Jase 43,478 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Newcastle 1-2 Chelsea PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS 2018/19 Premier League Match 3 26th August, Sunday, 2018 St. James' Park 16:00 Kick Off (UK time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 This is possibly out toughest away trip... They always get the better of us at home.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Fong 2,776 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 This is possibly out toughest away trip... They always get the better of us at home..No, we will destroy them. Unless we make fatal mistakes, they don’t stand a chance. Things change, we’re a different team now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 25,160 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Complete squad rundown YTD (short as it is) 1 Spain GK Kepa Arrizabalaga no major issues, so glad to have him as our number 1, he will work on the spilling (and it was only 2, not fucking 10 like some are making it out to be) times in crucial situations, and he showed how quick he was in recovery) 2 Germany DF Antonio Rüdiger (I think he has played well, I have full confidence in him, far more than others here, I think he is a special talent) 3 Spain DF Marcos Alonso (he is WC offensively, and 2nd half today did much better defensively, plus overall was MOTM for me, I am going to dial back my whinging and just hope Sarri can make the system better so he wont be exposed) 4 Spain MF Cesc Fàbregas (at thsi point, he is only going to be an impact sub, and in this role, he is a great change of pace, but defensively he is a horrorshow at his age 5 Italy MF Jorginho One of our best players so far, Kante needs to be allowed to give him more support 6 England MF Danny Drinkwater SELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM PLEASE!!! 7 France MF N'Golo Kanté I think he is needed more as the DMF /midfield destroyer that he is, not sold on his further forward role, this seems to be a key inflection point for the entire system 8 England MF Ross Barkley has played well enough, but Kovavcic is clearly better, as I said before, I wish he could play RW 10 Belgium MF Eden Hazard Hurry up and get in shape mate!!!! 11 Spain MF Pedro has look both great and at time a shambles, but overall he is doing well, just not sure if he can do it for 45 games or so 12 England MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek enigma, no clue what is going on with him, he has the size and skill to be a world-beater, but just doesnt seem to fit into any one position, Sarri needs to sort him 13 Argentina GK Willy Caballero eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk 15 Nigeria MF Victor Moses I see zero reason for him being on the team, he should be sold, another window fail 17 Croatia MF Mateo Kovačić (on loan from Real Madrid) I think he will soon be the starting AMF, he oozes talent 18 France FW Olivier Giroud great impact sub, I do not think he is good enough to be our starter 19 England FW Tammy Abraham <<< needs to be loaned out or sold, he is NOT EPL starting material 20 England MF Callum Hudson-Odoi <<< he needs to play MORE, I would play him over Willian at this point, Sarri disagrees, I think he is a difference maker and needs game time NOW 21 Italy DF Davide Zappacosta good back up RB, no major issues with him 22 Brazil MF Willian FFS, what a disaster that we didn't sell him to Barca for £65m or do the swap for Martial. Biggest disappointment of the window. He is NOT a Sarriball winger, I just do no not see it. 24 England DF Gary Cahill (captain) should have been sold, he will not have to play much, hopefully 27 Denmark DF Andreas Christensen another key inflection point. I think he should start over Luiz. Many say he needs to bulk up. Well, FFS, we have a top 10 in world overall player training/pyisio department, so bulk him up a wee bit and get him in 28 Spain DF César Azpilicueta steady enough, I think will come good in Sarriball, and he is a pitbull on defence 29 Spain FW Álvaro Morata hopefully today was the start of his comeback to form, we just need to keep getting him to be more physical, and work on his holdup play 30 Brazil DF David Luiz I simply dont rate him, he is our Otamendi (who I detest) I think his defensive lapses will cost us more than what he brings to run-up play 31 England GK Robert Green that preseason pen save will be the highlight of his Chelsea career 33 Italy DF Emerson <<< another enigma, still have no clue if he is carrying a knock from his horrid knee injury at Roma,or if he is just rusty. Alonso will be hard for him to dispace. He confuses me more than any other player we have. 44 Wales DF Ethan Ampadu I would love to see him as the number 3 CB option, over Luiz (as stated above, I want AC to start) 59 Poland GK Marcin Bułka I feel better with him in cup