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
Ba’s just dying to score. Really hope he gets one because he’s forcing it now and that’s not good.
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richietoon:
I can remember those times… 😥
But why think about that now!!!! 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎
Loving this team 😆
DanishToon(Quote)
😆 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Even Pardew wants ba to score. 😉
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Dieing or dying?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
As AOD says, looks like it’s mission get Ba a goal now 😆
toonsy(Quote)
Ah, well, was hoping for Besty, but Shola’s been a super sub lately.
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FSOTC – you had it right the first time 😉
Dubtoon(Quote)
Bring off ben arfa,get Best in.
3prong attack. 😈
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Cabaye is different class today like.
Also None of the relegation teams getting beat so pressure on QPR to beat Spurs
Sharpy17(Quote)
Shola has been super sub for about a month now, but today he is looking like Shola again 😉
JJ(Quote)
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 😀
DanishToon(Quote)
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?
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Hatem Ben Arfa defending. The boy has grown up, methinks. Impressive.
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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.
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What a fucking tool marriner is
CC(Quote)
The latter fsotc (went to same school as JJ). Though i’m curious as to who this king tubby is 😆
Dubtoon(Quote)
Jonathan Walters is a fucking **** footballer
M(Quote)
Perch to right back. Is there anything he can’t do?
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King Tubby: Dub luminary, lesser known, perhaps than Augustus & Scratch, probably not as good, truth be told, but solid & deep fundamental sound.
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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 😀
DanishToon(Quote)
she looks real interested 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Danish – is that girl on screen the one you were talking about 😉
Dubtoon(Quote)
Bet that lad is well proud if the TV Camera showing off his fat wife 😆
toonsy(Quote)
what a save! f me!
M(Quote)
Aw that was a peach
Dubtoon(Quote)
Beautiful effort from Cheick
Newkie(Quote)
Given-esque
M(Quote)
oh what a shot from Tiote
Big Dave(Quote)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xJ9fggYhvY
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Jesus close there
kimtoon(Quote)
I seem to remember him scoring a fourth goal for us before 😈
Dubtoon(Quote)
Check out Tiote, man.
Cheik out Tiote! Ha!
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Dubtoon:
😀 😀 😀
No she’s on speed dail
DanishToon(Quote)
Toonsy…the munter didn’t look owa happy 😆
richietoon(Quote)
COME ON LADS 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Looks like ba cannot score today again. 😥
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Stoke are a fucking **** fucking tedious orrible football club
CC(Quote)
I’ve seen plenty of ugly dudes in bands, partner.
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well done Santon
richietoon(Quote)
munter by some standards maybe, ive been with worse 😉
CC(Quote)
Santon’s had a stormer today
M(Quote)
well played Santon cool as a cucumber
Big Dave(Quote)
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yir.. that is why they play in a band 😀
DanishToon(Quote)
CC….didn’t say I wadn’t
richietoon(Quote)
Ba and van persie goal drought happen around the same time. 😯
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Fecking great performance 😀 😀
CC(Quote)
Crouch 😆 what would pulis tha chav do without him 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Good game..
Come on QPR!
DanishToon(Quote)
Well done lads. Brilliant performance today. Be proud
Dubtoon(Quote)
4th straight clean sheet…apparently we’ve never achieved that in the Prem before 😯
Newkie(Quote)
Richie @ 270 theres not many you wouldn’t
Big Dave(Quote)
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. 😯
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Spurs have to be shitting their pants. We’re on fire. They’re a wet sack of mice.
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Dave…very true, I just hate the thought of any lasses missing out 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Newkie 14 th 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
great result,and a scum player sent off too,couldnt be better,well it can come on qpr 😀
icedog(Quote)
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 **** 🙄
toonsy(Quote)
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.
kimtoon(Quote)
Didn’t have to get out of 3rd gear today. Come the Chelsea game we are going to be unbelievably fresher than them.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
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.
HBA39(Quote)
Toonsy don’t talk about geriatric twats around richie, he cant help himself it seems 😯
Dubtoon(Quote)
Dubtoon, another great one from King Tubby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Xcjsql5IM&feature=related
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Ou est le neggers?
Toon Chicken(Quote)
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.
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Hitman, Craig Chisholm, Bobby Bullshit, Troll Status, Baggy Grandma – you’re incessant ***** took a heel of a beating today.
Toon Chicken(Quote)
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.
Michael12(Quote)
Another great result today from the lads, howay QPR
geordie deb(Quote)
DubT 😯 😆
richietoon(Quote)
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
Dubtoon(Quote)
Michael12 a pretty sure you were calling Pardew clueless a few months back? Am I wrong???
Toon Chicken(Quote)
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.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
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
geordie deb(Quote)
Big Dave – you not think its funny that your Bessie pal has jumped ship as soon as things are looking up for the toon?
Toon Chicken(Quote)
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. 😀 😀 😎
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