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Fulham v Newcastle United match preview

February 2nd, 2011 | 50 Comments |

As the dust seems to be doing anything but settling over the Andy Carroll sale, we now have to get back to the troublesome business of winning football matches as Newcastle United face a challenging away trip to Craven Cottage this evening.

Fulham are on the back of an impressive 4-0 thumping of Spurs in the FA Cup, so their confidence will be high and we’ll have to be on our toes to counter the direct brand of football Mark Hughes peddles at Fulham.

We’ll be without Tiote, who is suffering the last of his 3 match ban, and Ben Arfa, Gosling, Smith, Raylor and Saylor are still out with injury. As too is new loan signing Stephen Ireland who has a hamstring injury.

Speaking ahead of the game, Pardew said (initially referring to life without Andy Carroll or any replacement striker for him):

“That doesn’t feel good and it’s a difficult day because I have to prepare the team for Fulham.

“And if you think I feel like that, then the players feel the same and of course the fans do too. (more…)

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