gwi1890 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 21 minutes ago, TRO said: whats that all about? Attitude problems or something along those lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 I would go 4-1-4-1 Watkins JJ Dougie McGinn Buendia Dendoncker Moreno Mings Konsa Young Still on the small side but at least Dendoncker gives us a little bit more. Just shows how fragile our squad is at the moment. We need to be competitive in centre mid so him and McGinn will need to be really on it We only win this if we are tactically sound so i would go with this to start and then when we need to chase we can bring Duran and Traore in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 I fear this is the game where having a 37 year old at right back, playing the ball around the back and Kamara being out will catch up with us. If we were to win this, it would really put us on track for a potential stab at Europe though and Emery will be fully aware of this. In fairness, a draw here would be a very good result given they are in the top 3, but I think this might be one game too far for us. 1-2. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 The fact that it's at our place makes it interesting. They are going to go for us, and they will try and dominate the ball. Our away form against teams trying to do that is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alreadyexists Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2023 Just got a ticket! So buzzing to be going. It’s my first game for a while because of money/kids/life in general… got a seat in the lower holte so will sing my heart out. I’m going on my own which will be a bit weird… but I’m sure it’ll be fine!! 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) "Newcastle are PHYSICAL!" "Newcastle's PHYSICALITY!" "THEY'RE VERY PHYSICAL!" etc etc etc. If I had a pound for every mention of that ... Actually, aren't they just good at defending? They're good at scoring, too, but it's their granite-wall defense more than their sheer kineticism that sets them apart. They're not especially tall, prone to fouls, or fast. They are good at smashing build-up play, so maybe that's where the physicality idea comes from? I don't know, but I wonder if the physicality thing says more about what people think about Newcastle than what they're actually about on the pitch. Or maybe I've got it all wrong. Edited April 10, 2023 by Marka Ragnos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 We aren’t winning this unless we get the grim reaper knocking on The Toons door… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 3 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Attitude problems or something along those lines. Really? You'd never have guessed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted April 10, 2023 5 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Anthony Gordon training with the u21 until end of the season He's not, there was a twitter hoax thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wedge Posted April 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2023 1 hour ago, alreadyexists said: Just got a ticket! So buzzing to be going. It’s my first game for a while because of money/kids/life in general… got a seat in the lower holte so will sing my heart out. I’m going on my own which will be a bit weird… but I’m sure it’ll be fine!! You won't be, you'll be with 40,000 of us! 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 5 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Anthony Gordon training with the u21 until end of the season Howe ain't messing about, fair play to him. Ryan Fraser could've still been part of the squad as impact sub but he's been banished aswell. They only signed Gordon in January for 40m + so that is some statement but helps when you're joint 3rd in the league. Eliminates him as an impact sub option at least. I assume they're confident ASM and Almiron will be fit otherwise they're a bit light on attackers. Was reading the match report of their Brentford win and one of the reporters was hinting they might change shape and match us by starting Wilson and Isak upfront together as that unsettled Brentford second half so interested how our backline would handle two out and out strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 Newcastle has a pattern of losing when the opposition scores first and in the first half, especially if it's in the opening 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 30 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said: Newcastle has a pattern of losing when the opposition scores first and in the first half, especially if it's in the opening 15 minutes. Maybe we should attack the Holte in the first half, although that didn't work on Saturday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 48 minutes ago, wedge said: You won't be, you'll be with 40,000 of us! Ah, thanks bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 This is going to be a really tough game. Kinda goes without saying that Howe is doing an incredible job there. I also don't think the time of the game is going to help us much. If this was a 5:30 ko it would work in our favour a bit being the home team. Would probably take a draw but we need to go for a win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretVillaScout Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Newcastle seem to struggle away against the big sides. I cant see nothing but a Villa win here. Recently Lost to Man City, Liverpool recently all away. Lost the Cup Final away (Wembley) to Manchester United. Now up against an Aston Villa team in top form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Martinez Young. Konsa. Mings. Moreno Luiz. Kamara McGinn. Ramsey Duran. Watkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 9 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said: I would go 4-1-4-1 Watkins JJ Dougie McGinn Buendia Dendoncker Moreno Mings Konsa Young Still on the small side but at least Dendoncker gives us a little bit more. Just shows how fragile our squad is at the moment. We need to be competitive in centre mid so him and McGinn will need to be really on it We only win this if we are tactically sound so i would go with this to start and then when we need to chase we can bring Duran and Traore in. I like experimenting. But Unai will go as close to the same as possible. He is most interested in players learning his system. He won’t change for this match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFish Posted April 11, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Newcastle has a pattern of losing when the opposition scores first and in the first half, especially if it's in the opening 15 minutes. That's happened twice in the league. Once at home to Liverpool, once away to Man City, is that really a pattern? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFish Posted April 11, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2023 8 hours ago, SecretVillaScout said: Newcastle seem to struggle away against the big sides. I cant see nothing but a Villa win here. Recently Lost to Man City, Liverpool recently all away. Lost the Cup Final away (Wembley) to Manchester United. Now up against an Aston Villa team in top form. We've lost 3 times in the league all season, and we've only lost to Liverpool and Man City. Not sure I'd say that's 'struggling against big sides'. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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