Leicester City v Newcastle United - Match Build Up Thread.. well sort of.

I can't be arsed to do a proper thread lads.

Instead... I thought a trip down memory lane may cheer us up.

One of my favourite games was the 4-3 win we had over Leicester with the Lion Of Gosforth helping himself ot a hat trick.. a sublime one at that.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-shearer-provides-newcastle-fantasy-1276647.html

Leicester City have been eye witnesses so often at defining moments in Newcastle United's recent history that you wonder if this might be another milestone. Certainly a championship campaign that seemed to be dieing was re-invigorated by a marvellous comeback at St James' Park yesterday.

Trailing 3-1 with 14 minutes to go and with an eight-point chasm looming between themselves and the Premiership summit, Newcastle secured a thrilling and unlikely win with an Alan Shearer hat-trick. The master striker whose career has often seemed to belong to comic books yesterday defied belief.

"I have a better understanding now why Kevin Keegan's hair was going grey," Kenny Dalglish, who succeeded Keegan last month, said. "There's nothing more you can say about Shearer, not with my education anyway."

The advantage in this match swung violently from one side to the other. Newcastle, who beat Leicester to stay in the Second Division in 1992 and who defeated them again to gain promotion to the Premiership 12 months later, should have won the game with an avalanche of early chances. Instead it was they who were almost buried.

The first half belonged so much to the home team that it was a surprise that they reached the interval with only a one-goal advantage. Robbie Elliott had put them ahead after two minutes, shooting in via Julian Watts' boot.

That heralded a ferocious Newcastle bombardment that should have destroyed Leicester. When Kasey Keller denied Robert Lee for a second time with another acrobatic dive six minutes after the interval, it seemed that the story of Newcastle supremacy was about to be repeated. Instead the match turned on its head and then went 180 degrees back again.

Leicester had looked clumsy and out-gunned but when Matt Elliott rose at the far post to head in Gary Parker's cross after 55 minutes they underwent a transformation. Newcastle's supremacy was rudely taken away from them and within 13 minutes the visitors had established an unlikely 3-1 lead.

First Steve Claridge took advantage of some hapless defending to beat Shaka Hislop from eight yards and then the Newcastle rearguard evaporated completely as Emile Heskey took off down the right and beat Hislop with a fierce low shot into the far corner from the edge of the area.

St James' Park was stunned. The championship, an ambition cherished all the more for last season's near miss, was disapearing before their eyes. Mistakes were jeered, the Newcastle attack looked toothless and ragged.

Then David Ginola was brought down on the edge after 76 minutes and life began to course through the corpse. Shearer had been virtually anonymous but he exploded into the match with a venomous free-kick that crashed past Keller into the top corner of the net.

If that was a good goal, the next, after 85 minutes, was even better. Shearer's avenues appeared to be blocked after Les Ferdinand had found him amid a thicket of defenders on the left of the Leicester area. A normal striker would have tried to pass but Shearer is far from normal and he shot through Watts' legs and into the far corner.

Leicester, bedraggled and desperate, still had a point and they clung to it for dear life amid a storm of Newcastle attacks until the third minute of injury time. Lee completed a one-two with Lee Clark on the right and then crossed to the far post where Shearer was there to tap in.

Goals: R Elliott (3) 1-0; Claridge (60) 1-1; M Elliott (55) 1-2; Heskey (68) 1-3; Shearer (77) 2-3, (83) 3-3, (90) 4-3.

Newcastle United (3-4-1-2): Hislop; Albert, Peacock, Watson; Gillespie (Ginola, 68), Lee, Batty, R Elliott; Asprilla (Clark, 87); Shearer, Ferdinand. Substitutes not used: Beardsley, Barton, Srnicek (gk).

Leicester City (5-4-1): Keller; Grayson, Prior, M Elliott, Watts, Izzet; Taylor (Lawrence, 80), Lennon, Parker, Heskey; Claridge. Substitutes not used: Robins, Hills, Wilson, Poole (gk).

Referee: M Reed (Birmingham).

Bookings: Newcastle: Lee, Batty; Leicester: Elliott, Izzet, Taylor, Grayson.

Man of the match: Shearer.

Attendance: 36,396.

Back in the real world we'll get beat next week by Leicester, probably 2-0.

 

I'm going to this game and am looking forward to the beers.......

 

Hislop; Albert, Peacock, Watson; Gillespie (Ginola, 68), Lee, Batty, R Elliott; Asprilla (Clark, 87); Shearer, Ferdinand.


Look at that team man. Im drunk but that team would have walked the league this year

 

It was an absolute joy to see Sir Les and Shearer in tandem.
Best double act I've ever seen.

 

And Lee, Batty, Gillespie and Ginola in midfield. Absolute magic.

 

Does anyone know any decent boozers near the ground?

 

Nostalgia City.. Sir Les and Shearer. Has there ever been a more potent strikeforce? God I loved that fcking team, even when we lost i loved them. It reminds of the time i used to love my club and love football. Its makes what is happening now all the more painful for a fan. So Sad!!

 

I'm going for a 6-0 win for Leicester.

 

I'm an excellent boozer and live about 12 miles from the ground.

 

I honestly fear they are going to murder us. That ugly little clitwart Vardy getting a brace in a 4-1 hammering.

 

Does anyone care about the current ****e?

Great game that one though ACS.

 

The foxes maul the Magpies...can just see that headline on Sunday

 

If I was Carver, I'd spend the entire week playing 3 at the back. We cannot keep exposing the useless clowns we have there and the midfield set up is simply not working. Fat chance he'll do it, but I'd go with:

(3-5-2)

Krul

Willo, Colo, Dummett

Janmaat, Sissoko, De Jong, Colback, Jonas

Riviere, Perez.

Colback sitting, Janmaat and Jonas as wing backs, De Jong and Sissoko playing as AM's, so you can switch to 5 at the back with 1 holding midfielder to compensate for having 4 in attack.

Armstrong is a natural sub for Perez if it isn't working, Ferreyra could potentially come on for Riviere, Cabella may be a better person to start than Jonas, but even with this squad it gives you a chance and gives you options.

 

**** off with your chit chat about the game. I vote we turn this into a thread about curries.

 

By the time kick off arrives I'll be at least 10 cans into my days drinking.

 

Will you be going for a curry ACS? A great Bangladeshi dish I have found is Achari Murgh (sometimes it will say Barisal Achari Murgh or Borishal Achur Murgh) Delicious. Chicken cooked in pickling spices, to varying degrees of heat.

 

Don't like the idea of 3 at the back. Play the following and we may have a chance:

Krul

Janmaat - Colo - Dummett - Jonas

Sissoko - Abeid - Colback - Cabella

De Jong - Perez

 

I'd play:

GK Bhuna

RB Jalfrezi
LB Achari Murgh
CB Lamb Laziz
CB Balti

DM Dansak
CM Luari Murgh
CM Madras

FW Phal
FW Rogan Josh
FW Vindaloo

I think that'll be too hot for the foxes. They'll shat themselves.

 

Had a Phal once.
My ring was on fire for days.

 

especially with the phaal and vindaloo making those amazing runs out of those tight corners


ive tried things like achari murgh and variations, love those dry pickled dishes..its generally the type of thing i order now, really like a methi too. Dry and milder than i usually like but really tasty