Article: 4-2-3-1 and new game plan for Sunday then? | Football, Newcastle

Guthrie's injured i think, it'll be Obertan or Gosling there i reckon

 

I really don't want us to play 4-4-2. We don't have 2 strikers who have any sort of chemistry beause they're all similar type players (not counting Lova because I don't want him near the team)

 

-------------Krul--------------

Simmo---Taylor---Coloccini--Raylor

------Cabaye------Tiote------
Obertan ---------------------Jonas

----------Shola---Best----------------

personally at home id go two up top, at at the minute its horrible to think shola could be in our two top strikers... i havent seen enough from BA to suggest he should start and id probably bring on marvoux from the bench and go 4-2-3-1 then

 

If he is ten Obertan in for him

 

-------------Krul--------------

Simmo---S.Taylor---Coloccini--R.Taylor

------Cabaye------Tiote------

Marveaux------------------Jonas

-------------Best/Sammy/Ba ---Shola----------------​

Well barring any injuries we should be starting with the same back four. In midfield, I think Marveaux should be replacing Barton and although I'm not convinced by the Cabaye/Tiote partnership in the middle, that's the best we got atm. Upfront , unless we sign someone today, we should play with Shola and maybe Best. I dunno if Ba should be given another chance tomorrow but from what I've seen till now the guy is poorer than Shola: even if he doesn't see much of the ball , when he does , he screws up: he can't pass and frequently loses possession . Sometimes I even have the impression that he's actually running away from the ball . As for Sammy he scored a beauty in our last match but I've never seen him play 90 mins so I dunno if he should be starting. Think that he should come on in the second half . With his pace and technique he's a real threat to tired legs.

Also I see Raylor scoring from a setpiece . 1-0

 

Of course it's the best we've got, and it's the best we are ever going to have. Apart from Colo and perhaps Ben Arfa, they're are two best players. Just because Cheick has been off-form (probably due to Ramadan), that doesn't mean the partnership won't work.