Good coverage on the BBC Koeman to miss Newcastle trip? Newcastle v Southampton (13:30 BST) Posted at12:04 He was on the touchline as Southampton beat Vitesse Arnhem 3-0 in the Europa League on Thursday, but has Ronaldo Koeman been able to make it up to Newcastle today? Judging not by this tweet... please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Ronald Koeman RonaldKoeman Good Luck for the Boys! #NEWSOU. Total confidence in the Staff and Players! #WeMarchOn 10:34 a.m. - 9 August 2015 The Dutchman ruptured his achilles tendon taking charge of pre-season training, and will be replaced in the dugout by brother and assistant manager, Edwin.
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Good line up and poised for some early pressure on the Newcastle defence. Davis in the holding role alongside Wanyama. Can see Reed bolstering that area later on.
Have to say it may seem a little too attacking and we could get punished. BUT if it pays off, we could be in for a lovely afternoon.
Mane, JRod and Pelle...strong attack. Hope a gap doesn't appear in midfield behind those three without Schneiderlin.
Both Vitesse and Espanyol found gaps in our central midfield and a safe bet is that gaps will be found when we field such an attacking lineup. But I don't care, our attack looks tasty.
Looks like a classic 2-1-7 Stekelenburg Yoshida Fonte Wanyama Cedric Tadic Mane Pelle Rodriguez Davis Targett
Wow, we're going for it. Sissoko definitely has the pace and power to exploit any gaps we might leave. Hopefully we can blow them away. I'm expecting goals looking at the line ups, but it will probably be 0-0