Haris Vuckic is handed a start and will play just behind lone striker Demba Ba which may come as a surprise to some who expected to see Hatem Ben Arfa start the match after an impressive scoring cameo against Bolton at the weekend. Other than that, Newcastle are unchanged. Ryan Taylor retains his place and even though Davide Santon is fit to return he must make do with a space on the bench.
For Liverpool it’s an ex-Newcastle forward line as Craig Bellamy is paired with Andy Carroll in the absence of Luis Suarez who sits out the match courtesy of a one game suspension for his contemptuous hand gesture at Craven Cottage a few weeks back. Steven Gerrard takes a place on the bench while another former Mag, Jose Enrique, starts.
For a bit more information why give Shamrock’s most excellent match preview a look by clicking here. It’s always a good read and is a good way of spending a few minutes before the big kick-off.
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Right now though, it’s Game On!
Howay the lads!
Liverpool: Pepe Reina; Glen Johnson, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger, Jose Enrique; Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam, Jay Spearing, Stewart Downing; Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy
Subs: Alexander Doni, Martin Kelly, Jamie Carragher, Jonjo Shelvey, Maxi Rodriguez, Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt
Newcastle:Tim Krul; Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Ryan Taylor; Gabriel Obertan, Cheik Tiote, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierrez; Haris Vuckic; Demba Ba
Subs: Rob Elliot, Davide Santon, James Perch, Hatem Ben Arfa, Sammy Ameobi, Shola Ameobi, Leon Best
good effort young Vuckic – struggled early on but showed glimpses of his talent and potential as the game progressed
M(Quote)
Never a free kick 🙄 Won the fucking ball
toonsy(Quote)
great chance for Caroll. hopefully he doesn’t know to stop a ball. Demba ba has problems againts big teams with good defenders
HBA39(Quote)
😯
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
Harsh fk there
kimtoon(Quote)
That was a week free kick…shoite…
Munich Mag(Quote)
FFS
Big Dave(Quote)
fek
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
rare howler from Timmy, awful fucking goal
M(Quote)
That bollocks, this ref is fucking ****!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
fk off.
hitman(Quote)
Agree with M. Vuckic came into it more and more as the game went on.
toonsy(Quote)
where the **** was our wall ??????????????????
That was a GASH GOAL AS ALWAYS ….****
Munich Mag(Quote)
what was this fucking strategy in this free kick someone can tell me what Simpson was doing there
HBA39(Quote)
COME ON TOON LETS SEE WHAT Y MADE OF. COME ON !!!!!!!!!
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
Somebody tell me what was going through Simpson’s head at that moment in time. Useless
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Bloody hell Simpson getting in Krul’s way
geordie deb(Quote)
pish free kick, pish goal keeping
Munich Mag(Quote)
Although you should never stand on the line on a free kick!
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Simpson is really stupidd….
HBA39(Quote)
Krul would have had that if Simpson didn’t **** about with it. Poor communication.
toonsy(Quote)
that was pish. what is Simpson doing going back in there ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
When. When. When will there ever ever be a pro NUFC commentary team. It does my bleedin heed in.
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
Fuk that looked like it was in
Big Dave(Quote)
Great clearance by Skrtel.
toonsy(Quote)
oh man…that was INCREDIBLE defending, brilliant attempt by Demba Ba !
Munich Mag(Quote)
FFS bloody bellers again, Did anyone notice the smirk on Enriques face after the goal. Oh well it took an ex toon ace to put them ahead ,where would they be without our cast offs .
kimtoon(Quote)
Liverpool had the worst rate of chances converted in the league 8% but against us it is 200%
HBA39(Quote)
I haven’t seen ben arfa touching the ball yet. 😕
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Could the commentator’s be any further up gerrards ****?
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
wtf are these commentators blathering on about ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
Spence – no.