ties than Willy (maybe I am delusional on this) so the players I do not want on the team are pretty much the same as usual, plus who I would replace them with Danny Drinkwater Diadie Samassékou please Willy Caballero Angus Gunn would be great and is HG Cesc Fàbregas Amadou Haidara please!! Victor Moses Talisca in January Tammy Abraham (I STILL want to see what Bats can do in Sarriball, but probably never will) Davie Selke from Hertha would be an interesting buy to replace Abraham, 23, 1.92m, loads of potential Willian Leon Bailey please! Gary Cahill meh, just sell him David Luiz Marquinhos is by far best option, Benjamin Pavard 2nd or Matthijs de Ligt or Dayot Upamecano (Koulibaly is never coming here, grrrrr) we so fucked up (and Juve as per normal assfucked us) chasing Rugani, when we should have just grabbed Thilo Kehrer, who is now snapped up by PSG, grrrr http://www.goal.com/en/news/kehrer-completes-37m-psg-move-on-five-year-contract/dfipkoxfzfk119nv9xcfrgxww and ffs, can we finally next summer or even this January get Martial (even if Morata does oki)!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceboy 974 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hit them early they are rubbish this season, 0:3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,717 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 8/19/2018 at 0:06 AM, Vesper said: Complete squad rundown YTD (short as it is) 1 Spain GK Kepa Arrizabalaga no major issues, so glad to have him as our number 1, he will work on the spilling (and it was only 2, not fucking 10 like some are making it out to be) times in crucial situations, and he showed how quick he was in recovery) 2 Germany DF Antonio Rüdiger (I think he has played well, I have full confidence in him, far more than others here, I think he is a special talent) 3 Spain DF Marcos Alonso (he is WC offensively, and 2nd half today did much better defensively, plus overall was MOTM for me, I am going to dial back my whinging and just hope Sarri can make the system better so he wont be exposed) 4 Spain MF Cesc Fàbregas (at thsi point, he is only going to be an impact sub, and in this role, he is a great change of pace, but defensively he is a horrorshow at his age 5 Italy MF Jorginho One of our best players so far, Kante needs to be allowed to give him more support 6 England MF Danny Drinkwater SELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM PLEASE!!! 7 France MF N'Golo Kanté I think he is needed more as the DMF /midfield destroyer that he is, not sold on his further forward role, this seems to be a key inflection point for the entire system 8 England MF Ross Barkley has played well enough, but Kovavcic is clearly better, as I said before, I wish he could play RW 10 Belgium MF Eden Hazard Hurry up and get in shape mate!!!! 11 Spain MF Pedro has look both great and at time a shambles, but overall he is doing well, just not sure if he can do it for 45 games or so 12 England MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek enigma, no clue what is going on with him, he has the size and skill to be a world-beater, but just doesnt seem to fit into any one position, Sarri needs to sort him 13 Argentina GK Willy Caballero eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk 15 Nigeria MF Victor Moses I see zero reason for him being on the team, he should be sold, another window fail 17 Croatia MF Mateo Kovačić (on loan from Real Madrid) I think he will soon be the starting AMF, he oozes talent 18 France FW Olivier Giroud great impact sub, I do not think he is good enough to be our starter 19 England FW Tammy Abraham <<< needs to be loaned out or sold, he is NOT EPL starting material 20 England MF Callum Hudson-Odoi <<< he needs to play MORE, I would play him over Willian at this point, Sarri disagrees, I think he is a difference maker and needs game time NOW 21 Italy DF Davide Zappacosta good back up RB, no major issues with him 22 Brazil MF Willian FFS, what a disaster that we didn't sell him to Barca for £65m or do the swap for Martial. Biggest disappointment of the window. He is NOT a Sarriball winger, I just do no not see it. 24 England DF Gary Cahill (captain) should have been sold, he will not have to play much, hopefully 27 Denmark DF Andreas Christensen another key inflection point. I think he should start over Luiz. Many say he needs to bulk up. Well, FFS, we have a top 10 in world overall player training/pyisio department, so bulk him up a wee bit and get him in 28 Spain DF César Azpilicueta steady enough, I think will come good in Sarriball, and he is a pitbull on defence 29 Spain FW Álvaro Morata hopefully today was the start of his comeback to form, we just need to keep getting him to be more physical, and work on his holdup play 30 Brazil DF David Luiz I simply dont rate him, he is our Otamendi (who I detest) I think his defensive lapses