To be honest I’ve gone beyond wanting a stuffing. A scrappy 1-0 win courtesy of an own goal will do for me as it will end a run of six games without victory which has put our great start to the season in jeopardy.
However it won’t be easy and the first goal will be important. It was evident against West Brom when they scored first. Prior to that we looked confident and never really looked in any danger of losing but once Peter Odemwingie put the Baggies ahead we started to lose that bit of confidence and ended up chasing things which if course suited West Brom.
Today will be much the same in my opinion. Bolton may have got a positive result against Blackburn in midweek but prior to that they went through an awful run that saw then planted near the foot of the table. Confidence will still be lacking from Owen Coyle’s men and a goal against them will set the alarm bells ringing once more. Consequently the reverse is also true and if Bolton score first they’ll gain more confidence.
Anyway, that is enough of a preview from me! Why? Simple really. Shamrock has once again written a most excellent preview which you can view here which you can then follow up on by reading a bit of a stat-attack from our resident statto here.
As far as a stream goes, I’m hopeful of finding one although you can never be certain of finding a reliable stream. What I will say is that it is being broadcast on quite a few overseas channels so the chances of finding one are fair to moderate. If you do stumble across one then why not share it with the rest of us?
That just about wraps this festive ‘Game On’ feature up and now it’s over to you guys to get the banter and chit-chat flowing.
Howay the lads!
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Boyata, Knight, Cahill, M Davies, Muamba, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Klasnic, N’gog
Subs: Bogdan, Eagles, Tuncay, K Davies, Ricketts, Pratley, Wheater
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Ryan Taylor, Gabriel Obertan, Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Demba Ba, Leon Best
Subs: Rob Elliot, James Perch, Shane Ferguson, Hatem Ben Arfa, Haris Vuckic, Sammy Ameobi, Shola Ameobi
best and obertan want to get there finger out today aswell as tiote!! gutted benny doesnt start
Army69(Quote)
if we lose today i will be very unhappy , we need to beat the bottom sides to psh up the table , we are due a win
Army69(Quote)
Obertan having a mare of late but he can definitely torture Robinson for pace, hopefully like he did to Givet against Blackburn
Army, disappointed too but looking at their side he`s probably better used as an impact sub, 2 very big CB and Muamba will sit right in front of them
Heart says 3 – 1 Toon, Head says 1 – 1
KeithRToon(Quote)
I would have trumped for Vuckic in an attacking midfield role to Best who has done nothing recently.
DJG(Quote)
Off to the pub to watch the match 😆
TonyGreenSupreme(Quote)
The first 3 matches of the 6 match winless run were understandable, The 4th was predictable and the last two were disappointing but against solid sides with some good players, This is one isnt we should be winning this…
CC(Quote)
Best to score today! And Ben Arfa!
Clambake(Quote)
CC we should have won the last two mate. At least a Centre Half is in today.
DJG(Quote)
hope there’s going to be a good link to watch it on boys!!! if anyone finds one,please share :-), hope all geordies have had a good christmas, just need the toon to give us a win to make it a happy one..
toonsoldier9(Quote)
Williamson is gonna have to be strong today. No way would Perch have been able to handle Klasnic, Knight and Cahill.
DJG(Quote)
Best and Ba start up front. Willo back, Perch on the bench
M(Quote)
DJG
Aye we should have beaten them but they will do that to better teams than us, Soak up pressure and nick points, Bolton arent with a natural pair of centre halves and Cabaye back well win…
CC(Quote)
Cahill will crumble today. He’s been **** all season and now its public knowledge that he’ll be off to Chelsea. Plus Ba can rip him a new one. I doubt many defenders will fancy lining up againt him at the moment.
toonsy(Quote)
alright lads! Im going for 2-2 today Ba and Raylor on the sheet for us!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Gutted Ben Arfa isn’t starting. They have 2 huge cb’s that will be nullifying Ba and Best in the air, so HBA would have been able to move the ball around them.
Obertan needs to exploit Robinson and actually do something about it
AndrewT(Quote)
hope ya right toonsy!!!
Army69(Quote)
Surprisedly,not many streams on boxing day? 😕
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
surprised ben arfa is not starting, he changed our attacking play when he came on , on wed night. then again he was a bit ball greedy, but you could see west brom didnt know how to handle him!!
toonsoldier9(Quote)
Gutted Best starts again, if a PL centre forward hasn’t scored since September how hasn’t he been dropped? His all round game lately has been poor. Offside constantly.
Would have much preferred Vuckic to play.
I think we played this defence against Scunthorpe didn’t we and got battered?
Hoping for a win today because no good team goes this long without a win. Big ask after out recent home form. I think WB showed that you need pace to play 2 up top, Best needs to be replaced with an Odemwingie type player.
toonarm87(Quote)
How do we not change our team after not winning in 6?
toonarm87(Quote)
Just hope we have more about us than chipping balls forward to Best. Best needs to be playing facing the goal so the wide men have to get yo the by line and deliver. Haven’t seen many goals scored when your striker had his back to goal or running towards the corner flag
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99652/1/watch-bolton-wanderers-vs-newcastle-united.html
shanghaitoon(Quote)
Well Lad’s and Lasses I hope Santa was good to everyone 😉 and hopefully we’ll get a much needed win to go with it.
