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Newcastle vs Man Utd - Wednesday 4th March


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                                  Harper

Raylor      bassong                Colo      Enrique

                              Smith

Loven  Raylor                    Geremi      Jonas

                              Oba

 

I'm going to go against the status quo and be optimistic, a score draw, we've drawn against them with a worse side.

 

We drew 2-2 against them with this back 4

 

Solano, Taylor, Huntington, Edgar

 

 

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                                  Harper

Raylor       bassong                Colo       Enrique

                               Smith

Loven   Raylor                    Geremi       Jonas

                               Oba

 

I'm going to go against the status quo and be optimistic, a score draw, we've drawn against them with a worse side.

 

We drew 2-2 against them with this back 4

 

Solano, Taylor, Huntington, Edgar

 

 

 

I know Raylor is versatile but come on....

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Butt will be sorely missed tonigh  :sadnod:

Just hope they have a hangover from the weekend! Rooney (who always scores against us) will be raring to go again after missing most of Inter during the week and the cup final sunday...

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                                  Harper

Raylor       bassong                Colo       Enrique

                               Smith

Loven   Raylor                    Geremi       Jonas

                               Oba

 

I'm going to go against the status quo and be optimistic, a score draw, we've drawn against them with a worse side.

 

We drew 2-2 against them with this back 4

 

Solano, Taylor, Huntington, Edgar

 

 

 

I know Raylor is versatile but come on....

He played cm for the last game.

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I'd go with something like:

 

-------------------------------Harper-------------------------------

 

 

S. Taylor-----------Coloccini------Bassong------------Enrique

 

 

-------------------------------Smith--------------------------------

 

 

R. Taylor-------------------Geremi-------------------------Jonas

 

 

---------------------------Lovenkrands---------------------------

 

 

------------------------------Martins-------------------------------

 

 

Looks strange but it would give us defensive protection from Smith, Jonas and Taylor while Lovenkrand's runs from deep might give Martins some time and space on the ball.

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                                  Harper

Raylor       bassong                Colo       Enrique

                               Smith

Loven   Raylor                    Geremi       Jonas

                               Oba

 

I'm going to go against the status quo and be optimistic, a score draw, we've drawn against them with a worse side.

 

We drew 2-2 against them with this back 4

 

Solano, Taylor, Huntington, Edgar

 

 

 

I know Raylor is versatile but come on....

He played cm for the last game.

 

You've got him at RB and CM.  I agree he can play CM.  :razz:

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We need Oba's pace as high up the pitch as possible, no point having him outwide or their defence gets an easier ride if he is deep.

His pace scares defenders the last place they want him in on their shoulder, trouble is if he is the lone striker holding the ball up is not something he is great at, mind I have not seen much evidence in Viduka's time here that he can hold the ball up to and we all know Shola cannot do it.

So maybe a 4-4-2 is our only option and will have to struggle ith what ever weak CM pairing we can muster. I would love to be able to sit a man infront of the back four to give that extra cover and a man to close down the likes of Scholes to limit their long range efforts but we jsut do not have the right players fit.

 

So forget the sitting back lets just have fkn go.

-------------------Harp

 

Saylor------Colo-------Bass------Jose

 

Raylor------Smith-----Gere-----Jonas

 

--------------Oba-------Love

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                                  Harper

Raylor       bassong                Colo       Enrique

                               Smith

Loven   Raylor                    Geremi       Jonas

                               Oba

 

I'm going to go against the status quo and be optimistic, a score draw, we've drawn against them with a worse side.

 

We drew 2-2 against them with this back 4

 

Solano, Taylor, Huntington, Edgar

 

 

 

I know Raylor is versatile but come on....

He played cm for the last game.

 

You've got him at RB and CM.  I agree he can play CM.  :razz:

Balls, Saylor rb.

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Should be a good test for some of our players if nothing else.

 

We'll see if Bassong really is CL quality against Rooney.  Jonas + Enrique should be able to handle Ronaldo as well IMO.

 

Still don't think we'll win, but could do OK if these individual battles work our way.

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To not lose, we are going to need to field the following team:

 

Soderberg Harper Krul Barron Forster

Raylor Kinnear Hughton Saylor Coloccini Calderwood Cacapa Edgar Bassong Enrique

LuaLua Godsmark Geremi Inman Wise Llambias Donaldson Vuckic Jonas

Martins Ranger Viduka Ashley Carroll Baheng Lovenkrands

 

Subs: Ameobi

Smith

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To not lose, we are going to need to field the following team:

 

Soderberg Harper Krul Barron Forster

Raylor Kinnear Hughton Saylor Coloccini Calderwood Cacapa Edgar Bassong Enrique

LuaLua Godsmark Geremi Inman Wise Llambias Donaldson Vuckic Jonas

Martins Ranger Viduka Ashley Carroll Baheng Lovenkrands

 

Subs: Ameobi

Smith

Nice, Ashley as the target man.

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To not lose, we are going to need to field the following team:

 

Soderberg Harper Krul Barron Forster

Raylor Kinnear Hughton Saylor Coloccini Calderwood Cacapa Edgar Bassong Enrique

LuaLua Godsmark Geremi Inman Wise Llambias Donaldson Vuckic Jonas

Martins Ranger Viduka Ashley Carroll Baheng Lovenkrands

 

Subs: Ameobi

Smith

Nice, Ashley as the target man.

Paint on the target, I'll take the shot.

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It's all in the mentality like we can play any formation we like but if we come out and bend over like we did against Liverpool they will duly fuck us silly. Hughton needs to give these lads the mentality they can compete with Man United, get in amongst them and stop their flow and rhythm. Far too often we’re beaten before we get on the pitch.

 

Unfortunately I can see his team talk going something like: 'Well lads they have a group of good players, no one will blame you if you let a few in, there's no shame in that.'

 

Similar to the whole Roeder 'Rooney and Ronaldo are so good you've just got to let them get on with it' crap from a couple of seasons ago.

 

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