In fairness Norwich went on a ten game unbeaten streak prior to their poor run, a luxury that hasn’t been afforded to Newcastle United this season.
I was going to write a match preview for the game, as I usually do, but my alarm clock either didn’t go off or didn’t wake me up so unfortuntely I haven’t had the time to do so. In a brief kind of preview though we are awful at Norwich generally, we’ve been awful all season and the stats don;t look pretty. That just about covers it really…
Dominating the build up to the game has been the stroy regarding the future of Fabricio Coloccini. Personally I think a big indication will be his inclusion, or exclusion, from the team today. I reckon if he plays then things may be getting blown out of proportion but if he doesn’t, what with being fit apparently, then something could be amiss and we may have to wave goodbye to the club captain.
Speaking of team news, it’s looking a little bit better on the injury front as Yohan Cabaye may make an appearance at some point today, Papiss Cisse will play and there should be a debut for Mathieu Debuchy after his signing from Lille just over a week ago. You can of course see full team news below as and when it becomes available.
Being a Saturday 3pm kick-off means that unfortunately we aen’t being broadcast here in the UK. However a rake of overseas channels are showing the game so hopefully a stream will be available. Normal rules apply, those being that if you happen to find a decent stream don’t be shy and share it amongst your fellow NUFC fans.
Which just about wraps it up. Will Newcastle manage to secure a first away win of the season or will we be faced with more travelling woes come full-time? We shall soon find out…
Howay the lads!
Norwich: Mark Bunn, Russell Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Michael Turner, Javier Garrido, Anthony Pilkington, Bradley Johnson, Alexander Tettey, Ryan Snodgrass, Wes Hoolahan; Simeon Jackson
Subs: John Ruddy, Elliott Bennett, Leon Barnett, Ryan Bennett, Danny Fox, Harry Kane, Grant Holt
Newcastle: Tim Krul; Mathieu Debuchy, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Davide Santon; James Perch, Vurnon Anita; Gabriel Obertan, Sylvain Marveaux, Jonas Gutierrez; Papiss Cisse
Subs: Steve Harper, James Tavernier, Gael Bigirimana, Yohan Cabaye, Romain Amalfitano, Sammy Ameobi, Nile Ranger
Jonas is ghost in this game, we never see him neither offensively or defenisvely
HBA39(Quote)
come on straight to the keeper 👿
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
gash first half 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Benny is the only player who can get out of this ****. Hopefully he will be back in 2 weeks
HBA39(Quote)
Is Colo our only creative passer?
If only we had players with half a pea of intelligence when making runs.
Its like they are all playing with lead boots. Has it all been coached out of them?
Even Debuchy seems to have been told not to get forward too much.
I honestly am starting to think our coaching staff don’t have a fecking clue!
JJ(Quote)
JJ-Aye sounds about right mate 😕
Newkie(Quote)
1st half gone lets just hope for a good 2nd half howay the lads
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
We just don’t seem to have anyone will to do the running off the ball to create some space. Our movement is beyond aweful.
Santon is the only player who seems to understand about running into space.
JJ(Quote)
JJ-I honestly am starting to think our coaching staff don’t have a fecking clue!
welcome aboard
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
the entire team have thrown the towel in and we are going down. AP needs to go as he has lost his power and he no longer holds the dressing room. the one thing we need more vthan any decent player is a real coach and we have only had fat sam who he sacked straight away. all the rest have been jokers and true to rights… cheap options.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Well on the balance of play I would say we look the more likely to score but by god it’s dire stuff and very obviously two very out of form teams. 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
Solano @ 146. spot on.
sad but true
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Like a championship game.
DJG(Quote)
@JJ
Yeah twice he played cracking balls and neither Jonas or Debuchy were even half alert.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
wee dede ,Do you reckon we’ll get a goal 2nd half then?
KIMTOON(Quote)
Everyone is playing as an individual.
Solano (the real one) said it last week. They don’t play as a team. And for me, that is purely down to coaching and training.
If they don’t listen to Pardew then they clearly don’t respect him.
JJ(Quote)
Could we have buy Lukaku??? 😉 😉
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
It’s like a game between two seriously out of form teams where they will take a point each thank you very much and shake hands. 😐
DJG(Quote)
I have rarely seen a team in a relegation scrap, with so little fight since we last got relegated.
We seem to have set out for a 0-0
Pardwho will be patting everyone on the back and telling them what a good job they are doing 😳
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
DJG
I see a lot more passion and determination in Championship games. Its more like a preseason friendly between two Scottish league teams.
JJ(Quote)
please, a better 2nd half lads. 15 and a half games to go this season.
Toon TRW(Quote)
kim yes i do i think marv or cisse might score but we will score 😉
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
It seems like the instructions were “Do not lose.”
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
BB
My biggest problem with Pardew. He seems to play “not to lose” instead of to win. A philosophy which is a recipe for disaster.
The fact is also, if true, he only does the defensive training (four days of the week) working out how to combat the opposition’s strengths. Leaving a day for Carver to train the attack and work out ways to win. This is a joke.
Clearly he is a failure as a defensive coach. And he should be more concerned about creating threats for the opposition than snuffing out their threats.
Our players just don’t seem to know what their role is.
JJ(Quote)
Alreet all, just got in but ready for the 2nd half.
How’s the first half went?
