Meenzer 14052 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3467 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Be more confident of a win if Benny starts Think we can expect a substitute appearance at best, no way Pards will risk a start considering the time he's been out for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Think we can expect a substitute appearance at best, no way Pards will risk a start considering the time he's been out for. Aye PArdew's said that he'll be peeking in from the Bench I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I'm hoping they'll be hungover from their cup success. We can get a result there fo' shizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP 0 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 They certainly aren't invincible. This is a team who in their last PL game shipped 5 with no response. Fair enough Liverpool had a great game, but I feel fairly confident that the ability we possess going forward can lead to goals. This game will be won or lost depending on how organised we are at the back, and whether we can halt their build up play around the box effectively and before anything meaningful comes of it. Should be a good game. heart: 1-2, head: 2-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 To be fair, the team that shipped 5 was under strength. A few players were rested in advance of the cup final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Aye you can't go off the Liverpool game as that wasn't the team we will be facing. They're a decent team but nothing more, this is still a very winnable game if we approach it in the right manor. That's not me knocking them, but they're not in the same class as Spurs for example who we matched in every area apart from Welsh wonderkids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19824 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 fucking annoys me that this lot have won a trophy more recently than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 0 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Exactly - they are team that deserve respect but we certainly shouldn't fear them, the way we've been playing recently. We're starting to look very handy as an attacking force and I can see us scoring more than once down there. If we can stay focused at the back I fancy us for a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 fucking annoys me that this lot have won a trophy more recently than us its partly the lottery of knockout football and partly taking it seriously though hopefully having seen them lift it, assuming we're not in europe next season, we'll do the latter and get a little luck with the former Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19824 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 its partly the lottery of knockout football and partly taking it seriously though hopefully having seen them lift it, assuming we're not in europe next season, we'll do the latter and get a little luck with the former we never take the cups as seriously as we should, given how long we've gone without winning one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 its partly the lottery of knockout football and partly taking it seriously though hopefully having seen them lift it, assuming we're not in europe next season, we'll do the latter and get a little luck with the former We've said that for years though while the likes of Leicester, Birmingham and the smoggies all won the league cup and yet we still don't take it seriously whether we're in Europe or not. In reality it's far easier to win the League Cup than the FA Cup but (this year aside) we always have a go at the latter but aren't interested in the former. Yes we would all rather win the FA Cup but given that most of our support has never seen us win anything but the championship or the Intertoto, we would all be in raptures if we won the league cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3204 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I think the history of league cip winners recently may worry people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 84 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Well this game is generally the only time I see them these days (living in Swansea like) and im looking forward to it a lot more than expected to a few weeks ago. what a difference a few new players make eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2013/03/01/yohan-cabaye-on-standby-as-newcastle-skipper-72703-32904655/? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Piers Morgan says because our performances are getting worse, he predicts we'll lose 2-0 because our performances are getting worse... what a bellwhiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4220 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 just watched, that whole video is awash with "football fanisms" like he actually has a clue going on. player nicknames mentioned constantly then he gets to our game and pulls out that whopper. fake fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 just watched, that whole video is awash with "football fanisms" like he actually has a clue going on. player nicknames mentioned constantly then he gets to our game and pulls out that whopper. fake fan Loved that he kept saying things like Man U won 6 of the last 8, as if he hadn't asked some stooge to hand him a cheat sheet minutes before recording started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2411 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 MUST WON!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3204 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I can write what cuntface morgan knows about football on a pube with a paintbrush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Not greatly confident. Other teams seem to be able to keep possession fairly easily against us and know we struggle if pressed. That said we have a few individuals now who can change a game in an instant but I would have felt much better with Benny back. Would also like to see Cabaye playing a bit further forward where he does so much more damage. Come on lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13846 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Possession isn't everything though. Sadly Swansea learned that when Rodgers fucked off. Although we do shit ourselves when pressed but I think at times that's down to lack of confidence - post january window - I think we'll see a further confidence in possesion grow - having lads like Mbiwa/Debuchy instead of Williamson/Simpson helps - though when the boat rocks late in the game it's nice to have a Ben Arfa/Marv & to a lesser extent Gouffran who doesn't think the ball is going to self destruct in 5 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6148 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Swansea under Rodgers would have been so hard to support, sideways and backwards passing the football out of the game through Rodgers possession wins matches philosophy. Well no, it doesn't win them but can make you less likely to lose them. In the meantime you're more likely to bore the socks off anyone unfortunate enough to be watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13846 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 We've had the best possession once in our last five games, won 3, drawn 1, lost 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6148 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 We've had the best possession once in our last five games, won 3, drawn 1, lost 1. Yep, my local team has just won 8 straight and only had the upper hand in possession once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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