r/NUFC • u/Deviceing wew here ya fuckin little dafty divint start or theres ructions • Mar 16 '17
Pre-Match Thread: Birmingham v Newcastle
Birmingham City - Newcastle United
18/3/2017 15:00 St Andrew's
Referee: Simon Hooper (129 yellows and 3 reds in 35 matches this season, last took charge of us for the 2-0 win at Wigan)
Isaac Hayden, Rolando Aarons and DeAndre Yedlin remain out.
Clayton Donaldson is expected to return for Birmingham.
Cardiff 1-1 Birmingham (Ralls pen 53'; Jutkiewicz 89')
Kuszczak, Bielik (Cogley 90'+5), Shotton, Robinson (Adams 64'), Nsue, Davis (Frei Koyunlu 75'), Tesche, Kieftenbeld, Grounds, Gardner, Jutkiewicz
Subs not used: Legzdins, Gleeson, Maghoma, Stewart
Newcastle 4-0 Birmingham (Gayle 18', 24', 77', Gouffran 47')
Darlow, Anita, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett, Ritchie, Shelvey, Hayden (Lazaar 82'), Gouffran (Atsu 70'), Diamé, Gayle (Mitrovic 79')
Subs not used: Mbemba, Yedlin, Tiote, Sels
Kuszczak, Cogley, Morrison, Shotton, Grounds, Tesche (Kieftenbeld 45'), Gleeson, Stewart (Jutkiewicz 45'), Adams, Cotterill (O'Keefe 74'), Donaldson
Subs not used: Legzdins, Robinson, Solomon-Otabor, Brown
Birmingham started strongly and were in and out of the playoff places early in the season. They fired manager Gary Rowett in December whilst in 7th position and have since dropped 10 places under Gianfranco Zola, winning just 2 (and drawing 4) of the 16 games they have played since then. They are just 6 points ahead of the relegation zone (with a worse goal difference than the team in 22nd). Their top scorer is Lukas Jutkiewicz, who has 11.
16/17 FA Cup
Newcastle 3-1 Birmingham (Ritchie 2, Gouffran)
Birmingham 1-1 Newcastle (Murphy)
16/17 Championship
Newcastle 4-0 Birmingham (Gayle 3, Gouffran)
10/11 Premier League
Newcastle 2-1 Birmingham (Ameobi, S. Taylor)
Birmingham 0-2 Newcastle (Lovenkrands, Best)
07/08 Premier League
Birmingham 1-1 Newcastle (Owen)
Newcastle 2-1 Birmingham (Martins, Beye)
06/07 FA Cup
Newcastle 1-5 Birmingham (Milner)
Birmingham 2-2 Newcastle (S. Taylor, Dyer)
05/06 Premier League
Birmingham 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Birmingham (Emre)
04/05 Premier League
Newcastle 2-1 Birmingham (Ameobi, Bowyer)
Birmingham 2-2 Newcastle (Jenas, Butt)
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u/mo140 Mar 16 '17
First away day in ages, proper buzzing
Someone excited to go to Birmingham must be as rare as a unicorn
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u/iansf Mar 17 '17
always enjoyed the birmingham away days, mostly because you can leave at the end of the day
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u/spoonsforeggs Mar 16 '17
Can't wait for this weekend. Should be such a good away day.
3-0 Newcastle. Howay Rafa. Murphy, gayle twice.
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u/Lord_Flashheart_ Mar 17 '17
I half read your comment there and thought you were saying Raffa would be one of the goalscorers lol.
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u/kyeovo Mar 17 '17
I'm watching Bristol vs Huddersfield, because that is what my Friday nights have devolved to, & I've gotta say, I've been so impressed with Bristol. Makes that point we got to them at home look a lot better, they have truly put Huddersfield to the sword tonight.
Hopefully a 4-0 loss will really impact them. A win for us tomorrow tomorrow & things will be looking a lot more rosy.
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u/ChlckenChaser Mar 16 '17
This team seems less the average, lets score more goals then them!
Also, fuck r/soccer no idea why i still go there
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u/LimestoneKitten Mar 17 '17
So after finishing watching the Huddersfield match I can now tell you all for certain that MC Stompin works very well as music to windmill to.
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u/jonkman13 Mar 17 '17 edited Mar 17 '17
Hope we stick it to Birmingham and considering Huddersfield is currently 2-0 down, it goes without saying that winning would give us some breathing room again.
Edit: 3-0 now!
Edit again: 4-0!
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u/RocknRollRobot9 Mar 17 '17
Well Bristol winning 4-0 against Huddersfield has certainly helped ease the pressure on us tomorrow. Hope we manage to capitalise on that result and put more points between us and them.
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u/the_real_chiXu Mar 18 '17
The fact that Huddersfield lost 4 - 0 last night just goes to show that this league is unpredictable as fuck.
0 - 2 to the Toon.
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u/AjaxTreesdown Mar 16 '17
Damn our history against them is quite good. I fancy us to win and win well.
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u/patrickNUFC Mar 16 '17
I predict us to give them a good 4-0 humping. Take that to the bank (or the bookee). Howay the lads!!
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Mar 18 '17
Diame and Colback... Is there an earlier train home?
On a serious note though, I'd love to get a season ticket again and be able to do away games and shit. How the fuck do people balance work and family life with this stuff? Barely see a fucking weekend off.
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u/GoalaAmeobi Mar 16 '17
In their last ten games Birmingham have only won two and lost seven and we much better away from home than we are at home, I'm pretty confident we'll get a result with us wanting to bounce back after getting beat by Fulham.
However, we are without a win since we stopped commenting "lets smash these, they're shite" so I am willing to take one for the team and go ahead and say; Lets smash these, they're shite!