Newcastle United v Fulham match banter and prediction competition update!
Posted on August 28th, 2011 | 83 Comments |
Fulham have a good record against us and lead by 26 to 24 in the winning stakes and they apparently conceded fewer goals to set pieces than any other Premier League team last season, which is a shame as that’s been the best part of our game recently.
European football will no doubt have taken its toll on their players though and they’re without John Arne Riise as result of their midweek game against Dnipro.
For a full analysis, see Jimbob’s excellent match preview, but I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that although our Prediction Competition is well under way, although there is still time to catch up if you haven’t entered yet.
As it stands – with yesterday’s results in – ‘sveinstrand’ and ‘El Toro’ are joint top of the table with 23 points each.
Ahead of the game Martin Jol has said:
“We have to do better. We have to play to our strengths and of course we could say we have got a lot of defensive qualities.
“The second half against Aston Villa and Wolves showed we are capable of scoring goals. But you have to do the business – score the goals and get the results. If you don’t do that, you play for a 0-0.
Thursday, of course, was over two games so we were okay but to lose a game away from home was not what he wanted. For the confidence of the team, it is always better if you score a couple of goals and win these games. But we didn’t so it is still a worry but hopefully we can score against Newcastle because that is what we need. We need a result.”
It looks like Alan Pardew will be sticking with Ryan Taylor at left-back and Taylor will be looking to score in his third game on the trot. Pardew said:
“That is Ryan’s strength – he has a fantastic right foot and he can use it for a pass or a shot.”
And presumably for walking, hopping, swimming and a whole host of the other usual right foot uses too.
Team News
Newcastle: Krul(G), Simpson, Saylor, Coloccini, Raylor, Lovenkrands, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez, Obertab, Best.
Subs: Soderberg, Feguson, Vuckic, Marveaux, Smith, Sammyeobi, Ba.
Fulham: Schwarzer(G), Briggs, Hughes, Hangman, Baird, Dempsey, Makepeace, Sidwell, Duffer, Dumbell, Kasami.
Subs: Johnson, Blessyou, Etheridge, Frei, Kelly, Sendimoff, Gecko.
HWTL.
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