Game on against Stoke!
Three points is a must if Newcastle are to keep up any lingering hopes of stealing a place in the Champions League for next season, but three points would also help us on our way to guaranteeing European football for next season via the Europa League.
It’s not going to be easy and patience may be needed today as we set about breaking down a Stoke side who will look to nullify our own threat first and foremost before presenting any threat of their own. However they are always a danger at set pieces and one lapse in concentration at the back may be enough to have us chasing the game and looking for a way back into it.
Anyway, no more waffle is needed really. We know what is needed and, by listening to some of the players during the week, so do they. All we can do is wait and see how it pans out.
However, if you are a bit more information, maybe some stats or injury news then you could always have a look at our Stat Attack or Match Preview if you haven’t already done so. Both are worth a read but, as always, the Stat Attack brings an insight into the game that goes far deeper than many other sites out there.
That wraps it up really. Team news is featured below and will be updated as and when the full teamsheet becomes available. Also the game is not on TV here in the UK so if anybody just happens to stumble across a stream that looks useful the please feel free to share the link with your fellow NUFC fans.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Tim, Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Davide Santon, Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba
Subs: Rob Elliot, Shane Ferguson, James Perch, Dan Gosling, Ryan Taylor, Leon Best, Shola Ameobi
Stoke: Asmir Begovic, Andy Wilkinson, Robert Huth, Ryan Shawcross, Marc Wilson, Ryan Shotton, Wilson Palacios, Glenn Whelan, Matthew Etherington, Peter Crouch, Jonathan Walters
Subs: Thomas Sorenson, Matthew Upson, Deam Whitehead, Jermaine Penant, Cameron Jerome, Kenwyne Jones, Ricardo Fuller
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links for the game..
http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=150797&part=sports
said before just glad krul made it
guthrie must have injury not even on bench
What do you reckon then lads? I think it’s going to be a very tough game! 2-1 toon! Ba to score both!
Good team for today, Ice I think Guthrie picked up an injury
http://tykestv.eu/channel2.php#schedule
Might be on Channel1 when it kicks off. Really reliable streaming usually. End of Chelsea Arsenal on there now
Kimtoon-Yeah clearly the best subject
Although I was actually better at English Lit in school…probably because you can get away with spouting pretentious bullsh*t more often than history 
No offence to your daughter! 
Yeah not too convinced it will help me much job wise, if I’m sure I’ll be regretting my time when I’m back working minimum wage…maybe
Krul’s in then…fingers crossed Timmy, stay strong!
Wonder if Guthrie has played his last game for us . I fancy us too get a few goals and the 3 points today .
I suppose we’re hoping for an Arsenal win, no?
I hope the chelski arse game finishes the way it is
I was wondering if the long-ish lay off for us would dampen Cisse’s fire a bit.
Dave, you thinking we could overtake L’arse?
RVP just made a real hash of that chance
I want a Chelsea win for one of my coupons
I would take anything other than a chelsea win
FSOTC been a while mate,hope your back with a bang
FSOTC not really mate but you never know
I just don’t think us and chelski will comedown to 1 pt
Moreno @ 16
can’t believe you would lower yerself
Hey now, Icer! Been buried with work so haven’t been on here much, but watching games and reading up when I can, thanks. All’s well with you & yours, I hope.
Newkie ,The tutors for Hazels Eng lit course were real mean mothers.
Good luck with the dissertation . Perhaps you should of written one on the history of suffering of Newcastle fans
tiote going to get kicked a lot imo,hope he keeps his heed
Tell you what…Chelsea were absolutely awful there. Arsenal should be kicking themselves
Dave @ 20.
For a grand and a half off a quid…I’d lower myself
So arsenal 0.0 Chelsea that’ll do
I hope chelsea play that team against us with the cup final 3 days after
If you base gambling on emotional attachment you will lose! In my experience anyway….
Can see Pullis point like, don’t even think Ba would make their bench
Our strongest 11 in the 4-3-3 formation. Happy with that.
Hope the ref keeps an eye on Huth though. I reckon he’ll try and kick lumps out of Cisse today like.
HWTL!!!!!!!!
Best result for newcastle.
A draw suits newcastle the most,another 2points drop for chelsea, 2points drop for arsenal.
If we win stoke later,we are just 2points off arsenal.
Here’s hoping QPR beats Spurs too.
Moreno well they have just fuked it up for ye
Ice I think he will keep his cool, I have been pleased with the way his anger managment classes have been going for him this season
Nice to see the Arsenal fans streaming out five minutes before time with the game neither won or lost
If it was me paying Emirates prices for a seat they’d have to get bailiffs to evict me before the ground staff went home
AOD it hurts me to want qpr to win because I want to see them drop like a stone, but on this occasion I will get behind them
3 points
any links up and working yet
Dave http://www.nutjob.eu/
@Big Dave: See, a draw between Arsenal & Chelsea is the best result for us.
