After two weeks off it’s back to Premier League action for The Magpies as they take on The Potters of Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium this afternoon.
A brief 90 minutes of football today will take is into yet another two week break, which is why it’s important to try and get a positive result this afternoon at what is one of the leagues toughest grounds to visit. Both teams could very easily get sucked into the relegation mire, but I would suggest that Stoke have the greater need for a win whereas Newcastle could probably just about settle for a point that will keep us ticking over until the Wolves game at the start of April.
It isn’t looking pretty with regard to injury news either although there was no official confirmation that any one of Joey Barton, Jose Enrique or Jonas Gutierrez have been ruled out in the build up to the match. It’s looks as though at least one, if not all, of them will miss the match as I speculated in my match match preview.
Being a Saturday 3pm game means that the game will not be live on TV, well not in the UK anyway. This will mean that many people are relying on streaming the game if they are to watch it. Reliability of streams has been **** on the whole recently, but if you do manage to find a decent one then please feel free to throw a link to it in the comments section below.
I guess all that is left for me to say is that I hope we all enjoy the game and get the result at the end of it. I’ve pre-written this as I’m at the match myself, so the team news has today been supplied by Moreno.
Howay the lads!
Team news….
Stoke: Begovic; Wilson, Shawcross, Huth, Higginbotham; Pennant, Delap, Whelan, Etherington; Jones, Walters
Subs: Sorensen, Collins, Fuller, Pugh, Diao, Whitehead, Wilkinson.
Newcastle: Steve Harper, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Sol Campbell, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique. Joey Barton, Cheik Tiote, Kevin Nolan. Shola Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands.
Subs: Tim Krul, Steven Taylor, Danny Guthrie, Shane Ferguson, Jonas Gutierrez, Shefki Kuqi, Nile Ranger.
Newcastle go to a 3-5-2 formation. Sol Campbell comes in to replace Steven Taylor who drops to the bench. Jose Enrique and Joey Barton pass late fitness tests to give the starting 11 a much needed boost as Leon Best is absent due to an injury he picked up in training on Thursday.
HOWAY THE LADS !
Stoke team to follow as soon as I get it….team news up before anyone else but the official site 🙂
Moreno(Quote)
Hope to god Barton and Enique arent being rushed back
CC(Quote)
Barton and Enrique GET IN! Hope they’re not just being risked and are actually at full fitness. Shame about Besty, big shame, but with any luck we’ll see Fergie on at LW in the second half. Looks like we’re playing with wingbacks again, interesting formation, I think a lot of us would agree with it and I hope to god it comes off…
HOWAY THE LADS!
DevonMag(Quote)
pleased jose is in,cannot understand loverman like
icedog(Quote)
My pet hate Lovenkrands is playing. Please for once battle as if it means as much to you as it does the fans. Ranger to score second half winner. Dreams are made of such things
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Feckin horrible picture 🙁
Chuffed Joey and Jose are in there 😀
richietoon(Quote)
Will we play with wing backs or just pack the defence with five and play five three two
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
“cannot understand loverman like”
me neither i though this was perfect for Ranger to start with his pace and power, Loverman will be chewed up
CC(Quote)
Best was injured in a training match on Thursday, which was ironically set up to check Joey and Jose’s fitness…
Moreno(Quote)
Ah well Lads I can still feel it in me water 😆
Lovens to score 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Moreno you had the team up near as fast as I did a few weeks back but whats 2 mins between mates 😆 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
i am thinking why are we scared of Stoke?
Surely we are better
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
BD,
As long as I beat Lee Ryder 😎
there going to be any streams on?
Moreno(Quote)
DAVE hope your reet m8,didnt want him or shola,but we have to support who has the shirt on,thought it was ideal time for kuqi to throw his weight aboot
icedog(Quote)
What you think about Sol for Saylor?
