Game On! Blackburn v Newcastle

Game On at Ewood Park
Welcome one and all to our famous ‘Game On’ article which will take us through every twist and turn of the trip to Ewood Park this evening.

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

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578 thoughts on “Game On! Blackburn v Newcastle

  1. This reminds me of the QPR game, except instead of drawing undeservedly, we are winning!!! 😀

    We have been pathetic!

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  2. you see Toonsy
    we were right to ask for Obertan to come in in the right wing for the counter attack as i said in a previous comment. Maybe we don’t know nothing about tactics, we have some idea

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  3. OBERTAN MAY HAVE SCORED BUT JAMES PERCH TAKE A FUCKING BOW MATE!!! ALL THE STICK THE LAD GETS WEEK IN WEEK OUT AND HE’S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE STAR TONIGHT!!! COME ON!!!!

    ARSENAL DRAW, FULHAM DRAW AND VILLA DRAW… NOT A BAD NIGHT EH?

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  4. Honest question – can ANY player in the league match Obertan’s pace?

    He gave Bale 5 yards head start and jetted past him earlier this year. I can’t think of a player who is near him.

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  5. Well done obertan, Feckin computer playing up tonight. 5th lads’n’lasses 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

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  6. Man that was a real ugly win… 🙄 …but a win all the same…

    The Demba boys back on Saturday than flock…

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  7. Fck me, say what you want but they don’t half dig in.

    Cannot wait until we have a couple of strikers in the team too.

    Blackburn had 20 odd chances!

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  8. PERCH Man of the Match for me like!! Well Played

    Oba the moon for Gabby too!! 😀 😀 😀

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  9. Obertan you fucking star…. He’s a fucking awasome imapct sub – just ***** tired legs up!!!!

    Not sure how we won that – Most tense i’ve felt since man u away… 3 points – obertan scores – clean fucking ****… get in!!!!!

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  10. Very lucky on the night, but **** it, we deserve it!

    Two big players back next week!

    And we go 5th above the bin Dippers and ****.

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  11. Hahaha – that fella just said we are now guaranteed Prem footy next year!! 😆 😆

    Whereas Livershite below us are no doubt still challenging for Champs League! 🙄

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  12. Gary….Agree, Perch and Colo pick of the bunch for me.

    Not a great performance by any stretch of the imagination, but who gives a ****, maybe we should give the Demba’s a rest at the weekend too? 😉 😆

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  13. credit to pardew we all wish HBA will be the saviour but he has a lot still to prove, HTL!!

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  14. Quality performance .. well under strength – nee Taylor / Cabaye / Tiote / Ba / Cisse to go to blackburn and get a win when they fighting for their lives .. pure CLASS …….

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  15. Anyone seen Liverpool’s next three league fixtures?

    Tottenham, Man Utd, Arsenal

    Chelsea are playing Man Utd at the weekend n all!

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  16. TOONSY @432 – Not only 5th, but 3pts off 4th with the Demba’s back for the weekend! Any of the ‘neggers’ starting to feel like a ‘positive’???

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  17. 1-Man City 23 41 54
    2-Man Utd 23 35 54
    3-Tottenham 23 19 49
    4-Chelsea 23 15 42
    5-Newcastle 23 4 39

    😯 😯 😯 😯 😯

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