Eddie Howes Champions League Chasing, Six Pointer Winning Mags vs absolutely not still a russian asset, no sir not us, make america great again comrade...Chelsea

[Renton 24618]

Sky has Botman as right back in a back 4. I fucking hope not!

[Rayvin 6574]

Why have we made the changes..

[toonotl 3724]

This must be injury related with Tripps and Willock not selected on the bench. Combined with missing Big Joe this makes me very nervous now.

[ohhh_yeah 3085]

 

A 17 year old on the bench. Come on hot Mitch summer!

 

[Gemmill 53090]

1 minute ago, toonotl said:

This must be injury related with Tripps and Willock not selected on the bench. Combined with missing Big Joe this makes me very nervous now.

 

See Howe saying Joelinton went to Barcelona last week for an injection in his knee. I wonder if we'll be breaking the emergency glass next weekend if things don't go our way today. 

[Ayatollah Hermione 15261]

Willock is an absolute donkey at this point. He’s making Wilson look durable 

[Gemmill 53090]

1 minute ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Willock is an absolute donkey at this point. He’s making Wilson look durable 

 

If we could get our £25m back on him in the summer, he'd be a good signing (on paper) for a newly promoted team. 

[toonotl 3724]

If things don’t go our way today I suspect we’re most likely fucked regardless tbh @Gemmill Today was the day to play Big Joe if we could, especially now with more injuries. I don’t expect to see him again this season.

 

I could be wrong of course probably am but I don’t think we’d have played a back three if we hadn’t had the injuries. Howe tinkers very seldom. And Chelsea are shit. In a straight up fight we win. Don’t need to pull a surprise or play funny buggers with weird tactics.

 

I dunno. Have we gone conservative to settle for a draw? Or try to at least. It’s a bit of a concern. Also have to worry about when we knew Tripps and Willock would miss the game. Hopefully all week so they’ve managed to prepare this setup. I’d say that has happened. So we have a chance. But it definitely isn’t ideal. 

[Rosco 966]

Back 4 Big Dan left Tino right looks ok Gordon & Barnes could be lethal on the left together leaving Murphy to give them bother on the right

[Howmanheyman 38271]

It'll either work or it won't. Here ends the tactical analysis. 

[Rosco 966]

Get at them from the start

[Gemmill 53090]

3 minutes ago, toonotl said:

If things don’t go our way today I suspect we’re most likely fucked regardless tbh @Gemmill Today was the day to play Big Joe if we could, especially now with more injuries. I don’t expect to see him again this season.

 

I could be wrong of course probably am but I don’t think we’d have played a back three if we hadn’t had the injuries. Howe tinkers very seldom. And Chelsea are shit. In a straight up fight we win. Don’t need to pull a surprise or play funny buggers with weird tactics.

 

I dunno. Have we gone conservative to settle for a draw? Or try to at least. It’s a bit of a concern. Also have to worry about when we knew Tripps and Willock would miss the game. Hopefully all week so they’ve managed to prepare this setup. I’d say that has happened. So we have a chance. But it definitely isn’t ideal. 

 

Only other time we did this was Arsenal at home and we beat them 2 nowt and absolutely weren't going defensive - not really Howe's thing anyway. If we were thinking defensively, we wouldn't have all of Murphy, Barnes and Gordon starting. 

 

We'll see what happens but we've seen some Eddie Howe masterclasses this year, let's hope this is another one!

 

We can definitely still make CL if we blow it today, we only need 6 points. Makes it harder though. 

[Rosco 966]

It’s a must not lose game draw would be a pisser but not a disaster but I’m going for 3-1 Eddie master class win

 

I’m well up for it after couple of pints heading up there in few minutes 

[Toonpack 12273]

If nowt else it'll have thrown some confusion into the blue cheats gameplan

[toonotl 3724]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Only other time we did this was Arsenal at home and we beat them 2 nowt and absolutely weren't going defensive - not really Howe's thing anyway. If we were thinking defensively, we wouldn't have all of Murphy, Barnes and Gordon starting. 

 

We'll see what happens but we've seen some Eddie Howe masterclasses this year, let's hope this is another one!

 

We can definitely still make CL if we blow it today, we only need 6 points. Makes it harder though. 

Fingers crossed. I’m more inclined to see it as a tactical tweak to more defensive setup driven by injuries. Doesn’t mean it won’t work. Doesn’t mean we won’t attack where appropriate and try to win. Maybe it’s the best way to win with the players available. Hopefully it works out. 

[Chaser 1444]

Some right pissy pants in here today. Isak, Gordon and Barnes to show Palmer how cold it can be in Newcastle when you lose. 

[Monkeys Fist 46667]

Didn’t realise it was a lunchtime kickoff which is good news because that means I’ll get to listen to it albeit in a service station car park

anyway, here’s a little pre-match aperitif to get The Chelsea hate juices flowing…

 

100% guaranteed the little scrote votes Reform 

[Howmanheyman 38271]

5 minutes ago, toonotl said:

Fingers crossed. I’m more inclined to see it as a tactical tweak to more defensive setup driven by injuries. Doesn’t mean it won’t work. Doesn’t mean we won’t attack where appropriate and try to win. Maybe it’s the best way to win with the players available. Hopefully it works out. 

 

Whatever the result there'll be someone explaining how and why it happened on YouTube after the event.

[Gemmill 53090]

Cole Palmer's comb-forward is outrageous. Full head horseshoe on him, I reckon. 

[Tom 14358]

[PaddockLad 19857]

8 minutes ago, Chaser said:

Some right pissy pants in here today. Isak, Gordon and Barnes to show Palmer how cold it can be in Newcastle when you lose. 

That’s what I think, the three best goalscorers at the club are on the pitch from the start  

 

[Renton 24618]

Not a great time to lose Big Joe. Fingers crossed the Gordon Barnes partnership works but looks a bit lightweight. However, in Eddie we trust.

[toonotl 3724]

After all that @Gemmill. We’re warming up in a back 4.  

 

If I had to bet on it, I’d say that they’re bluffing in the warmup and we’re playing a back 3. The masterclass has already begun!

[PaddockLad 19857]

17 minutes ago, Toonpack said:

If nowt else it'll have thrown some confusion into the blue cheats gameplan

Think there’s something in this….as someone has said it could be a back four with Burn at LB 😱

[Ayatollah Hermione 15261]

Hopefully we can score early doors when Chelsea are still figuring us out