Moreno(Quote)
Stoke team up
Moreno(Quote)
Moreno I just have a funny feeling we will struggle for streams today 🙁 as for Saylor I think Sol is there because he will stay in the one place 😆
Ice I thought that too but im not too disappointed maybe he knows Kuqi wont last the game and maybe Ranger and him coming on later will do the damage 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
MORENO well taylor had a nightmare in last game m8 can see why hes went for sol,can simpson handle their winger is my worry
icedog(Quote)
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=109242&part=sports
Big Dave(Quote)
the side definitely has the look of a five man defence. Simmo a better defender than attacker so he won’t be bonmbing forward leaving space for Stoke to pull our central defenders out the middle. Keeping it compact and crowded in the middle
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
What got a point… 🙁
CC(Quote)
0-0 at white hart lane. full time
Moreno(Quote)
PMSL at Spuds. I work with a fan who says they can win champions league and Bale is better than Ronaldo. Clown
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
*Wham
CC(Quote)
stream http://sportstream24.com/england_football/watch_online_8
sertjj(Quote)
http://av-streams.com/
Big Dave(Quote)
cheers big dave
phil(Quote)
The veetle one on myp2p is working ok, Spanish commentary like…
CC(Quote)
muy bien.No hay problema para mi !
Moreno(Quote)
http://sportstream24.com/england_football/watch_online_8.php
English commentary, a bit slow though
Moreno(Quote)
West brom leading arsenal one nowt
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Here we go… 🙄
CC(Quote)
cannot see. Is it a hundred mile a hour stuff with little or no football or something better
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
This isn’t a bad pic http://domacifilmovi.us/ch4.php
Big Dave(Quote)
That sounded close
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
best link yet Dave
Moreno(Quote)
Well done the “Internut” 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Joey dosn’t seem to have his shooting boots on yet 🙄
Big Dave(Quote)
Richie 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
any links? how we start?
Johno Toon(Quote)
just saw that now big dave 😳 cheers 😆
Johno Toon(Quote)
johno…last link Dave put up is the best one
richietoon(Quote)
See Shola smash Shawcross with the elbow. Get in there son
Moreno(Quote)
JT this is the best pic quality http://domacifilmovi.us/ch4.php
Big Dave(Quote)
Shola having one of his days
CC(Quote)
Nolan and Walters squaring up against each other, just having a laugh though… 🙄
Moreno(Quote)
jose ganin off 😥
richietoon(Quote)
Jose off come on Fergie lad
Big Dave(Quote)
Enrique subbed for Ferguson!!
Rushed back no doubt.
Moreno(Quote)
Well done alan thats probably him out for a while…What a w@nker
CC(Quote)
wee Fergie getting stuck in 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
1-0 stoke.
walters
Moreno(Quote)
FFS 1-0
Big Dave(Quote)
Soft goal or good goal?
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
bollox
richietoon(Quote)
How can they watch this sh*t every week
CC(Quote)
I think Sol should have done a lot better for that 🙁
Big Dave(Quote)
Blackpool are winning. We are now in the relegation mix
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Thats why lovenkrands shouldn’t be playing
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Shola just played a great ball over for Lovens, any other of our strikers would have got to it and scored
Moreno(Quote)
whey hey…Toonsy just on tv there…..ugly ****
richietoon(Quote)
by the way lads, I am keeping up to date with all the other scores
Moreno(Quote)
Wolves now winning
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
tell you what, since the goal we have battered them
Moreno(Quote)
tiote banned 😥
richietoon(Quote)
He booking him for that, Where do these refs come from
CC(Quote)
Tiote booked. Absolutely ridiculous decision by the referee.
Moreno(Quote)
Tiote shouldn’t have got a card for that
Big Dave(Quote)
is this not typical newcastle don’t start playing till we are a goal behind
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
what an effort by Ferguson by the way
We have been the better team I reckon.
Moreno(Quote)
I think youd be hard pressed to find a team who havent been better against this dispicable lot this season but they seem to pick up points…
CC(Quote)
whey hey lads. already shapin’ up to be a tough day… ugh.
OHurley(Quote)
Hmm. 1 shot on goal and they lead 1-0. Typical. We are seriously in trouble with all these injuries. We can’t seem to play properly at the moment. Hopefully we can get home a draw today.
AlanPardewProject(Quote)
What’s with lack of comments today? blogs seem a bit dead like.. or is it tech issues?
GeordioCubano(Quote)
Ah ok scratch that, as soon as I posted the comments popped up! Weird… wasn’t getting any.
GeordioCubano(Quote)