Around 4,500 Newcastle fans will be present at the DW Stadium this afternoon, and it would have been more had we had a larger allocation of seats.
Unfortunately the request for extra seats was turned down down, which I don’t really have an issue with. I mean why should Wigan hand any advantage to us when they have their own agenda to worry about? So 4,500 it is then, which is still not shabby at all and I can vouch from personal experience that those travelling will have an excellent day regardless of the result!
I’m expecting a tough game today. Wigan may have lost last weekend but they’ve been in great form these past few weeks and have given themselves a real chance of staying up when it looked as though they were certs for relegation. Wins at Arsenal and Liverpool along with a home victory over Manchester United have helped their cause no end.
In contrast Newcastle are looking to strengthen their hold on fourth place and know that a win would see them go six points clear of fifth placed Tottenham and seven points clear of sixth placed Chelsea, both of whom play tomorrow.
For more in depth analysis and preview of the match, why not try reading statto’s Stat Attack or my match preview. Both provide statistical analysis ahead of the game, with news of any injuries, potential team news and landmarks that can be achieved through the game.
Team news will be added below as and when it becomes available so keep your eyes peeled. Also keep your eyes peeled for any decent streams of the match and share them with your fellow NUFC fans if you like. Unfortunately it’s not on the box anywhere other than overseas so share the love people.
Howay the lads!
Wigan: Ali Al Habsi, Antolin Alcaraz, Emmerson Boyce, Gary Caldwell, Maynor Figueroa, Shaun Maloney, James McCarthy, James McArthur, Victor Moses, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo
Subs: Mike Pollitt, Albert Crusat, Jordi Gomez, Connor Sammon, David Jones, Hugo Rodallega, Mohamed Diame
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Davide Santon, Cheik Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Yohan Cabaye, Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse, Demba Ba
Subs: Rob Elliot, James Perch, Shane Ferguson, Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling, Shola Ameobi, Leon Best
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ROSSCO(Quote)
could it be that our club’s chef forget to make rice pudding today?
ron(Quote)
Now we are ******!!
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DanishToon(Quote)
Well we are playing rubish
Michael12(Quote)
Christ that’s pathetic defending… Twice. The only man doing his job is Colo. The others are all just ball watching.
JJ(Quote)
plenty time lads
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Worst defending ever
DanishToon(Quote)
Right come on Lads ffs sort yerselfs out
Big Dave(Quote)
RVP equalises 😈
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Well I’m not surprised. Knew it wouldn’t be easy. Thought we’d give a better show than this though. Europa League it is then
toonsy(Quote)
Do we need Willo off and Perch on?
Jill(Quote)
panic in the defence 😈
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Well, its exactly the start we didn’t want… Wigan turned up from the start we didnt.
JJ(Quote)
Pardew not looking happy 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
close
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Whoa,i didn’t know for once i dont watch newcastle stream,they concede two goals already. 👿
Time to switch over to support them. geez.FFS.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
Ye of little faith. 3-2 to the toon
Joe(Quote)
we need a bit of Benny magic to light us up
Big Dave(Quote)
Bloody close
DanishToon(Quote)
cant keep the ball 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
wtf ❓
cant keep giving the ball away
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
To be fair Wigan have took the game to Manure arsenal and Liverpool ,so we can’t be surprised. Moses on a hat trick now so he’ll be well up for it ,gonna let us know what we missed out on. 👿
If we can keep it to 2.0 have a sort out at half time and try and get a couple back.
kimtoon(Quote)
better.
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Toonsy @ 85 ye of little faith CL could still be on, we just need to sort our **** out. 1 goal and our tails will be up 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
I know it’s been an INCREDIBLE season but ive Hated all the ‘we’ve shaken up the premier league’ and ‘we’re really confident’ talk during the week. Why not say nothing like we had done all year. Don’t forget ‘Ashley wants CL’
Brendan(Quote)
On the plus side they’ve scored early and we can get back into this
toonsy(Quote)
gotta get a goal to calm us down.
We got no composure here
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
got the ball you ****
CC(Quote)
Sunderland 0-1 Bolton
toonsy(Quote)
still think we can win this one. We just need to play in the ground and not hoofing the ball with Krul
HBA39(Quote)
Love Tiote but I wish he’d leave the fancy passing to the other players.
JJ(Quote)
Brendan-agreed. We don’t perform under pressure, why put it on ourselves? We should have kept at it quietly
Newkie(Quote)
stupid ref!
Ba was on the ball first
DanishToon(Quote)
Can we give the ball in the feet of Benny in a good position one time maybe something good can come
HBA39(Quote)
Refs a *****
kimtoon(Quote)
which formation is this
DanishToon(Quote)
I hate this ref
kimtoon(Quote)
Fucking ref that was never a foul
HBA39(Quote)
Fucking REF!!!!
DanishToon(Quote)
Why we change the formation, We are dominated in the middle now
HBA39(Quote)
mike dean is the most annoying **** ever
CC(Quote)
really poor this 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
crappy fricking feeds
M(Quote)
Danish – Three at the back (Colo, Willo, Simmo), two wing-backs (Jonas and Santon) three in the middle (Cabaye, Tiote Benny) with Ba and Cisse up top.
toonsy(Quote)
Man, they are playing badly. 😥 😥
JJ(Quote)
that was stupid from Cisse, no one in the box. Wait guy
HBA39(Quote)
Watching wigan play you wonder why they are down the bottom, as they are a good side 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
get to half time quick.. fookin poor **** play
DanishToon(Quote)
ffs
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
The thing that bothers me is Al Habsi is in great form it will take something special to get past him.
kimtoon(Quote)
I heard newcastle playing 3-5-2 right now? 😯
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
timmy man 😐
Newkie(Quote)
Dave – Hmmm. I’ve been left wondering why so many fans have been treating this game as a given all week. Smacks of the deluded tag we had started to shake off.
toonsy(Quote)
OMFG!!!
DEFEND!
DanishToon(Quote)
Is this game rigged?? It’s like the players have been paid off to defend like five year olds. 🙄
Wigan deserve their lead.
JJ(Quote)
wigan are passing it about with ease, we need to get hold of the game more.
kirkyman(Quote)
Blimey ref gives us summat
kimtoon(Quote)
Loads of time to get back into , we nick a goal before half time and game on! Keep the faith
Johno Toon(Quote)
wow
CC(Quote)
Toonsy
Wigan arnt bad, but they not as good as we are making them look today.
There’s no movement, no patience, no defence… It’s pathetic.
JJ(Quote)
absolute joke
Newkie(Quote)
FK REET OFF
hitman(Quote)
Pisstake man
toonsy(Quote)
Game over 😥
kimtoon(Quote)
FUCKING ****
HBA39(Quote)
whey thats it now
richietoon(Quote)
all over now! 🙁
kirkyman(Quote)
theyre better than us in every way so far today
M(Quote)
Curtains
lacedaemonian(Quote)
okay
**** it
DanishToon(Quote)
I think its over now 👿 real tall order to get back now
Big Dave(Quote)
WTF???
Whumpie(Quote)
joke
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
I dont understand why we start again with this fucking hoof. And at lease we have 2 right back we are completely dominated in the right
HBA39(Quote)
thats game over lads
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)