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Newcastle United vs. Brentford: 20/11/21 @ 3pm (No UK TV)


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Just watched the entire 28 minutes of his press conference on me lunch, some team news bits:

  • Almiron only one not back yet, due back today (Friday).
  • Spoke very highly of Ritchie, Fraser, and Wilson, Ritchie in particular called "inspiring".
  • Only Dummett injured.
  • Dubravka still not 100%, despite playing for Slovakia during the week.
  • The other internationals have only had two or three days of training, so he doesn't want to make "too many changes" to the XI. Says there'll be a balance between players who've trained the whole time and those who haven't, basically said 7 who have trained fully and 4 who haven't just isn't going to happen (which points to one or two at most, for me).
  • Speaks very highly of Shelvey without being directly asked about him, which does point to him as being a key player moving forward (no issues with that, personally).
  • Asked specifically about Joelinton rather than mentioning him unprompted and says he will play a big part due to his technique/size, but needs to find his best position.

After all that, here's what I think we'll see:

Darlow

Manquillo Lascelles Schar Ritchie

Murphy Hayden Shelvey Fraser

Saint-Maximin

Wilson

 

SUBS: Dubravka, Krafth, Fernandez, Lewis, Longstaff, Willock, Almiron, Joelinton, Gayle.

 

Biggest question marks for me are over Schar, Murphy, and Hayden's inclusions. Impossible to call between them and Fernandez/Clark, Joelinton/Lewis (ASM moving back wide/Ritchie moving to RM), and Willock.

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1 minute ago, TheGuv said:

Anywhere in North Shields play the match on a dodgy stream?

 

Asking for a friend ?

 

Priory always used to be a shout in Tynemouth, just along the road if North Shields bears no fruit.

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First home game in 3 years tomorrow, can't wait. 

 

Really hope Dubravka is in from the start. He must be pretty close to 100% with the training and game time he's had for Slovakia. 

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Didn’t sound certain he’d play Dubs , Shelvey is in and Frazer could be .

 

ASM is the interesting one for me , nothing asked of him in press conference and I’m curiously wondering if he will start? Surely he must.

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Just touched down at @LFEE’s palace ahead of the match. Bringing my girlfriend who is from Canada and has never been to a live football match - convcined her to come as it would be a proper unique experience if the atmosphere lands right. I hope it does, certainly I think about town beforehand, Wor Flags display and immediately before kick off she won’t have seen anything like it. Given her a print out of blaydon races to learn.

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Just now, Theregulars said:

Just touched down at @LFEE’s palace ahead of the match. Bringing my girlfriend who is from Canada and has never been to a live football match - convcined her to come as it would be a proper unique experience if the atmosphere lands right. I hope it does, certainly I think about town beforehand, Wor Flags display and immediately before kick off she won’t have seen anything like it. Given her a print out of blaydon races to learn.

 

Class, enjoy. 

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17 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Just touched down at @LFEE’s palace ahead of the match. Bringing my girlfriend who is from Canada and has never been to a live football match - convcined her to come as it would be a proper unique experience if the atmosphere lands right. I hope it does, certainly I think about town beforehand, Wor Flags display and immediately before kick off she won’t have seen anything like it. Given her a print out of blaydon races to learn.

An update on her thoughts on the atmosphere etc would be interesting!

 

enjoy

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44 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Just touched down at @LFEE’s palace ahead of the match. Bringing my girlfriend who is from Canada and has never been to a live football match - convcined her to come as it would be a proper unique experience if the atmosphere lands right. I hope it does, certainly I think about town beforehand, Wor Flags display and immediately before kick off she won’t have seen anything like it. Given her a print out of blaydon races to learn.

Avoid his dungeon… but aye Paul is one classy MoFo, enjoy your time here you and your missus :love:

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4 minutes ago, STM said:

Eddie is still on the blower. He's trained the team. He's picked the side. It's up to the players at this stage.

 

It's unhelpful but hardly the end of the world.


It’s mainly the disappointment of not being able to welcome him. 
 

And then the week of training he’ll miss. 

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