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Newcastle United v Aston Villa (the season starts here, maybe)


Ishmael

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Guthrie must be pretty unfit, Hughton isn't that stupid and wouldn't do this otherwise.

 

I think he's off.

 

Off where? ???

 

Dunno. I can see us flogging him with Tiote coming in, said so in that thread.

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Guthrie must be pretty unfit, Hughton isn't that stupid and wouldn't do this otherwise.

 

I think he's off.

 

Off where? ???

 

Dunno. I can see us flogging him with Tiote coming in.

 

Would be mightily pissed off if we flogged Guthrie and kept Smith, Nolan and Barton. Funnily enough though I can see it happening.

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Looking at the bench what options did he have?

 

                  Barton

Routledge                    Guiterrez

                    Vukic                       

                            Lovenkrands

              Carroll

 

Dropping Smith and Nolan looks quite attractive to me.

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I don't know about anyone else but that was pretty much the lineup I was expecting.

 

Guthrie and Lovenkrands not fully fit, what other options have we got?

 

Could have dropped Nolan into midfield and given Vuckic a chance in behind. Or played Ameobi up front with Carroll.

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Tioté replacing Smith and Ben Arfa replacing Nolan would make us a completely different side.

 

I agree. In the meantime, I don't think there's much choice.

 

A lot will depend on the battle in CM today, and in particular how well Petrov and Ireland do defensively. Villa carry a lot of threat going forward, but we should be able to get at their defence.

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