Match Day Thread Newcastle vs Rayo Vallecano, Sat 17th Dec, 12.30pm

Chance to give the shopping a miss and ease yourself slowly back into all things Newcastle with a friendly between the form teams (Newcastle unbeaten in 10, RV unbeaten in 6) from the Premier League and La Liga respectively.

Raya Vallecano are obviously no slouches having beaten Real Madrid and drawn with Athletico Madrid on their current run.

Suspect that Newcastle will line up as follows:

Karius
Manquillo
Botman
Burn
Targett
Longstaff
Joelinton
Shelvey
Willock
St Maximin
Wood

Interesting notes on the Rayo Vallecano team:

Florain Lejeune is having a good season for them having played in 12 games and scored 3.




One of their midfielders is Pathe Ciss


One of our midfielders is Pathe Tic


Thought this was a bit racist though. If they didn't have a photo they could have just left it blank:

 

Anyone going to this so I know who to look out for on the telly?

And the game will be available to watch to supporters all over the globe for free on NUFC TV, with commentary from BBC Newcastle’s Matthew Raisbeck and former Magpies defender John Anderson.

Supporters will need to be logged in to their NUFC TV account to watch the match, and are strongly advised to log in as early as possible to avoid congestion. If you don’t have an NUFC TV account, you can sign up for free here.

NUFC TV is compatible with Chromecast, meaning you can stream the game via your television.’

 

I’m in the posh seats today.

Will be pretty near to Mandy so if anyone needs any transfer rumours verifying then just let me know.

I’ll be the ‘Adonis’ looking bloke in the D Box (as we regulars call it) Some people, I believe, describe me as a cross between George Clooney and Richard Burton. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard people shout at me when I’ve gone past them “You big Geordie or Dick”. At least that’s what I think they’re shouting….

 

You do remember I have met you?

 

I’ve been to the Gym since then.








My daughter needed picking up once…..

 

Do you have a new job promoting NUFC TV?

 

I’ve found a photo of Mumin.

 

No - it’s just nice to get some info in. Our match threads.

 

I think it's more like 'Nee Clue' not Cloo-ney.

 

I will be there

but you can watch it for free
https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/

keep a look out I will be the one wearing the black and white top
pointing at the ref when he ****s up

 

Will you have your chopsticks and headband to help us recognise you?

 

Anyway, wearing a top is cheating.
Just paint the stripes on your body man.

 

I would have but the paint has frozen

 

No Miggy, Bruno, Wilson, Schar, Joelinton or Burn in the squad today.

Some probably being rested after WC, but not sure why others are missing.

 

Cup game is now on Tuesday

 

Fair point.
Hopefully he's saving them for that.

 

Rumours are we had a behind doors game yesterday with a very strong line up]

As DOP says more time to recover for Tuesdays game

 

Anyone’s nufctv working yet?

 

Just a blank screen atm