QPR v Newcastle – Premier League match preview

Loftus Road - The new home of Joey Barton.
Premier League football returns after the latest international break as Newcastle head to Loftus Road where they will come up against a familiar face.

That face belongs to Joey Barton who was surprisingly allowed to leave the club on a free transfer and joined QPR, along with a whole host of new signings, before the transfer window slammed shut 10 days ago.

Football is a funny old game some wise man once said, and the quirk of the fixture list means that friend turned foe Joey Barton will be making his debut for his new club on the very same evening that his old club roll into town.

Barton probably won’t be the only new face in the QPR line up however as Neil Warnock managed to bring in six new faces in the final week of the window. I would hope that Anton Ferdinand makes his debut as every time he has played against us he has been raped (not literally) by our attack.

I’ll not take a stab at what the QPR team will be as there are likely to be several changes after the arrivals of Joey Barton, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Luke Young, Armand Traore and Anton Ferdinand plus the potential inclusions of Clint Hill and DJ Campbell who return from suspension and illness respectively. What I do know is that Kieron Dyer is injured (nothing new) and they lost their last match 2-0 at Wigan where they lined up with a team of:

QPR: Paddy Kenny, Fitz Hall, Danny Gabbidon, Bruno Perone, Matt Connolly, Shaun Derry, Adel Taarabt, Alejandro Faurlin, Akos Buzsaky, Patrick Agyemang, Tommy Smith.

Newcastle aren’t without their own potential clutch of debutants however. Davide Santon is fit and ready to go although a spot on the bench seems most likely. Fit again Sylvain Marveaux could also make his Premier League debut for the club whilst Steve Harper is back in full training after recovering from his long standing knee injury although new boy Rob Elliot is likely to assume a role on the bench for this match.

Hatem Ben Arfa is back and training and is not too far off returning to first team action. Mike Williamson is still out with an ankle injury and is approximately a month away from a return to fitness. Haris Vuckic is also out with a hand injury.

In terms of team selection I can’t see it being too different to the team that beat Fulham. The defence is almost at the point of picking itself whilst Tim Krul has made the starting goalkeeper spot his own after his performances in the last few games. Demba Ba showed signs of improvement against Fulham and Leon Best can’t really be dropped after scoring another two goals in the last match. With all that in mind I’d probably go with the team that finished the Fulham game, almost.

Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Gabriel Obertan, Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Leon Best, Demba Ba.

With regard to the recent history between the two sides, Newcastle are unbeaten in four and have won three of those games. The one blip in that run of form came in our Championship season when we drew 1-1 with them at St James’ Park. Marlon Harewood saved the day on that occasion.

In terms of the Premier League our last win at Loftus Road came in the 1995/1996 season courtesy of two goals from Keith Gillespie and one from former Hoop Sir Les Ferdinand. If I could meet Kenny Dalglish I would drop the nut on him for flogging Sir Les. Dirty, risible, plastic scouse jock alcoholic ******.

Interestingly there has never been a 0-0 draw between the two sides in a league encounter.

Adel Taarabt has had more failed attempts at goal than any other Premier League player.

If Leon Best can muster three goals from his next six games he will have matched Andy Carroll’s goalscoring form from the start of last season.

It’s a good job that we seem to be a second half team this season as Newcastle went on to win just one game from 13 where we were level at half-time last season.

The midfield area is likely to be where the game is won and lost. There is potential for fireworks and Joey Barton will no doubt be in the thick of it. Cheik Tiote and Yohan Cabaye won’t take any **** though so there should be an interesting contest in prospect.

The wing area also concerns me, especially the pace of Shaun Wright-Phillips up against Ryan Taylor. I think Raylor could get ripped a new arsehole in fairness.

It will be an interesting game and there are many sub plots that should mean that there is enough entertainment to go around.

Phil Dowd is the man in the middle and he will need to be on top of his game as we generally give him quite a lot to do. His last three Newcastle games saw a return 21 goals for his efforts – Chelsea 3-4 Newcastle, Newcastle 5-1 Sunderland, Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal.

A score draw would be enough for 4th place come Monday evening. Mind you I don’t think that I could take a score draw like this one eh Geordie Deb?

Getting dreamier, a win would see us go 4th on clear points. On the other side of that a two goal defeat would see us drop one place into 7th, which is as low as we can go this weekend. I’m not predicting anything however. The results are better when I don’t predict anything!

Howay the lads!

Date: Monday, 12th September, 2011.

Kick-off: 8pm UK time.

Venue: Loftus Road, London.

