Both teams go into this match on the back of 2-1 defeats in London last weekend – As we lost to already relegated Queens Park Rangers, the Hammers ended their home games with a reverse to Everton.
Speaking ahead of the game John Carver said “I’m looking forward to the challenge,”
“I have enough players in that dressing room who realise how much this game means. Let’s be honest – it’s the biggest game at this football club for six years.
“I’m sure that Sam (Allardyce,) will bring his strongest team here. Everybody wants to win a Premier League football match and Sam and Kevin Nolan won’t be any different.
“I’m expecting the players to step up to the plate and put in a big performance that’s worthy of keeping them in the Premier League.
“We have to win this game. I said a few weeks ago that four points was the target and we got one against West Brom so yes, we have to win.
“The lads have to play to the game and not the occasion because sometimes you can get carried away with what’s going on around the outside, but they need to stay composed.
“We can’t fear wanting to get on the ball and play, if we get that reaction and we get on the ball then I’m confident.
“I’m expecting the atmosphere to be electric. Against West Brom it was like being in a proper football stadium again – it was fantastic. I know that for the 90 minutes on Sunday it’ll be the same.
“Six years ago it wasn’t in our hands but it is now. We can take care of our own business and that’s the important thing.”
Also speaking ahead of the game Fan and blogger Big Dave said ” I am dreading the game as I just don’t think our players have the bottle/ spirit to go and really give the Hammers a fight”, ” and I think we will have to hope that Man United do us a favour by beating Hull”, ” I also think it’s a real disgrace that Mike Ashley has let our once great club get into this position again because he wanted to gamble from Jan that we would have enough points to secure our Prem status without having to invest in the transfer window, the same way he gambled in Jan last year”. ” I can’t ever remember feeling so disinterested in our club as I have this year, it is just one mistake after the other, we have an owner that has zero interest or ambition in the club except to stay in the prem for the huge revenue from the televised games, and keep using us as as a huge advertisement hoarding for his only love Sports Direct, ” I am very near the point of not really worrying about the outcome of todays game, as I think if we stay up the Regime wont really learn or change their ways, and it will just be more of the same,” ” if we get relegated then things will have to change and the Regime will have the ambition to win games to get promoted back in to the multi million £ honey pot AKA the Premier league” . so it’s a toss up of remaining the Premier league’s whipping boy’s, or being a competitive Championship side ? the sad thing for me is that I know there is a lot of other Toon fans are thinking the same way and that is all down to one Man Mr Mike Ashley.
TEAM NEWS
Newcastle– Mike Williamson is in contention for a starting spot after serving a two-match ban for a red card at Leicester earlier this month. Siem de Jong (thigh) has trained but remains a slight doubt, while Massadio Haidara (knee), Cheick Tiote (knee), Rob Elliot (thigh) and Steven Taylor (Achilles) will miss out once again.
West Ham – Centre-back James Collins is expected to miss out with a calf injury, having been forced off in the first half against Everton last weekend. Fellow defender James Tompkins could return, however, after a spell on the sidelines with a dislocated shoulder. The Hammers will definitely be without striking duo Andy Carrol (knee) and Diafra Sakho (thigh), along with defender Guy Demel (calf).
HOWAY THE LADS
Team sheets
Newcastle United Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini (c), Williamson, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Colback, Gutierrez, Rivière, Cissé.
Subs Woodman, R.Taylor, Gouffran, Ameobi, Cabella, de Jong, Perez.
West Ham Adrian, Jenkinson, Burke, Reid, Cresswell, Song, Nolan (c), Kouyate, Downing, Valencia, Cole
Subs Jaaskelainen, O’Brien, Tomkins, Amalfitano, Jarvis, Lee, Nene
Rivi ffs that’s 3 now 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
sissoko’s 1st touch is that of an elephant
Big Dave(Quote)
deary me
Everything Riviere does is just so ****
beggars belief
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
cisse and sissoko lacsidaisical and infuriating. riviere lacking composure.
Munich Mag(Quote)
this is the problem we have.
A total lack of quality in every area of the pitch
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
BB, if he were gonna cut the mustard he’d of done it by now
kimtoon(Quote)
we are getting chances, just can’t finish anything off
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That Free kick was woeful
kimtoon(Quote)
****
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Awful
Shamrock(Quote)
We desperately need to win this cause I really think Hull will nick the win
kimtoon(Quote)
exciting game, but we really are powder puff in the final third. our shooting and decision making on the edge of the box is ****
Munich Mag(Quote)
Why is Sissoko playing on the right?
Stuart79(Quote)
jonas pen on 85 minutes 😉
Munich Mag(Quote)
Who uses an angle grinder on a sunday afternoon? just had to shut my piggin window cause of the racket. 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
a goal in the next 5 mins will do us ok
Big Dave(Quote)
oh come on ffs
another chance goes missing
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Good play there.
Shamrock(Quote)
hate them for putting me through this
kimtoon(Quote)
stoke 4 pool 0 😯
kimtoon(Quote)
make no doubt about it we have had 3 or 4 excellent half chances that most other epl teams would finish off. that janmaat header was downright ridiculous !
its got nowt to do with nerves, just **** players.
