Alan Pardew serves the second of his three game stadium ban so it will be John Carver who is tasked with trying to get us a victory following the disappointing defeat to Fulham last weekend.
For Palace it’s a second consecutive away fixture in the North-East following their 0-0 draw at Sunderland last weekend. Currently perched just above the drop zone Tony Pulis will be looking for a similar result or perhaps even better this time around as he attempts to keep his side clear of relegation.
Early injury news, a history of the fixture detailing the head-to-head record with a few facts and stats thrown in can be found in the match preview which is online here.
The game, as with all Saturday 3pm kick-offs, is not being broadcast live here in the UK although some overseas channels have the game listed for transmission so those not at the game will be relying on streams to watch the game. Have a look in the ‘comments’ below because there is usually a few links to watch the match posted in there somewhere.
Team news will be published below as soon as I can possibly get round to it.
On the surface this should be a home banker but it never works out that way with United. Take no notice of league positions as they don’t really matter. Palace and Pulis will make a game of this and we’ll have to be at our best to beat them.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Tim Krul; Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett; Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Cheik Tioté, Yoan Gouffran; Luuk de Jong, Papiss Cisse
Subs: Rob Elliot, Steven Taylor, Massadio Haïdara, Dan Gosling, Sylvain Marveaux, Hatem Ben Arfa, Shola Ameobi
Crystal Palace: Julian Speroni, Adrian Mariappa, Scott Dann, Damien Delaney, Joel Ward, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Mile Jedinak, Yannick Bolasie, Joe Ledley, Jason Puncheon, Cameron Jerome
Subs: Wayne Hennessey, Danny Gabbidon, Stuart O’Keefe, Adlene Guedioura, Barry Bannan, Tom Ince, Glenn Murray
Beauty. I knew we would win! 😆
GeordieTwo(Quote)
We can’t be faulted for effort, Palace just packed the defence, and we don’t have what it takes to break them down. To score goals you have to put the ball in the box, and we are **** poor at that..
Munich Mag(Quote)
Now, will this be a real kick start for him ❓
Newkie(Quote)
I’m loving the stoppage time winners today.
brisvegas(Quote)
So pleased for Cisse as without that goal I bet some fans would have hammered the Lad.
Benny for me changed the game
Big Dave(Quote)
Hope so Newkie, I thought he had some bad luck today ,Speroni obviously had 3 shredded wheat for brekkies.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Fi-Na-Fucking-Ly!
Bart(Quote)
Dave agree, they don’t need much to have a pop.
KIMTOON(Quote)
I’ll tell you what like, that was an absolutely magnificent goal from Cisse. And what a pass, at speed, from Ben Arfa ….
Magnificent goal, we were well worth our win against a boring defensive minded Palace.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Well the lad deserved it he put a real shift in today ,lets hope this is his rebirth as a goal scorer . The performance deserved a victory today .
AXEL(Quote)
Wow. I have NEVER seen a player look so relieved in all my life. Let’s hope Papiss can kick on from here. He was doing some really good work, but up till then looked like he was never going to score again. Well done that man – so happy to see him score!
Whumpie(Quote)
3 points back to 8th, good day and slight improvement on last week but it was ONLY Palace .
KIMTOON(Quote)
Dave
It would have been deserved though. We aren’t good enough to keep missing great chances.He made amends today but I would have been mighty pissed off if he hadn’t.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Solano,
Cisse was our man of the match by miles.
Even the chance before, Mbiwa should have shot. He was unmarked in front of goal. Had time to bring it down.
He tried to find Cisse who had to compete with two defenders on him. Ball evaded all three of them. But of course the haters will hate.
He held the ball up well, his movement was excellent, he never hid from the ball, got onto a few through balls that other strikers wouldn’t have even bothered to run for.
And in the dying minutes he buried a massively deserved goal after he’d been our only threat the entire game.
MOTM. 😆
JJ(Quote)
Benny was a massive difference. First decent performance of the season for him. He’s been driving me nuts so it’s about time.
Whumpie(Quote)
Dave,
Benny certainly allowed us to open them up.
I was worried he’d play in the centre where I feel he just gets crowded out, and for me, he’s still a bit selfish, but just shows you that when is ISN’T he has some great ability there to find a team mate.
