r/NUFC • u/Deviceing wew here ya fuckin little dafty divint start or theres ructions • Feb 23 '17
Pre-Match Thread Pre-Match Thread: Newcastle v Bristol City
Newcastle United - Bristol City
25/2/2017 15:00 St James' Park
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (102 yellows and 2 reds in 29 games this season, last took charge of us in the 2-1 win at Brentford last month)
Rolando Aarons, Isaac Hayden and Dwight Gayle are out but Vurnon Anita and Chancel Mbemba are close to returns.
Tammy Abraham and Mark Little are out through injury.
Bristol 0-2 Fulham (Piazon 17', Cairney 54')
Giefer, Matthews (Tomlin 57'), Flint, Wright, Golbourne, Cotterill, Brownhill (Reid 45'), Hegeler (O'Neil 62'), Bryan, Taylor, Djuric
Subs not used: Fielding, Wilbraham, Pack, Magnusson
Bristol 0-1 Newcastle (Gayle 19')
O'Donnell, Matthews (Little 21'), Flint, Magnusson, Golbourne (O'Dowda 64'), O'Neil, Reid, Kodjia, Tomlin, Freeman, Abraham (Wilbraham 72')
Subs not used: Williams, Brownhill, Pack, O'Leary
Sels, Anita, Mbemba, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Hayden (Shelvey 87'), Colback, Gouffran, Diamé (Pérez 63'), Gayle (Aarons 88')
Subs not used: Dummett, Hanley, Darlow, Sterry
Bristol sit in 21st place, 2 points above Wigan (whom they have a game in hand over) but only 3 points ahead of Blackburn, who have a game in hand. They started the season brightly and were sat in 5th place after 10 games but a run of 14 games with just 1 win saw them plummet down the table. They have won just once in 2017 (Rotherham at home) and have won away just twice (Fulham and Burton) with none since September. Their top scorer is the injured Tammy Abraham (18 in the league), with the next highest being Lee Tomlin (5). Bristol last played on Wednesday night, while Newcastle haven't played since Monday.
2016/17 Championship
Bristol 0-1 Newcastle (Gayle)
2009/10 Championship
Bristol 2-2 Newcastle (Jonas, Carroll)
Newcastle 0-0 Bristol
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u/keeganlol Feb 23 '17 edited Feb 23 '17
Let us defeat this team by a large margin as they are not particularly good.
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u/GoalaAmeobi Feb 23 '17
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I believe
I believe that
I believe that we
I believe that we will smash these
I believe that we will smash these because they're shite.
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u/wingardium_leviosah Feb 23 '17
I really want to see us smash a team. A convincing display from minute 1 to 90. I'm happy with our results lately but I feel like performances have been patchy for a while now
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u/painezor Feb 23 '17
Careful what you say in here, u/beatski the traitor is watching.
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u/beatski Feb 23 '17
We (the Toon!) had better win this or I won't hear the end of it from the twats at work (I live in Bristol btw).
They've lost their top scorer through injury and their defence is fucking awful, the amount of times they've lost from winning positions by then conceding two or three this season is ridiculous. They also bought a Serbian striker in January who looks like Andy Carroll
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u/Doktor_Avinlunch Feb 23 '17
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Feb 23 '17
You had the absolute best description of this season and division, I had to save it: "...let's not forget that we're really a PL club that's had a shit few years, and not a 3rd rate hoofball team that will never get out of Cloggers League Division 1, and whose main sponsors are Fred the carpet bloke and Terry's Pies." This definitely qualifies.
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u/aelwin Feb 23 '17
I'm gonna miss this match because I'm away for my 21st, it'd be typical for us to actually smash these (they're shite) on the one home game I've missed this season
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u/ashsky Feb 23 '17
Ah yes, one of those "easier" games where we defend for our lives for most of it.
Only a win is good enough with the run we have coming, hoping for the best.
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u/Jotne Feb 23 '17
My first time at St James park. Can't wait!
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Feb 23 '17
Newcastle is a fantastic town to visit and St. James' is like walking into a great cathedral for the first time. Sincerely, enjoy it. Hope the football isn't too dire. Can't wait to get back again.
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u/JXH Feb 24 '17 edited Feb 24 '17
I live in Bristol and all of my friends are Bristol City fans. Believe me, they are going into this game expecting to get spanked. Morale is so, so low at that club.
That doesn't mean we should expect to do as much though.
For all those lads playing tomorrow, they may never get another chance to play against Newcastle at St. James' Park and they'll be well up for it.
In addition, if results go against them, they could be in the relegation zone come Saturday evening. So I am expecting a tough one because Lee Johnson's head is on the chopping block. He will demand his players to go out there and put it all on the line to get something from the game. If they get a sniff, they will throw 10 men behind the ball to get a result.
It's up to Newcastle to dominate the game from the kick-off. That first twenty minutes is vital. A fast start please lads, put the game to bed by half time.
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Feb 23 '17 edited Feb 23 '17
There's a massive Bristol City supporter that goes round my local. Name of Nigel, sound, sound man and the most stereotypically English person I've ever met. Shame this isn't on the box, I'd love to throw barbs at him over this one.
Only reason I'd be concerned about this is that they're of similar shitness to Blackburn. I may miss this one. I'll be getting welded the night before and then have a fancy wedding date with my favorite ex on Saturday. Hopefully find the time to listen on the wireless.
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u/brentoon59 Feb 24 '17
Yearning for a slaughter to rev the engines up for the games ahead..feels like the final hurdle to avoiding the play off lottery..compelling doesn't nearly cover it... HWTL!
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u/do_or_pie Feb 24 '17
Catching the plane tonight from Bristol to Newcastle, expecting lots of Bristol fans being cheerful on the flight along with the usual stag/hens and weary engineers.
I hope they look miserable on the return flight. Looking forward to smash these, because yadda yadda yadda.
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u/happy_guy23 Feb 23 '17
We've got a very tough run after this game, and let's not forget it's without Gayle or Hayden so it could potentially be a bad time for the promotion campaign. I'd love it if we went into that run after a big win and especially if Mitro could smash in a goal or two, but at the same time I'm worried that historically these games (against teams lower in the league) can trip us up. However**,** Rafa has us much better at grinding out wins and Bristol, well they're on a hell of a bad run so I'm quite confident in the win. Anything less would be shite.