Newcastle Vs Man U
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I expected man u to beat newcastle, as their defenders are mostly out, so this is the best time to play newcastle, especially when their defending (even with their regular defenders) are poor in epl.
should be 3 points in the bag, scoreline maybe 2-0 -
Newcastle v Manchester Utd - St James' Park
Ch 24 - 1:15 am - (Live)
Newcastle may be forced to play Nicky Butt in the centre of defence after the injury to Peter Ramage at Everton.
Ramage's injury has left Steven Taylor as Newcastle's only fit centre-half, with Titus Bramble and Craig Moore out.
Paul Scholes and Nemanja Vidic return from suspension as Manchester United look to complete a 100% return over the festive period against Newcastle.
Rio Ferdinand (shin) is a doubt, but Gary Neville is back, after United denied claims he needs calf surgery.
NEWCASTLE UNITED had been making giant strides up the table with five wins in six Premiership matches, until consecutive away defeats to Bolton on Boxing Day and Everton on Saturday. Now Glenn Roeder's side just must pick themselves up to face a red hot Manchester United outfit in the early evening game, with the leaders hunting a 14th win in 16 top flight fixtures since the beginning of October.
The Magpies are challenging for a fifth successive home Premiership victory, having taken 12 points out of 12 points off Portsmouth, Reading, Watford and Spurs in successive League outings at St James' Park since 26 November.
Obafemi MARTINS is Newcastle's top scorer with nine goals - seven of which were in the Premiership.
MANCHESTER UNITED have not spent such a lengthy period at the top of the Premiership table since the 2000-01 season, and now have opportunity to really turn the screw on chasing Chelsea. Victory would put them nine points clear of the champions, who don't visit Aston Villa until Tuesday night. Sir Alex Ferguson's side have claimed maximum points and scored three goals in each of the festive fixtures - away to Villa, and home to Wigan and Reading. Ronaldo has been pivotal in those three fixtures, scoring two goals in each.
The Red Devils have won eight of their 10 top flight games on the road so far. They've only dropped points in this season's Premiership travels to Reading and West Ham.
Louis SAHA and Cristiano RONALDO are United's joint top scorers with 12 goals each.
RONALDO is the club's top marksmen in the Premiership, as all 12 of his goals have been netted in the League.
Newcastle : Given, Srnicek, Krul, Solano, Edgar, Taylor, Huntington, Parker, Butt, Emre, Milner, Pattison, Troisi, Gate, Martins, Dyer, Sibierski, Luque, Carroll.
Man Utd : Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Evra, Heinze, Ronaldo, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, O'Shea, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Solskjaer, Saha.
REFEREE
Rob Styles (Waterlooville, Hampshire)
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester United
28 August 2005 - Ref: Howard Webb
Man United scorers: Rooney 66, van Nistelrooy 90
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United
1 October 2006 - Ref: Mike Dean
Man United scorers: Solskjaer 41, 49
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
at Newcastle only
League: Newcastle 29 wins, Man Utd 24, Draws 15
Prem: Newcastle 3 wins, Man Utd 7, Draws 3 -
mayb a draw..or win by a goal by devils
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My picks come take Newcastle wor.
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rooney to score
man win -
man u win or draw.
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-- Double Post--
My bad.
Cheers.
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More blunders from Magpies' Defenders please.
Especially from Srnicek and Ramage.
I think Newcastle, as usual, is having yet another roller-coaster season with plenty of ups and downs whereas United has been playing our of their skin(Minus Silvestre) and Ronaldo in red hot form.
3-1 win for United and i bet Butt would love to score one against us and maybe Rossi could com on as substitute and score against them.
Cheers.
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But Newcastle has been playing rather well lately, United must be extra careful, its an away match after all...
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its never easy playing on newcastle homeground, ask SAF, Mourinho or Benitez..
i'm betting SAF will field his strongest team available minus Gary whos unjured..
we are in a better chance than ever to open the gap to 9 points until chelsea plays villa on Tuesday, that'll put even more pressure on mourinho and chelsea, and if any folks out there think Mourinho is not starting to crack, you should read his latest comment on his players.. and i'm hoping that it might end up as another draw again 
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so interesting to see that no chelski fans has posted on sports forum that the Devils will get ass rape by newcastle tonight..?
or maybe its still too early har?
