Newcastle United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15

bazual

M5 wrote: »

Maybe i missed something but i thought he started studs up and then withdrew and the contact was shin to shin

Need another replay to be sure

Yeah, you are prob right, I just saw the studs in the air and it brought back some bad injuries I have had over the years lol. If it was me I would have done what Cisse did yesterday lol

M5

Poor tracking back from our midfield again. Performance is worrying

M5

Better.....

bazual

Good news on the raylor injury, it looks like bruising rather than break.

bazual

F3ck it anyway. probably deserved though.

M5

Balls, wheres the marking??????

G.K.

M5 wrote: »

Balls, wheres the marking??????

Apparently somone in crowd blew whistle 3 imes like ref would and the players began to walk off.

M5

We have been proor today, as i have said, our midfield is unbalanced and bar Guthrie all over the place. Villa the better side

bazual, looks like you were right about the tackle, the angle i saw looked different

That_Guy

G.K. wrote: »

Apparently somone in crowd blew whistle 3 imes like ref would and the players began to walk off.

Happens all the time at home games. Shouldn't be the case.... I hope.

Some of Cisse's touches have been excellent. His positioning to get on the end of crosses is superb.

M5

Raylors leg is not believed to be broken

That_Guy

M5 wrote: »

Raylors leg is not believed to be broken

Bruising. Good sign. Hope the lad is ok.

M5

According to Fox sports the Man U Chelsea Man U game is "the biggest live game in US history"

WTF? I thought SSN was bad for exaggerating

Mars Bar

How did someone not put that in the net?!

M5

Villa fortunate there

bazual

Corners have been really poor from us so far.

M5

bazual wrote: »

Corners have been really poor from us so far.

Have we cleared the first man yet?

M5

Not a corner

JPA

I made a match thread.

bazual

Cisse needs to learn the offside rule there, completely offside during the whole move. Obs had no choice but to shoot.

Icaras

crackin goal!!!!

That_Guy

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

bazual

Excellent result today and up to fifth.

Krul was probably the difference between the sides with some outstanding saves. I still would give the motm to Guthrie though who was outstanding today.

As for the new boy, still think it will take a few games for him to get used to the league but if he does that in his first game, imagine what he will be like when he gets used to the league and his teammates. His first touch is class. Great Signing Carr.
He was offside a good few times but at least he is playing on the shoulder of the defenders where as Ba likes to mix it up a bit and come from deep. I think it will be a great partnership.

Hopefully Raylor and Besty will be alright. Cabaye, Tiote, Best, Raylor likely out for the Spurs game so I expect the lineup to be the same as when Raylor went off.

Howay the lads...........

Highlights here

bazual

Pardew reveals R. Taylor's injury isn't a break, just swelling.

M5

bazual wrote: »

Pardew reveals R. Taylor's injury isn't a break, just swelling.

Besty medial ligaments, wait and see

M5

Demba Demba

bazual

Sitting Pretty

monkey9

Best expected to be out for up to six weeks!

EdenHazard

BELIEVE!

That_Guy

Still buzzing over Cisse. I can't wait for him and Ba to really click together. Our attacking options are really mouth watering at the moment.

Still got Cabaye and Tiote to come back into the side but to be honest, they're going to have to really work hard because Guthrie and even Perchinio are really impressing me of late.

massdebater

Very tough match for us next week. Hopefully Chelsea slip up away to Everton who are a bit of a bogey team for them in recent years. Arsenal have some tough matches coming up and Liverpool have a blank gameweek too so it would be nice to open a gap between us and them. Chelsea have some very winnable fixtures coming up, I fully expect them to open a gap over the next month or so.

We really need to be winning our home games as we've a few tough trips to London where I don't expect us to get any points.

That_Guy

MoscowFlyer

Vurnon San Benito

Big test tomorrow - should be a good game.

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Krul

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Simmo

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Colo

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Willo

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Santo

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Percho

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Obertan

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Guthrie

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Jonas

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Ba

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Cissé

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^ That's the line-up I'd expect tomorrow - only change might be Guthrie on the right, and Obertan dropped for Hatem Ben Arfa who'll play off the two front lads.

There's goals in it for us but I'd take a draw - excited to see both fully fit Cissé & Ba link up together.

HTL.

Seannew1

Doocey wrote: »

Big test tomorrow - should be a good game.

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Krul

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Simmo

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Colo

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Willo

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Santo

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Percho

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Obertan

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Guthrie

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Jonas

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Ba

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Cissé

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^ That's the line-up I'd expect tomorrow - only change might be Guthrie on the right, and Obertan dropped for Hatem Ben Arfa who'll play off the two front lads.

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HTL.

Yeah I'd expect that very line up,we defintely have goals tomorrow in Ba and Cisse,I'm a bit worried though about our midfield,considering we'll be coming up against in my opinion the best midfield in the league. Not sure on Obertan,he didnt impress me against villa and Ben Arfa will face a huge test against parker if he was to play.Big game required from danny simpson tomorrow up against Bale.

Vurnon San Benito

Seannew1 wrote: »

Yeah I'd expect that very line up,we defintely have goals tomorrow in Ba and Cisse,I'm a bit worried though about our midfield,considering we'll be coming up against in my opinion the best midfield in the league. Not sure on Obertan,he didnt impress me against villa and Ben Arfa will face a huge test against parker if he was to play.Big game required from danny simpson tomorrow up against Bale.

Spot on lad.

Midfield is the worry - could get overturned or put a good shift in; no in between I reckon tomorrow - will be either or.

Wouldn't want Obertan starting myself, but definitely to appear at some stage.

