I think I will pass on this one....The one thing you can predict about these games is that they are unpredictable.
Any mackems care to post your current probable line ups? I reckon we'll be looking at something like this... --------------------Harper/Krul--------------------- Simpson------Taylor-------Coloccini------**** Knows Barton/Marv------Tiote-----Cabaye--------Gutierrez ------------------Ba------Ameobi------------------ Gonna be impossible to predict how this game's gonna go, I certainly don't fancy our chances like I did before last season's derbies
We'll probably line up... Mig/Westwood Brown-Turner-Bramble-O'Shea (if fit) Larsson-Catts-Colback-Vaughan Sess Gyan
As soon as we lose Barton and are on the verge of losing Jose you ask for predictions I'll give you mine on the 19th as who knows who we might sign and a lot depends on the Arsenal result.
I don't think that we can possibly compete with the top team in the North East. Their second team finished higher than us last season and they have added players to their squad who have more winners medals than all our players put together. We on the other hand have sold all our best players and replaced them with foreigners, half of whom will not be able to adjust to the pace and physicality of the Premier League and the other half are cripples. So I guess it's a case of 6 easy points for the Mackems this season.
Titus certainly seems to be getting tuned up for it with his clangers in pre season! Draw for me at their place, win for us at ours. Happy with that, no point in being greedy.