Newcastle go looking or a fourth win on the spin, something not achieved for a good few years, but it won’t be easy against a team who have capacity to cause damage and who will be looking to get back to winning ways after two defeats in a row.
It’s an excellent game in prospect, with much being made of Swansea’s slick possession game coming up against our pacey and creative attack. We can win, but we’ll need to be on top of our game right from the word go to get something from a ground which has proved fruitless for Premier League “big guns” like Manchester City and Arsenal.
Of course something that may tip the balance in our favour is the fact that we have something to play for still, with Europe on the agenda for Alan Pardew and Co. Swansea are safe and have little to play for other than pride, so maybe that is something that can work in our favour? Maybe not? Who knows? It won’t be long before we find out though…
Team news will be featured below and will be updated as soon as is humanly possible. For a change I’m actually off today so Big Dave and Jobey and the rest can put their feet up and let the master take the reins once more.
For more background, build up, analysis, stats and facts ahead of the match you need look no further than our very own match preview. You might have missed it earlier as I posted another article about ten minutes later so if you haven’t had a read make sure you do so. Mind if that’s not enough then make sure you have a peek at NUFC_stats’ marvellous “Stat Attack”.
And that just about wraps it up…
Howay the lads!
Swansea: Michel Vorm, Angel Rangel, Steven Caulker, Ashley Williams (capt), Neil Taylor, Leon Britton, Joe Allen, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Nathan Dyer, Wayne Routledge, Luke Moore.
Subs: Gerhard Tremmel, Alan Tate, Garry Monk, Josh McEachran, Mark Gower, Scott Sinclair, Danny Graham.
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Davide Santon, Yohan Cabaye, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse.
Subs: Rob Elliot, James Tavernier, Shane Ferguson, Ryan Taylor, Mehdi Abeid, Dan Gosling, Shola Ameobi.
We really need a second goal ,they look really threatening now ffs
kimtoon(Quote)
battered
M(Quote)
Thought that was Raylor with the poor clearance.
Nerves ratcheting up here. Gotta get and keep the ball for a bit…
Shola time? Other thoughts?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Simmo is doing good
Big Dave(Quote)
shola time
crappypunk(Quote)
i think 3-0 the toon
craig chisholm(Quote)
MM – You can say the same about most of the team. I can think of players who are having a worse game than Cabaye.
Ba
Benny
There’s two for starters. I’d add Cisse but his goal saves him.
toonsy(Quote)
watching the clock
M(Quote)
defo should be yellow for williams
Newkie(Quote)
ooh, Fergie – interesting
M(Quote)
Fergie for Ba actually a decent shout…mobile, pace, close em down.
Newkie(Quote)
Ba is looking like a right huffy fecker 👿
toonsy(Quote)
Ferguson on for Demba Ba.
Munich Mag(Quote)
fergie?
crappypunk(Quote)
Ba off
kimtoon(Quote)
Yeah Demba doesn’t look right 😕 right come on Fergie make a name for yourself lad
Big Dave(Quote)
Too right Williamson, give them **** for that man. Not one Newcastle player in the middle of the box ready for a knockdown.
toonsy(Quote)
Hmm. Fergie?
Did I see in the stats article that Swansea attack more down the right than any other team? Is that why Cisse was almost playing at LB for so long?
Is Gosling a possession player?
Abeid?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
we need to get Shola on too, so we’ve got an outlet to hoof towards
M(Quote)
What’s been up with Ba today, have the Toon run out of strawberry syrup?
kimtoon(Quote)
We are so lacklustre at winning the loose ball….
Munich Mag(Quote)
Bit of running up that side from Fergie to keep them home and stop them attacking from that side?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
BBC Live Update AND Sky don’t seem to know Ferguson is a winger who plays full back. They don’t seem to know half our squad.
Bastards.
funkyjesus(Quote)
Hey, were our fans also singing for Gary Speed earlier? I thought that was our crew and that the swansea fans applauded them. Am I wrong?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
I’ll add Jonas to the list of players having a shocker….
toonsy(Quote)
Fergie on to combat Dyer on Swansea’s right…
Munich Mag(Quote)
I am surprised with the sub of ryan taylor.
