Match Preview/Stats/Thread: Newcastle Utd v Blackburn Rovers

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There will be no team line-ups this weekend so keep your posts here.

I will be around again late Sunday Lets hope for a win

Thanks for the heads-up...hopefully someone can manage to post the lineups here...

I would post it but ill be in ST JAMES!!!! Flying at 7am absolutely buzzing right now! Really want a win gonna put my return flight fee on Best to score Newcastle to win.
If I can remember any of my trip I will right about my experience.

No lineups? Could be a fairly boring 90 minutes then.


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So are you going anyway nice Carys

Daraghl you are going to love it and you lucky sod, so I take it is going to be early drinking for you then.

I think the toon will get a good victory tomorrow with a Best goal

I can post the line ups on this thread





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011:09:24:14:05:11 by annie.

Teams:
Newcastle United: T Krul, D. Simpson, S. Taylor, F Coloccini, R. Taylor, G. Obertan, Y. Cabaye, C. Tiote, J. Gutierrez, D. Ba, L. Best
Subs:
S. Harper, D. Guthrie, H. Ben Arfa, P. LovenKrands, J. Perch, S. Marveaux, S. Ameobi

Blackburn Rovers: P. Robinson, M. Salgado, C. Samba, G. Givet, S. Dann, D. Hoilett, J. Lowe, S. Nzonzi, M. Olsson, M. Formica, Yakubu
Subs:
M. Bunn, V. Grella, R. Petrovic, R. Rochina, S. Vukcevic, J. Roberts, G. Hanley

I feel confident.

We'll win 2-1

link?

Great first goal for Ba. Good cross from Best, but that was all about the ball from Colocinni.

DEMBA BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! 1-0

Goaaaaaaaaal!!
Demba Ba

Well that's a nice wake up gift!

BA 2-0!!!!

DEMBA BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

2-0

Ba

Pile it on!!!

Yes Ba.


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bad defending

2-1 Holiett after a horrid back pass from Ryan Taylor.

2-1 Hoilett

Well it was bound to happen, wasn't it? To be honest, for a RM playing LB, one mistake in this amount of time is probably better than we could expect...

We dominated the last 35 minutes of that half, but one error = 2-1 instead of 2-0 or even 3-0 had Best put his header on frame.

Best and Ba have had great movement and ball control, Jonas didn't see the ball for a long time but started coming to life. Cabaye needs more touches, and Tiote needs to gain half a step.

Thanks for the shout, waffles.

Dominating possession as we should but we need to put another one or two past 'em...and CONCENTRATE! in defense.

HOWAY THE LADS!

Ba 3-1

3 - 0

oh yeah, 3 - 1 lol

HAT TRCK BA!

Jonas limping after that awful challenge from Lowe, Marveaux or Sammy to come on soon?

Double Yellow for their LB due to a good run from Best.

Hat Trick Hero Off, L'enfant Terrible on! Welcome Back, Hatem!

Ben Arfa, good to see him back

Ben Arfa as impact sub...quality.

Marveaux for Jonas in the last 5 minutes.

Well played lads.

Great result! Hoping this is the beginning of a streak for Ba...roll on Wolves and their homely lingerie models...lol!

I could get used to winning.

Well done lads.

It's been a long time since we were able to decisively beat the teams we were supposed to at home. 12 points in 6 games, best defensive record in the league (3 Clean sheets), Ba and Best are finding their stride, Obertan has looked threatening the last three matches, and Tiote isn't getting booked (how much do you think having Cabaye's pace as opposed to Nolan has helped that).

We're finding form and we're getting healthier (Guthrie, Ben Arfa, Marveaux, and Ferguson all got run outs mid-week, and Santon should be back either next week or after the international break). We've got 2 winnable League matches in October, Blackburn away in the Cup, and Tottenham at home after a week off.

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roll on Wolves and their homely lingerie models...lol!

I remember that link

Great start for the toon, had a good feeling that we would have won today. Hopefully with getting the players back like Ben Arfa and Santon then we will be stronger. Hopefully we can see Marveaux get a start as I think he will add something. We need to be getting maximum points against teams like these at home, and I do believe that our midfield is better than others who are expected to finish 7th down. If BA can get going and with the goals off Best then maybe we should be ok, as you would reckon that Cabaye and Ben Arfa will provide chances for them.

The toon seem to have some pace now to attack teams, and defensively we are looking good which has been the biggest thing for us, especially with the past of not being able to stop teams.

Well done lads

happy days

Upon review, I maintain that Obertan should be dropped from the starting XI when everyone's healthy enough to start (I know, I know). Yesterday five NUFC midfielders:

Ben Arfa
Cabaye
Jonas
Marveaux
Tiote

...completed 186 of 214 passes = 86.9% = quality. Add Obertan and it's 216/258 = 83.7% = still good but there's a dip. He is an obvious candidate for impact sub. Even if we go with a 4-man midfield, I think he's the guy to drop to get HBA/Marv onto the pitch.

