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Cardiff City vs Newcastle United 13/9/09 Pre Match Thread - 2:05 KO, live on Sky


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My team for Cardiff

 

starting line-up

 

------------------ harper ------------------

 

Simpson - Taylor - Collocini - Enrique

 

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

-----Barton -- Guthrie -- Nolan

 

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

-------------- Ranger ------------------

 

 

Last 30 mins or so

 

------------------ harper ------------------

 

Simpson - Taylor - Collocini - Enrique

 

-Raylor -- Barton -- Smith -- Nolan

 

--------Carroll --- Ranger ---------------

 

This is based on ameobi & guti not being fit, aswell as guthrie and lovenkrands needing match fitness due to recent injury and fitness levels respectively, along with carroll just coming back from injury, we can keep smith in the middle of the park to break up and clean up in front of the defence with barton and guthrie playing some good balls either throught to lovenkrands or to ranger to hold the ball up as he did superbly on monday

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                          Harper

 

Taylor      Simpson    Taylor    Enrique

 

                                  Smith

Barton      Guthrie                    Loven

 

                                Nolan

                  Ranger

 

Is what i would go for, but i have a feeling that Guthrie and Barton will be the other way around.

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Harper

Simpson Taylor Colo Enrique

R.Taylor Nolan Smith Guthrie

Carroll Lovenkrands

 

Subs: Krul, Geremi, Butt, Ranger, Lua Lua, Barton, Kadar.

 

We have to go for experience in this IMO, so it's got to be Loven and Big Andy upfront. Midfield and defence speaks for itself, Barton looked very off the pace on Monday, I don't think he's fully fit yet.

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                    Harper

Simpson   Taylor  Colo  Enrique

R.Taylor   Nolan   Smith  Guthrie

           Carroll  Lovenkrands

 

We have to go for experience in this IMO, so it's got to be Loven and Big Andy upfront. Midfield and defence speaks for itself.

 

Hughton will go 4-5-1, if Lovenkrands starts it will be in midfield IMO.

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                    Harper

Simpson   Taylor  Colo  Enrique

R.Taylor   Nolan   Smith  Guthrie

           Carroll  Lovenkrands

 

We have to go for experience in this IMO, so it's got to be Loven and Big Andy upfront. Midfield and defence speaks for itself.

 

Hughton will go 4-5-1, if Lovenkrands starts it will be in midfield IMO.

 

Nah, I don't agree. The only times he has played 4-5-1 thus far have been down to injury (Crystal Palace and Leceister) or resting of players (Huddersfield). There's no way he'll do it because of team threat because he played two up top at West Brom, arguably our biggest rivals before the season began.

 

The lure of playing Lovenkrands will be too great I reckon, and it'll be 4-4-2.

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              Harper

Taylor Taylor Coloccini Enrique

Guthrie  Smith Nolan   Barton

              Lovenkrands

               Carrol

 

I think it'll be the same but with Simpson at RB, R.Taylor dropped to the bench.

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Doubt Lovenkrands will start like:

 

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

 

Simpson-----Taylor------Colo-------------Enrique

 

Barton-----Guthrie------Smith----------R.Taylor

 

--------------------Nolan-------------------------

 

------------------Carroll--------------------------

 

I reckon

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Hard to guess what Hughton will go for on this one

 

Ill go for

 

                Harper

Rtaylor, Taylor, Colo, Enrique

Barton, Nolan, Smith, Guthrie

          Carroll, Ranger

 

 

Every chance that he wont want to push Ranger to much & play someone else instead actually.

Maybe something random like Geremi on the left & Nolan pushed up behind Carroll again.

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If we can go to Cardiff and win then we'll go up as champions imo. It's one of our toughest fixtures this season and I'd probably take a point, but if get 3 points then we'll kick on and bum rush the muthafucka.

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For all that Cardiff are a good side and threatening going forward, if we can put out our first choice back 4 we should have more than enough to cope with them.

 

Best team in the Championship is still the equivalent of playing Hull or someone like that.

 

Fair point. Their most dangerous player is Michael Chopra. Can you imagine us shaking in our shoes at the prospect of him lining up against us a season ago?

 

 

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....................Harper.....................

 

Simpson..Saylor..Colo..........Ricky

 

.....Barton.....Smith....Guthrie.......

 

....Ranger....Carroll....Loven.........

 

 

Might be useful. Carroll's got plenty to aim at for flick ons if we go long ball, bit of pace for counter attack as well. Swap one the front 3 for Nolan if we want to stifle the game later on.

 

Our total lack of a RW is a real pisser imo.

 

Because of our lack of natural width i think whatever formation we go out with it will be pretty fluid, no one who's going to start is going to hog the touchline. Whoever's there will drift in by instinct alone.

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