Fenham Mag Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 this snow better hurry up and disappear. Our best chance of getting a result is playing them this weekend, yes we have a few players missing but they are missing key men and are out of form, have off field issues and confidence has been dented. It would just be our luck that the game gets postponed and we end up playing them in the new year and have to face the likes of a fully fit Lampard,Essien Terry etc. Snow won't get any better if not worse by Kick-off if the forecasts are to believed. Lucky our game is on Sky who will push the officials to get the match started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Don't understand the (extra?) pessimism - contrary to that wounded animal cliche the best time to face a side like Chelsea is when they're losing/scraping wins to Zilina, with Essien out, Drogba in maybe the worst form of his Chelsea career(/"injured"), not thrashing everyone 6-0 left, right and centre and Ferreira getting games at centre-back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tall Striker Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Don't understand the (extra?) pessimism - contrary to that wounded animal cliche the best time to face a side like Chelsea is when they're losing/scraping wins to Zilina, with Essien out, Drogba in maybe the worst form of his Chelsea career(/"injured"), not thrashing everyone 6-0 left, right and centre and Ferreira getting games at centre-back! Yet the best time for them to play us is on the back of a 5-1 mauling, our two most creative midfielders unavailable, our two main centre backs unavailable and us having only taken 8 points at home in 4 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Yup, and while it's hardly our reserves playing one another, the last time our reserves played one another what happened Furthermore, you're forgetting one important thing (which I say only half-tongue in cheek given his importance to our midfield and defence): Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6526011,00.html? Magpies captain Kevin Nolan has warned that they may have to adopt a more cautious 4-5-1 formation when they tackle the champions. Nolan said: "When we're at home, people want to see us go 4-4-2 and attack teams and give it our all. It just doesn't work in the Premier League - Man United, Arsenal and Chelsea don't do it. "There's loads of ups and downs. We've got to make sure we play a system so players out on the wings get the crosses in. "It doesn't say that because we're Newcastle United we have to play 4-4-2 because we've been an exciting team down the years. "We've tried to get away from that. We're trying to make a much more solid Newcastle. We're not saying we're going to be better, but in three or four years, we'll see a progression. "Hopefully, we'll see a progression from two years ago, when we were playing flowing football and getting beat doing it. "I'd prefer to let Chris make his decisions and we, as a team, do whatever he says." Can someone decipher this for me please? Particularly the bit about playing 'flowing football' when we were relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 balls flowing into the back of our net??? Flowing merrily down the stream into the championship??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 On a more serious note: --------------------Krul------------------ Simpson---Saylor-----Sol------Enrique -----Guthrie----Tiote------Nolan---- Routledge------------------------Jonas --------------------AC9------------- Guthrie Nolan and Tote should suffocate them a bit in midfield and when we do eventually get the ball, out wide and crosses to wor andy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 He'd prefer to let Hughton make decisions? Like it's his choice. Total cunt. Playing flowing football and getting beat doing it Well we can all be happy knowing that no flowing football will be played whilst Nolan is in the team, but god help us all if he's still here in 3 or 4 years to see whether we've progressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I don't remember us playing much free flowing football the year we went down.Certainly not post KK anyhow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Nolan's probably confused because all the games passed him by. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 This game is gonna be called off. I can feel it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Last time the lads trained in there the game was called off - against Reading. http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/107141863.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF87892102A727B1636DE2E66B3F4A82459148F189A7912027A7E0B34E4D2FE9BD0C91E3 http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=106896623&EditorialProduct=Sport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 the pitch should be fine as they can clear the snow off it. The thing that will put the game in danger is the surrounding areas, paths etc... health and safety rubbish. We desperatly need the council to pull there fingers out and get the roads and paths cleared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Fuck me. There's not even a hint of snow down here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Nolan spouting so much shite in that article it's untrue. http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/dd/cc/0,,10278~9227485,00.jpg The Natural Disasters: Earthquake & Typhoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/dd/cc/0,,10278~9227485,00.jpg The Natural Disasters: Earthquake & Typhoon. How long ago was that photo taken!!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 This game is gonna be called off. I can feel it. this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/dd/cc/0,,10278~9227485,00.jpg The Natural Disasters: Earthquake & Typhoon. How long ago was that photo taken!!? About 1 week, reserve game v Citeh iirc(its in the reserves thread) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 This game is gonna be called off. I can feel it. this It's a Sky game. I'd say that's unlikely unless the pitch is unplayable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Anything can happen in the near 3 days til KO, doubt it will be even close to called off imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest n4e Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 This game is gonna be called off. I can feel it. this It's a Sky game. I'd say that's unlikely unless the pitch is unplayable. No chance in the pitch being unplayable imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tall Striker Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 The snows been nowhere near the level it was for Boro last season, and that was on comfortably. Even the Charlton game, which was probably the worst snow I've seen in years, was only called off ten minutes before the game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Its not the pitch lads, its the surrounding areas. Tonight is nearly as bad as the Charlton game imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Its not the pitch lads, its the surrounding areas. Tonight is nearly as bad as the Charlton game imo. the match isn't on tonight though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Well, you may have a few problems but yes, there isn't a better time to play Chelsea. There is every chance you'll get something out of this - after all, you've tended to do better when you're the 'underdogs' in one way or another, so you have a right to have a degree of confidence going into this. 1-3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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