JJ(Quote)
JJ – totally agree on Cisse. He missed even more chances than usual, but the good things he did around that were worthy of MOTM. I hope he feels the lurve. Nice bloke.
Whumpie(Quote)
Never in doubt
richietoon(Quote)
ST I don’t think Cisse would have deserved to get hammered as I would say that the Keeper had more to do with Cisse not scoring earlier rather than it being Cisse’s fault 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Anyone got a link to the match stats? I bet our shots on target were pretty high. Hats off to their GK and defenders; they left no space at all.
Whumpie(Quote)
JJ
He was much better in his general play today, I’m not denying that, but unless this goal reinvigorates him into not being so wasteful, then we’re still up **** creek when Remy leaves.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Yep good game from Cisse and worked really hard all game never stopped trying to get that elusive goal. Top marks to speroni looked good today save for the end
KIMTOON(Quote)
I only had a crappy stream and no sound – can anyone explain why the ref played five of the three minutes of stoppage time? I bet the Palace lot are livid…
Whumpie(Quote)
By the way LALAS 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
KIMTOON(Quote)
Hats off to the toon for keeping going for 94 minutes. Tiote MOM for me though…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Dave
Possibly – his chances today on the whole were harder than in previous games as well. His second effort was top notch.
Who cares anyway – WE SCORED A GOAL 😆
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Whumpie , no but who cares 😆 😆
KIMTOON(Quote)
Whumpie,
Cisse in form will miss more chances than most, because Cisse in form gets himself into positions to score so often.
So I really hope this is a sign of things to come.
Would love to see him and Remy as a partnership. We also definitely need a decent creative midfielder and target man.
Actually thought Shola did well, but he only seems to have about 15mins of real effort in him.
We seriously lacking cutting edge in midfield though. If Marv and Ben Arfa can’t get in, then we need to find a player with vision who can.
JJ(Quote)
Solano @171
Yup, agree with that. Remy is the main man.
JJ(Quote)
Really need Wet Spam to do Manure tonight. 2 points in it would be a juicy incentive for an otherwise meaningless run-in.
Whumpie(Quote)
Whumpie
Apparently Carrick is playing at CB… Carroll is going to destroy him 😯
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
It’ll be like a 1950s Godzilla movie… only with lower IQs and more acting.. 😆
Whumpie(Quote)
Hatem back today on 65mn..and try to find marks and confidence . 😉
.. he change the game and give the golden ball for ****** **** off shitt cisse…
If he dont score this last ball…i m going to strangle him by myself… 😎
Thanks bennyboy and welcome back at home son ❗
Hope keep going on fitness for skiling …assist and scores another amazing dreaming goals
…something anyone can do… 😀
Come on ben arfa 😈
djebs9(Quote)
Shola the game changer today. Not a coincidence we scored when he came on.
Toby Le Rhone(Quote)
Ok toby…good try… 💡 😉
Man of the match : HATEM BEN ARFA … 😎
djebs9(Quote)
….just 25 mn in the green…3 potential assists pass…for cisse …thanks god ..he can scores one… 😆
djebs9(Quote)
Cisse should of had six not could of had six. A league one striker would have got himself a hat trick.
One dime dimensional until Benny came on. Every attack the same. What Mbiwa was doing today god knows. Positionally and technically very poor
Toby Le Rhone(Quote)
Djebs
Not sure what you mean, good try. It is a fact we scored with Shola on the pitch.So we must have played better than when he wasn’t on
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Shola did more than De Jong did all game, which is worrying for De Jong really. He has very little time left to impress now.
Newkie(Quote)
Toby,
“Cisse should have had six, league one striker would have had a hat-trick”,
You really do make some idiotic comments don’t you?
JJ(Quote)
I swear by the way some of this lot go on, the goal Cisse scored was a half yard tap in with the keeper lying injured by the corner flag and the rest of the opposition defense trying to play offside trap up by the halfway line.
It was actually a bloody good finish.
The other opportunities weren’t glaring misses either. But fine saves. Had it been Krul making those saves the other end he’d be having praise heaped on him.
Fact of the matter is, Cisse now has five goals and 2 assists (and one wrongly chalked off goal) in 14 starts.
