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Newcastle United vs. Watford - 25/11/17 @ 3pm


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A fairly inexperienced PL ref in charge of this, only his 4th PL game - Chris Kavanagh

 

Recognise his name from EFL but i cant recall if he is/was any good.

 

From .com

 

Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Lancashire) first outing of the season in charge of Newcastle, following on from five Championship postings in 2016/17.

 

A 1-1 draw at Villa was followed by 2-1 wins at both Preston and Brentford and a pair of home stalemates: 2-2 against Bristol City and 1-1 against Leeds.

 

Each of those games brought late drama:

 

Villa (home side scored on 88)

Preston (home side scored on 90)

Brentford (10 minutes added time)

Bristol City (home side scored on 82)

Leeds (away side scored on 90+5)

 

Kavanagh's only previous posting to a toon game was a 0-1 home loss to Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup during September 2015.

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Getting the train up from London after work today and going to the match tomorrow.

 

We're going to have to play well to win this but I've got a feeling Gayle will be crucial tomorrow. That goal for him last weekend was massive.

 

Aye, he would be 2 in 2 if the one against Bournemouth wasn't incorrectly disallowed, good signs he's getting back into form.

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Have to look after Doucoure. Merino is essential to do so as Diame or Shelvey will not. Unless we're putting Chancel in there to take care of their strong midfield this will be a tough game.

 

Merino starts, we win imo. If he doesn't it would be a good draw.

 

Would also like to see Gayle/Joselu start, but would like to see the latter do a little bit more. He does a lot of good things but is also pedestrian at times and we can't afford it.

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