nufcmichael

Hoping for Stoke away

 

Nobody else is. Who wants to play Stoke more than the regulation two times a season. That's just asking for trouble.

Me, as I live in Stoke

Could go for Wolves away as well

Hoping for Stoke away

When is the draw for next round?

Just on a side note, where was Kadar tonight? Bench?

Was wondering the same, didn't he play for the reserves on thursday?

Ferguson was excellent.

 

And I just didn't see what Vuckic did so well.

This!

No need to buy any back up leftback, Ferguson is brilliant.

Go back to the same XI, with perhaps R.Taylor in for Perch as the exception.

Perch is quicker and stronger, think we'll need that against Stoke.

Long term, I agree, especially at home.

isn't perch suspended ?

No, only for the match tonight.

Me and a Stoke mate are coming up for the game, so we better win this one, I say 3-0, he says 1-2...

Over the moon, this was absolutely brilliant, 4-3 win at Chelsea, no injuries and a major confidence boost ahead of the Stoke match.

we're getting raped...

Varde - Brondby 3-0, cup game as well, Varde from the danish 3rd division

After todays events Aston Villa officials have contacted Northumbria Police after a claim was made by their first team that they were also raped in Newcastle City centre last month.

 

;D

Is Routlege any better striker of the ball than Jonas like?

 

In my opinion Jonas should be a starter, and Routlege an impact sub if we need a goal. For all Jonas' faults he's up and down the field all game, where as Routlege does absolutely f*** all in terms of tracking back and getting a tackle in. Havn't seen anything from Routlege to suggest he's a better crosser either, especialy as for the past year+ Jonas has been pretty much forced to cross with his weaker foot, or come onto his right (slowing down play and allowing the defenders to sort themselves out).

 

Jonas' weighted through balls are actualy sublime aswell.

This

Can a Swede please translate 'haha tack men jag spelar inte. dom väljer tim istället. men jag är ju fortfarande 2a målvakt nu så det kommer väl fler chanser. '

 

I think he is saying he'll be on the bench and that Hughton has decided to play Tim Krul but as 2nd goalkeeper he now hopes for more opportunities.

I'm danish, but I can translate it hehe

I won't play, they're gonna pick Tim, but i'm 2nd choice now, so I guess i'll have my chances...

http://www.sportingpreview.com/matches/10110375.php

According to that, neither Lampard or Terry is in the squad.

Maybe it's already been discussed, but why are sky showing Scunthorpe - Man Utd?

Our match is shown live in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Is this game going to be on TV? For some reason I feel compelled to watch it.

 

Rory Delap, Whelan and Whitehead. Tikitaka-tastic.

yeah 04:10 on sunday on sky

Haha that Stoke fan is truly f******

Full quote...

Everything has changed for the Newcastle fans; they were truly shocking at the back against Blackpool, could have lost the game 0-4 and were worried sick about us pitching up with 2 wingers and KJ, now the have a new 'Wor Jackie' in the form of a surrender monkey who has scored 1, (fortunate), goal and all of a sudden they are going to win the Champions League within 2 years.

All will depend on our injury situation, if we can put the same team out that started against West Ham we could, with application, cause some serious damage to their confidence and get a very good 3 points 

How Moyes didn't set Everton to stretch them on the flanks is a mystery beyond even Sherlock Holmes and his powers of deduction, Blackpool did it with Ormorod, Campbell and Varney on approx 6 occasions; all he had to do was watch the DVD of the game to realize how fragile they are.

Newcastle were equally poor at the back against Everton; Purch poor and booked, Enrique getting caught up field time and again and the center paring going walk about, they just didn't get punished for it.

Alas, it looks like Pennant, Walters and KJ may all struggle to be fit and TP will return to Rory on the right and 2 holding in MF, (Whelan and Whitehead), Wilson and possibly Ric up front on his own. 1-1 at best with that set up, however with a bit of freeing up on the injury front all could be so much different, 0-3 .

I live in hope I know and my life would be much more bearable at work if gave them a good hammering; how I can be expected to go to work on Monday if it all goes pear shaped for us I just don't know  I'll just have to ask Malcolm for Liberty's email address.

My Chelsea mate is guessing this lineup

Turnbull

Ferreira

Terry

Bruma

Van Aanholt

Ramires

Zhirkov

Kakuta

Kalou

Sturridge

Malouda

Ohhh close to 2-4

4-1... Arshavin

How did he miss that?

hahaha again... awful  spurs defending

Hmm thought Stoke would play reserves tonight

Williamson isn't that strong, but can handle the physical side, and he's not averse to the professional dark arts. If he can't get the ball, he usually makes sure his opponent can't either.

 

But I would still pick Campbell for Stoke, and move Williamson to RB instead of Perch. We're going to face an aerial bombardment, and need all the strength we can get in that area.

 

Plus Coloccini still isn't that great defensively at set pieces, and will need help.

 

I have seen nothing to suggest that he would be remotely good at full back. Yes he is a solid defender but you need more than this to play FB effectively. His control/vision/distribution isn't good enough to play there, especially in a game where we'll need to attack the opposition and take the iniative to them. Nor can I imagine him overlapping Routledge and putting a ball - something we're going to need as we'll need to try to get in behind Stoke and get them turned to expose their lack of pace at the back.

 

Has he not filled in at RB in a game last season? I can't remember.

 

It's not ideal, but Perch looks very vulnerable in the air and I think we need that extra protection.

 

His ball control actually isn't that bad. He can pass quite accurately. True, he won't be a lot of help to Routledge going forward, but neither is Perch at the moment.

 

A crucial point here is Coloccini, who doesn't win many aerial battles from the opposition's set pieces. With all those throw ins coming in, we do look vulnerable to a sucker punch.

 

His ball control/passing is fine although it could be improved, not saying its bad, but when you're playing FB you have to have a little bit more about you than when playing CB which i don't think he has.

 

Think Perch has done ok going forward, he's no Jose but he is always an option and as for him being poor in the air I can't see that myself, wins a lot in the air, is 6ft+ or he looks it. Its his tackling and his positional sense that has been letting him down. Wouldn't shock me if Carroll comes back to defend quite a bit when Delap is hoying them in anyway.

The game could have a lot of goals in it, Stokes defence is in a shocking condition and Sorensen isn't doing so good either at the moment.

Ben Arfa vs Huth and Routledge vs Danny Collins, that's gonna be interesting.

I agree that Sol Campbell should play against Stoke, they're the tallest team in the league and Williamson and Coloccini are not exactly the most physical defenders

 

You must be watching a different Williamson to me.

Naa I know he's tall, but still, I would like a bigger and more physical defender like Sol to mark Kenwyne Jones.