Rich Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Elliot* Simpson Perch Coloccini Santon Marveaux Cabaye Guthrie Jonas Ben Arfa Lovenkrands* The bibs have spoken for all but two positions (goalkeeper/striker). Not as much context as usual as there's no shots of them set-up in a full-size practice match, but they appear to form a pretty logical team as far as I can see, so I'm sticking with it given the sparsity of information elsewhere. I personally think we'll see Elliot and Lovenkrands in the two remaining positions, given Ba's purported fragility/Best's recent involvement and the need for Elliot to get some more game time. I'd be disappointed to see Lovenkrands given the nod again, but it's a definite possibility when you consider his goals from the last round and a few other factors. I'd prefer to see Best up there myself as he's lost his edge a little bit recently and could do with a goal to get him back firing. If it is something like this then I think it's a nice enough balance between our strongest XI and players who are pushing for a start and recently haven't been getting time. Wouldn't be too unhappy with it overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I thought Krul said he was playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I must have missed that, sorry. Would be delighted if that's the case, as while I see the need for Elliot to be bedded in I do think we're at the stage here where we need to leave as little to chance as possible and Krul's form is worth preserving by keeping him heavily involved. Good pre-Stoke warmup for him too given Blackburn's reliance on the long-throw/long free-kicks, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I must have missed that, sorry. Would be delighted if that's the case, as while I see the need for Elliot to be bedded in I do think we're at the stage here where we need to leave as little to chance as possible and Krul's form is worth preserving by keeping him heavily involved. Good pre-Stoke warmup for him too given Blackburn's reliance on the long-throw/long free-kicks, etc. I'm not sure tbh, I just saw it on Twitter him saying (in the press) he was playing. I do like your line up though, that sprinkled with some youngsters on the bench would do me fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. It's from being a victim of bullying all his life that has made Stu the way he is on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Is Sammy fit ? If so I think he'll get some time on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Sammy was in the training photos so could very well be fit for this game. Second half sub if things aren't going too well tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle bastard". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Sammy was in the training photos so could very well be fit for this game. Second half sub if things aren't going too well tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle b******". haha too true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Rest Ba, Cabaye and Jonas please, even if it's a case of putting them on the bench. Don't want any of these burning out in the second half of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle bastard". In fairness, only three hours passed from those two different teams being posted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle b******". In fairness, only three hours passed from those two different teams being posted. Three hours of intensive thoughts about Newcastle United, is that unusual for any of us on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle bastard". In fairness, only three hours passed from those two different teams being posted. A small part of a much wider and varied tapestry of digging up inconsistencies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle bastard". In fairness, only three hours passed from those two different teams being posted. A small part of a much wider and varied tapestry of digging up inconsistencies. Aye, I know, just pointing out on this occasion I don't think Stu's done a lot wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle b******". In fairness, only three hours passed from those two different teams being posted. A small part of a much wider and varied tapestry of digging up inconsistencies. Aye, I know, just pointing out on this occasion I don't think Stu's done a lot wrong. Fair enough, we are all entitled to our opinions, otherwise it wouldnt be a discussion board. Hit out more at frustration as Stu is constantly on my case for one reason or another. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Elliot* Simpson Perch Coloccini Santon Marveaux Cabaye Guthrie Jonas Ben Arfa Lovenkrands* That's just about the right balance imo, i'd have Ba or Best and Krul playing though, you dont need to rest keepers and Krul's a proven match winner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Rest Ba, Cabaye and Jonas please, even if it's a case of putting them on the bench. Don't want any of these burning out in the second half of the season. you'd play them in the semi's onwards though? two extra games gonna hurt em that much? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle b******". In fairness, only three hours passed from those two different teams being posted. A small part of a much wider and varied tapestry of digging up inconsistencies. Aye, I know, just pointing out on this occasion I don't think Stu's done a lot wrong. Fair enough, we are all entitled to our opinions, otherwise it wouldnt be a discussion board. Hit out more at frustration as Stu is constantly on my case for one reason or another. Wasn't having a dig at you either, it's just I also found it funny how much you'd changed your side within three hours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Im a big Vuckic fan and think this is the perfect game to bring him back in to first team reckoning. Elliot Santon Coloccini Perch Raylor Abeid Gosling Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Krul Simpson Coloccini Kadar Santon Gosling Guthrie Marveaux HBA Vuckic Best Helluva change in a few hours. yeh stew people never change their mind about things.. managers certianly dont. What do you have against me mate, any chance you get you have a go at me. stop being such a cyber bully.. you dont realise the effect that bullying can have on peoples lives. Fairly sure Stu is on commission for spotting inconsistencies in people's posts. "You called him a wonderful player three weeks and two days ago, now he's only great, eh? Fickle b******". In fairness, only three hours passed from those two different teams being posted. A small part of a much wider and varied tapestry of digging up inconsistencies. Aye, I know, just pointing out on this occasion I don't think Stu's done a lot wrong. Fair enough, we are all entitled to our opinions, otherwise it wouldnt be a discussion board. Hit out more at frustration as Stu is constantly on my case for one reason or another. Wasn't having a dig at you either, it's just I also found it funny how much you'd changed your side within three hours. yeh.. think its a dream of all of ours to manage Newcastle and be able to select the team you want to see out there and to see if that selection would work. I guess thats what FM 2012 is for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Elliot* Simpson Perch Coloccini Santon Marveaux Cabaye Guthrie Jonas Ben Arfa Lovenkrands* That's just about the right balance imo, i'd have Ba or Best and Krul playing though, you dont need to rest keepers and Krul's a proven match winner. Same here. I reckon Best will be given the nod with Ben Arfa playing behind him. Don't see any reason why we won't play Krul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Rest Ba, Cabaye and Jonas please, even if it's a case of putting them on the bench. Don't want any of these burning out in the second half of the season. you'd play them in the semi's onwards though? two extra games gonna hurt em that much? I think it will, in fact I wanted one of our centre mids rested against Wigan too. Football is a squad game now yet you could predict 90% of team sheets on here for the rest of the season, people wonder why Man Utd come on strong at the end of the season but I put it down to their high workrate players being rotated properly, come March the likes of Rooney, Nani and Hernandez will still be fresh. While we don't have the squad depth that Man Utd do we have players that can step in and do enough to get the job done, Ryan Taylor has showed that since being given a chance at left back so it's not going to hurt to rest Jonas now and again and play Marveaux and Obertan, or rest Cabaye for Gosling or leave Ba out and go with Best and Ben Arfa. Bizarre as it might sound maybe some of our young players in the squad might actually improve with more game time rather than being another unfulfilled talent we talk about in a few years from now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Rest Ba, Cabaye and Jonas please, even if it's a case of putting them on the bench. Don't want any of these burning out in the second half of the season. you'd play them in the semi's onwards though? two extra games gonna hurt em that much? I think it will, in fact I wanted one of our centre mids rested against Wigan too. Football is a squad game now yet you could predict 90% of team sheets on here for the rest of the season, people wonder why Man Utd come on strong at the end of the season but I put it down to their high workrate players being rotated properly, come March the likes of Rooney, Nani and Hernandez will still be fresh. While we don't have the squad depth that Man Utd do we have players that can step in and do enough to get the job done, Ryan Taylor has showed that since being given a chance at left back so it's not going to hurt to rest Jonas now and again and play Marveaux and Obertan, or rest Cabaye for Gosling or leave Ba out and go with Best and Ben Arfa. Bizarre as it might sound maybe some of our young players in the squad might actually improve with more game time rather than being another unfulfilled talent we talk about in a few years from now. all good points, Resting Ba and Jonas I can live with as we've got decent replacements. can't do without Tiote and Cabaye though imo, especially with Saylor missing the spine would be ripped out of the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 In pub with man utd fans, similar.to ours tbh,quality away support. Wir man utd, will do what we want! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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