After playing patiently and diligently in our 2-0 win away Swansea on Good Friday, Alan Pardew will know that this time around the onus will most definitely be on us as the home side to ask the questions.
Bolton are teetering above the drop zone at the moment with just a single point separating them from 19th placed Wigan. Coming to St James’ Park on the back of a 3-0 home defeat to Fulham a mere 48 hours ago, Owen Coyle will be keen to see his side recapture the kind of form which, previous to the Fulham game, had seen him side win three games in a row.
As we’re getting towards the “business end” of the season and now we know where we are aiming for, I thought I’d add a little look at who our rivals have today. For the sake of clarity I’m discounting anything above third and below sixth! In short, Tottenham host Norwich City at White Hart Lane in another 3pm kick-off, whilst Chelsea travel to Craven Cottage to take on Fulham this evening with kick-off at 8pm.
If we better Chelsea’s result we’ll go fifth today and if both sides win we’ll stay sixth by virtue of goal difference. That kind of needs addressing as it effectively gives the teams above us an extra point such is the difference between our goal difference and the rest. A good hammering of Bolton today would help that a treat of course, but it’s also games like Tottenham and Fulham away which have hampered that particular stat.
For a more in depth look at the fixture you can peruse my match preview by clicking the blue text. Basically it discusses team news, injury news, form and previous meetings, with a few fun stats thrown in there for good measure.
That’s just about it really. Oh yeah, for a change we’re not being broadcast live here in the UK so if you happen to find a useful link where people can watch the match, and are willing to share it with your fellow NUFC fans, then please feel fee to paste the link for it below.
Team news will be featured below…
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Davide Santon, Yohan Cabaye, James Perch, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba
Subs: Rob Elliot, Shane Ferguson, James Tavernier, Ryan Taylor, Mehdi Abeid, Dan Gosling, Shola Ameobi
Bolton: Adam Bogdan, Gretar Steinsson, David Wheater, Tim Ream, Sam Ricketts, Chris Eagles, Mark Davies, Darren Pratley, Nigel Reo-Coker, Martin Petrov, Kevin Davies
Subs: Jussi Jaaskelainen, Mikel Alonso, Zat Knight, Ivan Klasnic, David Ngog, Marvin Sordell, Ryo Miyachi
We’re playing like Swansea… 🙄
Munich Mag(Quote)
According to Fox Sports Chanel it is a 442
Jill(Quote)
Keep cool boys and girls, it’s just a matter of time… 😉
Munich Mag(Quote)
this is **** 🙁
icedog(Quote)
fck off advantage that was a well good place for a free kick
Newkie(Quote)
COME ON LADS
Big Dave(Quote)
We seem to have difficutly to play as in the game against Norwich.
We just hold the ball for the moment.
Come on we need a goal
HBA39(Quote)
Santon needs to get closer to Eagles, he’s allowed to cross far too easily.
JJ(Quote)
Krull don’t hold the ball so long use counter attack when we can
HBA39(Quote)
Spurs got one back 👿
C’mon lads
kimtoon(Quote)
I don’t think our front three are working Bolton hard enough… 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
Spurs equalised
Newkie(Quote)
wow great free kick HBA !
Munich Mag(Quote)
Nick a goal somewhere and the game changes. Patience 😉
toonsy(Quote)
lucky punch..
Newkie(Quote)
we really need to work on our corners like
Newkie(Quote)
Yeah I think if we get one their heads will drop
Big Dave(Quote)
Can see Ba being replaced and frustrated again, he has been a weak link in the front three today… Just seems short on confidence.
JJ(Quote)
why we change to 4-4-2 today?
Yes just need patience if we score 1 after its good.
Someone has a good link? Because my link to much lagg
HBA39(Quote)
**** sakes
Newkie(Quote)
Ba is officially out of form 🙁
Toon@Jer(Quote)
http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/118049/1/watch-newcastle-united-vs-bolton-wanderers.html
HBA try that one
Newkie(Quote)
we need Pards to rip into them a bit and tell them to up their game as we’re very flat
Big Dave(Quote)
thanks Newkie
HBA39(Quote)
Dave….he will do nae worries 😀
richietoon(Quote)
We’re not looking great today, although Bolton have spent most of that half hiding with 10/11 men behind the ball constantly. Very dull to watch. We’re struggling to make the quick break as theres a full squad to try and run it through, benny, ba and cisse all look a bit out of sorts to me today.
Souls(Quote)
Shola the makkem slayer will come to the rescue second half… 😉
Munich Mag(Quote)
Newkie-I got that link but it’s like 10 seconds behind
kimtoon(Quote)
Big Dave-agreed, time for one of Pardy’s half time talks, been a while since we needed one this badly
Newkie(Quote)
what i feared another wolves game,rip into the gits pardew 🙁
icedog(Quote)
The most entertaining thing so far is the Newcastle Brown Ale ad at half time 😆
Jill(Quote)
Also don’t understand the 4-4-2 formation.
