Newcastle United (A) - Sat 28th Sept, 12:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

Match Result Prediction?

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BringBackSwales said:
I’m thinking parking somewhere on the metro and taking the metro in, take the city centre out of it
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If you’re driving up the A1 come off at the Metro Centre and park in overspill carpark, off Riverside Way. 10 min train to town. 10 min walk to ground. Car park is huge, free, never seen it full and train line is right there. Any further up the A1 and you just end up coming back on yourself on the metro.
 
Isak will be a big miss for them if he does not play. But in Gordon they have a pacey player who caused us problems last season. I would play Rico in the middle along with KDB (if fit) and Kovacic. Tough game where I expect goals for both teams, fingers crossed we come out on top.
 
Withnail said:
Isak will be a big miss for them if he does not play. But in Gordon they have a pacey player who caused us problems last season. I would play Rico in the middle along with KDB (if fit) and Kovacic. Tough game where I expect goals for both teams, fingers crossed we come out on top.
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Ke'vs not fit, unfortunately.


 
A draw might not be a bad result without Rodri and De Bruyne. Their midfield is very physical and our two strongest midfielders are out. Obviously play to win, but be especially careful not to lose the ball cheaply.
 
So with no kdb maybe its time to jack in a role in the middle alongside kova and bernie, all three are happy to receive the ball in tight spaces, can drive with the ball, can beat a man , can pick a pass, and then let doku and savinho have the wings.
 
I think this is a huge game for us. It’s the first league match after Rodri’s injury, if we drop points the narrative that we struggle without Rodri gets amplified. Doesn’t matter that it’s a tough place to go with or without Rodri.

They are scratching around looking for form. They can be decent in spells but have issues scoring. Isak would be a huge loss for them but Gordon is a very dangerous winger. No doubt Guimaraes will be trying to prove a point tomorrow. Howe usually sets them up well defensively.

The last two seasons we’ve played there we’ve started well then fallen off a cliff and dug ourselves out of trouble. We could really do with maintaining more control tomorrow.

With KDB out and Foden not quite fully sharp we may have issues with creativity. If it weren’t for our regular defensive lapses I wouldn’t be surprised at a 0-0. Would love to see how Lewis gets on against Gordon but I expect Walker to get the nod, despite having stinkers in his last 2 visits to St James. Would think that Grealish deserves a start as well.

We’ll need to be really on it from kick off. I think we may start Gundogan, Kovacic and Bernardo in the middle. Not the most physical or creative but should give us tempo and a degree of control. Would be good to have Doku and Foden as options from the bench.

Not sure how to call it, we’re more than capable of winning but we’ll need to play as we did for the opening 20 against Arsenal for 90 minutes. Hope we can do that in the absence of Rodri.
 
pavelsrnicek said:
I think this is a huge game for us. It’s the first league match after Rodri’s injury, if we drop points the narrative that we struggle without Rodri gets amplified. Doesn’t matter that it’s a tough place to go with or without Rodri.

They are scratching around looking for form. They can be decent in spells but have issues scoring. Isak would be a huge loss for them but Gordon is a very dangerous winger. No doubt Guimaraes will be trying to prove a point tomorrow. Howe usually sets them up well defensively.

The last two seasons we’ve played there we’ve started well then fallen off a cliff and dug ourselves out of trouble. We could really do with maintaining more control tomorrow.

With KDB out and Foden not quite fully sharp we may have issues with creativity. If it weren’t for our regular defensive lapses I wouldn’t be surprised at a 0-0. Would love to see how Lewis gets on against Gordon but I expect Walker to get the nod, despite having stinkers in his last 2 visits to St James. Would think that Grealish deserves a start as well.

We’ll need to be really on it from kick off. I think we may start Gundogan, Kovacic and Bernardo in the middle. Not the most physical or creative but should give us tempo and a degree of control. Would be good to have Doku and Foden as options from the bench.

Not sure how to call it, we’re more than capable of winning but we’ll need to play as we did for the opening 20 against Arsenal for 90 minutes. Hope we can do that in the absence of Rodri.
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We need some power, strength, height and speed in midfield to complement our passing and movement.....Akanji !!
 
Withnail said:
Not good news, chance perhaps for Phil to play that role.
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Kev appears to be beyond playing three games in a week at this stage. Hopefully this is not another medium term injury as we will really start to struggle without those key players through the autumn.
 
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