He’s undoubtedly been lacking confidence in front of goal but his overall game has looked good the last couple weeks. So no point in anyone slating him when he’s the best we’ve got.
JJ(Quote)
I guess one positive is that the last few games he has actually been missing some chances – last season he wasn’t even getting in the positions for the most part (not that the lack of creativity helped).
Goalscoring is all he knows – if he’s getting in the right spots then sooner or later it *should* all fall into place.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
JJ, agree mate but he has his haters and you will never change their opinion mate, sad but true.
KIMTOON(Quote)
We just need to start providing our forwards with decent chances , we just are lacking in a creative spark at the moment . Benny did make a difference today and showed how effective he can be when he actually makes a good pass to a team mate better placed to score, he doesn’t always have to do it alone.
KIMTOON(Quote)
He makes Billy Whitehurst, George Reilly and Frank Pingel look like Suarez, Ronaldo and Messi
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
Took my grandsons ( aged 9 & 7 ) to their first game today.
They actually enjoyed it 😯
I thought it was as exciting as watching paint dry for 90minutes!
Started their long trip home to Tampa straight after the game but they can’t wait to come back to do it again.
Just so pleased we won. 😀
sidekick(Quote)
Toby ur right …im agree if another striker like remy .demba ba or nolan can scord hat trik today…hatem make the diffrence when he came on and chage the game ❗
I repeat …MAN OF THE MATCH ❗ (for sky and all press preseng today ❗ ) 😎
He s not optimal fit yet..and he play only 20 mn… ❗
God bles ben arfa and help him to come back fit and smiler boy ❗
He s the best of the team and the only sort of guy i pay for …
Football is risk…benny is coktail of that 😉 😎
Cheazzzzzzz 😉
djebs9(Quote)
Sidekick
If it was entertainment and excitement you were after you were at the wrong place. The skilful flair players only get a handful of minutes per games. Glad the young uns enjoyed it
Toby Le Rhone(Quote)
JJ some good points made there lad, for some their hatred for Cisse must blind them to what is actually happening
Big Dave(Quote)
I thought Cisse looked like he was itching back towards his old self today. Time will show whether he can make a full recovery, but he was getting into the positions today, and his goal, including build up, were sublime. At the same time his miss a minute or so earlier was horrendous ! 😳 😳
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM, he could of had a couple more if not for Speroni’s fine work.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Kimmy, agreed there mate. Hopefully he will have a canny run in to the end of the season and pick up a couple more goals. He’ll be like a “new signing”. 🙂 😆 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM I think your spot on there mate No matter what Richie says about you I dont think your that bad
Big Dave(Quote)
I never doubted him (cissie) what I do doubt is some our tactics or lack of them and some of our fans,you don’t become a bad player overnight without a reason,spoke to Kim and others about it a few times just cannot put my finger on it,maybe he hangs about with shola to much,after all he has got away with it for years (sackless)
icedog(Quote)
MM & ICE 😆
KIMTOON(Quote)
Ice its good to listen to some sense atlast, yeah he’s not tjhe best player in the world but he’s not as bad as some make out
Big Dave(Quote)
DAVE its the basics of footy its a team game,when is the last time we played as a team??? so some people pick on the guys who should score,some expect them to defend,play in midfield then score themselves,as I say its a team game
icedog(Quote)
@toonsy
From last thread
My goodness grief
Of all people to be so naive.
Are you really being serious? 😯
So, let’s say, for instance the supporters over the next. 5 yrs start to drift off and don’t fill our 52k stadium because they realise Ashley has no ambition.
So say, which is inevitable he moves on at some stage in the future.
The way the premiership is developing and the huge increase year on year in revenue for each club continues the more chance a rich Arab, super billionaire, richer than fat Ash, buys us.
My thoughts are, the club would progress like Man City have.
They are now expanding their stadium to. 60k+.
We on the other hand, if you went your way, would accept the sale of the land and therefore it’s gone forever.
Forever!
Do you have no foresight?
Does it only cross your mind that to build the new tier would cost too much and therefore unviable?
What about the scenario that Ashley sells up and a new rich owner comes in and invests heavily in the team and we are successful.
Would you be happy that you criticised those who whinged about his latest move to sell the land , when the new owners wanted to expand the ground but couldn’t cos Ashley sold the family jewels.
