Match Day Thread Newcastle v Sunderland- Official Build Up / Match Day Thread

Saw on SSN that the game IS live on Sky.
Is this right?

 

It is indeed, the whole region will grind to a standstill!

 

I'm devestated as I'm a godfather at a christening in Yorkshire at 12pm (had to flog my ST).... my family are all mackems so there will be carnage.
It will be like a Wild West bar fight....

gutted though.

 

I bet you are gutted, especially as the fixture was changed, I had problems with work last year, I was told I would have to work Derby day, I quit my job

 

ACS......I have a cunning plan.

I've got to pick my lad up from Manchester Airport at 2.00pm on Sunday, however I'm going to get there early and find a pub near the airport. If you can excuse yourself and go for a slash, hitch a lift across to the pub ( I'll let you know which one it is), I'll have the ales lined up for us.

When the game's finished I'll drop you back at the christening as Yorkshire's sort of one my way back to Leicestershire and no-one will be any the wiser...

 

I've even asked my brother to find out if the church has wifi as I can get sky on my iphone.
Can just see the vicar's face when he get's to the end bit about father son. holy spirit etc... and I jump up doing the Nolan Chicken dance cos we've just scored....

 

So I wasn't alone in wondering why this was never mentioned!! Wigan was bad too. Previous derbies have not been too lucky too. I'm with you, we're due some luck and it has been storing up for one super massive dose on Thursday and Sunday

 

All the haters should read that from Demba and realise what a top bloke he is. He got an opportunity he couldn't knock back. He just keeps going up in my estimation. Like Nolan, I think he genuinely loved his time here.

 

I have no beef with Demba Ba he did what he felt was right for him. I'm going for a 2-1 win, Cisse and Taylor

 

Think there's more chance of a Cisse double.

 

Taylor has to get on the end of a corner one day, think it will be on Sunday.

 

can't remember the last header we scored?

 

It will be Sunday ACS trust me.

 

If it is I'll hand deliver a plate full of gold plated rep

 

Saylor keeps threatening but I have to say we need more people attacking the ball, he is literally the only one. Generally we are very poor at this in both open play and dead balls. I keep seeing people say "Simpson can't cross for ****", I disagree. He put in a few cracking balls on Saturday but the movement is crap to get on the end of them. Its notable Debuchy had fared little better in terms of creating chances with crosses. Simpson's crossing is not great but I think it is way too simple to think the problem ends there. The bigger problem is the lack of movement and lack of desire to get on the end of crosses. So much so I was very pleased to note Cisse's movement at the end of yesterdays game to get on the Anita cross and another one. He can improve but we need to two or three doing it at the same time.

If you watch Man U and Stoke (two of the better teams on dead balls), they have 4 or 5 guys unsettling everything all moving. We have people moving but there is no conviction/intelligence about it.

 

Can we get pints anywhere before this one given the early K.O?

 

There will be loads of pubs open early mate.
You may need to do the secret knock on the door first though

 

Well there's not many hints in this thread about the team you will put out..

Was hoping to read something to make me more positive....Buggers the lot of you.

Come on, who's gonna play, and divvint just say Shola that's all we need.

 

Morning Comm.

I'd say we would put out the following team (I'm making some assumptions regarding injuries):

Krul

Debuchy
Mbiwa
Saylor
Haidara

Cabaye
Tiote
Guti
Maveaux
Sissoko

Cisse

I think both HBA and Raylor will make the bench and be used... and that Shola will also come on at around the 70 mins mark.

 

Alreet chippy mate.

Honestly have hardly watched your lot this season, some of the names i know little about.

Cabaye and Cisse, two i'm wary of. Looks like that midfield could ride rough shot over our's, i'm nervous as **** about this one.