Malwood
Geoff Thomas
Hats off to everyone getting up at some ludicrous time on Christmas night to make the trip up.
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Official Matchday 19 - NewCastle v Forest - 12.30pm Tuesday 26th December
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Can we continue to exist at championship level without vast capital injections from the owner every season?
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Malwood
Geoff Thomas
Define vast. I think a 10m loss per year gets you midrange, right?
Monkman
Grenville Morris
Will they actually get a training session between yesterday and the 26th? Today, presumably?
Dino
Duncan McKenzie
Jesus wept, that's put me off my Christmas dinner...
Malwood
Geoff Thomas
If Nuno is looking for someone to play right mid I'd put Dominguez there instead of Origi.
Malwood
Geoff Thomas
I'll tell you what really annoyed me about the refereeing howler against Bournemouth.
In the middle of it all Iroala got a yellow card for appealing that Boly should be booked. Players and managers appeal for stuff all the time, that's normal behaviour. Why is it OK to appeal for a free-kick but not a yellow card? Stupid rule. Pgmol could have fixed the handball rule, or the offside rule, but instead they are wasting time introducing rules like that.
In the middle of it all Iroala got a yellow card for appealing that Boly should be booked. Players and managers appeal for stuff all the time, that's normal behaviour. Why is it OK to appeal for a free-kick but not a yellow card? Stupid rule. Pgmol could have fixed the handball rule, or the offside rule, but instead they are wasting time introducing rules like that.
sammy the snake
Jack Armstrong
right-negatives, goalkeeper...we're f**ked without a decent goalkeeper-sorry both are not prem quality, we've had plenty of time to reach this conclusion and i'm 100% certain the new boss will not put up with that-its basic.
That said, we had more about us against high ftying Bournemouth, MGW, Yates, Elanga, Murillo-yes and Woods... we may well have just enough to avoid defeat.
That said, we had more about us against high ftying Bournemouth, MGW, Yates, Elanga, Murillo-yes and Woods... we may well have just enough to avoid defeat.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
People talking about being in the Championship from speaking to Leeds and Leicester mates - despite them both doing well - the feedback I have
is very much its just not the same once you have been in the Premier League winning games in the Championship simply is not the same. They just cannot wait to get back to the Premier League.
I think its a defence mechanism we use as fans to cope with relegation in the event it happens.
Newcastle away - one of the hardest away games in the league - we need the type of luck Bournemouth had yesterday oh and defenders who mark men and not space would help.
is very much its just not the same once you have been in the Premier League winning games in the Championship simply is not the same. They just cannot wait to get back to the Premier League.
I think its a defence mechanism we use as fans to cope with relegation in the event it happens.
Newcastle away - one of the hardest away games in the league - we need the type of luck Bournemouth had yesterday oh and defenders who mark men and not space would help.
Gyros Peter
Sauce salad?
f*** going back to the championship. Not even the lack of var makes it appealing.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Play this team:
-----------Hennessey---------------------
Williams Niakhate Felipe Murillo Toffolo
-------Mangala------- Yates-------------
-----------------MGW--------------------
--------Origi-----------Wood------------
This assumes Forest can't appeal the 2nd yellow and therefore Boly misses 1 game.
I'd keep Elanga and Hudson-Odoi on the bench to come on when Newcastle have tired out and got a man red carded.
Origi has to be given another start - I felt so angry about the Boly issue for Boly, but more so for Origi, because he has not had a proper go here under Cooper, but Nuno wants to give him a good run to see if he can be the striker we need.
We'll lose at St James's Park...
-----------Hennessey---------------------
Williams Niakhate Felipe Murillo Toffolo
-------Mangala------- Yates-------------
-----------------MGW--------------------
--------Origi-----------Wood------------
This assumes Forest can't appeal the 2nd yellow and therefore Boly misses 1 game.
I'd keep Elanga and Hudson-Odoi on the bench to come on when Newcastle have tired out and got a man red carded.
Origi has to be given another start - I felt so angry about the Boly issue for Boly, but more so for Origi, because he has not had a proper go here under Cooper, but Nuno wants to give him a good run to see if he can be the striker we need.
We'll lose at St James's Park...
Turner
Aina Felipe Niakhate Murillo
Elanga Yates MGW CHO
Origi Wood
All out attack, might as well have some fun.
On a serious note MGW ran the show vs Bournemouth playing box to box, I’d seriously be tempted to play him there again. It allowed him to get on the ball and influence play.
Aina Felipe Niakhate Murillo
Elanga Yates MGW CHO
Origi Wood
All out attack, might as well have some fun.
On a serious note MGW ran the show vs Bournemouth playing box to box, I’d seriously be tempted to play him there again. It allowed him to get on the ball and influence play.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Any team with Turner and Niakhate in the spine is doomed.
I actually think Turner was okay yesterday. I don’t think he could have done anything about the goals and what he did do, he did alright.
Still think our priority should be a Keeper in January but feel he is a bit of a scapegoat for yesterday.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Turner was poor: his kicking was abysmal again, his shot stopping was accpetable, but he failed to save 2 longish range headers.
As for Niakhate, he has the worst key performance stats of any Premier League centre-back, and he stood and watched that hat-trick goal.
Either his confidence is shot to ribbons, or he is just not good enough.
He has to be dropped in my honest opinion.
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Haych
John Robertson
Hopefully we’re bringing the Jonjo Shelvey trophy back to Nottingham on Tuesday evening.
apondaway
Viv Anderson
I'd love to see a 4-2-3-1
Wood
Elanga - MGW - Dominguez
Yates and Sangare or Mangala
Toff - Murillo - Boly - Neco
If no Boly (f u EPL) then Felipe or gasp Worrall
At some point I'd be very intrigued with Sangare and Murillo as the two holding midfielders with MGW ahead of them. And I really want to see Omobamidele at some point - is he hurt or something?
Wood
Elanga - MGW - Dominguez
Yates and Sangare or Mangala
Toff - Murillo - Boly - Neco
If no Boly (f u EPL) then Felipe or gasp Worrall
At some point I'd be very intrigued with Sangare and Murillo as the two holding midfielders with MGW ahead of them. And I really want to see Omobamidele at some point - is he hurt or something?
Irish Wolf
First Team Squad
Is that the Newcastle edition of Readers' Wives?
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
So I'm not the only one that read Fiesta back in the day.
Cloughie1975
John Robertson
There were some rough old dogs in that publication,Rocka (so I’m told).So I'm not the only one that read Fiesta back in the day.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
Well, I thought we could appeal the Boly decision, but we can’t so he won’t be playing v NUFC
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Aye.... July and August 1977 spring to my mind.
DanR
Steve Chettle
As long as we're not bringing Jonjo Shelvey back to Nottingham.
MANDOD582
A. Trialist
Personally I would like to see
Turner
William-Niakhate-Murillo-Tof
Mangala-Danilo
MGW
Elanga-Wood-CHO
But only if Niakhate actually marked the opposition otherwise would have to play felipe.
I think MGW massively improved since the spurs game
Very hard playing NUFC away but hopefully NES will have sorted out the defence by then (unlikely given how little time he has had)
COYR
Turner
William-Niakhate-Murillo-Tof
Mangala-Danilo
MGW
Elanga-Wood-CHO
But only if Niakhate actually marked the opposition otherwise would have to play felipe.
I think MGW massively improved since the spurs game
Very hard playing NUFC away but hopefully NES will have sorted out the defence by then (unlikely given how little time he has had)
COYR