By Tyne-Talk
March 3 2009

Newcastle United face Manchester United on home turf tomorrow night in the 1st of a series of big games. Newcastle who took a point from Old Trafford on the 1st day of the season need to take something away from the game after finding themselves back within 2 points of the drop zone. Manchester United travel to the North East having picked up the Carling Cup after a penalty shootout against Tottenham on Sunday, whilst Newcastle host after a dismal 1-0 defeat at Bolton.

Whilst United have lost just 2 games all season and won 5 and drawn just the 1 of their last 6, Newcastle have won just 6 games all season, drawing 2 and losing 3 of their last 6.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Wayne Rooney will be available after shaking off a virus, but John O'Shea who was replaced by Vidic on Sunday with 15 minutes of normal time to go, remains a doubt.

Unlike Fergie's fully fit side, Chris Hughton is struggling to manage the injury crisis at Newcastle and continues to be without Michael Owen, Joey Barton, Danny Guthrie and Damian Duff. Nicky Butt has joined that injury list and Kevin Nolan is still seeing out his suspension. There is also no sign of a comeback for Ignacio "nacho" Gonzalez who has been out since September with an Achilles injury, despite rumours he had hoped to be fit for the beginning of March. However, if he does feature in the squad (though unlikely) he is unlikely to start and will almost certainly see the majority of the 90minutes on the bench.

Alan Smith is desperate for pitch time after returning from injury and failing to come off the bench on Sunday but will have to battle it out with Geremi who replaced Butt at the weekend.

Hughton has his pick of strikers with Ameobi, Martins, Viduka and Carroll all available for selection.

Chris Hughton has confirmed he has appointed Steve Harper as Captain for the match, replacing the injured Nicky Butt.

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03/03/2009 17:37

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NachoStays
03/03/2009 17:50

oh my oh my... I HAVE THE FEELING NACHO'S GONNA PLAY SOME PART!

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NachoStays
03/03/2009 17:51

MY GOSH.. finally good news.......... finally

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MissC
03/03/2009 17:54

Nico

There is NO indication he is fit - even Physioroom.com beleive he has set a return date for 14th MARCH

not tomorrow.

IF and BIG IF he manages to get in the squad the likelihood of him playing is SO small if you truely believe he will participate I would go and put money on it because you will earn a fortune!

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i!
03/03/2009 18:02

Good God Nico, did you even read the bloody article?


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NachoStays
03/03/2009 18:22

Just by featuring makes me think about the possibility of him playing some part. The rumours he'd be fit for the beginning of March starting to make sense. Physo is not the owner of the truth.

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i!
03/03/2009 18:43

'There is also no sign of a comeback for Ignacio "nacho" Gonzalez'


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NachoStays
03/03/2009 18:49

'However, if he does feature in the squad (though unlikely) he is unlikely to start and will almost certainly see the majority of the 90minutes on the bench'

That's the lil' possibility of featuring I was talking about.

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NachoStays
03/03/2009 18:51

to give him some minutes would be possitive for Hulls game.

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annie
04/03/2009 09:36

1-1

C'mon the Toon

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MissC
04/03/2009 10:14

I am so not optimistic I think we will lose 3-1 though obviously I would love to Win and take all 3 point - 1 would do

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senyabtoon
04/03/2009 12:05

i feel a upset on the cards 1-0 the toon jonas the scorer

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NachoStays
04/03/2009 12:07

anny, I don't want to sound cold, but lets get real. Those kind of irrealistic/wishful thinking lead to depression.

IMO without Nacho it is a sure loss. I mean.. Manchester United is the opponent now, the team of the hour.. CL & PL champ. Just pray he's fit or NU gets murdered.

Any way if we can only see him a couple of minutes, will be very possitive as well.. that means he will probably play the Hulls game grabbing the 3 points you need so bad.

If I ask you why u think the result will be 1-1.. will your reply be something else rather than "because this is how I want it to be"? You need valid fundaments. Most people on here believe mines are not valid, but this hasn't been proved.

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MissC
04/03/2009 14:34

Perhaps because we drew 1-1 with them already this season?

There are foundations for the belief of such a score

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ash4nufc
04/03/2009 15:16

nico this is a site for newcastle united

why dont you join a nacho fansite all you do is bum the player! stop with the cr*p n talk about the team if you dont support the toon then why are you on here!

back to tonights match i think we'll loose but score a goal to end van der sar's record of clean sheets

loose 2 -1

maybe scrap a draw if were lucky

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annie
04/03/2009 18:49

As Carys says we drew 1 - 1 at Old Trafford.

Our team should be fighting for their lives tonight I'm sure they don't want to go down. We may be beaten, but if we are let's hope it was a good scrap.
I just wish it was on TV.

C'mon the Toon

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ToonBart
04/03/2009 19:12

Martins hat trick. Get yer money on. 250 - 1

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annie
04/03/2009 19:18

Teams
Newcastle
S. Harper, S. Taylor, F. Coloccini, S. Bassong, Jose Enrique,
P. Lovenkrandts, R. Taylor, Geremi, J. Gutierez, O. Martins, A Smith
Subs: Krul, Cacapa, Butt, Ameobi, Edgar, LuaLua, Carrol

Man U.
Van Der Sar, J. Oshea, R. Ferdinand, N. Vidic, P. Evra, C. Ronaldo, D. Fletcher, M. Carrick, J. Park, D. Berbatov, W. Rooney,
Subs: Foster, Anderson, Giggs, Scholes, Evans,Tevez,
Eckersley

Oops! sorry didn't see the official thread for line ups. I probably started typing in first - but a bit on the slow side.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:03:04:19:32:04 by annie.

