Accrington Stanley v Newcastle – Carling Cup match preview.
Posted on August 25th, 2010 | 17 Comments |
A largely second string side will be charged with trying to help us get past this potential banana skin of a tie, and Sky TV, who will be broadcasting the game live, will no doubt be waiting for and willing for an upset.
The match will give some our brightest young talent, such as Haris Vuckic, the chance to show everyone what they are made of. If things do start to go wrong and Newcastle need to dig themselves out of a hole though then there will be a number of senior players, like Kevin Nolan, who will more than likely be on the bench to try and dig us out and avoid an upset.
Trying to guess the team is going to be a bit difficult as I just don’t know how many of our young players are going to play. The key is balance, playing enough of the kids but not too many of them at the same time like we had last season at Peterborough.
We know we are without Sol Campbell, Danny Guthrie, Danny Simpson, Xisco, Dan Gosling and Steven Taylor so they can be ruled out. With that in mind I would like to se a team of.
Newcastle – Krul, R Taylor, Tavernier, Coloccini, Kadar, Lua Lua, Smith, Nolan, Vuckic, Ranger, Lovenkrands.
That team will give us a mixture of youth and experience down the spine of the team. Left back is a problem as I don’t like Kadar playing there, but needs must I would say, and there is a need to rest and protect Jose Enrique.
As for Accrington, they will no doubt be up for this. The chance for them to beat the name of Newcastle United – a Premier League team – doesn’t come along too often and they will want to give a good account of themselves in front of the TV cameras.
There is no doubt this game has the words ‘banana skin’ written all over it for us. Accrington are in a situation where nobody expects them to win, but if they do then it will be a massive bosst for them, for more than just financial reasons. Newcastle must remain professional and ensure they avoid a slip up this evening.
Howay the lads!
Date – Wednesday, 25th August, 2010.
Kick-off – 07:45pm (BST).
Venue – The Crown Ground, Accrington.
Do y’not think Perch’ll play?
& Guthrie may get a game if fit.