Pre-Season Match Thread/Team Line-Ups - Leyton Orient v NUFC
By Tyne-Talk
July 25 2009
The teams have been announced for today's 3pm kick off against Leyton Orient at their Brisbane Road ground. Obafemi Martins makes his return for Newcastle after recovering from a hernia operation he had at the beginning of the summer, whilst Tim Krul gets another opportunity in goal. Sebastien Bassong misses out through injury.
Leyton Orient
Jamie Jones, Stephen Purches (c), Ben Chorley, Tamika Mkandawire, JJ Melligan, Sean Thornton, Jason Demetriou, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Smith, James Scowcroft, Adrian Patulea.
Subs
Glenn Morris, Luke Ashworth, Peter Gilbert, Scott McGleish, Ryan Jarvis, Andrew Cave-Brown, Loick Pires, Harry baker, Darryl Sydes, Matthew Hall.
Newcastle United
Tim Krul, Habib Beye, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Jonas Gutierrez, Joey Barton, Kevin Nolan, Alan Smith (c), Damien Duff, Obafemi Martins.
Subs
Fraser Forster, Danny Guthrie, Xisco, Geremi, Andy Carroll, Kazenga LuaLua, Tamas Kadar, Ben Tozer, Ryan Donaldson, Darren Lough, Wesley Ngo Baheng
I'd like to book the left midfield berth if Coloccini is playing right back for Newcastle!
Its disappointing to lose this much, but many things may change before the season starts, so may be too much should not be read into about today's game.
Laugh now, but its the one who laughs last who has the best laugh, so while Leeds are still in League One, and visit St. James Park on Wednesday, I wouldn't be laughing too much!
Results are not the most important thing other than building confidence with the players, it is more important about performance which never happened. There are always going to be shock results in pre season games but conceding that many is a joke.
Hopefully the players will come out fighting against Leeds and we can put this behind us
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