Newcastle United vs. Bournemouth: 18/01/25 @ 12:30 (TNT Sports)

[GideonShandy]

We've won nine straight so no chance we win this one. It's almost unheard of for any team to win ten in a row.

[PauloGeordio]

1 hour ago, GideonShandy said:

We've won nine straight so no chance we win this one. It's almost unheard of for any team to win ten in a row.

Then let’s rewrite history. That’s what Eddie and the team believe they can do.

Us against the world. United 

[The Fountain]

13 hours ago, PauloGeordio said:

Nobody can be relishing playing us at home atm. Haven’t Bournemouth got a depleted squad with a poor bench and lack of rotation options?

Their bench had 4 teenagers on it v Chelsea. 

[Lush Vlad]

3 hours ago, Mazzy said:

 

If that's what wins us the game, who cares.

 

Bournemouth will be incredibly tough and I'd be content winning it by any means necessary.

Did you not read any of the following paragraphs? 
 

I don’t want to rely on the subs. As they haven’t been particularly reliable with their performances of late. 

[PauloGeordio]

3 minutes ago, The Fountain said:

Their bench had 4 teenagers on it v Chelsea. 

Think they put a lot into that Chelsea game. They had an extra day off, we didn’t really get out of 3rd gear v Wolves. Hope we put them to the sword in a strong & convincing manner! 

[Kaizero]

This is a match-up for the ages. In one corner, NUFC, battling against maths and probability chasing their seventh straight league win and the chance to make it a club record breaking ten wins i a row across all competitions! In the other corner, Bournemouth are also fighting maths and probability, looking to make it ten PL matches in a row without a loss and eleven without a loss across all competitions!

 

No matter who wins, or if it ends in a draw, this match will surely etch itself into the annals of footballing history as one of the sides playing will be forced to tell maths and probability to fuck the fuck off as they’ll extend their current run by one additional match. Will it be Newcastle or will it be Bournemouth that gets the honor of fucking math and probability straight up the bum? We’ll all, inevitably, find out on Saturday!  

[Kaizero]

I, for one, will from now on refer to all NUFC - AFCB match-ups as “The Maths/Probability Derby”  

[SUPERTOON]

I’m hoping their lack of striker gives us the edge but this will be a really hard game. They do seem to give up chances though in the games I have seen of them.

[SUPERTOON]

 

[The Prophet]

This game aside, Iraola is doing a hell of a job. They're a really well coached outfit and his in-game changes are excellent.

 

Bournemouth themselves are on a nine run unbeaten streak which seems to have gone under the radar a bit. Fair play to them.

[STM]

Looks like Botman then. I do wonder if we might make a tweek, perhaps Trippier for Tino and Tino back for Southampton.

[Kid Icarus]

1 hour ago, Kaizero said:

This is a match-up for the ages. In one corner, NUFC, battling against maths and probability chasing their seventh straight league win and the chance to make it a club record breaking ten wins i a row across all competitions! In the other corner, Bournemouth are also fighting maths and probability, looking to make it ten PL matches in a row without a loss and eleven without a loss across all competitions!

 

No matter who wins, or if it ends in a draw, this match will surely etch itself into the annals of footballing history as one of the sides playing will be forced to tell maths and probability to fuck the fuck off as they’ll extend their current run by one additional match. Will it be Newcastle or will it be Bournemouth that gets the honor of fucking math and probability straight up the bum? We’ll all, inevitably, find out on Saturday!  

 

Had many laughs with this over the last couple of weeks Kaiz? 

[Kaizero]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

 

Had many laughs with this over the last couple of weeks Kaiz? 

 

Literally one of the few things that still keeps me going these days, as sad a thing as that is to say  

[Kid Icarus]

4 minutes ago, Kaizero said:

 

Literally one of the few things that still keeps me going these days, as sad a thing as that is to say  

 

That's sad to hear. I hope you're being good to yourself. 

[duo]

5 hours ago, GideonShandy said:

We've won nine straight so no chance we win this one. It's almost unheard of for any team to win ten in a row.

Bournemouth attack is decimated- if we get an early goal we've got this. Am going 2-0 Isak and Murphy goals 😊

[Kaizero]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

Had many laughs with this over the last couple of weeks Kaiz? 

 

On a more topical note, however, it's actually quite coincidental that this actual match has two teams that both are in the midst of a club record breaking run. # of wins in a row for us, # of matches in a row without losing for them. One of those runs will come to an end at the final whistle on Saturday, but the odds of ourselves and Bournemouth being two clubs in the midst of the runs we're on currently would have had massive odds before it happened, let alone the freak coincidence of both clubs meeting at the zenith of their potentially record breaking runs.

 

Fuck all of the probability and maths talk for a second, I genuinely find the fact that this match is happening with both teams having the opportunity to set a new club record if they keep their current run going through this match fascinating as fuck. 

[wyn davies]

We need to win this as well as the next two before our run comes to an end when we meet Man City 

[Kaizero]

2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

That's sad to hear. I hope you're being good to yourself. 

 

Not the right thread for an off-topic post, but I'm on a slippery slope mentally these days. A few years back you let me send you a long PM rant that helped me through a tough time, and whilst we've bantered back and forth about this probability bullshit and some other things recently, I'd be really thankful if I - if a time comes where I manage to turn my internal turmoil into a long ass PM rant - could send that to you. It involves some of the same elements as a few years ago, so you're likely the only person on here (maybe even in my life in general) that's heard my internal thoughts, emotions and struggles with what I went through back then. 

 

Anyway;

[Vaj]

Horrible team to play against, they commit so many niggly fouls and are great on the counter. Would take a scrappy 1-0 win, we should be winning this but a draw wouldn't be awful considering how good we have been. Just hope our quality shines through and we take our chances. 

[mattypnufc]

Into these soft, southern, grounds too fucking tiny for the PL, red and black, niggly, pier shagging cunts. 

[Kid Icarus]

20 minutes ago, Kaizero said:

 

Not the right thread for an off-topic post, but I'm on a slippery slope mentally these days. A few years back you let me send you a long PM rant that helped me through a tough time, and whilst we've bantered back and forth about this probability bullshit and some other things recently, I'd be really thankful if I - if a time comes where I manage to turn my internal turmoil into a long ass PM rant - could send that to you. It involves some of the same elements as a few years ago, so you're likely the only person on here (maybe even in my life in general) that's heard my internal thoughts, emotions and struggles with what I went through back then. 

 

Anyway;

 

Yeah, tricky to know what to say in this thread, but you're of course welcome to send a PM. Hope you're getting the support you need.

[Nucasol]

Looking at Bournemouth’s injury list it’ll be a massive missed opportunity if we can’t turn them over - reads like our one in December 2023 when they did us 2-0 at the Vitality. They’re realistically without:

 

Senesi

Sinesterra

Unal

Alex Scott

Smith

Araujo

Tavernier

Evanilson

 

 

 

[Alberto2005]

1 minute ago, Nucasol said:

Looking at Bournemouth’s injury list it’ll be a massive missed opportunity if we can’t turn them over - reads like our one in December 2023 when they did us 2-0 at the Vitality. They’re realistically without:

 

Senesi

Sinesterra

Unal

Alex Scott

Smith

Araujo

Tavernier

Evanilson

 

 

 

True, but they were still a kick away from doing Chelsea away.

[TRC]

Their team still looks decent.

 

Semenyo is quality.

[SUPERTOON]

2 hours ago, STM said:

Looks like Botman then. I do wonder if we might make a tweek, perhaps Trippier for Tino and Tino back for Southampton.

I’d be against this personally due to the pace Bournemouth have in attack.