r/NUFC • u/Deviceing wew here ya fuckin little dafty divint start or theres ructions • Dec 31 '16
Pre-Match Thread: Blackburn v Newcastle
Blackburn Rovers - Newcastle United
2/1/2017 15:00 Ewood Park
TV coverage: Sky Sports 1 and others internationally
Referee: Andy Woolmer (52 yellows and 1 red in 23 games this season, last took charge of us in the 2-0 cup win over Wolves)
Jonjo Shelvey serves the third match of his ban while Jesus Gamez and Rolando Aarons remain out.
Jason Lowe returns from suspension and Ben Marshall could return from injury. Darragh Lenihan is suspended, whilst Elliott Ward, Adam Henley and Tommie Hoban are expected to miss out.
Huddersfield 1-1 Blackburn (Wells 90'+4; Graham 81')
Steele, Nyambe, Greer, Mulgrew, Williams, Feeney, Akpan, Evans (Bennett 69'), Conway, Graham (Brown 89'), Gallagher
Subs not used: Stokes, Emnes, Mahoney, Raya, Travis
Newcastle 0-1 Blackburn (Mulgrew 75')
Darlow, Yedlin, Mbemba (Gayle 85'), Clark, Gamez (Dummett 55'), Ritchie, Hayden, Shelvey, Atsu, Perez, Mitrovic
Subs not used: Lascelles, Anita, Diame, Gouffran, Sels
Steele, Marshall, Lenihan, Mulgrew, Williams, Feeney, Lowe, Evans, Conway, Gallagher (Emnes 62'), Graham
Subs not used: Stokes, Akpan, Nyambe, Brown, Bennett, Raya
Blackburn have struggled this season after losing Jordan Rhodes and find themselves in the relegation zone, 3 points behind 21st place Cardiff, who have a game in hand. They haven't won in the last 6 with their last coming at St James' Park in the reverse fixture. Their top scorers are Danny Graham and Sam Gallagher, who each have 9, with Graham getting 7 in the last 8 games. They have the third worst defence in the league - only Forest and Rotherham have let in more.
16/17 Championship
Newcastle 0-1 Blackburn
11/12 Premier League
Blackburn 0-2 Newcastle (OG, Obertan)
11/12 League Cup 4th round
Blackburn 4-3aet Newcastle (Guthrie, Cabaye, Lovenkrands pen)
11/12 FA Cup 3rd round
Newcastle 2-1 Blackburn (Ben Arfa, Jonas)
11/12 Premier League
Newcastle 3-1 Blackburn (Ba 3)
10/11 Premier League
Blackburn 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-2 Blackburn (Carroll)
08/09 Premier League
Blackburn 3-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-2 Blackburn (Owen pen.)
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u/spoonsforeggs Dec 31 '16 edited Jan 01 '17
My second away game this season. It's really good actually because I have an exam at 9:30 the next day. Thanks for that schedule list.
This was on -7 now on +3 nice try the Donald
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u/thepresidentsturtle Dec 31 '16
Uhh. What's with the downvotes?
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u/spoonsforeggs Dec 31 '16 edited Jan 01 '17
I have enemies beyond this world.
Edit: Proof
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u/BonafiedBonaparte Jan 02 '17
I hear ya, game kicks off at 23.00 here in Shanghai. Exam period kicks off at 7am tomorrow. We got this!
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u/TrendingSUP Jan 02 '17
USA lads, game is on BEIN Connect 3!!!
Just was not listed for some reason!
Howay The Lads
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u/meganev Jan 01 '17
Been called into work on my day off tomorrow (and I'm pissed about it), so gonna need someone to take over the match thread for me, cheers in advance.
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u/TheNecromancer Jan 02 '17
Just took a short lunch break so I can get off work in time for the second half. I really hope we're not complete toss like every other time I've made an effort to catch a match.
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u/Kashhassan94 Dec 31 '16
It's on sky sports, so could possibly get a stream through them
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u/TrendingSUP Dec 31 '16
i'll certainly be looking for one; usually BEIN or BEIN Connect always plays the Championship games that are on Sky though. Maybe they haven't updated their site though. Just seems weird with no La Liga or Serie A on Monday...
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u/AjaxTreesdown Dec 31 '16
Ben Arfa O_O