backs missing and barton out as well I can only see a Chelsea win.

0-3.:(

Johner

Yeah despite our ****e form I am actually pretty confident of us winning here.(could regret that later), but I think Campbell could be in for a torrid day.

shano_88

Carroll hat trick please....

everdead.ie

shano_88 wrote: »

Carroll hat trick please....

It'll take 8 for my week to get back on track

Cake Man

I'd definitely take a draw, if we (Newcastle) can get the first goal and frustrate Chelsea we'll have a chance but it's hard not to feel like Chelsea will have too much for us.

James Forde

Massive pressure on Chelsea today

MASSIVE

Panthro

thanks be to fack Paulo doesn't start, plenty of attackinig options from the two full backs, Malouda in midfield, Kalou and Anelka out wide, and Drogba up front. Think Newcastle will have a tough time getting past Mikel, Alex and Ivanovic.

I'll take an injury free 0-2 Chelsea win.

MIN2511

Come on Newcastle

Johner

Bad miss.

Johner

Wake up Chels.

JerryHandbag

****, so close from Ameobi

Mushy

Amazing chance there, good reflex save!

IvySlayer

CARROLL!

Johner

oh for **** sake

Mitch Connor

YES!

Mars Bar

PAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

amacachi

Thank God Alex is back.

Oat23

Well that is just awesome.

everdead.ie

Great pace by Carroll what there start deserved too

TheSpecialOne

Handy Andy Scores again! GET IN

JerryHandbag

What a balls up. Carroll very alert, fair play to him

Fuhrer

Good man, Carrol

flahavaj

Good lad Carroll.

Mushy

I LOL'd

CSF

Legend in the making.

Mars Bar

Newcastle are all over Chelsea at the moment.

IvySlayer

Well, a lot people said Newcastle had snow chance...:pac:

Fuhrer

IvySlayer wrote: »

Well, a lot people said Newcastle had snow chance...:pac:

Thats probably only cold comfort

Oat23

IvySlayer wrote: »

Well, a lot people said Newcastle had snow chance...:pac:

Take it and leave.

JerryHandbag

Not so cool from Krul

everdead.ie

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Not so cool from Krul

It could of been a krul equaliser for Chelsea

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Cashley getting booed for what he did to Cheryl!?!

flahavaj

THFC wrote: »

Cashley getting booed for what he did to Cheryl!?!

You don't really need a specific reaon to boo him in all fairness. Its somehow just .....right.

IvySlayer

Fuhrer wrote: »

Thats probably only cold comfort

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Take it and leave.

Icey reception ehh? ehhh? :pac:

Ahem, Chelsea step up a gear.

JerryHandbag

everdead.ie wrote: »

It could of been a krul equaliser for Chelsea

I presume Newcastle fans have used the "Daddy...Daddy Cool" chant for their keeper?

Pepe LeFrits

flahavaj wrote: »

You don't really need a specific reaon to boo him in all fairness. Its somehow just .....right.

Why-aye man.

Fuhrer

flahavaj wrote: »

You don't really need a specific reaon to boo him in all fairness. Its somehow just .....right.

I love how they've realised that if they just boo him, they can only abuse him when he has the ball so now they're singing about him.

Jagera

I tuned in 8 mins after the kick off.. gutted..

Ush1

Guthrie playing a blinder so far.

Mars Bar

Ah lads, communicate!

Lol at the birds all flying out when the ball was coming in!

everdead.ie

Awesome knock down by ameobi pity Carroll also went to knock it down

Mars Bar

everdead.ie wrote: »

Awesome knock down by ameobi pity Carroll also went to knock it down

They get in each others way while defending too!

Mushy

mars bar wrote: »

Lol at the birds all flying out when the ball was coming in!

Awaits Magpies "jokes"

DOC09UNAM

Andy Carrol you beauty!


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stumpypeeps

Whats the story with Ramires? He looks so ordinary.

everdead.ie

God Newcastle look far better attacking then Chelsea

flahavaj

stumpypeeps wrote: »

Whats the story with Ramires? He looks so ordinary.

He needs time to adapt to English football. I'm confident he'll turn out to be a quality midfielder in time.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Chelsea defnece looking very brittle.

IvySlayer

What's with all the pigeons about?

The only birds allowed on the pitch is the Magpies