Newcastle are looking for their first win in four which will go some way to avenging the 4-2 defeat suffered at Carrow Road earlier on in the season.
However it won’t be easy. Norwich work hard, they run at everything and will offer their own threat. They are all but safe in the Premier League and, like us, are at a kind of crossroads in terms of their season. A positive result and they can start looking at finishing in the top half of the table whilst a defeat will probably consign them to being happy enough with how things have gone thus far.
Newcastle meanwhile are looking for the points themselves in an attempt to get back on track and reignite a promising Premier League campaign which has started to fall off the tracks. Don’t get me wrong, all teams have a dip in form as some point in the season, but ours seems to have come at completely the wrong time. Three points in this game would do nicely thank you very much!
Anyway that’s enough pre-amble as there is already enough of that knocking about in the form of NUFC_stats impressive ‘Stat Attack’ and my very own match preview. Why not give them both a read if you haven’t already done so?
Team news is below and will be updated as and when it becomes available.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, James Perch, Hatem Ben Arfa, Danny Guthrie, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierrez, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse
Subs: Rob Elliot, Davide Santon, Mehdi Abeid, Dan Gosling, Haris Vuckic, Ryan Donaldson, Shola Ameobi
Norwich: Ruddy, Naughton, Ward, Whitbread, Drury, Elliott Bennett, Pilkington, Howson, Fox, Surman, Morison
Subs: Steer, Martin, Johnson, Crofts, Holt, Jackson, Hoolahan.
absolutely great ball from Jonas. Should be 2.
SJP14(Quote)
@Richie, loving that link, but it refuses to go full screen, irritatingly.
blip(Quote)
Cisse looking lively
kimtoon(Quote)
Take it back, full screen now. Excellent quality.
blip(Quote)
Defo need a 2nd if not 2 more here.
kimtoon(Quote)
fuk we were lucky there
Big Dave(Quote)
Such a foul on Simpson.
This Ref is ****…
JJ(Quote)
crapping hell man
M(Quote)
Room for improvement in 2nd half .
kimtoon(Quote)
right get in there and let Pards rip into them a bit, maybe he should take Willo off and put Santon or even Carver in his place because he is utter *****
Big Dave(Quote)
Gotta say if Pards thinks Cisse is not up to speed yet due to langauge barrier ,then we will have some player once he is 😎
kimtoon(Quote)
Blip….the bloodzeed link is always great quality, but I keep losing it as the internet is **** here.
richietoon(Quote)
yep, Bloodzeed is the king of sopcast
M(Quote)
Wilo the weak link at the mo ,he may improve 2nd half as in mondays game on the other hand…… 🙄
kimtoon(Quote)
Overall a decent half. Got the goal and then took a while to get going again. Had a few opportunities then let them back in to it.
Not too sure about Jonas at left back right now- making me feel a little nervous.
SJP14(Quote)
OK. I don’t know about you lot, but post the 35th minute, other than gorgeous through ball to Cisse, I shudder every time Jonas gets the ball. Seems to be giving it away far too easily. On an unrelated note, am loving the feeling of being back on here. Baby steps, but the hands are functional once more…woohoo…
🙂
fernando666(Quote)
Need to pass it quicker out of defence. Keep on crossing the ball in at any point and stop nowrich from doing these short passes. Think Cisse, Ba, Gutti and collo are playing really well so far.
NUFCgt(Quote)
5 LIVE NEWS- apparently it took medics 2hours to get Fabrice heart beating again 😯 Now that’s dedication to your job.
kimtoon(Quote)
Fernando…..good to see ya back mate, speedy recovery.
richietoon(Quote)
fernando666 good to have you back on mate 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Fernando666-Welcome back 😀
kimtoon(Quote)
Richie & Dave…thanks for your constant messages of support lads…means a whole lot…
fernando666(Quote)
& you too Kim
🙂
fernando666(Quote)
I hope Pards has slapped Willo about a bit 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
fernando666 we need you back to do some articles as some of Toonsy are a bit 😯 but don’t say I told you 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
I agree wi Dave@100 😆
richietoon(Quote)
MA looking larger again is he yoyo dieting 😉
kimtoon(Quote)
papa is determined to get another goal today 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Kim he’s eating too many yoyo’s the fat bastad
Big Dave(Quote)
Think Hatem’s going to get a rollicking from Pardew- that’s the 2nd time he’s not got rid in the box.