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annie
04/03/2009 19:19

FFS look at Man U's bench

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DaraghL
04/03/2009 20:01

1-0 omg come on lovenkrands u hero

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annie
04/03/2009 20:16

1-1 C'mon the Toon.

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MissC
04/03/2009 20:18

Just lost my stream

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i!
04/03/2009 20:18

For 10 minutes there I was running round the room screaming like a little girl.
Wayne Rooney you @#$%&.


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DaraghL
04/03/2009 20:19

Quote:

Carys
Just lost my stream

me 2 any others i was using iraqi

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Omar_786
04/03/2009 20:20

where the hell is viduka


He's The Next Ronaldo (Sir Bob R.I.P)

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becksa09
04/03/2009 20:22

STREAMS ARE DOWN WTF!!

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annie
04/03/2009 20:26

I was watching iraqi but can't get any streams now.
What's the score anybody?

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MissC
04/03/2009 20:27

Was using Iraqgoals too Justintv hasnt been working all night.

Manure getting on top of the game again - sounds like they have resumed full control.

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DaraghL
04/03/2009 20:27

Quote:

annie
I was watching iraqi but can't get any streams now.
What's the score anybody?

1-1 use sky sports score centre

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MissC
04/03/2009 20:28

still 1-1 Ms optimistic

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MissC
04/03/2009 20:33

OT Anyone see the snow at Stoke??? I would be suprised if they get to the end of 90minutes


On topic - Fergie raging on the touchline.....

and Steven Taylor has been booked

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faheemusa
04/03/2009 20:35

only working stream is star sports on sopcast, not english though, but decent quality

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senyabtoon
04/03/2009 20:37

we have done well so far need to keep it up and taylor is gonna make a name for himself if he keeps up his antics

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senyabtoon
04/03/2009 20:38

the setanta one is working fine with english commentary sopcast

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becksa09
04/03/2009 20:40

the setanta one doesn't work as a link for me, can we re-post it!

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i!
04/03/2009 20:48

I'll look forward to Steven Taylor's booking on Match Of The Day tonight.


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MissC
04/03/2009 20:50

Sounds a bit interesting doesnt it. Ferdinand got booked as well

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:02

1-2 ffs

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becksa09
04/03/2009 21:03

shite defending, thats all folks.

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thecorner
04/03/2009 21:05

5hite defending by kiss the badge taylor - phuqs sake

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becksa09
04/03/2009 21:09

Martins looks weak!!!

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thecorner
04/03/2009 21:11

Collicini - hands up if you love the toon? - or play to the whistle what a bell - basic mistakes does my head in.

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waffles
04/03/2009 21:18

Why the hell do we keep trying to play it in the air to a 5' 6" striker?

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becksa09
04/03/2009 21:19

need to get Carroll on just to have another striker on the field!

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waffles
04/03/2009 21:24

So to get the one guy who can play in the air on the pitch, they took off the one guy who can cross the ball? Nice job Hughton

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:24

Carroll on - ryan taylor off

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Mighty__Mag
04/03/2009 21:25

Theres you wish, carroll wont do fu*k all tho, he's worse than Shola

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:26

Jesus Harper scared me

And Ronaldo - such a pansy

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becksa09
04/03/2009 21:27

not worse than Shola....!!! he is just awful.

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annie
04/03/2009 21:27

I wish he was our pansy Carys

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:28

Smith off - Lua Lua on

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DaraghL
04/03/2009 21:29

finnaly lua lua

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becksa09
04/03/2009 21:31

we have looked good in parts, which makes me smile a little.

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:32

LOL annie

Least we are still going for it, some of the passing leaves a lot to be desired but they havent given up

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i!
04/03/2009 21:33

Come on Kazenga! Nothing to lose!


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Mighty__Mag
04/03/2009 21:33

Tuning channel, (yawn)

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annie
04/03/2009 21:34

And we got a ball past van der sar which no one else has done lately

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annie
04/03/2009 21:34

Here comes Ryan Giggs

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:36

United time wasting - berbatov off giggs on

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:41

Okay all over - Time to askwhat wrong with Viduka? The guy on sky just said how we need him to come back.

I must have missed his latest injury did he pick up one at bolton?

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Mighty__Mag
04/03/2009 21:43

Hats off to steven Taylor "what a player" and all that@#$%&in the paper about seeing who the real men are! good job pal....

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annie
04/03/2009 21:44

And Stoke have risen above us. What a p*sser

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thecorner
04/03/2009 21:44

kiss the badge taylor - lol!!!

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senyabtoon
04/03/2009 21:45

well good performance but we need points got to win at hull its the biggest game of the season so far for us just really hope we can get all 3 points

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Mighty__Mag
04/03/2009 21:45

Kiss my Ar$e Taylor

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Mighty__Mag
04/03/2009 21:50

Laughable all the teams around us have games in hand also!

Could it be much worse!

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NachoStays
04/03/2009 21:52

Quote:

NachoStays
IMO without Nacho it is a sure loss.

Yeah. Looks like this guy knows what he's talking about.
Cry baby.

Now let's see if Nacho can show-up against Hull City and grab the 3 points as I said b4.

Kisses.

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MissC
04/03/2009 21:56

16th Not good enough we WILL go down if we don't get a grip

1 point from the drop

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Gallowgate Luke
04/03/2009 22:00

Fu<king Hull would grab a last minute winner wouldnt they!!!!!!!!!!

We are in trouble!
We MUST get 3 points from the Hull game

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Biffins Bridge
05/03/2009 00:13

Steven Taylor is not my favourite but it was Ryan that messed up for the second goal.

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