You are normally rational in your views but on this occasion you are wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
Please justify your position in detail.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Safe standing areas, it’s the way forward! Increased capacity for minimal costs 😉
richietoon(Quote)
Richietoon I think your spot on there mate No matter what Big Dave says about you I dont think your that bad.
Standing areas are big in Germany too. I’d be curious to see what a covertible standing area would actually do to the capacity, and how many extra places we could expect to gain. Perhaps only 2 – 3000 at the end of the day ? Although should we reach a european competition these standing areas would be banned, hence we would have to revert back to a measly 52,000 capacity for those european games 🙄
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM… 😉 Aye some German clubs have to do the same I believe(ref Euro games). There is a website somewhere about “safestanding” where it tells you how many extra places you gain if you convert x amount of seats to standing then for Euro games they have metal seats that just fold down from the barriers. It also has the added benefit of cheaper tickets as you’ll know… of course there is another option if Leazes Terrace was to “accidentally” burn down and have to be demolished 😯
richietoon(Quote)
Safe standing campaign “reckon” that converting 10k seats will gain an extra 8k places which would take the capacity to 60k.
richietoon(Quote)
JJ @ 191
Spot on, As Shearer said after the three minutes of highlights last night before Russell Brand ruined what was left of the programme. You worry when the striker is anonymous and not even getting into goalscoring positions. The lad did miss some chances but he is making the right runs and finally got his reward. His all round play has much improved in recent weeks, He even linked up well with Ba for Senegal the other week 😯
P.S. Should be a boost to Cisse that this is the first time hes scored this season and is guaranteed to start the following match. The way hes been handled at NUFC has been ludicrous
CC(Quote)
Richie – my uncle told me tales of the days when he’d go to SJP when it was standing, and people pissing on the back of his legs coz they couldn’t be arsed to fight through the crowds to get to the bog! ❓
Also, I find alot of our games hard enough to sit through!. 😆
Sharpy17(Quote)
Sharpy…Tis true, even if you made it to the bogs you had to wade ankle deep in ****, a bit like the visit to Peterboro in our Championship season 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Im told people also used to wear barbed wire under the arms of their coats and spiked their way through the crowd to the front of the gallowgate.
Twas a golden time when people were united in supporting their club and pissing in each others pockets 😆
CC(Quote)
CC 😆 Aye we had shitty owners back then too but the fans were always “United”
richietoon(Quote)
And pissing in the hand basins, and staggering forward as those behind leaned on you, ending up 10 yards away from where you were standing before the surge.
And the flags in the Gallowgate corner that came down 10 minutes before the end. And the half time scoreboard.
I remember those things. Seats? I still can’t sit down at a football match, even at Brisbane Roar games I prefer to stand. Mind you, with a 15k crowd in a 50k stadium there’s little chance of getting in anybody’s way.
brisvegas(Quote)
We didn’t have internet then, though, so no keyboard warriors who know everything there is to know about everything.
brisvegas(Quote)
Brisvegas, you’re right, we didn’t have internet then, though, but we did have blokes who claimed to know everything there is to know about everything. But you had to disagree with them to there face, consequently there was a canny chance of getting your lugged punched !
Richietoon, I was at the Peterboro game in our Championship season, where you the bloke who pissed in my back pocket 🙂 ? 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
Did anyone watch MOTD yesterday, and notice that 15 minutes before the end of the game, with Man City winning 4-0, the huge amount of empty seats at the ground, as if a bunch of fans had left early ? Bizarre really…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Too true, MM. Too true. Had my fair share of giving and taking back then. 😉
brisvegas(Quote)
Bris, tell me about it mate. That was the great disadvantage of standing, you just couldn’t get oot to the toilets or you would miss the whole half. The “geordie boys we are here oho oho” rendition, bouncing up and down, backed up with the pushing and shoving which ensued, left a small opening of opportunity where you could scuttle to the netty 😆 😆
Maybe all seating isn’t so bad after all 🙂
Munich Mag(Quote)
What a bunch of sentimental old c*nts! 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
MM@221, that’ll be the glory hunters leaving early. Just like with Manure and Chelski they will have amassed a certain amount to the fan base by now with their money led success. 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)