Ben Arfa is far less effective… And if it was done to shift Ba more into the centre then he really hasn’t proves himself because he was the weakest player this half.
Also Jonas is far better in the 4-3-3 formation than playing 4-4-2 as an outright winger… Because he cannot cross. We look completely in effective down either flank unless Santon is overlapping.
Can’t understand changing a winning formation especially against a shore side…
JJ(Quote)
You wanna know the best thing about this half I phoned up this girl to ask her out and she said yes! that’s the only decent things that’s happened ( plus she’s friggin’ hot! )
lets hope the footie gets better soon!
dan(Quote)
Everything just looks flat today and not much is coming off. Even our shots are bouncing off our own players out of play 🙄
toonsy(Quote)
This game needs a goal badly.. Very dull.
aussie magpie fan(Quote)
Mind it’s not easy trying to go through a whole team. Guess that is how Swansea felt on Friday 😆
toonsy(Quote)
Sorry all- I’m at work and trying to follow along with the live text. there seems to be confusion over the formation- are we playing 4-4-2? If so, why would pards dothat after our recent successes? To placate Ba, perhaps?
MDS(Quote)
Dan…..can ya stop bothering wor lass when the footballs on please
richietoon(Quote)
Why change something that has worked as well as the 4-3-3 has in recent weeks ??
Stick demba on the left and Jonas in the middle why should the team suffer because Ba’s ***** moaning…
CC(Quote)
Typical Toon really ,just as you start getting excited ,wet fish in the smacker like. 🙄
kimtoon(Quote)
Mind it’s not easy trying to go through a whole team. Guess that is how Swansea felt on Friday
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It’s good we don’t play Swansea (aka The Welsh Barca) every week. We might end up top of the table but we’d lose the possession battle in a shameful manner 😉
MDS(Quote)
I think both sides are waiting for something to happen… and the fans too..
I think it is going to take a moment of magic to break the deadlock..
I think I am I am thinking too much…
aussie magpie fan(Quote)
we seem in difficulty for the moment, maybe we will come back to ours 4-3-3 because for the moment Ba is ineffective playing in support of CIsse and Jonas is ineffective and Benny must stay too much in the right and is ineffective to. Game very boring, we need a fucking goal because we need this 3 points.
HBA39(Quote)
MDS – Indeed. Being top of the table wouldn’t matter one bit unless our possession was at an acceptable level 😉
toonsy(Quote)
Fergie coming on
richietoon(Quote)
young Fergie on for Perch
Big Dave(Quote)
Fergie on…interesting. Probably means Cabby holding though, when necessary..
Newkie(Quote)
Perch off, Fergie on
Harsh unless it’s injury based? Players worse than Perch on that pitch!
toonsy(Quote)
FS come on lads 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
**** me but thank god for tim krul
Newkie(Quote)
Jesus someone get a grip on Eagles ,Well done Krull
kimtoon(Quote)
ohhh Magnificient Krul what a shitty clearance by BA
HBA39(Quote)
Toonsy-I think its just to give us some more attacking threat rather than who’s played badly, in the hope that more attacking play will bring out the best in our strikers…
Newkie(Quote)
well in Santon
Big Dave(Quote)
Our strikers all seem stuck on their heels. Like they wearing lead boots…
JJ(Quote)
Game opening up…should help us 😕
Newkie(Quote)
our team seems weak today… 🙁
DanishToon(Quote)
A goal will give us a lift
Big Dave(Quote)
Krul WTF 😐
toonsy(Quote)
The best and the worst of tim krul in 5 mins there
Newkie(Quote)
Not one player attacking the ball from the corner. Poor.
JJ(Quote)
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
toonsy(Quote)
huking fell 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
😡
Keys? Check. Wallet? Check. Tiote? Cheick.(Quote)
Okay so the game opening up isn’t good for us. We’ll probably be grateful for a point
Newkie(Quote)
Come on lads!!!
this is poor!
DanishToon(Quote)
I think Benny has learned the English word “*******” 😆
toonsy(Quote)
I can see Bolton getting one here ,wake up lads
kimtoon(Quote)
wtf??? was that a corner or
DanishToon(Quote)
Make one of these fucking corners count now please…
Newkie(Quote)
if we got a goal I’d be so happy
Keys? Check. Wallet? Check. Tiote? Cheick.(Quote)
Bolton the better side today. Why we get outplayed by **** like Bolton is beyond me.
We still have the individual skill to get through though…
I fear Pardew changed to 4-4-2 to please Ba and I think it was a mistake.
JJ(Quote)
we are beginning to play football..
DanishToon(Quote)
We need to take some corners short. This looping balls are way too easy for Boltons giants…
Use your brains lads.
JJ(Quote)
the game is more exciting
HBA39(Quote)