By Tyne-Talk
November 21 2008

Newcastle United head to London for tomorrow's clash with Chelsea for what is a very important game for both clubs. With 19 points separating the two teams and 17 Premier League places between them, both teams are in need of the 3 points to distance themselves from their nearest rivals. Chelsea can only go down results depending but Newcastle could potentially see themselves edging their way towards the top 10 should things go their way whilst currently only goal differences separates them from the relegation zone.

Chelsea have won their last 4 Premier League games, only slipping up in other competitions with defeats against both Burnley in the League Cup and Roma in the Champions League. Newcastle however have drawn 2 lost 2 and won 2 of their last 6 games.

Chelsea will be without Didier Drogba who is serving a 3 match FA enforced ban after throwing a coin into the crowd during his comeback match against Burnley and Frank Lampard is a doubt after suffering a rib injury which caused him to withdraw from the England squad in midweek. Chelsea will however welcome Joe Cole (hamstring) and Petr Cech (calf) back into the squad, but both Ashley Cole and Joe Cole are likely to start on the bench due to low levels of fitness.

Newcastle's Steven Taylor is set to miss out with a groin injury leaving Kinnear to choose between Bassong, Coloccini and Claudio Cacapa, whilst striker Michael Owen is set after putting in extra training to boost his fitness having recovered from injury.

Gonzalez, Viduka, Smith and Barton also remain sidelined through injury.

Match Preview/Stats/Thread: Chelsea v Newcastle

Discussion started by TyneTalk (IP Logged), 21/11/2008 18:06

TyneTalk
21/11/2008 18:06

Match Preview/Stats/Thread: Chelsea v Newcastle

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CNDShearerFan16
21/11/2008 20:13

I hold out very little hope for this one Chelsea whoop us at the best of times, and this ain't been the best of times Well prove me wrong lads. 3-0 to Chelski.

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annie
21/11/2008 22:37

I agree, I hate to sound disloyal but I don't see us doing any better than Chelsea 2 NUFC 1.
I'd love it if they proved me wrong.
C'mon the Toon.

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wasim4nufc
22/11/2008 00:41

Yeah same here, would loved to be proved wrong, but I'm seeing a Chelsea 4-0 scoreline.



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ToonBart
22/11/2008 02:57

its gonna be 2-1 to us. Get your money on it.

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MissC
22/11/2008 15:40

TEAM NEWS HERE

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 15:48

Sorry folks, I expect us to sink today.
3-0 Chelski

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 16:08

Bolton are beating the smoggies 2-0

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MissC
22/11/2008 16:34

Sounds like Bosingwa is having a good game....and that Chelsea have the upper hand

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 16:38

Chelski have the upper hand but we're still pegged at 0-0.
A combination of dodgy Chelski shooting and Shay Given has kept us in the game.

Come on Toon.

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annie
22/11/2008 16:49

Well done the lads, keeping a clean sheet against Chelsea for 45 minutes. I hope this continues to be the case.

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 16:57

Other games are....

Pompey 1-0 Hull
Smoggies 0-2 Bolton
Man City 1-0 Arsenal (wonder if Gallas will chuck his toys out the pram again? - where ever he is today LOL)

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Andy Cole
22/11/2008 17:01

Bassong is definitely man of the match. He has won everything that has been thrown into the box by Chelsea. He is a more than able deputy for Steven Taylor. I reckon Taylor will have trouble getting back into the side.

Martins, Gutierrez and Beye have been behind our best attacking play, even if it was only 2 attacks.

I love Martins, he did really well to keep the ball, he was all alone with bosingwa and you think, ok he's going to skin him down the line, and instead he backheels it to a Chelsea player with no newcastle player in sight! Brilliant and frustrating. However his brilliance outweighs his erratic play at times.

And freaking Warren Barton is so annoying! he keeps calling Colocinni, Cudicinni. He says he's a poor player making all the mistakes in newcastle's last few games. He knows nothing!

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MissC
22/11/2008 17:02

Gallas is a muppet

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 17:06

He certainly is Carys.
The time he threw a wobbler last season when Arsenal drew 2-2 with Birmingham was nothing short of embarrasing for the gunners.
This latest outburst just takes the biscuit.

