Newcastle have been disappointing in the last couple of games, or in the last game and a half I should say perhaps. They were excellent in the first half at Fulham but ever since that they’ve kind of fallen asleep.
If they can’t motivate themselves after a humiliating FA Cup exit to Brighton at the weekend then I don’t know what else would do it. I expect to see nothing less than a committed and passionate performance from the players to go some way towards making up for that dismal loss, and the dismal second half against Fulham. They owe it to us and they owe it to themselves.
Anyway, motivational speak over we move onto a bit of team news. The full teamsheet is below and will be updated as and when it becomes available, but one name we won’t see is Yohan Cabaye who sits out after being banned for three games earlier on today. For more injury news and team news you can always peruse Shamrock’s fantastic match preview by clicking here.
It’s looking hopeful for a TV stream also. Several overseas channels are broadcasting the match so the likelihood of a stream is pretty good. As ever, if you stumble across a good one please feel free to leave a link to it in the comments section below.
That just about wraps it up. Here’s hoping for three points tonight, or at the least a greatly improved performance the boys paid handsomely to represent Newcastle United.
Howay the lads!
Blackburn: Paul Robinson, Jason Lowe, Gael Givet, Scott Dann, Martin Olsson, Junior Hoilett, Radosav Petrovic, Steven N’Zonzi, David Dunn, Morten Gamst-Pedersen, Anthony Modeste
Subs: Mark Bunn, Mauro Formica, Ruben Rochina, Grant Hanley, Adam Henley, Jordan Slew, Simon Vuckevic
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini (c), Davide Santon; Hatem Ben Arfa, Ryan Taylor, Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez; Leon Best, Shola Ameobi
Subs: Rob Elliot, James Perch, Shane Ferguson, Dan Gosling, Mehdi Abeid, Gabriel Obertan, Peter Lovenkrands
I would love to read Pardew’s “stats” on Shola and Best… 😯 😯 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
and Toonsy..
Shola playing do you think it’s a tactical error or do you thing that the guy is a genius during the week but during the games he cannot support the pressure so he is ****, and so is normal that Pardew start him because he is very good every day in the training ground?
HBA39(Quote)
no suprise we are playing better changing to 442, perch is gaining my trust playing centre midfield. few cracking tackles there.
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
well done strolla
Big Dave(Quote)
only 27 more minutes of Ameobi to endure
M(Quote)
Get Strolla off! Maybe replace him with Douglas Barder? Or failing that Abeid or Gosling. Go five in midfield ans sure up.
Stuart79(Quote)
Seems to me that Perch on for Ben Arfa was a good change. Even though we are still sh!te offensively we have more control of the game.
flawweh(Quote)
How amazing is Shola in training? Or how crappy has Lovenkrands or Obertan been in training?
AndrewT(Quote)
Ameobi being **** is not a tactical error. But boy I feel sorry for his teammates… 😆
JJ(Quote)
Tremendous left footed effort there from Shola. Take a bow son, take a bow!
Gary Watson(Quote)
Shola is a fucking joke and Hatem was send off i can’t believe that
HBA39(Quote)
HBA39 – Shola is playing to win headers at either end. If you can’t see that you shouldn’t be commenting about tactics.
toonsy(Quote)
AndrewNUFC I don’t mind Perch in the MF it’s in the defence I worry about 😕
Big Dave(Quote)
Sorry your lovechild was taken off like, but he was cacky poopoo tonight.
toonsy(Quote)
PERCH on was a good decision because now we are more in place but i still think we could be more dangerous with hatem in place of shola
HBA39(Quote)
thank f Modeste is so *****…. he’s enjoying our ‘offside-trap’ though
M(Quote)
Could Modeste be gasher than Shola ? 😯
Munich Mag(Quote)
flawweh
February 1, 2012 at 21:23
Seems to me that Perch on for Ben Arfa was a good change. Even though we are still sh!te offensively we have more control of the game.
^^^ This man talks sense 😎
toonsy(Quote)
Exactly- Perch scares the hell out of me on defense but seems to always put in a decent shift at DM.
MDS(Quote)
blackburn players are so modeste with their chances 😀
ron(Quote)
phewwww 😯
mark(Quote)
Thank fuk b/burn are **** or we would be getting hammered 👿 I dont think we have strung more than 4 passes together
Big Dave(Quote)
a, the patented Williamson wrestle
M(Quote)
I could turn Williamson.
Stuart79(Quote)
Gosling for Shola please!!! Five in midfield.
JJ(Quote)
dowd is an ****
rinton man(Quote)
On a positive note, Bolton 0-0 Arsenal… What a result that would be!
Gary Watson(Quote)
big dave
im the same. everytime ive seen him centre midfield he has done no wrong. The same cant be said when hes centre back haha.
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
What was you saying, Toonsy?
Stuart79(Quote)
How did Dunne get a free header there ? Was that one of those defensive headers that Shola is on there to make`?
Munich Mag(Quote)
****** Simpson just stepped out the way.
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
“Ameobi was meant to pick up Scot Dann but just went to sleep for a second or two”, Ye mate… More like an hour or two! 🙄
JJ(Quote)
Stuart79 says:
February 1, 2012 at 21:26
I could turn Williamson. 😯 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Stuart79
February 1, 2012 at 21:26
“I could turn Williamson.”