In news that makes us all happy, Colo and S. Taylor completed passes at a rate of 66/71 = 93% =

Simpson & Raylor let us down a bit, though they did put themselves about: 93 of 159 passes found a teammate or 58% =

Let's hope young Santon can get into the lineup soon. This first team is looking great and could be dominant...

Tunyc, does Simpson and Raylor's numbers include their throw ins and crosses?

Caught the highlights on MOTD this morning (nice and early).

I was in somerset on Bridesmaid duty at one of my best friends wedding. Beautiful day -

This score was excellent news to receive on the blackberry at 11pm last night

Another fantastic result. I've been buzzing all day because of it and hopefully we can maintain our good start. I thought Ba, Obertan and Coloccini were outstanding although Cabaye, Tiote and Best weren't far behind. Well done to Pardew and all the players, for the wonderful start to our season.



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great result, mick martin was on talksport last night saying how we shouldn't get carried away because the fixtures have been kind to us and we should have been aiming to win every game we'd already played!

Knob!

waffles-yeah, throws are included. That flatters both of them, as they were mainly successful with throws. Simpson was 11 of 13 for example.

I see Martin's point, mental-but f00k him. Should United not have been looking to win against Stoke? Twelve points from 6 matches is what it is, and that's handy going in the early season. It's a good time to pick up points off of teams that haven't gelled or whatever and we're taking advantage.

people just can't seem to give us credit, pundits are always going on about the start we make but then come our with some @#$%& like we've been lucky, fixtures have gone our way the opposition have under-performed! blackburn beat Arsenal a week ago and we totally dominated them yet we were lucky to be playing a poor team!

What they going to say if we beat a full strength Man Utd or Chelsea?

Don't worry about it mental. Because then you'll worry about what they'll say if we don't win those games.

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great result, mick martin was on talksport last night saying how we shouldn't get carried away because the fixtures have been kind to us and we should have been aiming to win every game we'd already played!
Knob!

Fully agree with you mental, typical people who are nobody's now trying to sl@g the club off, as they have nothing else to do. Pundits predicted at the start that we would get done over, yes it is early stages but we have shocked a few and in a position now which we won't be at the end of the season, but the way I look it is we are beating teams or getting results against teams fighting for the mid table position, bar Arsenal.

We got a point against Arsenal which nobody thought we would have. Went onto beating our rivals which was always going to be one of our hardest games due to it being a derby and it was also away from home. Beat Fulham who are better prepared than us, with all the games they had in pre season due to the Europa Cup, so would have had more match practice and also a bloody good team who have performed on a regular basis in the premiership. Drew with QPR, after all the investment they had and had players trying to prove a point, and ok we got out done throughout the game, but came away with a point which would never had happened last season. Drew against Villa who are looking a stronger outfit than they did last year and then beat Blackburn after they did Arsenal.

For me the club has done fantastic and should be given all the credit in the world, especially when you take into account the money spent/money sold, as we are looking up compared to a Arsenal who are looking down. At the end of the day you can only win/draw against what is in front of you. Maybe we haven't played the likes of Man U, Chelsea, City and Spurs, but then how many teams gets points against these anyway. Our big games of the season are against the teams that are predicted to finish 7th and below in the league

Of course you're right TTID-truth is, these pundits have been found out as their predictions are available for review and our lads have confounded them. Now they're doubling down, insisting that they must be right and hoping for us to hit the skids.

This sort of coverage for NUFC will never stop. The line "All is going pretty smoothly without a sign of controversy up on Tyneside" doesn't sell papers. It's best to ignore it.

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This sort of coverage for NUFC will never stop. The line "All is going pretty smoothly without a sign of controversy up on Tyneside" doesn't sell papers. It's best to ignore it.

Never a dull moment on the toon, until Souness got hold of us

Its right that we dont get carried away but I dont think anyone is. Im just so pleased to keep chipping away at the points with more and more players either coming back from injury or settling in.

As far as not playing anyone I would much rather be in our position than Bolton's who are at the other end of the scales having played most of the top teams. We have a cushion and will go into a tough November with some confidence. Bolton are as low as you can get and will have to come up against teams who smell blood.

Good to hear from ya, BB!

Cheers pal. Sh.it when the internet goes down.

No doubt. Don't do the smartphone (I hate this term) thing? It's frustrating as hell to post on those things but I've done it a couple times on vacation or watching games at the bar.

Im probably one of the few people who dont have a smartphone pal. Our lass does but I probably spend far too much time on the internet anyway (no porn jibes please).

No jibes necessary...I know how it is!


Stay away from the smartphones if you can. They're like crack-get one and you can't imagine ever going with it.

I hate them too, the mrs has one a blackberry and aww the twisting this last week

I need a phone to ring ppl nothing else (£30 cheap samsung reliable as out.) when I have tried to use the mrs phone for the internet it depresses me at how slow they work its worse than old dial up internet.