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
Jonas is bad really good effort ok but at the end put him on the bench he doesn’t know to make a pass he does some stupid fools
HBA39(Quote)
Spencer…agreed there mate, embarassing…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Brilliant my Bellamy pin dolls worked a bit. Too late mind 🙄
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
Kuyt coming on. Always scores against us 🙁
toonsy(Quote)
Obertan is completely out of the game tonight
HBA39(Quote)
AOD- Probably because we a smacking the ball past him, instead of passing it to him..
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Penalty spot you are so right the commentary is always against us they hate us . I often turn it down as i will say something and 5 mins later they say it ! . They get paid to state the bleedin obvious and still can’t get it right.
kimtoon(Quote)
we never had a better chance than today. No Suarez, a half fit Gerrard, and we shoot ourselves in the foot.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Haven’t criticised him yet, ever (I want him to realise his obvious potential) but Obertan is too reluctant to get stuck in. Seems really reluctant?
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
Game over.
toonsy(Quote)
get ta fuk FFS
Big Dave(Quote)
Tiote has had another fucking mare….
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
HBA… that makes a difference 🙄
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
2 goals from Simpson tonight thank you simpson the guy put him a little bit pressure the guy is lost… Liverpool was really poor tonight but we are afraid to play
HBA39(Quote)
Jesus Christ man
geordie deb(Quote)
Thought Krul should have done a bit better there mind
toonsy(Quote)
Honestly anyone who says Simpson is worth persevering with I am sorry NO. He just isn’t good enough
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Thanks Simmo….another lost ball….
3-1
Munich Mag(Quote)
Tiote sometimes needs to hoof the ball upfield instead of playing a hospital ball to Simpson 😕
Big Dave(Quote)
Obertan and Jonas was absent all the game
HBA39(Quote)
Just turned me sound down the commentary team having a mass orgasim over stevie g’s goal ******
kimtoon(Quote)
Simpson never even tried to get back, the lazy f ing B
ash1001(Quote)
fkin *****,simmo at fault again..
if ashley dosnt spend next week fkin riot.
hitman(Quote)
Toonsy@273…I thought the same mate… 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
FFS I hate this ****. Toon have been OK, Liverpool have been good, Gerrard obviously. But the fucking commentary. It ain’t right. They LOVE Liverpool. What’s going on. WHY?
The Nutjob is fantastic btw, whoever sorted that out (WOLFIE?) good on y’.
Penalty-Spot(Quote)
Agree with Dave. Why did Tiote play the ball to Simpson? Hoof it out. Oh yeah, forgot people want to see football not hoofball….
toonsy(Quote)
Toby- That was far from simmos fault, tiote played him the stupidest ball of the game.
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Do we need a new RB in summer? 😕
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
And for our pet hate Obertan it is roll your sleeves up time surely the lad could be more industrious
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Once super sub arrives… why dont you just suck him off after the game you *****?
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
OBERTANNNN OUTTT FOR 3 games
HBA39(Quote)
Jonas, Obertan, Cabaye all off the pace off the game. Bad sub by Pardew imo, unless Vukic was tiring ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
How in the hell is obertan still on the field, what a plonker
ash1001(Quote)
Jonas has been fucking awful tonight.
toonsy(Quote)
in all these game we have one shot in the target, really thats not normal to keep wingers like that
HBA39(Quote)
Toonsy there is a time for hoofball and a time for football 😉 but Tiote likes to play with the ball at times.
As for Gabby I haven’t seen him roll the sleeves up and get stuck in
Big Dave(Quote)
Simpson is NOT a footballer, he can’t dribble, cross or even keep possession. In hindsight, its right not to succumb to his demand for a better contract.
Toon@Jer(Quote)
a useless piece of **** off, a useless piece of **** on, great sub..
SpencerTheToon(Quote)
Sammy on. He’ll create a lot and not run about like a heedless chicken like 😕
toonsy(Quote)
Come on Sammy show Obertan how to play
ash1001(Quote)
I’m so disappointed with this result, cos Liverpool are nothing special. 👿 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
Toonsy @ 291 I hate to agree on that 👿 but I have to
Big Dave(Quote)
Bellers getting stitched up in treatment room hopefully its his gob theyr’e working on 👿
kimtoon(Quote)