Newcastle United v Bolton Wanderers

Right.... So we turn our attention to the visit of Bolton.

In the form we are in, I can't see anything other than a home win.

Im going to stick my neck out and go for 3-0 with a Cisse treble.

Here's another poll to see what the board think but we have a 100% prediction sucess rate in recent weeks....

So how do you call it?

 

I hate form. It leads you on, it's like a sexy girl at a club that asks for a ride home then you drop her off and it's at her boyfriend's

 

Papisse Cisse..... Scores when he wants....

 

2-0 Ba and Cisse.

 

Would love Ba to get a hat trick for his confidence, Cisse 1 so he keeps his momentum, Barfa 1 - another brilliant long run beating 6 players with a clever finish, and one each for Tiote and Cabaye, so that'll be.... Er.... 7 !

 

Well I'm usually correct and I'd agree it will be 3-0 but I'm not sdure about scorers.

I fancy Ba for one though

 

3-0 is 10/1 with Paddy Power
4-0 is 25/1
5-0 is 50/1

I'm gonna drop a fiver on each I reckon.

 

I'm confident of a win, but the last time I had this "this has got to be a Newcastle win" feeling. We lost a 2 goal lead....

 

I'd consider resting Ba depending how they all pull up after yesterday. He looks paggered. I think we'll win but it'll be tight. We'll have to watch the japanese arsenal youngster. hugely talented, their Benni type player. I'll go 2-1

 

Nah, I'd leave Cisse further back for this game and let Ba go up top. He needs a ****ing hat trick!

 

I can see the team looking knackered again. Anyone know if they are training today?

 

I don't see why we'd be knackered, the team must have traveled about 50 feet between them all game XD

 

I'd base it on his physical situ. Cisse has to start through the middle for me. Really stretching sides, making defenders get deep as they get wary. That just invites Benni to get the ball in dangerous areas, particularly at home. If Ba is fine I'd play a similar way to yesterday where they are interchangeable. Ba just needs to put the team first and to be honest I don't think there is any issue, he's just physically tired. Long time since his body has had to put up with this kind of punishing schedule or managed this many games in a season. He seems very grounded and very professional.

 

We haven't smashed anyone this season by scoring more than 4 goals and we did it loads last season (5under1and, Wolves and Villa) and been on the wrong end of it way to many times this season. I see Bolton and Stoke as are last real chances of doing it and I really hope we do!

 

Like I said in the other thread I don't think we looked tired at all yesterday, looked right on it particularly mentally. Takes a lot to keep your concentration through Swansea's boring spells of possession.

As for Williamson I saw he has five bookings, is that since January because if so he'll be banned. Hope Coloccini can come back, it would probably be him and Perchinho with Ryan Taylor or Dan Gosling filling in midfield. Would like to see Vuckic or Abeid get a game though.

 

We should win against Bolton at home ... should being the key word.

 

Tiote is deffo out according to Good Twitter sources.

 

I thought we were efficient yesterday and actually conserved energy very well. Obviously we had to do some closing but we only did it in areas we wanted to. I think it was mentally draining as much as anything else. Most of the players looked fresh and raring to go. Only Ba looked shattered but I suspect that is down to the reasons I mentioned above and his lack of goals. Strikers are a funny breed.

 

Im thinking a draw

 

Willo is not banned, he's had 5 all season, thats what the count is.

I'd imagine we'd play the same team, Collo in for Tiote and Perch moving the CM.