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 17:11

Chelski scored but its just been ruled offside

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matty8583
22/11/2008 17:21

if we can hold out for a 0-0 here will be f*cking brilliant. shove that 5-0 right up the mickems a.rses

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 17:25

Aye, 0-0 at the bridge will be a good result

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annie
22/11/2008 17:33

It would be fantastic and better than some of the teams higher up the table have managed.

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 17:51

Full time 0-0
What a bloody fantastic point for us.
Well done lads.

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MissC
22/11/2008 17:51

tat'l do nicely

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annie
22/11/2008 17:54

What a result. Fantastic! On a par with our away draw against Man U in August. Well done.

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cappen
22/11/2008 17:54

Well played...Bassong, Beye, Colo and Guthrie were immense...pity we are missing something going forward.. but well done lads.

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Andy Cole
22/11/2008 17:55

Well done lads, great play. Excellent point earned.

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*Newcastlefan*
22/11/2008 17:56

Great result against Chelsea!

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tunyc
22/11/2008 18:04

I wonder how this match goes if Martins and Jonas are fully fit. They're our best options on a quick break/counterattack.

This is a great result, but it does make me wonder about our boys' level of motivation. Why do we play so well against quality opposition but then produce such@#$%&against sides like Fulham?

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Gallowgate Luke
22/11/2008 18:08

How jammy are Chelski?
Liverpool also drew with Fulham.

This season is friggin hard when you try to fill in your football coupon at the bookies.

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MissC
22/11/2008 18:09

I agre tuncyc - but it goes for all teams.. liverpool failed to beat fulham this afternoon (though they didnt lose)

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wasim4nufc
22/11/2008 18:17

Great result. Tunyc brings up a good point though. A draw against Man Utd away, a draw against Chelsea away, conceding one goal in the both games combined, yet we concede at least two goals against Everton, Fulham, Sunderland, West Ham and Arsenal on our travels, and Wigan, Man City, Tottenham and Hull City at home. Why is that? Having said that though its a great result and we can take many positives from today. Well Done lads, you proved me wrong!



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senyabtoon
22/11/2008 18:31

Well well well Superb !!!!! what a lift for the whole squad this is better than the manure result when you consider the players chelski had on the field and ok we got a bit lucky with the goal which should of stood but last year same game it was a dodgy off side goal that beat us maybe we might just start getting that vital bit of luck all teams need and use this to push on up the table all hail great given!!!!!

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Andy Cole
22/11/2008 18:56

No the linesman got the decision right.

IT WAS OFFSIDE!

when malouda took the shot, joe cole was offside.

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gnd27
22/11/2008 19:09

Canny result...chuffed to bits, thought we were gonna get slaughtered!

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*Newcastlefan*
22/11/2008 19:19

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gnd27
Canny result...chuffed to bits, thought we were gonna get slaughtered!

I know I thought we were going lose 5-0 like Middlesbrough.

really glad about 0-0.

the goal was def offside they even said it on Sky too.

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Omar_786
22/11/2008 19:58

it was offside but only just ... shay given was great today im really chuffed that we drew.. even though we just defended most of the match

watch out for robiniho's chip against the gooners tonight
pure magic !!


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CNDShearerFan16
23/11/2008 01:04

Well done in proving me wrong lads. A point I'll gladly take.

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guest
23/11/2008 22:24

bit boring yesterday chaps do you think kinnear will stay

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carefree
23/11/2008 22:37

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flying claret
bit boring yesterday chaps do you think kinnear will stay

Bit boring that is an under statement,don't make me laugh,was it really your best performance of the season Owen passed the halfway line once,you had one shot at goal and that nearly went out for a corner.

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lostmekeys
23/11/2008 23:37

yeah, thinking about it maybe we should ask the fa to give chelsea the points. they are much better than us after all

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tunyc
24/11/2008 18:10

Oh and re: the disallowed goal, as there seems to be some confusion...

You'll find that Cole is clearly offside when Malouda takes his shot; it doesn't matter that he's an inactive player when that ball is played (it wasn't played to Cole) because he gains an advantage from being in an offside position when the ball rebounds directly to him.

Law 11, under the 'Offence' clause:
The Law

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