By Tyne-Talk
February 19 2010

Newcastle United host Preston North End tomorrow on the back of an impressive 4-1 win against Coventry City, whilst Preston travel on the back of a less than impressive 5-3 defeat against Derby County. Newcastle have been inconsistent on the pitch of late with three wins, two draws & one defeat in their last six games, whilst Preston have won two, drawn one & lost three of their last six games. With 24 points and 13 places between the two sides Newcastle will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the table whilst Preston will be hoping to push into the top ten.

Chris Hughton has no fresh injury concerns but is still without Shola Ameobi (hamstring), Steven Taylor (knee), Joey Barton (foot), Nicky Butt (thigh) and Jose Enrique (hamstring). Alan Smith who started the Coventry game on the bench is pushing for a start, but Hughton could opt to stick with the same starting eleven he fielded in midweek.

Darren Ferguson is expected to make changes to his starting eleven after dropping points at Pride Park. Callum Davidson is expected to miss out through injury, as are Richard Chaplow (groin), Paul Parry (knee) and Barry Nicholson (broken leg). Ferguson will be hoping that despite having the 2^nd highest number of goals conceded in the Championship, his defence who he was openly unimpressed with in midweek, will be able to manage Newcastle's Andy Carroll who has just hit double figures.

Fact: Preston North End last won a match in Newcastle in September 1963.

Fact: Newcastle Utd are the only team in the Championship not to have lost at home this season.

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19/02/2010 16:14

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annie
19/02/2010 23:17

Working until 4pm tomorrow, hopefully I'll be here to cheer the team on for the second half.

3-1 to us

Howay the lads.

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TOONTILLIDIE
20/02/2010 09:03

3 nil victory and Nolan is going to find the net

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senyabtoon
20/02/2010 15:04

get in 1 nil lovehandles

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annie
20/02/2010 15:05

Lovehandles 1-0

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annie
20/02/2010 15:06

Just switched on in time. Great start

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annie
20/02/2010 15:16

[b]Newcastle[/b]

Harper, Van Aanholt, Coloccini, Williamson, Simpson, Guthrie, Smith, Nolan Gutierrez, Carroll, Lovenkrands

Subs:Krul, Hall, R. Taylor, Best, Pancrate, Kadar, Ranger

Preston

Lonergan, Williams, St Ledger, Mawene, Jones,Sedgwick, Coutts, James, Wallace, Parkin, Welbeck

Subs

Henderson, Hart, Carter, Chilvers, Treacy, Elliott, Mellor,

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annie
20/02/2010 15:18

Lovenkrands off ? injury to back, Best on

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senyabtoon
20/02/2010 15:21

where's routledge not even on the bench?

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ColoradoMagpie
20/02/2010 15:44

Just woke up, missed our first goal..dammit..of course, if it helps the side I'm willing to go back to bed! HWTL!

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ColoradoMagpie
20/02/2010 15:48

great commentary: "Harper beaten. Luckily for Newcastle so was the outside post." Stopped my heart for that split second!

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tunyc
20/02/2010 15:49

Is Routledge injured?

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annie
20/02/2010 15:49

The goal was a fluke, Lovehandles was crossing the ball according to commentators.

Who cares a goals a goal

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ColoradoMagpie
20/02/2010 15:51

Where is Routledge?

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ColoradoMagpie
20/02/2010 15:53

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annie
The goal was a fluke, Lovehandles was crossing the ball according to commentators.
Who cares a goals a goal

Agreed. Good things tend to happen when you play in front of the other's goal.

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tunyc
20/02/2010 15:55

Nice to have some depth Up front, eh?

Still would like to know what the deal is w/Rout.

Fluke goal aside, it looks like we're seeing a ton of the ball. Let's convert that into an early second half goal! HOWAY THE LADS!!!

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ColoradoMagpie
20/02/2010 16:05

Apparently Routledge picked up a knock to his calf and wasn't risked today. We need a "plan B" out wide right when he's not in.

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tunyc
20/02/2010 16:05

Oh, and Zhirkov looks great for Chelsea at LB...c'mon Carlo-you don't need PVA back yet...

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annie
20/02/2010 16:17

Nolan 2-0

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ColoradoMagpie
20/02/2010 16:17

NOLAN!!!! 2-0

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ColoradoMagpie
20/02/2010 16:33

Anybody seeing this? Did Carroll mess up or did Nolan misjudge?

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annie
20/02/2010 16:53

R. Taylor 3-0

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TOONTILLIDIE
20/02/2010 17:10

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3 nil victory and Nolan is going to find the net

Wish I put a bet on, mind I never get them right. Great result for the toon.