I’ve seen the other scores are going our way at the mo so there’s still hope.
Just looking at other scores as well and Chris Wood has a hat trick for the foxes already today. £2m from WBA – I still think we missed out on a quality 21yr old player there like. I don’t mean to replace Ba, but certainly instead of Danny Graham – half the price and about 6-7yrs younger. Really seems to have his head screwed on.
Anyway, back to this game – how we looking?
Sharpy17(Quote)
our midfield need a rocket
Jonas off and Cabaye on please
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Our most likely player to score is probably wearing a Norwich kit.
JJ(Quote)
Not pretty, but to be honest I’m past caring whether its attractive footy. As long as we in I’ll take it any way it comes…
Santon looking good and Obama not too bad so far …
Cologne-toon(Quote)
Oops, not Obama … **** predictive text… Meant obatan
Cologne-toon(Quote)
really i have enough Jonas I cant anymore. I dont know what he thinks when he has the ball in his feet, ok” i put a long ball for noone with my left foot, maybe Papis can control and it will be a good pass”
HBA39(Quote)
These 2000 quid boots clearly aren’t up to scratch if they can’t take a decent corner for these Premier league pro’s… 😆
JJ(Quote)
Bassong is a strong *******. Wouldn’t have minded him as back up instead of Willo
JJ(Quote)
Obertan is clearly a big **** to. He cannot do nothing with a ball, cannot shot, cannot elimnate bassong, cannot cross. He just can run.
HBA39(Quote)
Quality of football is getting worse and worse by the second.
JJ(Quote)
come on lads sort this out
Big Dave(Quote)
HBA,
Well I wish some of our other players could run, because they can’t do those other things either…
JJ(Quote)
i know big dave ur right we need t get suck in and get angry 👿
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
Hopefully Norwich has zero talent to going forward. I m sure this game will turn with a set piece, the only possibility i can see
HBA39(Quote)
I would have taken of Jonas instead of Obertan. He has been far worse.
JJ(Quote)
right Cabs on now, lets GO
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
welcome back Cabaye! I’m hope you are not rushed in.
Toon TRW(Quote)
Why would you take off Obertan and not Jonas. For all his frustration, he at least worries defenders/
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
come on cabs 😀
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
ffs why do we keep trying the long aerial ball to Cisse.
He never gets it, so we do it again and again
👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Cisse chases down, the Norwich defender has only one option and not one Toon player bothers to close down the keeper who is the obvious pass option.
Its just basics.
JJ(Quote)
I don’t think Perch has give it away once.
DJG(Quote)
Even on the counter attack our players are so stationary. Terrible to watch.
JJ(Quote)
you see someone to worry about Obertan or Jonas. For me completely same, no defender is worried about them. You see norwich players double up on Obertan, because i dont see that.
HBA39(Quote)
i think that on the way we play these days we will drop right through the CCC and do a leeds…. at least then it will get rid of ashley i guess.
craig chisholm(Quote)
The one player in our team with pace ,Oba ,don’t know what to do with it 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
Forget goat curry. Get Cisse some super glue. He can’t control the flipping ball.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Not one player has had a decent first touch today. We have no pace besides Obertan and he is now off.
Desperately need a pacey forward.
JJ(Quote)
well done Cabaye
Thats the ball nice try
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
@DJG
Perch is one of our few players that can hold his head up high this year. He’s not the most talented, but always puts in a shift, and usually plays to the best of his ability.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
the pace is nothing if you dont know how to use it. We dont need pace, we need good players thats enough, who can control a ball under pressure (and even without pressure) and make a good pass. And we can have someone who knows how to shot or elimate a player it can be good.
HBA39(Quote)
our natural instinct when we get the ball is to slow it down
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
maybe he is keeping Jonas on to keep Colo happy and less homesick 😆 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Thomo on SSN moan ing about quality of this game and the fact it’s being broadcast all over the world 😳 😳
KIMTOON(Quote)
Marv gets the ball and everyone else standing still 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Pards looks like a tired hopeless man. Even when he’s trying to gee the players up he does it half heartedly.
JJ(Quote)
bad luck marv
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
Solano
His passing is better than a lot of more fashionable players. 😉
DJG(Quote)
If you were Loic Remy, would you want to come to MUFC right now ????
This is tripe
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Bassong to good for this lot.
JJ(Quote)
I look to Loic Remy the last games, and he is perfect for this level at the moment with his sharpness. In 1 or 2 months it can be different, but at the moment Loic Remy is completely ****.
HBA39(Quote)
Bloody hell ,close for them 😯
KIMTOON(Quote)
Need two upfront to play like this, and I don’t mean Ranger. 😕
DJG(Quote)
here we go
Holt on
game over for us now 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Christ,
Nobody bothers to close him down. Perch just stands and watches him hit it.
Colo had to try run from 8 yards behind him because he could see nobody else was going to bother.
This is hopeless. Pards needs to go, I’ve seen enough.
JJ(Quote)
kim your right
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
@BB212
Of course he wants. 😆
Toon TRW(Quote)
Yep. Pards has lost it, we wont be making many signings and are in real danger of going down – so lets at atleast get a manager in who can get this lot playing football again…
Shamrock(Quote)
close
Wee Dede 9(Quote)
Look to our position right now, 10 players standing in the box not moving
HBA39(Quote)
Well taken Tim
KIMTOON(Quote)