TRC Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Yep, a nice 4-4-2. Stretch the play and get at them. None of this Leon Best on the wing shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roy the Irish Magpie Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 please, please, please don't let me down tomorrow. Not least because my bro supports villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Been looking forward so much to this. Can't wait to see Papiss. Just hope we turn up and do them tomorrow, would put us in a fantastic position going forward to get the three points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkwdavis2001 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 How's the weather up there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 How's the weather up there? Was horrible today, cold with strong snow at times, calmed down now with "sunny" forecast for tommorw, hoping for just that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VaVaVoom Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Few random things to consider: Pardew has never started Ben Arfa in a 4-4-2; he's always played in this lopsided thing with Best on the left and Ben Arfa on the right - pretty sure Jonas is only in the middle to work hard and possibly protect HBA. Of course he played on the right side of a 4-4-2 in the cup for about 35 minutes and was very good but it was practically defence vs attack. Pretty sure Shola is ahead of Best in the pecking order, last game Ba was available he started with Shola and Ba and we won 3-0 against the champions. If Cisse is going to start as sub, I'd bet Shola starts ahead of Best, no matter how turd Shola has been. This has the potential to be very similar to the WBA match, especially if we defend stupidly high up. Petrov can pick a pass a la Brunt and Bent finishes most chances. If Agbonlahor makes it he'll probably rape Simpson, who'll show him onto his favourite right all afternoon. If we play long ball, Richard Dunne will have an easy day. You've got to get down the sides of this fucker, he's an accident waiting to happen when he's not doing the bread and butter stuff, which admittedly he's very good at. N'Zogbia will probably score at some point, so let's look forward to that. Good post. Bang on imo. I think it will be an open game like WBA but i see us tonking them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 our central midfield does look quite feeble. not looking forward to the result , going by the way we been playing recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Would love it if we smahed Villa! A typical loss would make my flight to Cancun a even longer one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 We must win this game. Chelsea and Liverpool likely to drop points tonite and we have to take this chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 If the pitch is hard cause of the weather do you think Pardew will still start Ba or not risk his knee? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taps01 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 On the back of pardews comments about what a good counter attacking team they are I reckon this will be a boring game with us sitting back trying to tempt villa out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 If the pitch is hard cause of the weather do you think Pardew will still start Ba or not risk his knee? Good point, actually. Think he'll still start him if there weren't any problems in training this week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 The amount of money we spend on those lights and underground heating and such, it shouldn't be hard even in this weather tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 The amount of money we spend on those lights and underground heating and such, it shouldn't be hard even in this weather tbh. Don't know about the pitch but there will be a few in the crowd that will be hard if they both start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Can't wait for this now. Hope Cisse has a great debut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Anything could happen here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayno Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Krul Santon Willo Colo Ferguson Guthrie Perch Jonas Obertan HBA Ba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Anything could happen here. yeah. my moneys on a game of Football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlackAndWhite Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I'm really nervous about this game today, dunno why tho. Maybe something to do with our last few performances. I hope we come flying out of the blocks and take them by surprise and stuff the f***ers. Hopefully AP has them right up for it and they come out playing like we did against Man U and we get a good result, big bonus having Demba back too. Hard fought 2-1 to the toon gets my Yul Brynner today. HTL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 i wonder if people are more nervous about today because the mackems won yesterday and we're away at spurs next week ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlackAndWhite Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 i wonder if people are more nervous about today because the mackems won yesterday and we're away at spurs next week ? Good point maybe your right. Thing is i don't normally give a s**t about the scum. Usually couldn't give a f*** about them, their team, their s***hole city but maybe subconsciously i do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 i wonder if people are more nervous about today because the mackems won yesterday and we're away at spurs next week ? Hadn't even thought about it, tbh. The only thing we can do is concentrate on getting the maximum number of points from each game, if we take care of our own games, the mack*ms can worry themselves into a lower finishing position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 How's the weather up there? It's OK, it's not too cold and I think the pitch will be playable even without under soil heating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest north shields lad Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Im excited for today, think it will be a very diffrent performance from our last few games. Villa are a poor side, and with the lads back from Africa, i expect a 3-0, or better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Excited Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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