Would like to see Neto, Felix and Nkunku get their shots from the start.

Must win. Simple as. Need to start winning home matches.  3 points separates us from 3rd and 13th. 

No individual errors. 

No selfishness. 

No wasted chances. 

No Sanchez bozo moments. 

 

Get the job done. 

Home form has been quite frankly terrible this season. Liverpool was not a must win. This game is.

With us playing them again away 3 days later in the League Cup I imagine Maresca has two lineups in mind for the double header.

My guesses would be:

 

League match

 

Sanchez

 

James

Fofana

Colwill

Cucurella

 

Caicedo

Lavia

 

Madueke 

Palmer

Sancho

 

Jackson

 

League cup match:

 

Jorgensen 

 

Gusto

Tosin

Badiashile 

Cucurella

 

Caicedo

Enzo

 

Neto

Felix

Mudryk

 

Nkunku

 

A bit stronger than the conference league side, but still allowing several rests ahead of the game at OT.

 

I'd love to spank Newcastle with both our A squad and B squad. 

Must win 

 

Sanchez 

james fofana colwill cucurella 

caicedo Lavia 

madueke palmer sancho

jackson 

Can’t understate how massive it is Cucu is back for this one. I think with how Newcastles full backs will like to get up the pitch playing Neto over Sancho for the pace advantage is a must. Would like to see Palmer out wide instead of Madueke as he’s more damaging there cutting in than he is in the middle. 

27 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Can’t understate how massive it is Cucu is back for this one. I think with how Newcastles full backs will like to get up the pitch playing Neto over Sancho for the pace advantage is a must. Would like to see Palmer out wide instead of Madueke as he’s more damaging there cutting in than he is in the middle. 

There's definitely a case for both Neto and Madueke starting. Livramento and Hall struggled bad against Brighton's press. 

CANNOT afford any passengers here. 

Edited October 25, 20241 yr by Sconnie Blue

57 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

There's definitely a case for both Neto and Madueke starting. Livramento and Hall struggled bad against Brighton's press. 

CANNOT afford any passengers here. 

Given both Neto and Noni prefer to play on the right side is there a case for Mudryk to be deployed off the back of his performance in Greece?

Fully agree with the line ups @axman2526 and @Jezq8 put forward.  Optimistic Cucurella has sufficient recovery as think he is very important.  To me, the difficult comes to selecting the bench - what a great problem to have with form and avaiability.

Starting XI
Sanchez 
james fofana colwill cucurella 
caicedo Lavia 
madueke palmer sancho
jackson

Bench
Jorgensen, Gusto, Veiga, Badiashile, Enzo, Nkunku, Felix, Neto, Mudryk

Yes, Badiashile over Tosin.  Darwin Nunez seemed to make Badiashile mad, and when he plays with a little fire he's a much better player.  Also think Neto and Nkunku are knocking on the door for the forward positions. 

 

Edited October 25, 20241 yr by PhilH930

5 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

Fully agree with the line ups @axman2526 and @Jezq8 put forward.  Optimistic Cucurella has sufficient recovery as think he is very important.  To me, the difficult comes to selecting the bench - what a great problem to have with form and avaiability.

Starting XI
Sanchez 
james fofana colwill cucurella 
caicedo Lavia 
madueke palmer sancho
jackson

Bench
Jorgensen, Gusto, Veiga, Badiashile, Enzo, Nkunku, Felix, Neto, Mudryk

Yes, Badiashile over Tosin.  Darwin Nunez seemed to make Badiashile mad, and when he plays with a little fire he's a much better player.  Also think Neto and Nkunku are knocking on the door for the forward positions. 

 

Honestly from what I have seen so far Tosin seems like a below average defender that does not do anything particularly well.

Absolutely a must win. Palmer / Sancho / Madueke need to turn up and the defence needs to be solid.

Signing a first team keeper in January is a priority.

16 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Honestly from what I have seen so far Tosin seems like a below average defender that does not do anything particularly well.

I'd say he was more bang average than below average.

Incoming Jackson hat trick...

 

...of missed sitters.

 

2-2 draw, Palmer brace.

If we don't win this I can see us falling off towards mid table, and you know Man Utd are getting a result against us. That 4-3 result was a fluke. 

Win. 
 

Win. 
 

Win. 

I think Nkunku will start. Taking him off after an hour on Thursday didn’t make much sense unless he starting tomorrow .

Lavia starts and I think we might mix up the A and B teams a bit.

4-1 Chelsea.

Fofana, James. Nkunku, Jackson

2 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

I think Nkunku will start. Taking him off after an hour on Thursday didn’t make much sense unless he starting tomorrow .

Lavia starts and I think we might mix up the A and B teams a bit.

4-1 Chelsea.

Fofana, James. Nkunku, Jackson

Who do you think Nkunku starts in place of? Sancho or Noni?

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Win. 
 

Win. 
 

Win. 

That you expectation for Newcastle today, then again in the League Cup, then our visit to OT?

Pls delete...duplicate.

 

Thank you

Edited October 27, 20241 yr by Simplymo

8 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

I think Nkunku will start. Taking him off after an hour on Thursday didn’t make much sense unless he starting tomorrow .

Lavia starts and I think we might mix up the A and B teams a bit.

4-1 Chelsea.

Fofana, James. Nkunku, Jackson

 

5 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Who do you think Nkunku starts in place of? Sancho or Noni?

 

 

I think both Neto and nkunku will either start or be first ones subbed on. I was surprised cucu wasn't rested towards the end of the midweek game to start today. 

Who gets subbed off? That depends imho, havent seen Newcastle play recently but I guess whichever wing is not effective enough, but money is on the LW first.

Neto did enough for a start imho. Nkunku didn't, but I'm hoping it's just easing back from injury/slight niggle.

Edited October 27, 20241 yr by Simplymo

Match Day!

Come on Chelsea!!

Must win.

Anything less would be a massive disappointment, Newcastle could well be a rival for one of European spots by end of the season.

I’d be tempted to give Mudryk a start.

Huge match for us, goes without saying. 

Madueke must start here if you ask me and Palmer has to be in a good rhythm and for the midfield well let's hope it's Caicedo and Lavia since I wouldn't be confident of Enzo being there, Bruno and Tonali would find easy gaps.