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According to Eurosport:

 

Newcastle:

              Given ©

 

Beye    Taylor    Faye   N'Zogbia

 

Milner    Butt     Emre     Duff

 

          Viduka    Martins

 

 

Very much doubt it'll be 4-4-2. But with Martins, Milner and Duff, it's a struggle to work out just what the hell the team actually is going to shape up like. ???

 

Probably 442.

 

Based on what, the fact that if the players are in their correct positions then the team sheet lends itself to 4-4-2?

 

Are you forgetting that normally 5 of our players are out of position?

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NUFC: Shay Given, Claudio Cacapa, Habib Beye, Charles N'Zogbia, Steven Taylor, Abdoulaye Faye, Nicky Butt, James Milner, Damien Duff, Alan Smith ©, Oba Martins

Subs: Steve Harper, David Rozehnal, Emre, Michael Owen, Mark Viduka

 

 

from nufc.co.uk

 

*Stifles a scream*

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Chelsea team:

 

                Hilario

Belletti  Alex  Ben-Haim  Bridge

  Essien  Ballack  Mikel

SWP                          Cole

                Kalou

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So what's the formation there then? Surely with those players, a normal manager would go....

 

GK - Given

RB - Beye

LB - N'Zogbia

CB - Cacapa

CB - Taylor

RM - Milner

LM - Duff

CM - Butt

CM - Faye

CF - Smith

CF - Martins

 

Now since we have two natural wingers and two strikers, I wouldn't be against having two "destroyers" in the centre...

 

...but what are the chances it'll be

 

GK - Given

RB - Beye

LB - N'Zogbia

CB - Taylor

CB - Cacapa

CM - Smith

CM - Faye

CM - Butt

CF - Milner

CF - Duff

CF - Martins

 

in the weird 4-3-3/4-5-1.

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Chelsea team:

 

                 Hilario

Belletti  Alex   Ben-Haim   Bridge

  Essien   Ballack   Mikel

SWP                          Cole

                 Kalou

 

 

So far away from there first 11 but will still batter us

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That looks like a 4-4-2 with Faye and Butt in mf and Smith and Martins up top to me. We'll see, but that wouldn't be too bad.

 

Doubtless be the same system as Wigan. 4-5-1, Butt/Faye/Smith as a midfield trio. Wesus Jept.

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The team:

 

Given

 

Beye  Taylor  Cacapa  Charlie

 

Milner  Butt  Faye  Smith  Duff

 

Martins

 

Dont see anything wrong there, we need to be defensive as we are away to Chelsea, we cant play Enrique because he hasnt played alot this season and away to Chelsea we are probably best to keep the person who has been our LB all season. IF we won our last 4 games and were in the top 8 right now people would be happy with that line up, we arnt playing for a win today, we are playing not to lose.

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Given

 

Beye      Taylor      Cacapa      N'Zogbia

 

Faye

Butt    Smith

 

Milner                                              Duff

Martins

 

I'd put good money on that. Faye/Butt has the potential to be the least creative central midfield we've ever deployed if he does go 4-4-2.

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Make sense to drop your striker who scored 2 goals in the last game?What a dickhead!

 

Whats wrong with that? This is not Vidukas kined of match and if he should play and would be crap what would you said then?

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