And QPR has been doing pretty well at home so there’s no need to feel dirty supporting them.
Richie promoting his own site again
http://tykestv.eu/channel2.php#schedule
Richie the nut job
gonzalez
Welcome back Mr Leon Best.
Think that will be the perfect result in that game if we get the 3 points today. If we get an early goal can see us winning comfortable.
Forgot the Spurs game was a later kickoff today.
They will defo be encouraged by the Arsenal score and of course they will know our result by the time they play. So we have to put the pressure on them and win today. QPR are playing well at home and are in the relegation mix so today wont be a banker for Spurs.
God it takes ages to get to 3pm on a Saturday doesn’t it ….. Come on man!!!!!!!
I just hope we can score early
Common lads, an other victory and lets continue the dream.
Need to watch that Waters twat. Always scores against us.
I hope Ba hears more misery on that c@nt pulis
Lets get it on
Howay the Lads
Great pass by Cabaye there. Unlucky
Kimtoon-It’s a decent idea, but the dissertaion’s only supposed to be 12,000 words. The suffering of Newcastle fans would be that many pages alone surely?
some nice passing up to now
Newkie yeah if you were doing just the mini version
cisse was just bundled over there
Coloc just let Walters go unchecked then
We look nervy ,really need a goal to settle us .
Cabaye
Get in there you fekin beauty cabaye
commonnnnnn
Cababyyeee
Bennnyyy one ball one goallll
Cabayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Brilliantly done Benny.
Get in Cabs!
Class act that lad
Great play by Benny
I had a feeling Benny was going to produce a bit of magic there
the guy is a fuking star, and lovely finish from Cabaye
Dreamboat you little beauty!
That bloody link froze just as Cisse headed the ball ,I was left with audio only
Dreammmbbbbooooaattttt mwah mwah xx
Fab play by Benny
Was it a good goal my computers being a twat, The picture keeps freezing but i can still hear the commentary…
Benny….he makes a goal whenever the hell he wants
Cabaye in the advanced role is a different player alltogether, and the type I always thought he was going to be
Cisse
wooo hooo cisse
Cisse he scores when he wants ….get in
Commonn Cababye Cisse, what a fucking pass and a fucking finish
Get in papiss lad
We bloody deserve Champions League. We play beautiful stuff
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Cisse you beauty
come on lads maybe this is the thumping we are due to hand out
Wow wow wow, just an incredible goal, great finish Cisse, great ball Cabaye… That was Barcelona stuff!!!
Tore them to pieces… Come on lads let go on to make it 6-0
Incredible pass by cabaye
Papiss
Great ball by Cabaye. Class act
fantastic 2-0
even alan smith is scroing
fk me smith has scored for the dons
This must be the hoofball the likes of Chuck think we play?
Alan smith just scored!
Smith just scored for MK DONS
Smudge scored! Get in son
We are totally in control!!!
This team is amazing, i haven’t seen Newcastle play like that in years!!
Lets crush em 5-0
A goal for Papiss Cisse would mean that he’d scored in six successive PL games – the first player to achieve that feat this season (Wayne Rooney, Rafael Van der Vaart and Robin Persie all got to five before drawing a blank).
WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
72% possession for us. Has to be worth an extra point no?
Artnoon from Devon, lads and lasses. As I’m expected to provide punditry on Ian Wright’s show later, can I just open with the kind of incisive, intelligent and considered observation we expect on such shows?
Shit, we are good, aren’t we?
Jonas is the master at winning a FK
Right we need Ba to get on the sheet
Benny is just pure class with his direct pass between players
Stoke play such shit football. If any team deserved to get relegated…
Colo on the left wing, haha!
We’re absolutely pissing this in pretty much every department
Tiote has tried to be a bit too fancy with his passing… He’s been out for a while so understandable. That’s four he has passed to the oppostion though…
pulis looks like a fuking charva knobheed
Hatem is having fun here
Tiote misplacing a few passes trying to more ambitious like benny and cabs
JJ yeah his passing is a wee tad off
“We’re absolutely pissing this in pretty much every department”
Cheers, Toonsy – I may use that!
big dave
Hes rivalled in the charva stakes only by Arty Ziff in the mackems dugout…
I would like two more before half time
Greedy??
Dave agree but I’d substitute “looks like” with “is”
We need a penalty for ba to score.
I have always thought Simmo was a decent player but I think he is getting better
Ridiculous control by hba on that crossfield pass. Toonsy, you need to get a drooling icon for next season
Santon is really very very good today. Winning all his duals
oh close there for Ba
Always gonna pull Benny down ,they can’t handle him
Do need to be careful though, they can make goals out of nothing-ala set pieces.
Come on lads, lets bury em
I think Demba’s going to get on the sheet today. Just a gut feel. Possibly just optimism. Working his bits off as usual.
Toonsy I wonder if Chuck even watches our games
Dave – Doubt it
Good effort
Nice try by Santon
@Dubtoon…ridiculous is the word when it comes to Ben Arfa. I haven’t seen this kind of confidence and pomp since the first Keegan era
Santon didn’t really know what to do there
Dave…makes no odds if you watch something if you don’t have the mental capacity to absorb and understand what you’re seeing
Benny is getting 3 players on him now
Tiote down ,c’mon ref ffs
Tiote has only played five games since January
Richie are you saying he is clueless
we must have been practising our passing a lot more lately
good link someone mine is broken
Dave….yep
Toonsy tbf we’ve only played 8 since he got back from the ACoN
Id love us to sign shotton he looks class
Pulis is going mental. And he moves a bit like Norman Wisdom when he gets angry.
he wants to stay in those sewers in the states,let him drink his amstel doon there
The Premier League table looks rather nice
hba….. http://www.nutjob.eu/
Dave,
Simmo is extremely sound defensively. It’s just when he has the ball at his feet he doesn’t seem comfortable. But he is a good player and I hope we keep him.
I WOULDN’T SWAP CROUCHY FOR ANYBODY
Whumpie @131
That is so true.
Toonsy…tbf I wouldn’t give anyone for crouch either
@136
Cisse’s goal again if anyone wants to have a look
http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/pappis-cisse-newcastle-2-0-v-stoke/
Well we need another 2 for my 4.0 prediction ,got to have Ba on the score sheet . He is working his socks off and deserves a goal ,really hope he can get one ….or two
The passing and the run on the 2nd goal was absolutely superb. Excellent–Cabaye has been an absolute revelation now that he’s been moved up further.
RICHIE are you sure,theres a little spanish fellow that might change your mind
Hopefully we continue in the same vein and not do the same as we did against wolves
Jeff just said cisse was first newcastle player to score in 6 consecutive games in pl. Shearer scored in 7 in a row no? Maybe that was at Bburn?
Toonsy @ 136 thats because no other fuker would take him
did you get my mail 
I notice how the front 4 constantly interchanges position, e.g: Cabaye played Left, central and right midfield. Brilliant idea as Stoke’s defence just don’t know who to mark. Notice how central Ba is playing today
Ba’s work rate is incredible, but just doesn’t seem to be happening for him again today. Fingers crossed he gets a goal.
Off topic – I love american commentary.
TOONSY that was quick,aye kids keep you on your toes like
Ice….I’m sure……probably
This team is better than the entertainers we are just pure class , my mind is now made up Cabaye is the best signing we made last summer .
-125 Feck
That’s really surprising..doesn’t ever feel like we really missed him either…
Anyone got a link? Mine has just gone dead, fantastic display from us so far/ The passing is flowing between everyone very nicely
Cisse broke some records..
first to score six in a row for newcastle:-)
Zoe@134
Good link: http://tykestv.eu/channel2.php#schedule
Seem to be playing out from the back rather than goal kick. Deliberate choice obviously and I personally prefer it. Just wonder if Krul isn’t 100% though?
should have headed it
oh Ba close there son
Come on BA!!! he usually scores on a chance like that
cant stand that knob shawcross
couldve headed it… or went down when he was shoved in the back
Hoilett at it again
he’s onside man, u tool
That was onside. Never mind though eh
feck
and again! f me
Feck offside
Linos guessed twice
English referees are so shit.
what the f*cking hell is this linesman playing at?
Two bad offside decision in a minute and goal disallowed
And Cisse was level there also
bastads
No onside
Shit we should be Chelski 
Demba looking sharper 2nd half
Cabaye must have been such a frustrated footballer at the start of this season – he seems to be lovely that advanced role and is bloody good at it.
Sunday rags will have someone buying Cisse and Cabaye for £100m in the summer
Come on Ba son, find the net!!!!
Really wish Demba would get a goal…..he deserves one!
Should be a corner
So thats two corners and a goal we havent been given in 5 minutes….
beauty
Hey–a question for you players and weekend warriors: When Cameron Jerome was getting ready to come on, he put something on his shirt–some kind of cream or ointment or something, maybe to help his breathing. Can anybody tell me what that was?
pure fucking silk Mr Cabaye
Isn’t this just brilliant to watch!!!
Gooooaaalllll cabaye
Cabaye
Cabaye. CLASS
Cabaye. What a player.
Common pure class finishh
Cabaye for a hat-trick
FSOTC…wicks vapour rub I’d guess
Fucking Cabaye, man. Superb.
FSOTC – There’s loads of stuff you can put on your shirt. Olbas Oil is a goodun.
So I’m guessing Cabaye might sneak man of the match
If Cisse’s goal wasn’t disallowed it would have been four braces in four games… (Eight goals in four).
Jerome a bit out of his depth taking on the curly one
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, from Cabaye started playing more forward he is fuking brilliant and looks happier too
Well done Cabaye but I missed it link keeps Freezing
Now come on, get timmy a fourth clean sheet in a row
Ben Arfa has a silky touch… Cisse isn’t far behind.
Yeah, Richie, kind of what I was thinking. Anybody ever use that for their Sunday pub team? Does it work well?
One more for my 4.0
God. We look fooking special today here like.
Ba-Cisse-HBA-Cabaye
It’s almost impossible for teams to control all four of them. We have so many game changing players.
perch on to shore the MF up
get in Perch!
http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Potters&action=display&thread=190808&page=10
Gwan Perch! Nothing gets past the Mansfield Zanetti
Shame he couldn’t get a hatty, but better safe than sorry!
Big dave. Clears the way for a mazy guti run through the middle for the fourth, more licence to go forward now
Percinho with a flying block 5 second after coming on. Great game from everyOne so far
Fstoc…..nah, Toonsy got arrested last time he tried to rub it on a sunday pub team
Tiote’s passing has been a bit off today, tho it does look like he’s trying harder balls.
We arent any good, they are just crap..
Stoke supporters really getting low
Danish…they seem a tad upset
N’er heard of that one Toonsy. Maybe not available in the states?
Tell you what, I really want to see Ba get one here and I really want to see Best come on for Cisse too. I’d like to see him get back in the mix because he combined so very well with Ba.
Opta Sports @OptaJoe
5 – Yohan Cabaye has either scored (one) or assisted (four) five goals in Newcastle’s last three league games. Streak.
shouldve gone to Papiss there Perchy
Ahh Colo
C’mon Ba get a goal .
Our Cb and DM taking them apart now
great interception by papiss there
Every player is actually helping ba to score.
*perchy
Shola time!
Ba’s just dying to score. Really hope he gets one because he’s forcing it now and that’s not good.
richietoon:
I can remember those times…
But why think about that now!!!!
Loving this team
Even Pardew wants ba to score.
Dieing or dying?
As AOD says, looks like it’s mission get Ba a goal now
Ah, well, was hoping for Besty, but Shola’s been a super sub lately.
FSOTC – you had it right the first time
Bring off ben arfa,get Best in.
3prong attack.
Cabaye is different class today like.
Also None of the relegation teams getting beat so pressure on QPR to beat Spurs
Shola has been super sub for about a month now, but today he is looking like Shola again
Supporting this team is like having sex with the ugly girl from the bar..
Just relax and let her do job..
and wait for the happy ending
Right on Dubtoon. Thanks.
By the way, Dubtoon because of Lee Perry, Augustus Pablo and King Tubby or Dubtoon because of James Joyce, Sean O’Casey and James Plunkett?
Or perhaps some other reason?
Hatem Ben Arfa defending. The boy has grown up, methinks. Impressive.
The ugly girl: She works hard to please. I’ll give her that.
I guess ugly guys like us work pretty hard too, when it comes down to it.
What a fucking tool marriner is
The latter fsotc (went to same school as JJ). Though i’m curious as to who this king tubby is
Jonathan Walters is a fucking shit footballer
Perch to right back. Is there anything he can’t do?
King Tubby: Dub luminary, lesser known, perhaps than Augustus & Scratch, probably not as good, truth be told, but solid & deep fundamental sound.
if she is to ugly then throw something over her head, stick some flags in her ears, and place a dirty magazine on her back…
I play in a band, i am not the ugly guy
she looks real interested
Danish – is that girl on screen the one you were talking about
Bet that lad is well proud if the TV Camera showing off his fat wife
what a save! f me!
Aw that was a peach
Beautiful effort from Cheick
Given-esque
oh what a shot from Tiote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xJ9fggYhvY
Jesus close there
I seem to remember him scoring a fourth goal for us before
Check out Tiote, man.
Cheik out Tiote! Ha!
Dubtoon:
No she’s on speed dail
Toonsy…the munter didn’t look owa happy
COME ON LADS
Looks like ba cannot score today again.