Munich Mag(Quote)
crowd gone flat
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……Jaanmat ……..50pence head 😯 😯 😯 😯
geordieqatar(Quote)
Hull city fans gone very quiet
kimtoon(Quote)
We are not giving away that many free kicks and corners which is a good thing. A goal for us would be good though 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
nerves rattling everywhere
kimtoon(Quote)
pool losing 5.0 now
kimtoon(Quote)
AND AGAIN 👿 👿 👿
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Cisse is poor today not fully fit ❓
kimtoon(Quote)
the dippers getting tanked so far
Big Dave(Quote)
Well big 45 coming up
kimtoon(Quote)
The Liverpool match is about NOT qualifying for Europa League
Spuds can have it
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
Dave, scousers will be seething about Buck later on 606
kimtoon(Quote)
Get Cisse off for Perez and Cabella on for Anita. Save De Jong for last 30 mins.
We just have no creativity.
Stuart79(Quote)
so does 4-4-2 look a lot better than the other shyte we have been playing all season ??
Yes, just not got the quality to make the most of it
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This means nothing to West Ham and they have Carlton Cole (do not tempt fate man)! A draw means nothing to us so take off our non scoring striker – Riviere, one from a deflection since he has been here.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Stuart – I agree, get Cisse off and replace with Perez.
He just looks awful, even worse than Riv 😯
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liverpool another club going nowhere, had there big chance last season with suarez in the team, now condemned to mediocracy. a big club whose fans really can expext big things, but it just aint gonna happen. the wheels coming off yet again. the last team that stoke were winning 5-0 at half time against was stoke reserves.
in all my years i can never recall a liverpool team being 5-0 @ half time 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
Stoke 5 Liverpool nil. What!?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Stu, Anita hasn’t done too bad a job, but I do think we need some guile round the box, Perez needs to come on and De Jong. Krul is making me very nervous too.
kimtoon(Quote)
MM just saw the same thing mate about Stokerly and Brendan FC.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
we need to protect dummet and janmaat, west ham are seeing a lot of the ball high up the field. stop the crosses coming in. i hope jonas can last the pace.
Munich Mag(Quote)
How I got through that 45 mins I will never know . Me **** is ready too cave in the nerves are shot and that for someone that gave us no hope before kickoff its effing ridiculous.
Axel(Quote)
Need to come out all guns blazing 2nd half . No nerves too late for that, score and it gets back to Hull and they will be the ones worried. JC really has to go for broke now all or nothing . Very disappointed with Manure, listening to 5live commentary they aren’t even trying by the sounds of it, letting Hull run riot the gits. 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
I got a bad feeling about today.
Terry(Quote)
Really crapping me self here like. Got a really bad feeling that Hull will get a win and we just don’t look like getting anything. A draw for us and we go down on goal difference! 😯
Bad bad feeling… We just cannot score…
Dubai-Toon(Quote)
Manure have their flip flops on and the keeper sounds like he was having a mare first half.
kimtoon(Quote)
Only a win is good for us Kimtoon. Fatty is there so I hope that will inspire a few players who might be thinking of their pay packets 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
my money is on Hull winning judging by that first half performance by man utd.. there is no way that Alex Ferguson would have allowed one of his teams to play under pay ever. It looks and sounds like the man utd players are already on holiday. We need to win to stay in the premiership, I am sure of that. Will we win a game under JC? I doubt it.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Longest sunday ever this
kimtoon(Quote)
We are so *****. What kind of line up is this ffs? Carver truly the worst coach I’ve ever seen, makes Pardew look like Sir Bobby.
Only at Newcastle could we get into this position after being so safe on January 1 😆
Newkie(Quote)
But seriously, Howay the Toon. Wet Spam have Carlton Cole on FFS. Just get it done.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
hwtl
kimtoon(Quote)
Manure just had their first chance cleared by Dawson 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
Hull just missed a sitter
kimtoon(Quote)
Alan Green thinks Hull are gonna win 👿
kimtoon(Quote)
sissoko has been **** yet again
Big Dave(Quote)
Sissoko not deserving of that shirt number total disgrace.
Just look at Jonas man streets apart
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
what an unbelievable miss from Riv
FFS 👿
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riviere **** off you c@nt
richietoon(Quote)
**** off Rivi just **** off you ****
kimtoon(Quote)
rivi you useless ****
Big Dave(Quote)
What a *****.
Shamrock(Quote)
Actua;;y the worst player in the world. Bring back Leon Best.
I blame Carver for playing him though.
Newkie(Quote)
surely it was easier to hit than miss like that
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
That miss could be what sends us down
kimtoon(Quote)
take him off ffs and put perez on
Big Dave(Quote)
Oh Man Riv 🙂 even I can’t blame Carvs for that one.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
we have perez and cabella two jack in the box strikers who can both win the game. keep the faith
Munich Mag(Quote)
Perez and De Jong now John PLEASE
kimtoon(Quote)
I doubt we will get another chance like that
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
sissoko scores eh ?
Beardsleys Boots(Quote)
goooooooooooooooooooooal Sissoko
richietoon(Quote)
gET INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
kimtoon(Quote)
and booked you ****
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