Match Day Thread Norwich City v Newcastle United - Official Build Up / Matchday Thread

Usually sell our full allocation and apply for more, but not in this instance.

Been too many bad games of late. It'll end up with non season ticket holders staying away from the home games next.

 

Not seen so many people leaving before the end of the game before as I have this season.

Got to turn things round on the pitch and win them back.

Just had an email from East Coast Trains while I've been talking on here, special offers to London for a tenner. Could have gone by train to KX and then arranged travel to Norwich.

At least the coach drops you off at the ground without having to make any changes.

 

Nowich will not win, Newcaslte will not loose.
I am the pope and you heard it from god

 

Right lads it's formation porn time, there's a few players coming back from injuries so who should we risk and who should we leave out of this match to avoid another ben arfa vs fulham disaster...
Do we throw debuchy straight into a pl game? might be a risk seeing as he isn't acclimatised yet but we might not have much of a choice
i'de go for
---------cisse---------
marv-------------jonas
----anita----Cabaye/perch
------bigi/perch-------
santoon--------debuchy
-----colo-----willo-----
---------krul-----------

not sure how fit cabaye is, hopefully he is alright and we'll have a nice surprise come Saturday but other than that it looks like we could put out a relatively strong side providing we don't play more hoof ball like we did against everton because we have our best chance beating them with it with our technical players like cabaye anita and marv we could unlock a few defences. Don't think we should risk saylor for this one, i dont think he's shown enough to merit taking willos place (yes i know he's bad)

also when is benny back?!?

 

Given Cabaye is doubtful I'd go with the following......

---------Cisse---------
Marv-------------Obertan
----Anita----Perch----
----------Bigi-------
Santon--------Debuchy
-----colo-----willo-----
---------krul-----------


I think HBA is out for some time yet.

 

TBH I would throw MD into the game.
It should help lift the lads a bit to see a new face on the pitch.
I also fancy Cisse to have a blinder of a game.... you've heard it here first.....

 

Better get your prayer mat out.

 

I thought Perch was crocked as well ? And that Pards had said that Cabaye might get some game time, but not the full 90'mins.

 

Perch is hoping to be fit for Saturday!
http://injuryleague.com/2013/01/perch-hoping-to-give-newcastle-injury-boost/?

 

Can't see cabaye being risked, norwich play with passion they work at as a unit and have some handy players
And give everything and with the piss poor players we have free its only going to be one outcome
Only fat mike could take a club from champions league potentials to crossing our fingers against norwich.
Strangely it was the one nil win against norwich I realised we are in trouble early on in he season
Wtf !!!

 

To be fair, Norwich deserve more credit than that. Pretty much all the actual champions league teams have struggled at their place, and no matter where we were in the league I'd be crossing my fingers we got a result. Shame other results are making tough fixtures like this look more and more akin to "must win" games!

 

I don't see it being as bad as last season were we had like Perch and Simpson at CB... That was a piss-take. If Pardew extracts more out of what he has we'll give you a decent game I think, especially with relatively fresh legs now. Our defence is still going to be poor, but should still do better than last year, while our midfield can be quite effective on their day without Cabaye, Perch and Tiote. I'm saying Norwich will score just 2 this time around, and we'll score 3

 

Jonas, Colo, Papiss, and Yohan are all in the squad travelling to Norwich.

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20130110/uniteds-injury-woes-easing_2281670_3037001

 

AB has polished his boots and Geordie Lass is going to make a come back in her fluffy slippers, be afraid Maestro, be very afraid.

 

I'll never sleep tonight now, images of fluffy slippers! OMG

 

Hope you're going for the full ensemble GLITF, matching shin pads are an absolute must!