SJP14(Quote)
Well done Tim
kimtoon(Quote)
fuk we are pissing about again
Big Dave(Quote)
Krul is a star
Big Dave(Quote)
FM TIM AWSOME
kimtoon(Quote)
I will marry Timmy…
fernando666(Quote)
we suck
M(Quote)
fek me well done Krul
richietoon(Quote)
all over us. Sigh. Fucking happening again. Can’t hold a lead for ****
Newkie(Quote)
Krul does NOT suck
M(Quote)
God that we should get chances like them at the mo
kimtoon(Quote)
Can’t keep possession again. What is with us?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
A reason why ben arfa shouldn’t be playing on flank. 🙄
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
This ref is getting right on my nerves ,givin them everything and misses a blatent handball
kimtoon(Quote)
Don’t say what anyone says.
Overtake is about the only player we have who links our midfield up with our attackers.
The is such a big gap between the front three and midfield.
We should be attacking in numbers and defending in numbers.
We just never have any fluency in our game.
Willo is **** and plays hoof ball to nobody. Such a weak link.
JJ(Quote)
@ Dave & Richie…
Something tells me Toonsy’s going to start banning people like they do on another blog that we know…
fernando666(Quote)
subs please
M(Quote)
we play some shitty football at times 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
Also if Ben Arfas final ball had been Obertan. He would be getting slated. He has been poor IMO.
JJ(Quote)
sweet feet from Benny there
M(Quote)
Why are our strikers always falling over? They make bambi look like a rock
Newkie(Quote)
Fernando…Toonsy’s not quite that bad….yet! 😆
richietoon(Quote)
fernando666 Richie and me are safe we know a few things about him 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Ba is shootin too far out that’s twice now. pot shots ,he’s better than that.
kimtoon(Quote)
If we don’t score a 2nd, our win-less run will doubtlessly continue…
fernando666(Quote)
we realy love to take chances in our own box, and if they keep it up I fear we are going to pay a price for it 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
Benny off , Santoon on
kimtoon(Quote)
one positive so far – Papiss is linking play well today both aerially and on the deck
M(Quote)
Kimtoon
Agree mate. He’s beginning to get a bit too selfish.
Too many players trying to be heros.
JJ(Quote)
Krul in trouble?
Where is Santon playing? Confused by the change here…
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Richie it must be the pitch cause I have seen a few player slide in their box.
I hope Krul is ok
Big Dave(Quote)
Got to get another cause i’m certain they are gonna score in a mo. 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
No! not timmy!
M(Quote)
I’m sorry, I know we are winning but I’m just sick and tired of seeing weak opposition play better football…
Still think this will finish 2-1 to us.
JJ(Quote)
a lot of sloppy passing going on
Big Dave(Quote)
williamson!
M(Quote)
Strolla coming on
Big Dave(Quote)
Would like to see Shola on for Ba because he has been **** today.
JJ(Quote)
Pardew needs to get them in for extra training on how to recognise your own players and cross a ball to them. We just constantly give the ball away so cheaply. So many treat that ball like it’s a grenade. Ah here’s the mackem slayer coming on
geordie deb(Quote)
Shola comin on , good idea impact sub , just tell him it’s the Mackems we are playin 😉
kimtoon(Quote)
**** off Pardew. Why our best player on the pitch? FFS
JJ(Quote)
was that Abeid warming up
Big Dave(Quote)
Krul doesn’t look to happy with his kicking 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
Is fitness a problem? We look so, so flat.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
if we can’t pass it (and we can’t) then we might as well get Shola on and hoof it up there
M(Quote)
fuk close again
Big Dave(Quote)