Newcastle v Chelsea – Match banter!
Posted on November 28th, 2010 | 239 Comments |
The match looks set to go ahead after the club drafted in extra help in the effort to clear the snow and ice from both inside and outside of the ground.
You could argue that the fact the game is going ahead could be beneficial to Newcastle as there is simply no better time to face Chelsea. Currently they are missing some of their most influential players through injury and suspension, although on the flip side of that it must be recognised that this is Chelsea and they should have the squad to cope. After all, football is a squad game, and they are the reigning champions…
I mentioned the Chelsea injuries above, but if you fancy taking a more detailed look at the team news and expected line-up’s aswell as some fun facts then please feel free to click this link which will take you to my match preview. Feel free to peruse this momentarily if you haven’t already done so.
The match is scheduled for UK broadcast on Sky Sports 1 and coverage will start 30 minutes before the 1:30pm kick-off. Of course, not everyone has access to Sky Sports, so if you know of any links for the match then please feel free to leave one in the ‘comments’ section below.
Both teams will be looking to win this match, although Chelsea will understandably be the favourites. Still, Newcastle are good at upsetting the odds, and I’m sure that most of us hope that our tendancy of being “coupon busters” continues this afternoon.
I’ve predicted the team to lose, but I’d happily take a draw in all honesty, which could see us sitting in ninth place in the table, depending on the Liverpool result, come the end of this weekends round of matches. A win would be lovely though, and would go some way to warming up the St James’ Park fathful.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle – Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Sol Campbell, Jose Enrique, Wayne Routledge, Cheick Tiote, Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez, Andy Carroll, Shola Ameobi.
Subs – Ole Soderberg, James Perch, Tamas Kadar, Alan Smith, Peter Lovenkrands, Leon Best, Nile Ranger.
Chelsea – Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Alex, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Ramires, John Obi Mikel, Soloman Kalou, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba.
Subs – Ross Turnbull, Paulo Ferreira, Jeffrey Bruma, Patrick van Aanholt, Josh McEachran, Gael Kakuta, Daniel Sturridge.
No Nolan… :shock: