It’s game on again as Newcastle host Bolton Wanderers at St James’ Park in what could be a tricky encounter against the in form Trotters.
Not only do we have the fine form of our opponents to deal with, but we also have this Saturday, 3pm kick-off hoodoo to contend with. As I pointed out in my match preview, it’s been two and a half years since Nufc last mustered a home Premier League win when the kick-off has been at 3pm on a Saturday.
Still, hopefully that will change this afternoon, and if it does it will mean that we leapfrog Bolton and climb into seventh place in the Premier League table. if you’d have told me at the start of the season that we would be seventh in the league with only ten games left I would have probably punched you in the face in some vain attempt to try and knock some sense into you!
However, here we are, and with the feel good factor that has been manufactured by the result against Birmingham and perpetuated by the announcements of new long-term contracts for Cheik Tiote and John Carver you would have to hope that we can use that momentum and gain a positive result. Mind you, this is Newcastle United and we could just as easily receive a kick in the nuts as punishment for our enthusiasm.
I’m lucky enough to be at the match so I won’t actually need a stream for once, which means that you won’t have to put up with me moaning about how I can’t get a stream to work. However, for those who do need one, if you find a good one then please feel free to leave a link to it in the comments section below.
That’s just about it really, and all that is left to say is that I hope you enjoy the match. I’m in Newcastle overnight so the team news will be supplied by Big Dave, and I will leave you in the capable hands of MarkToon and Moreno for the duration of my absence.
Howay the lads!
Team news.
Newcastle: Steve Harper; Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio
Coloccini, Jose Enrique; Joey Barton, Cheick Tiote, Kevin Nolan (c), Jonas
Gutierrez; Leon Best, Peter Lovenkrands
Subs: Tim Krul, James Perch, Sol Campbell, Steven Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Nile Ranger, Shefki Kuqi
Bolton: Jaaskelainen; Alonso, Wheater, Cahill, Robinson; Elmander, Muamba, Holden, Petrov; Davies (c), Sturridge
Subs: Bogdan, Steinsson, Taylor, Davies, Rodrigo, Chung-Yong Lee, Klasnic
How the **** did that happen
CC(Quote)
least the makems are 2 down
Moreno(Quote)
I’m back I think big dave
jay jay(Quote)
Jay good to have ye back mate 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
I can’t get any streams to work! 😥
Whumpie(Quote)
http://hqstreamz.net/ch1.html
Big Dave(Quote)
Very unlucky not to be a couple in front
CC(Quote)
reet get in get a few oranges down yer necks and get back out and put this to bed 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
****. Was just thinking “bolton are too good to roll over like this…” Start of 2nd half is crucial now.
What were they doing differently at the end of the 1st half? We were completely bossing it and then… what?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Right come on Lads
Big Dave(Quote)
oh FFS red card for Raylor
Big Dave(Quote)
Bloody moron
CC(Quote)
Red carded. 😯
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Taylor you idiot – gonna be tough now
4411(Quote)
Apparently warranted like, two footed on Elmander
Ross(Quote)
ya cannit even feel hard done by there, awful challenge
Moreno(Quote)
batten down the hatches 👿
or can we keep going 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Id stick Ranger up front and take of Best
CC(Quote)
without doubt he deserved the red 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
maybe wheater will get another yellow to even it up 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
take off best? Nah mate, loven
Moreno(Quote)
What do we do with the midfield now?
Barton could be out for a couple of weeks after his injury the day and Raylor will be on a 3 match ban i think?
Ireland needs to find fitness and quickly like.
Ross(Quote)
Best is continually offside and if we are going to break on them we need pace
CC(Quote)
streams are well ***** today
4411(Quote)
CC I agree and apart from offside he dosn’t seem to offer much else today
Big Dave(Quote)
we have no chance at this rate, we are camped in our box, there is absolutely no link between midfield and attack. Nolan is stood still in our own half
Moreno(Quote)
Taylor coming on 😕
Big Dave(Quote)
eh Guitierez off – surely loven or best?
4411(Quote)
really strange substitutions, hope partridge knows what he’s doing…
Moreno(Quote)
We’ve gone to 3 at the back
Ross(Quote)
canny bit of footwork from Taylor 😆
CC(Quote)
I cant stand that c@nt Davies
Big Dave(Quote)
tell you what like, the officials have got the vast majority of decisions wrong (bar the taylor red card)
Moreno(Quote)
fat *******
CC(Quote)
COME ON LADS 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Why oh why,everytime there is a chance to go upwards,we cripple and fails. 👿
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
apart from the goal Nolan has been pretty quiet
Big Dave(Quote)
Benny Boy 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
I don’t really understand the changes or the formation. Can’t really tell who’s playing where with my stream as choppy and muddy as it is.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Great to see Ben arfa in the crowd smiling and enjoying the game
Moreno(Quote)
WTF That should have been a card
Big Dave(Quote)
kev nolans last attempt at goal just landed in Morpeth
Moreno(Quote)
fuk I thought that was over the line 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Tiote down 🙁
Big Dave(Quote)
come on Cookie 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Thought Besty was a handful today.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Cookiemonster’s a big boy.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
bollicks
Big Dave(Quote)
That was very close, wasn’t it?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Ranger didn’t look offside there
Big Dave(Quote)
ah well 1 pt may do 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Could’a won that with a bit of luck in the first half.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
shame, R.Taylor blew it, without a doubt.
We deserved the win
Moreno(Quote)
Oh well not a bad result after we were down to ten, Another point closer to safety.
Surely weve just witnessed Ryan Taylors last ever appearance in black and white unless grimsby or darlo are interested… 👿
CC(Quote)
disappointed with the chance to go up yet,fail once more. 🙄
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
with the makems losing we would have went above them
Moreno(Quote)
ah well, could’ve easily lost that having gone down to 10 men, and I said I would’ve taken 4 points from these two home games, so i’m not too disheartened.
Just a shame though we’ve not been able to take advantage of he makems poor form
I Love Mike(Quote)
@I love Mike: Next game:
Bolton vs. Aston villa.
Newcastle Vs. Everton
Arsenal Vs. Sunderland.
Another chance,hopefully NEWCASTLE CAN TAKE IT THIS TIME,this isn’t such chance anymore.
I was wondering,ryan taylor out for 3games,barton injured,who is gonna play at Right flank? 😯
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
there isn’t*
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
anyone but Perch 😯
dissapointed that we couldnt capitalize and leap frog the unwashed today
R.Taylor, wtf was he thinking!? 👿
shame Ranger’s goal ruled offside, wasn’t it marginally off? Could have been a goal on another day
arcarius(Quote)
AOD do we know how bad Barton is ? or was it just a twinge ❓
Big Dave(Quote)
we will play simpson RW and S.Taylor RB i would have thought
didnt we push simpson up to RM today? maybe a test for him
Moreno(Quote)
Ref was utter utter Tosh. The one thing he got right was the sending off. Mind you, Taylor was gash anyway. We struggled in the middle today and gave ball away a lot of times . Tiote and Nolan were both guilty of it. Best played well and out himself about. We were ok, but ok is about it to be fair.
In the hotel now anyway. Its travelodgetastic 😉
Ryantoon – Welcome along 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
Mark….Toonsy got the beers in today, allegedgly you should take note on how its done 😉 😆 😆
richietoon(Quote)
People can blame the ref all they like, we had chances in the first half to win it – Lovenkrands missed a sitter, then straight after Best had a chance on the rebound.
Jonas was against a 32 year old left back playing right back, came up with nothing at all, just glad Pardew took him off.
Sturridge was quality I thought, all round he did well, link up play, movement and got himself a goal.
Lets hope Bartons ok for Everton because Guthrie on the right is awful, anyways it was great to see Benny on there on the bench.
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
Was Nile offside? I couldn’t make it out from where I sit.
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
just got back from the match and have never seen a more incompetent ref and linesman 😈 the ref was consistent tho, consistently wrong. honestly i am so mad right now!!!
davidtoon4life(Quote)
Jill….if you’re still about, cheers for the congrats last week 😉
richietoon(Quote)
Andrew – I was bout level with Ranger and my first reaction was to look at the link. Mind you, I did spend an awful lot of time looking ar him. I may have been constantly calling him a fat useless c### aswell 😉
toonsy(Quote)
I really want to see Nile get a start against Everton, every time he comes on he makes a good impact, he just needs to get a goal!
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
bob mon,on real radio has just said the ref had a very good game 😯
icedog(Quote)
Toonsy you out on the lash in toon the neet?
Ross(Quote)
Ross – I would say a few beers is on the agenda
toonsy(Quote)
Good on ye Toonsy. Well all I will say is to make sure you don’t end up in Diamonds strip club on Greys St, open until 4:30 am, after a few beers. Mrs wouldn’t be pleased 😉
Ross(Quote)
so we know where you gan ROSS 😯
icedog(Quote)