Does anybody know how long routledge is out for, as he will be a big miss

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Biffins Bridge
20/02/2010 18:00

Said it was a knock/strain to his calf so shouldnt be too long.

Said it looked like a hamstring for Loven which cant be good.

I missed the match due to work but my pals said Carroll and Best were poor up front.

Great result though and puts the pressure on West Brom for tommorrow.

Also Cleverly got sent off today for Watford so will miss next weeks game which is a big plus for us.

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lostmekeys
20/02/2010 20:16

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3 nil victory and Nolan is going to find the net

Wish I put a bet on, mind I never get them right. Great result for the toon.

Does anybody know how long routledge is out for, as he will be a big miss

nice one ttid! get the result to us a day or so before next time,we'll all make a mint!

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MissC
20/02/2010 20:45

Excellent result. I was watching the Lovely Bones instead of listening to the commentary but was pleasently suprised when I turned the radio on.

Lets hope tomorrow goes in our favour too.

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TOONTILLIDIE
20/02/2010 20:55

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TOONTILLIDIE

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TOONTILLIDIE
3 nil victory and Nolan is going to find the net

Wish I put a bet on, mind I never get them right. Great result for the toon.

Does anybody know how long routledge is out for, as he will be a big miss

nice one ttid! get the result to us a day or so before next time,we'll all make a mint!

I will try my best and have many predictions wrong, even remember saying Smith would score, well we all know that was hopefull.

Hopefully the Brom will lose and we can start getting a gap.

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i!
20/02/2010 21:09

Good work lads, let's hope WBA slip up tomorrow.


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waffles
21/02/2010 04:50

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TOONTILLIDIE
I will try my best and have many predictions wrong, even remember saying Smith would score, well we all know that was hopefull.

Hopefully the Brom will lose and we can start getting a gap.

Over/Under for Smith's goals this season at 1/2. Place your bets.

I got 10 on under.

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wasim4nufc
21/02/2010 08:10

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TOONTILLIDIE
3 nil victory and Nolan is going to find the net

Well done TTID. Excellent prediction!

It's another great result and its turned into a good week for us. What concerns me is that I'm hearing things like Best having poor games and it makes me wonder how Ranger is getting no game time and the guy taking his place is not really doing well. He must feel gutted. Just hope that he gets a chance soon.



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lostmekeys
21/02/2010 10:22

yeah wasim, ranger needs games,but best was a regular scorer earlier in the season at a struggling coventry city. lets give him a chance to find his feet, he has joined a pressurised situation after all

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waffles
21/02/2010 15:37

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What concerns me is that I'm hearing things like Best having poor games and it makes me wonder how Ranger is getting no game time and the guy taking his place is not really doing well. He must feel gutted. Just hope that he gets a chance soon.

I don't know that Hughton sees Best and Ranger as the same role. I think Ranger's losing his place to Carroll. Best isn't the target man that Ranger and Carroll are. Recently, even when Carroll has bad games, he has found ways to score (Swansea).

My best guess is that Hughton sees the strikers as such:

Target men: Ameobi, Carroll, Ranger
Runner: Ameobi, Best, Lovenkrands

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TOONTILLIDIE
21/02/2010 17:24

Best needs to be given time and he will score at this level, I said during the window that we should have loaned out Ranger to give the lad some expereince, he will be lucky if he gets 3 or 4 appearances from now until the end of the season

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wasim4nufc
23/02/2010 08:35

I'm definately ready to give Best time and waffles brings up a good point in that Best and Ranger may not be fighting for the same role in the team. Also agree with TTID, in that I'd have liked to see Ranger get game time and perhaps loaning him out would be a good move seeing that he is down the pecking order. The team does come first though, so us winning football matches is the most important thing and its great to see us doing that the way we have this past week, scoring 7 goals.

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Newcastle United Goals



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TOONTILLIDIE
26/02/2010 16:33

Loverkrands made the top 8 goals of the week on Sky, hopefully he will get the votes to win. But Reckon Ronaldo's goal for Madrid will win.

I hate the pr@ck but it was a top free kick

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tunyc
26/02/2010 16:37

I liked Zamora's better.

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TOONTILLIDIE
26/02/2010 16:52

The problem wih these votes is you have supporters that go for the big names, I hope the little c@nt don't win it

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waffles
26/02/2010 19:27

Lovenkrands' goal was unintentional, it shouldn't qualify.

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tunyc
26/02/2010 20:33

Ah, come on waffles! What fun is that?!

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