Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest match banter!
Posted on March 29th, 2010 | 176 Comments |
The Forest of that era were one of the best teams it has ever been my privilege to see. While they may not be quite as good as they were in those halcyon days under Brian Clough, they should still pose a stern test for the lads. Indeed, they did when we played them round at their place, The City Ground, beating us narrowly by one Dexter Blackstock goal to nil. That was in the middle of a rare dip in form for the Magpies though, when goals seemed to be quite hard to come by for a few games.
As usual, you can also check out Toonsy’s excellent match preview for all the usual pre match speculation, gossip and such. The team news doesn’t seem to have changed very much since that article was written, with Shola Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands, Alan Smith and Mike Williamson all vying for a place after spells on the sidelines through injury, with Fitz Hall probably out with a hamstring strain, and Steven Taylor oot for the rest of the season with knee and cheekbone problems. On the Forest side, defender James Perch should be returning to the squad, though Newcastle will not be mesmerised by the midfield skills of Paul McKenna in this one, and full back, Julian Bennett, will be missing too.
This time there will be UK TV coverage once again, courtesy of Sky Sports, but if anyone has any good video links to the game for people who don’t have it, I’m sure that would be much appreciated. As ever, this can be the place to come together during the match and p*ss and moan, as we usually do.
We will of course try to get the team sheet up when it becomes available.
Howay the lads!
Date: Monday, 29th March, 2010.
Time: 7:45pm.
Venue: St James’ Park.
Referee: Alan Wiley
Teams.
Newcastle United: Steve Harper, Danny Simpson, Fabricio Coloccini, Mike Williamson, Jose Enrique, Wayne Routledge, Kevin Nolan (c), Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez, Peter Lovenkrands, Andy Carroll.
Subs: Tim Krul, Tamas Kadar, Joey Barton, Leon Best, Alan Smith, Ryan Taylor, Shola Ameobi.
About the best team we can muster in all fairness. Howay the lads.