Stoke are a fucking shit fucking tedious orrible football club
I’ve seen plenty of ugly dudes in bands, partner.
well done Santon
munter by some standards maybe, ive been with worse
Santon’s had a stormer today
well played Santon cool as a cucumber
Fans Should Own The Club:
yir.. that is why they play in a band
CC….didn’t say I wadn’t
Ba and van persie goal drought happen around the same time.
Fecking great performance
Crouch
what would pulis tha chav do without him 
Good game..
Come on QPR!
Well done lads. Brilliant performance today. Be proud
4th straight clean sheet…apparently we’ve never achieved that in the Prem before
Richie @ 270 theres not many you wouldn’t
FT Newcastle 3-0 Stoke. A sixth successive win for Newcastle – their best run since 1996. Cabaye grabbed two and Cisse, of course, got the other.
Krul for golden glove now.
Spurs have to be shitting their pants. We’re on fire. They’re a wet sack of mice.
Dave…very true, I just hate the thought of any lasses missing out
Newkie 14 th
great result,and a scum player sent off too,couldnt be better,well it can come on qpr
I WOULDN’T SWAP CROUCHY FOR ANYONE
Not even for Messi? Probably not actually as you wouldn’t know how to utilise him you geriatric twat
Great result lads only thing missing is a Ba goal,feel for him as he’s worked so hard again today. Big pressure on Spuds now C’mon QPR.
Didn’t have to get out of 3rd gear today. Come the Chelsea game we are going to be unbelievably fresher than them.
Its a nice thing, I think RVP scores his last goal against us, and was mocking Krul and our tteam, so now he doesn’t score that’s a good story.
Perfect game today, all the game in the control, I just know even more regret these 2 points lost against the Wolwes and this penalty missed against Sunderland.
Toonsy don’t talk about geriatric twats around richie, he cant help himself it seems
Dubtoon, another great one from King Tubby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Xcjsql5IM&feature=related
Ou est le neggers?
We played beautifully today, but is that partly because Stoke just yield the midfield and try to hoof it over?
Or are we just on fucking fire!?!?
Props to Jonas in his new role–He’s become a bit invisible the way Cabaye did for a while playing that role, but he was solid today.
Hitman, Craig Chisholm, Bobby Bullshit, Troll Status, Baggy Grandma – you’re incessant shite took a heel of a beating today.
Great result. We must not forget our defence which has been mighty. Another clean sheet with several wins in a row now. We are taking the fight for a champions league place.
Another great result today from the lads, howay QPR
DubT
Onto the next big game now. Think i might’ve preferred if they got a point today to make them feel safe but no matter. I’m sure pards has something else up his sleeve
Michael12 a pretty sure you were calling Pardew clueless a few months back? Am I wrong???
Guess what lads,stoke face arsenal next game.
Chelsea vs. QPR.
We might need to start rooting for Stoke and QPR next week.
Especially QPR later too.
Toonsy isn’t your wife a Portsmouth fan – she won’t be very happy with them being relegated. Hope young Billy get’s initiated into the Toon Army
Big Dave – you not think its funny that your Bessie pal has jumped ship as soon as things are looking up for the toon?
Looking forward to MOTD tonight as I missed two of the goals due to link freezing at the exact moment we scored
Also when working out our points total 7 games ago I thought we would amass 62 at the end of the season and hopefully enough to get us 6th .Well here we are sitting in 4th on 62 with 4 games and 12 more points up for grabs .It’s bloody dreamland lads ‘n’ lasses bloody dreamland.
Agree KimToon. Who would of dreamed of this at the start of the season. We are game of the day on sky sports 2 later
Deb – She used to be a Portsmouth fan
cracking result. cabaye was superb, Santon was very impressive. the rest were shite
does the reality train go to europe?
cracking match on soon, Qpr v Spurs
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/
Match report up now guys n gals
Deb ,just been listening to Shearer talking on 5live. He said he had dinner with Pards 10 days ago and when talking about Toon getting Champs league spot .Said he told him why not .Said that we deserve it and are the in form team.
@kimtoon
only the two mighty manchester clubs have taken more points since boxing day
toon toon
spurs have 5 in midfield, Defoe up on his tod.
Mark I hadn’t realised that, wow amazing.
Kim – your boy has done it again like!!
Just watched the highlights on ESPN app and it was the Cabaye show. What a pass for Cisses goal
There wasn’t a single Stoke highlight!!!
@Toon chicken: 296: I concede he has got it right in several of the games since congratulations to him. I criticised when he got it wrong so now I praise him when he is doing well and getting it right.
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