Dan gosling is more of tackler and mid is his natural position. 😕
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
aaaah Benny… almost
M(Quote)
Unlucky for benny
Newkie(Quote)
FSTOC….I’d guess both sets of fans would have been singing it.
FJ… par for the course I’m afraid 🙄
richietoon(Quote)
Christ, when Benny runs like that I nearly have a heart attack.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Some say Benny isn’t always on song but when he gets the ball he normally takes 2 of the other players out to stop him
Big Dave(Quote)
getting a little more joy since the sub
M(Quote)
They’re bringing Sinclair and Graham on now.
toonsy(Quote)
They can have as much posession as they like but when you have Cisse and HBA in the team you only need a half a chance and we’re playing to that tactic…
Munich Mag(Quote)
**** Sinclair & Graham
kimtoon(Quote)
Graham is bound to score against us. Geordie curse 😛
toonsy(Quote)
here comes Sinclair
M(Quote)
dangerous
M(Quote)
We’re pushing them up higher up….dangerous now they got sinclair and graham on.
Newkie(Quote)
More Cisse at LB.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
What did I say fresh legs and pace
kimtoon(Quote)
OH MY FUCKING GOD.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
CISSE=GOD
Newkie(Quote)
Get in Lad
Big Dave(Quote)
I don’t really know what to say!
Stuart79(Quote)
*** HE IS A GOD CISSE
kimtoon(Quote)
Fekn get in Cisse …..though it means nowt without dominating possession 😉 😆
richietoon(Quote)
ha ha who need posession
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Boom
Stick your fucking possession up your ****.
Another assist from Cabaye
toonsy(Quote)
that is… a fucking unbelievable finish
M(Quote)
what a cracker 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Wehey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cisse !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brutal !!!!!!!!!!
What a pass by mom Cabaye !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Munich Mag(Quote)
That’s what happens when you don’t concede as much possession.
Stuart79(Quote)
Another Cabaye assist!
So much more dangerous with him up high, supplying the strikers. Wow.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Boom Boom Pappas Black and white army
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Great play from Benny, Cabaye and Cisse, brilliant.
You see that Swansea? Its called incision! penetration! Learn some.
Newkie(Quote)
Still not game over yet lads.
toonsy(Quote)
reet lads this has to be the game for him to get his hat-trick 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Now kill the game off.
Newkie(Quote)
how fookin cool was that dink
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
i dont know why you are all worried…if a team can play this **** for 3/4 of the game and still be in front … its just not swansea’s day. we cant loose this one. its all fate and pre-determined.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Jamie Redknapp’s finest piece of punditry ever:
Cisse works best when he just hits it, if he thinks, he messes up.
Insightful and true, instinct striker.
funkyjesus(Quote)
Man that was an unbelieveable finish…!
Munich Mag(Quote)
How good is Cisse?
witters(Quote)
Christ almighty what a finish!
I’m worried about Ba though. Did anyone else see just after the goal when it cut to a shot of Pardew celebrating with Carver on the touchline – Ba was sitting on the subs bench with a face like a smacked ***, not smiling or celebrating at all 😕
Jon R(Quote)
young Fergie is fast as fuk or just looks fast 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
We was talking about the betting odds last night 80/1 Toon to win 2.0 cisse to score first!
kimtoon(Quote)
Come on, now, boys. Keep the fughing ball for a bit and take the life out of this.
Wow, super recovery. Who was that? Willo? Santon?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
cisse is bloody incredible! the most instinctive striker ive ever seen…i wasnt buying into the whole Ba being unhappy buzz but when the cameras changed to pardew after the goal, you could see Ba in the background and he didnt look happy in the slightest
buddy(Quote)
Cabaye off, Gosling on
toonsy(Quote)
Gosling! no shola today…..
M(Quote)
Probably a good shout, Cabby must be knackered. Now gosling, go out and crock some people 😆
Newkie(Quote)
Finally dan gosling coming on. 😎
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
gutti = pure class
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