Simmo certainly in for a tough time, will require helping out which again throws the RM spot up for grabs.

A win tomorrow would be unbelievable - I'd take a point though.

Then again, I'll be optimistic: look how well it's turned out this season when I've remained the optimist :pac:

HTL.

Seannew1

Doocey wrote: »

Spot on lad.

Midfield is the worry - could get overturned or put a good shift in; no in between I reckon tomorrow - will be either or.

Wouldn't want Obertan starting myself, but definitely to appear at some stage.

Simmo certainly in for a tough time, will require helping out which again throws the RM spot up for grabs.

A win tomorrow would be unbelievable - I'd take a point though.

Then again, I'll be optimistic: look how well it's turned out this season when I've remained the optimist :pac:

HTL.

A few people building up the game as a crucial game in determing the top 4 which is ridiculous,it'll be interesting to see what frame of mind spurs will be in though giving all his hype around aaary and the england job.
Yeah your spot on about the midfield,I'm gutted raylor isn't playing,he would have given simmo great protection against bale and always has a decent delivery. Can't for the life of me think of anyone tomorrow capable of putting a decent ball in the box,bar maybe Guthrie.But anyway,I think most toon fans are bricking it at the thought of Bale running at simmo!!

G.K.

Maybe Gosling RM?

BArra

when is tiote back?

That_Guy

For me Obertan has to start. I know he frustrates a fair few but his willingness to get back and defend and help out Simpson is great as was evident in the last few minutes of the Villa game last week. He'll also give us a good out ball when we're under a bit of pressure.... and we will be under pressure for a lot of this game I'd imagine.
Plus,I think he's the only one with genuine pace who can keep up with Bale.

If Bale switches wings which he does a fair bit then Jonas is going to have work extremely hard in helping out Santon who has been caught too far forward in recent games for my liking. He does have the pace to get back there though.

Given the pure talent of Spurs' squad, the temptation would be to play five across the midfield and close the game out but I say we stick with the side that ended V Villa last week.

Cisse dropped back a lot in midfield and chased down everything which gave us some more defensive cover in midfield.

We seem to have found the best position for James Perch and he's been playing admirably the last few games. Credit where it's due. Likewise with Guthrie. Put himself about a lot against Villa and is working extremely hard to hold down a place in that central midfield position. His passing range is superb and I feel that Pardew is going to ask him to sit with Perch in front of the back four and if he can get decent delivery to the front men we've got a bit of pace if we can hold the ball up and bring wingers into play.

Any sort of result would be magnificent. It's a pretty big game in our season. I'm not getting carried away... unless of course it's in jest about getting a Champions League place but if we got a result here today, you never know. We'll need to play a bit better than we have been.

Krul

Simmo --- Colo --- Willo --- Santon

Obertan --- Perch --- Guthrie --- Jonas

Ba --- Cisse

Eathrin

I'm looking at the Everton Chelsea game and Chelsea look like dropping points once again, that gives Newcastle the chance to go 4th.

For a team who were playing championship football a few years ago and in serious turmoil that is some position to be in at this stage of the season. I'm no huge fan of Pardew but he seems to have done the business since taking over from Hughton(Who did a fantastic job in his reign).

I'm a fan of change in the Premier League and like Spurs, I'm rooting for Newcastle to get champions league football.

That_Guy

Chelsea lose. A win sees us 4th.

HOWAY THE LADS!!!!

bazual

The less said about today the better. Roll on Wolves.

djPSB

I think the Ba - Cisse partnership unbalances the team.

There too similiar.

M5

djPSB wrote: »

I think the Ba - Cisse partnership unbalances the team.

There too similiar.

And your drawing this conclusion after 2 games, one against a side running away in third place where Newcastle had a make shift midfield, and the partnership has yielded 2 goals?

you may be right but its waaaaaay to early for any conclusion

bazual

Ba and Simpson came across well today on Goals on Sunday.

I think the way we play if we go Cisse and Ba up front we need left and right wingers that are going to work really hard. Jonas is a prime example of this and Raylor would have been the same on the right.

I think our best 11 with the type of football we play should be the below and if all are fit for Wolves we should start with this team.

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Krul

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--Simpson

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Willo

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Colo

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Santon

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Tiote

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Cabaye----Jonas--

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Cisse

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Ba

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Subs: Elliot, Perch, HBA, Gosling, Obertan, Ameobi, Lovenkrands

Realistically Raylor will probably not be fit so I would put Guthrie in RM with the hope he turns into a Barton type player as he does have the eye for a pass and is a good crosser of the ball.

That_Guy

It says a lot about Ben Arfa when Pardew won't even pick him despite being way behind in a game. He's gone during the summer methinks.

Vurnon San Benito

djPSB wrote: »

I think the Ba - Cisse partnership unbalances the team.

There too similiar.

:rolleyes:

Seannew1

A big worry I have is in the last couple of games,we've looked far from convincing at the back.Our defence was an absolute bloody shambles against spurs and fulham and apart from Krul,we could have conceded 3 goals in the 1st half against Villa.At the start of the season I didn't think there was much between Taylor and Williamson but now we're really missing Taylor.Coloccini doesn't look as commanding with Williamson alongside him.Also I've been impressed with Santon since he's arrived but defensively he's been very suspect lately,showing how well Raylor really did at left back for us.

Seannew1

That_Guy wrote: »

It says a lot about Ben Arfa when Pardew won't even pick him despite being way behind in a game. He's gone during the summer methinks.

Good point but at 4-0 down,I think it was just a case of keeping the score down as little as possible.

bazual

cheick's coming home. Ivory Coast lose a pen shoot out in the final 8-7. Tiote scored the first penalty.