Newcastle (h) : 14:00 Sunday Pre-Match

[Sunbury Fox]

Lose this and even Newcastle will be only 6 points behind us and, with an absolutely horrendous set of fixtures over coming weeks, by the end of the month we could have a lot more to worry about than dropping into the European Vauxhall Conference. 

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Lose this and even Newcastle will be only 6 points behind us and, with an absolutely horrendous set of fixtures over coming weeks, by the end of the month we could have a lot more to worry about than dropping into the European Vauxhall Conference. 

That means that all teams below us win while we lose. It's not going to happen.

 

You can point out our fixtures but after the game on Sunday Newcastle have got Liverpool then Man City then Man Utd and then Everton.

 

 

 

[Sunbury Fox]

I realise that. Not saying we'll be in the bottom 3 but if Watford win tonight we'll be 3 points ahead of 17th. The table is really tight this season. 

[Fox92]

3 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

I realise that. Not saying we'll be in the bottom 3 but if Watford win tonight we'll be 3 points ahead of 17th. The table is really tight this season. 

It's tight aside from the top three who are comfortably better than the other 17 teams.

 

That's why it's so easy for me to go in the opposite direction to you and say if we win on Sunday, and Villa lose (to Liverpool) and Wolves lose (to Man City), we will 8th, a point behind Arsenal who play West Ham (and West Ham are more than capable of beating Arsenal).

Edited 10 December 2021 by Fox92

[South Shire Fox]

Id be tempted to mix this up and get some energy into the midfield by swapping Hamza for Ndidi. Theyre both shite on the ball so its not like we’re losing Ndidi’s technical ability. Predicament with KDHs emergence is where to play Maddison as it is a complete waste of time sticking him

on the wing. Soyuncu must be dropped for this as he cannot deal with Wilson as hes shown in previous meetings. 
 

Schemical

Castagne Evans Amartey (if fit) Thomas

Hamza

Tielemans Maddison

Albrighton Vardy Barnes

 

KDH to come on 2nd half

Edited 10 December 2021 by South Shire Fox

[Sunbury Fox]

4 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

It's tight aside from the top three who are comfortably better than the other 17 teams.

 

That's why it's so easy for me to go in the opposite direction to you and say if we win on Sunday, and Villa lose (to Liverpool) and Wolves lose (to Man City), we will 8th, a point behind Arsenal who play West Ham (and West Ham are more than capable of beating Arsenal).

Fair point. I just have no confidence in the team at the moment, even against a team bottom of the league with 1 win in 17.

[Daggers]

23 hours ago, Brooksy said:

Never been so sure of a loss before. 0-4

I don't gamble, but if I was wandering past a bookies I'd be lobbing money on Newcastle to score three or four.

[Fox92]

9 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Fair point. I just have no confidence in the team at the moment, even against a team bottom of the league with 1 win in 17.

Which is fair enough. I don't really have confidence in the players or manager at the minute. 

Just highlighting how it could go both ways though.

[Ric Flair]

We'll get a man sent off in this and lose.

 

 

[EastAnglianFox]

Triple captained Saint Maximin... Thank me later!! 

 

Although I won't be able to take any credit for Callum Wilson's hatrick unfortunately. 

[lcfcbluearmy]

My feeling is 2-2 we will look good going forward but they will be up for it and capitalise on our defensive mistakes

[Guest Mickyblueeyes]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

We'll get a man sent off in this and lose.

 

 

Exactly. And the sending off will come from our decision to play a high line but mess up the offside trap because someone decides not to step up. 

[Daggers]

What I'd give for a fantastic team team like the RAF – whoosh whoosh! 

 

Unfortunately we have a team of Fokkers.

[BenTheFox]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

We'll get a man sent off in this and lose.

 

 

If that happens it will be a case of 'All night, all drinkin'...birds, none of 'um' for me. 

[Bert]

2-0 win. Heard it here first 

[BenTheFox]

2 minutes ago, Bert said:

2-0 win. Heard it here first 

I really hope you are right. I'm resigned to us not having a special season, but I really don't fancy having a nervy one where we are constantly looking over our shoulder. 

[foxfanazer]

A defensive masterclass from Brendan's boys in blue

[Steve Earle]

I don’t care what the score is as long as part of it is ‘Newcastle - 0’. With that in mind, and subject to availability, I’d start with 

 

Ward (OK it’ll be Schmeichel!)

 

Castagne Amartey Evans Vestergaard Thomas 

Perez Tielemans Ndidi Albrighton 

Daka

 

If we can keep Newcastle to ‘0’ we can look at bringing on the likes of Barnes & Maddison to finish it…

[Mr Weller]

We can start with Arthur Chandler for all I care. It’s about our mindset and confidence right now rather than the lineup or tactics.

Edited 10 December 2021 by Mr Weller

[mod hero]

Hopefully Bertrand keeps his place

[HybridFox]

You're nothing special we concede every week 🎵

[jayfox26]

On 09/12/2021 at 20:11, filbertway said:

I did have this pegged as a win, but with the squad decimated by covid and players basically playing 4 games in 10/11 days. It could go any way.

I'm not sure covid and the amount of games can be used as an excuse when we most likely will concede at least one goal from a corner/set piece. We are hideous and no covid outbreak or amount of games can hide that fact! 

[jayfox26]

8 minutes ago, mod hero said:

Hopefully Bertrand keeps his place

Hi Brendan 👋

[jayfox26]

33 minutes ago, Steve Earle said:

I don’t care what the score is as long as part of it is ‘Newcastle - 0’. With that in mind, and subject to availability, I’d start with 

 

Ward (OK it’ll be Schmeichel!)

 

Castagne Amartey Evans Vestergaard Thomas 

Perez Tielemans Ndidi Albrighton 

Daka

 

If we can keep Newcastle to ‘0’ we can look at bringing on the likes of Barnes & Maddison to finish it…

We need to win. Yes a clean sheet would be nice but a 5-4 win is preferable to a 0-0 draw. 

[Ian S]

3 hours ago, South Shire Fox said:

Id be tempted to mix this up and get some energy into the midfield by swapping Hamza for Ndidi. Theyre both shite on the ball so its not like we’re losing Ndidi’s technical ability. Predicament with KDHs emergence is where to play Maddison as it is a complete waste of time sticking him

on the wing. Soyuncu must be dropped for this as he cannot deal with Wilson as hes shown in previous meetings. 
 

Schemical

Castagne Evans Amartey (if fit) Thomas

Hamza

Tielemans Maddison

Albrighton Vardy Barnes

 

KDH to come on 2nd half

KDH over Barnes and you have it.I really rate Barnes but he is awful presently .Accept he has scored a couple of goals but he looks a poor imitation of the Barnes pre injury last season.