About toonsy

A lifelong Newcastle fan and current webmaster of this very 'blog who has the sole aim of creating a place by Newcastle United fans, for Newcastle United fans.

60 thoughts on “QPR v Newcastle – Premier League match preview

  1. Nice to see I’m still in front in the prediction league ahaha 🙂

    On another note, really looking forward to this game. I think it will be a lively game but my prediction is two nil to us

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  2. dont like barton hes a dirty little scouse meth ,the board were right not too give him a contract as they answerd in the question and answer ,greedy little c unt

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  3. Toonsy – unbelievable match i was there and couldn’t believe we went into the break 4 -0 up and yet drew 5-5. Think of last season’s Arsenal capitulation and you’re on the right track. Wouldnt mind the half time score from that game but some how can’t see it.

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  4. I’d love it… LOVE IT if someone were to smash that horrible scouse ****’s face in on Monday night!!

    He’s a joke of a man – talks more ***** in one day than Ashley will in his lifetime.

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  5. Toonsy good write up mate,
    Sorry but like Mikes *** chum @ 9 I too worry because its normally teams around us that we come unstuck.
    But we should be able to get 3 pts and I can see Joey having a shocker 🙂

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  6. Ice I have to admit I was shocked to see Batty turning his coat, but then he does make money out of him so maybe the Fatman has warned him that it would be in his best interests to back hin up.

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  7. evening lads and lasses!!

    will davide santon be starting on monday night? the bench?? give him a start , he looks class!!

    this is my team for monday night

    krul
    raylor taylor collo santon
    obertan tiote cabaye gutierez
    best ba

    subs
    elliot
    simpson
    gosling
    marveaux
    sameobi
    ferguson
    shola

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  8. @Big Dave

    Batty was professing his undying love for the fat man on the other thread.
    He said he was fishing but I’m starting to think he’s got a secret crush on him and he’s struggling with his feelings.

    Don’t say I’ve mentioned it to you as he will flatly deny it and become defensive.  

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  9. Well boys, I’m dying to see the Toons creative midfield on Monday as they’ve so far been as creative as bobby goulds Wimbledon.

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  10. llambarse is a right fairy

    The answers as expected but hey ho

    We are going to draw 1-1 with qpr!

    Night

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  11. looks like 7 points from 3 have a few lads unsettled. can’t imagine what 10 from 4 would do.

    I see judas had another stellar performance lol

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  12. Troy – Keep up, little fella. I’ve answered the Pards one on another thread. Big Dave will vouch for that. He seems to be watching me closely.

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  13. Troy – Hey little fella, looks like Toonpipes has called it right @ 26.

    Time for bed. Fell asleep twice through MOTD. Second time I woke up, I thought I’d missed the whole lot and had ended up watching Mrs Doubtfire.

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  14. I really hope Tiote gets a crunching tackle in on Barton in the first 5 minutes , that will rile the scouse tw@t up from the start . If we get in his face i see a red card being shown 🙂

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  15. ……ahh wanna tell you ’bout mah good thing.

    …ah ain’t gona tell you where he comes form, cos if I did you wouldn’t come again.

    …(wadadawah-wah-wahh-wah)

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  16. Right, I’m just gona play OXO here, hope nobody minds, I’m just a bit bored. Massive gay fanbase, obviously.

    O

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  17. …surley there must be some cnt out there itching to give me abuse. Do it I say, I thrive on last seasons vowels. Et my , y cnts!

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  18. …as I suspected. Everyone digs. That is now certified. Ask Aspel. And if he says no, separate his face on a brick wall, with a shovel.

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  19. I hope Traore plays. Obertan vs him should be a hilarious mismatch! 😀
    They could say the same about SWP vs Raylor though. Would like to see what Santone can do.

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  20. That Aguero looks a bit tasty doesn’t he? I tell you what, I’ve not seen a more natural finisher since Robbie Fowler. Everything is just so natural to him in front of goal. No smashing it, placement rules.

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  21. Martins 😆

    Coolness personified. Always knew what he was doing 😆

    Just watched the Bolton v Man Utd game. Haven’t we got City and Man U away in back to back games? 😕

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  22. Saturday, 19 November 2011
    Barclays Premier League
    Man City v Newcastle, 15:00
    Saturday, 26 November 2011
    Barclays Premier League
    Man Utd v Newcastle, 15:00

    😕

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  23. Whey no man, you’ll still be buzzin because we will be 4th in the prem 😆

    I would maybe hold back on the booze tho 😕

    Hope you enjoy it mate.

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