Any streams up and running yet ❓
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave, go on the one shanghaitoon gave and go link 2, its not English though!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99652/2/watch-bolton-wanderers-vs-newcastle-united.html link 2 is up and running but foriegn
Big Dave(Quote)
Spence 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
wtf Best
HBA39(Quote)
That was a clever thing to do best 🙄
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
haha Dave, good Christmas lad?
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
oi Best – what the f?
M(Quote)
English link guys……
http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/99652/3/watch-bolton-wanderers-vs-newcastle-united.html
kirkyman(Quote)
Spence yeah mate 😉 hope you had a good one and that santa was good to ye 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
http://soccer-portal.org/live-football/premier-league/5816-newcastle-v-bolton.html
English language 😉
Shamrock(Quote)
aye not bad, my brother had to work boxing day in sheffield so had to stop at his lasses for christmas so it was different with him not here but aye it was good thanks and ye he was 😀
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Bolton look so poor
HBA39(Quote)
Decent start to be honest. Playing well 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
HBA39 – yes they do… but so did Swansea
M(Quote)
The English stream is way behind by 1 and half minutes. 😕
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
HBA39 – I see Santon is injured then? Weird considering you insisted he wasn’t and Pardew just took him off for no reason 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
It’s about 25 seconds on my one, worth it imo. Defence looking better already with Willo in there. Calmer…
Shamrock(Quote)
as usual Obertan
HBA39(Quote)
Toonsy @ 38 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave 😉
toonsy(Quote)
Every week I say the same thing…Obertan has the touch of a rapist
Moreno(Quote)
Our closing down is good. Keeping them pinned in 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
Obertan just doesn#t look interested…Bolton man was less than a metre away from him and he just watched im stride past with the ball. He is an awful player IMO. Man Utd were so lucky not to make a loss on him.
Moreno(Quote)
Careful Moreno, you will get accused of not giving him a chance! 😯
Shamrock(Quote)
Moreno 😆 and a face that only a mother could love 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Moreno, he will be playing his trade in France before you know it in my opinion, not good enough for the prem!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Is that leon best offside? never 😉
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Someone has a good link..? any language just a good link
HBA39(Quote)
See Obertan is getting the stick again already. At the same time that Tiote gives away free kick after free kick without mention…
toonsy(Quote)
were giving them a foot hold through giving away daft free kicks
CC(Quote)
Leon Best should be training himself up on how to stay onside. 😕 Even in my FM game,he is top in being offside 13times out of just6 league games. 😯
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
I tried to be kind about Obertan in my preview as a lot of people seemed to think he’s just misunderstood. On his performance so far, I wish I stuck to what I had previously been saying about him with a bit more venom. He is utter rubbish again.
Shamrock(Quote)
we keep the same style than our last games, just long ball from Krul
HBA39(Quote)
Sy,
I have given Obertan a hell of a chance. To compare his contribution to Tiote’s isn’t right fella.
You know I back the lads and am the first to defend them so far me to come out and call Obertan tells a story of his recent performances. I never give the lads stick man but he is really poor.
Moreno(Quote)
Toonsy, tht’s because the eye is on Obertan following weeks of being poor.
Shamrock(Quote)
Fercking hell willo 🙄
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
To be fair, tiote has been poor the last few games, but obertan has been poor all season.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
I can see Tiote getting a card soon, and he does give away a helluva a lot of fouls
Big Dave(Quote)
In the meantime Jonas get away with doing nothing whilst Obertan gets the stick for it…
toonsy(Quote)
Apart from stoke, i apologise!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Jonas didn’t have an option. Not one person made themselves available yet Jonas is ALWAYS available.
Our team is very very lazy at the minute.
Moreno(Quote)
“Best fans in the land” 🙄
toonsy(Quote)
Obertan Decision making has to improve. ❗
Jonas is too slow in making decision on who to pass to.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Fercking hell man, think i need to get a can of that deodorant that i got yesterday, my armpits stink 😆
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
I can only hear the best fans in the land on my link 😀
Moreno(Quote)
Best just isn’t good enough – he doesn’t look like he could trap a bag of cement!
Stuart79(Quote)
this is an awful game
M(Quote)
Again our wingers and Best seem to poor for us to create a good chance of goal with a decent action for professional players. I think Pardew will change nothing until we are 0-0 because he is happy with this result
HBA39(Quote)
It’s not about being the best fans in the land, if someone is not performing, fans are bound to get on his back!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Jonas has been **** for weeks yet get nowhere near the amount of stuck Obertan gets. Why?
Double standards.
If fans are going to hound one player they must hound the others or else risk being branded hypocrites.
toonsy(Quote)
im getting frustrated at leon best losing the ball all the time…at least collo and willo play like a proper defender
ron(Quote)
Toonsy, it would not be right to shower a player with praise who consistently underperforms. I dont see what the problem is with stating the obvious? Guti has actually had quite a bit of stick recently on this site for his forards play contribution and rightly so, but he still does a lot more than Obertan in terms of overall play. Do you think Obertan is doing well for us?
Shamrock(Quote)