Newcastle United (A) - Sat 22nd Nov, 17:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

Match Result Prediction?

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Cobwebcat said:
Team news:

Kova and Rodri out.

Pep mentioned “physical and mental” issues with Rodri. I might be reading too much into that but maybe Rodri still doesn’t trust his fitness and is being over cautious?
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I've said a similar thing before, but nobody appeared to agree ..... I think both club and player have no trust in this injury recovery situation of his now, caused probably by his breakdowns when both club and player were really hoping that he was over the worst .... its dragging on, and the longer it does, the more the trust and belief that Rodri can full recover will decrease ..... look at Colin Bell after his lengthy lay off, he was never quite the same player again ..... I really hope Rodri recovers full fitness, but it may well not be this season, and we could be left with a player who dreads going into every tackle or challenge in his own mind..
 
Cobwebcat said:
I've said a similar thing before, but nobody appeared to agree ..... I think both club and player have no trust in this injury recovery situation of his now, caused probably by his breakdowns when both club and player were hoping he was over the worst .... its dragging on, and the longer it does, the more the trust will decrease ..... look at Colin Bell after his lengthy lay off, he was never quite the same player again ..... I really hope he recovers full fitness, but it may well not be this season.
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It sounds judicious to me. He literally said he's making good steps.

Did you really expect Rodri to be available this weekend? I didn't. There's no basis to your conclusions.
 
Marvin. said:
It sounds judicious to me. He literally said he's making good steps.

Did you really expect Rodri to be available this weekend? I didn't. There's no basis to your conclusions.
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Expect Rodri to be available this weekend?? What planet are you on ??? I'm saying entirely the opposite mate !

There's no basis or conclusions to be drawn about Rodri just yet .... not from fans, not from the club, or from the player himself, because right now, nobody can be certain how much this injury has cost Rodri.
 
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Eaststander1 said:
I've said a similar thing before, but nobody appeared to agree ..... I think both club and player have no trust in this injury recovery situation of his now, caused probably by his breakdowns when both club and player were really hoping that he was over the worst .... its dragging on, and the longer it does, the more the trust and belief that Rodri can full recover will decrease ..... look at Colin Bell after his lengthy lay off, he was never quite the same player again ..... I really hope Rodri recovers full fitness, but it may well not be this season, and we could be left with a player who dreads going into every tackle or challenge in his own mind..
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To be fair I don't think the Colin Bell comparison is relevant I doubt we have Rodri running up and down the steps at Maine rd 2 weeks after coming out of an operation to build his fitness up , times have change he will have the best monitoring and recovery plan money can buy
 
uwerosler28 said:
To be fair I don't think the Colin Bell comparison is relevant I doubt we have Rodri running up and down the steps at Maine rd 2 weeks after coming out of an operation to build his fitness up , times have change he will have the best monitoring and recovery plan money can buy
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Well he'll definitely benefit from state of art technology and facilities, can't disagree with you on that .... but how the human body itself reacts to a lengthly injury like the one he's endured is a grey area, and you can't be sure, only hopeful .... time will tell though, and all we can do is hope for the best for him.
 
Eaststander1 said:
Expect Rodri to be available this weekend?? What planet are you on ??? I'm saying entirely the opposite mate !

There's no basis or conclusions to be drawn about Rodri just yet .... not from fans, not from the club, or from the player himself, because right now, nobody can be certain how much this injury has cost Rodri.
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All over the place
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
What a game for a Saturday afternoon. Cannot wait for this.
Toon 1 - 3 City
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Beat them handsomely just after their takeover, but since then performances up there have been harder and results have been much closer. Liverpool and Arsenal have both won on Tyneside already, but both times only by the odd goal and only in the 97th and 96th minutes, respectively. Sometimes feels as if Howe’s teams throw everything into the earlier parts of games and then lose concentration late on, so it might be tighter and go to the wire.
 
We obviously go into this game full of confidence, but Newcastle away is never an easy game and I expect nothing different tomorrow. I would probably go with the same starting 11 from the Liverpool match, perhaps Cherki maybe swapped for Savinho.

We didn't really turn up against Villa for various reasons, hopefully tomorrow will be different.
 
Marvin. said:
It sounds judicious to me. He literally said he's making good steps.

Did you really expect Rodri to be available this weekend? I didn't. There's no basis to your conclusions.
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I’m not sure you have managed to quote something that a different poster posted rather than me.

Fake news!
 
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