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Newcastle United vs. Arsenal [EFL Cup]: 05/02/25 @ 20:00 (SkySports)


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3 minutes ago, andycap said:

Martinelli against an out of form tripps and schar should be interesting. 😂 Isak has to get involved tonight big time cannot be having a barely in it game. 

 

Going to be Trossard down that side.

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Just now, andycap said:

Maybes he's thought we've been leaky the past few weeks so has hoyed an extra defender in to try and steady the flow of clear chances. 

 

Additional height from set pieces and more ball players might be on his mind?

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I think this is a cover for Joelinton, but I wish we'd tried Miley in there as a replacement.

 

A new, seemingly defensive formation is... interesting, but hopefully there's some nous to it.

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4 minutes ago, Jamesmcc222 said:

This is caused by Joelinton absence rather than being defensive I think.

 

he’s picked his best 11 rather than a particular system (trips aside). Could give hall more license and Gordon more space inside. Wouldn’t class it as “shitting the bed”. 

Yeah, maybe losing Joelinton's height was the key reason 

 

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7 minutes ago, Andy said:

Trippier is there because his arse doesn't cave in on the ball when we're under pressure, unlike Tino at times this season

 

His pace is a concern though for sure. 

It's cool we have burn to cover off trips lack of pace

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Actually think 3 CBs suits our squad well, particularly with our attack-minded FBs.

 

Realistically the game was always highly likely to be a bit back and forth in the first 20 mins before gradually settling to them camping in our half, us being unable to play out of defence and relying on immediate long balls down the channels to generate any kind of threat, with the second half just being us booting it straight back to them and sitting in a low block.

 

Might as well start with the extra CB. Plus helps defend corners with no Big Joe.

 

 

Edited by Checko
Tino is on the bench

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Just now, maybe_next_year said:

 

 

That's genuinely lovely to see, fingers crossed we don't need a repeat of his father's heroics against this lot. 

 

Get him on the bench tbh.

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2 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

 

Hall LCM

 

1 minute ago, Ikon said:

My guess is that it will be just Hall replacing Joelinton with Burn playing LB. 

This is what I reckon too.

 

Having Burn at LB gives the extra height for set pieces, Hall is a solid defensive option and is comfortable on the ball, gives us a bit of control. Could allow Gordon a bit of freedom too.

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