I bet you could sweetie 😀
toonsy(Quote)
It’s obvious we’d have more in an attacking sense with HBA on the pitch. However, we’d also look a lot more vulnerable from set pieces. Remember the Carling Cup?
Gary Watson(Quote)
Obertan for Raylor anyone ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
Toonsy
yes Benny was **** during the 1st half but as all the other toonsy, i have no problem to admit that. why is him who is dropped? But maybe my lovechild is better than Shola and Best both together and I m sure about that. and when I see your comments about tactics and some match report i think you have no lesson to give to noone in tactics.
All what i see about Shola is what is that these guy will play in any other team in premierleague in the starting XI. Even modeste who was so **** in Bordeaux and now starts at Blackburn seems 10 times better than SHola
HBA39(Quote)
Toonsy 😉 😆
richietoon(Quote)
So, I’ve established from this game that I’d like to see us sign Hoilett and Olsson if Blackburn are relegated. Which they will be if they can’t win games after having such dominant spells as they have in this one.
Gary Watson(Quote)
Obertan for Raylor, Gosling for Ameobi… Neither will happen though.
JJ(Quote)
HBA39
February 1, 2012 at 21:30
“and when I see your comments about tactics and some match report i think you have no lesson to give to noone in tactics.”
Well the simple answer is….. Don’t fucking read it then 😀
toonsy(Quote)
Shola you fecking ***** weak snail ❗ 😥
JJ(Quote)
In Perch we trust! Cracking night so far lad!
Gary Watson(Quote)
Shola offside, from a long Krul kick….so typical.. 🙄
Munich Mag(Quote)
That was meant to say pissy. Dan phone! 😳
JJ(Quote)
Gary watson,
It was not the decision to send Benny off was makes us more compact and more solid in defense. Its the fact that Perch comes in and he does the job of Tiote so he is here to broke the construction of Blackburn, because the problem was that Guthrie and Taylor was lost at CM. BUt now if Hatem was playing in place of Shola we will be compact and solid the same it change nothing to our defense system.
HBA39(Quote)
I’d actually bring Obertan on for Taylor as he works hard and they may, just may be wary of his pace. I would also bring Abeid on for Strolla.
Stuart79(Quote)
Obertan for Best, Raylor back inside and Perch sitting in a 4-5-1? Sounds good to me.
Gary Watson(Quote)
😆 Atleast we don’t have to worry about a team coming in to take Strolla 😀 😀 unless they need someone to carry their nets and cones and stuff 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Toonsy pls watch your language. My gran is reading this!
JJ(Quote)
Toonsy…is everything ok at your end mate…? 😉
Munich Mag(Quote)
Loverman goal to seal it will do nicely
richietoon(Quote)
Best off for Lovenkrands… I did wonder if that would be a good move by Pards but I thought it was too controversial to post 20 mins ago….
@WhyCabayeMan(Quote)
Lovenkrands, canny shout actually. I’m pretty sure he’s more suited to a left hand side role anyway!
Gary Watson(Quote)
Come on Lovens show them how to do it lad
Big Dave(Quote)
we’ll get a 2nd soon. I can smell it coming 👿
mark(Quote)
when you watch Shola on games like he has had tonight it makes you wonder if he has any desire at all.
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
Big Dave
He’s so slow they’d miss half their training if Shola had to carry the cones out…
JJ(Quote)
maybe for Pardew its the jubilee of Shola so he lets him on the pitch all the game
HBA39(Quote)
this game is about as minging as it can get like
rinton man(Quote)
WhyCabaye….looking at some of the other comments on here, I think you would have got away with it 😉
richietoon(Quote)
Woohoo another wasted chance. We just might win this yet!
JJ(Quote)
Nearly flat lined there _______________________________
Gary Watson(Quote)
ffs 👿
batty(Quote)
We deserve fck all tonight!
Just out of interest, has their keeper touched the ball?
Stuart79(Quote)
Tell you what,it was a fantastic save from the pen but my word Krul has been lucky at times tonight.
toonsy(Quote)
Wow man Blackburn are garbage, but they are still battering us. 🙄
Munich Mag(Quote)
yes QPR 2-2 😆
mark(Quote)
Haha true Richie! I was thinking that we survived last season with them two up front so why not tonight against Blackburnt!
Watch Ameobi get the 2nd now though! 😉
@WhyCabayeMan(Quote)
a point will be better than nowt ,cos nowt is what we deserve 👿
batty(Quote)
batty – If they score now, they could go on and win it!
Stuart79(Quote)
Talking of Krul can anyone remember him releasing the ball early ❓ he always seems to take an age, but then maybe he has to wait for strolla to get up to the halfway line 😆
Well I will be as happy as a pig in **** if we can hold on to this, then we will have the feel good factor back with Ba 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Loverman better at flick ons than Shola 😯
JJ(Quote)
even Lovenkrands is better than Shola in the aerial duels, so definitely Shola is useless
HBA39(Quote)
The Blackburn left back Ollsson looks an IMMENSE player. He’s played like a left winger the whole game. 🙄
Munich Mag(Quote)