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No la. All Chelsea fans all go match-fixing liao.Originally posted by 4getmenot:so interesting to see that no chelski fans has posted on sports forum that the Devils will get ass rape by newcastle tonight..? -
Official Line-Up;
v/d Sar
Gary Rio Vidic Evra
Ronaldo Fletch Scholes Giggs
Rooney Saha
Subs: Heaton, Heinze, Park, O'Shea, Carrick -
of course newcastle will win...
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3-0 from man u
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first half 1-1
make me so kan chiong... hope saha injury not so serious..
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FT : 2-2
Newcastle had all the hard work, too many mis-pass when attacking by Man Utd. -
Sir Alex rues missed chances
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted after United drew 2-2 with Newcastle at St JamesÂ’ Park that his side should have come away with three points after "creating enough chances to win five matches".
At 2-1 early in the second half the only additions to the scoreline looked like coming from the Reds. But the Magpies hit back with a deflected strike from teenage defender David Edgar.
However, despite the dropped points, Sir Alex isnÂ’t too concerned about the implications the result could have on the title race.
“There will be points dropped by both teams,” he told Sky Sports. “There is a real challenge for the championship now. Chelsea are not getting it all their way as they have done in the last two years. We are serious contenders.”
Analysing the match, he added: “We had three cleared off the line, that’s a bit unlucky, and Ryan Giggs, Louis Saha and Ji-sung Park all had good chances. When you are creating chances you would hope you do enough to win, and we should have won the match with the opportunities that we had.”
The United boss was full of praise for Glenn Roeder’s players, who never gave up the cause. “I don’t think we played as well as we have done in recent weeks simply because Newcastle didn’t allow us to play," he added.
"They wanted to be first to every ball, showed determination and character. I’ve got nothing but praise for them. We missed a stack of chances but I have got to admire the spirit and determination of the Newcastle team. They deserved their point without question. When they put in that kind of effort they prove that it’s not an easy place to come to now.” -
so many miss chances, especially in first half. giggs early misses, saha shoot straight to the goalie when one on one with the keeper, ronaldo shooting awry, ronaldo header kept out, and park with last chance to equalise, chose to kick the ball to the stands.
man u cannot afford to be charitable to other teams. when saha was injured, no ole and larsson not in time to play for man u yet, and smith not even on the bench. not even rossi was in the bench -
I was so angry at the first half performance.. What kind of sh!t football are they playing? Keep giving the opponents the balls with stupid inaccurate long balls.. Kudos to Newcastle in fact they should have won punish Man U for their lack of hunger.. Whats with Rooney? Whats happening to his form? The only players I thought were on form yesterday were Ronaldo, Ferdinand and Vidic.. So disappointing..
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Rooney hasnt been scoring for the past few matches..Originally posted by dinky1409:I was so angry at the first half performance.. What kind of sh!t football are they playing? Keep giving the opponents the balls with stupid inaccurate long balls.. Kudos to Newcastle in fact they should have won punish Man U for their lack of hunger.. Whats with Rooney? Whats happening to his form? The only players I thought were on form yesterday were Ronaldo, Ferdinand and Vidic.. So disappointing..
SAF mite wana consider loanin/buyin another short term striker as backup -
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Calm down guys... if you look at it realistically it wasn't that bad... Newcastle was a strong team at their home ground winning their last 5 so naturally it wasn't going to be easy.
To be fair, we should be quite happy with the results after all, 4 matches in 10 days and united got 10 out of a possible 12 points should be consider good cos it could be worst.
Had scholes not been able to play yesterday, it could have been worst. So relax, It was the Christmas & New Year period and i don't think any team manager to win all their matches...
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Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder:
"It was terrific and we will enjoy the result. When you play Manchester United you have to keep trying to take the game to them. "The lads came in and did a great job and it just shows how much courage and team spirit there is in the squad. "David Edgar is not renowned for his 25 yarders and he must have been saving it for a special occasion."
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson:
"We missed a stack of chances but we have to admire Newcastle's character, they deserved their point. "We should have won the match but we did not play as well as we have been because they did not allow us to play. I have nothing but praise for them. "It is a real challenge now for the championship but we are a serious contender and points will be dropped by both teams." -
MU still 7pts away to Blues la,Originally posted by Parka: MU missed a good chance to stay away from Chelsea.
so its still a "stay away"..
mayb 2nite AV will win/draw??
last game dey drew cum Blues recent DEF leaking like water.. -
Cannot be lah, villa got nothing to motivate them, they have not won in their last 10 matches... I would be very surprise if they get anything out ot it...