will cost us more than what he brings to run-up play 31 England GK Robert Green that preseason pen save will be the highlight of his Chelsea career 33 Italy DF Emerson <<< another enigma, still have no clue if he is carrying a knock from his horrid knee injury at Roma,or if he is just rusty. Alonso will be hard for him to dispace. He confuses me more than any other player we have. 44 Wales DF Ethan Ampadu I would love to see him as the number 3 CB option, over Luiz (as stated above, I want AC to start) 59 Poland GK Marcin Bułka I feel better with him in cup ties than Willy (maybe I am delusional on this) so the players I do not want on the team are pretty much the same as usual, plus who I would replace them with Danny Drinkwater Diadie Samassékou please Willy Caballero Angus Gunn would be great and is HG Cesc Fàbregas Amadou Haidara please!! Victor Moses Talisca in January Tammy Abraham (I STILL want to see what Bats can do in Sarriball, but probably never will) Davie Selke from Hertha would be an interesting buy to replace Abraham, 23, 1.92m, loads of potential Willian Leon Bailey please! Gary Cahill meh, just sell him David Luiz Marquinhos is by far best option, Benjamin Pavard 2nd or Matthijs de Ligt or Dayot Upamecano (Koulibaly is never coming here, grrrrr) we so fucked up (and Juve as per normal assfucked us) chasing Rugani, when we should have just grabbed Thilo Kehrer, who is now snapped up by PSG, grrrr http://www.goal.com/en/news/kehrer-completes-37m-psg-move-on-five-year-contract/dfipkoxfzfk119nv9xcfrgxww and ffs, can we finally next summer or even this January get Martial (even if Morata does oki)!!!!!!! Where do you find the time and motivation to make such long posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,478 Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, manpe said: Where do you find the time and motivation to make such long posts? Starting to wonder if Vesper is Barbara in disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 16,785 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Expect Rondon to make his first start here which means their biggest danger will be Shelvey pinging quick long passes up to him and hoping he can bully Rüdiger or Luiz. If we can dominate the ball (no reason we shouldn't since we just did so to possession kings Arsenal) then they really shouldn't have a chance. I suppose if we allow them lots of setpieces in poor areas or corners they can trouble us. They'll park Rondon right near Kepa who he'll tower over physically. They were unbelievably awful over the weekend against in my opinion the worst side in the league in Cardiff. This gives me belief that we'll break this spell of Newcastle being a bogey side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akgw13 867 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Expecting the same starting lineup, only potential change would be Hazard for Willian. Never an easy game, but I am expecting a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,123 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Pizy said: Expect Rondon to make his first start here which means their biggest danger will be Shelvey pinging quick long passes up to him and hoping he can bully Rüdiger or Luiz. If we can dominate the ball (no reason we shouldn't since we just did so to possession kings Arsenal) then they really shouldn't have a chance. I suppose if we allow them lots of setpieces in poor areas or corners they can trouble us. They'll park Rondon right near Kepa who he'll tower over physically. They were unbelievably awful over the weekend against in my opinion the worst side in the league in Cardiff. This gives me belief that we'll break this spell of Newcastle being a bogey side. in short, Newcastle will play the game of their lives against us yet again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 16,785 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said: in short, Newcastle will play the game of their lives against us yet again... Unless we are completely shit and hand them loads of chances on a plate early in the game I just don't think they have enough quality to either score multiple goals against us or prevent us from doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 They will be without Kenedy. He is, despite his last shocker of a game, one of their more important players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,530 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 8/18/2018 at 10:06 PM, Vesper said: Complete squad rundown YTD (short as it is) Agree with all you say Mrs! Theyve not had the best of starts but the Fat Spanish Waiter will try to strong arm us I think/ But if we play like we have been I cant see them having owt for is. Even if they did beat us 3-0 last year!! Lets turn that around lads. Same team with Eden and Kovacic will probably get 45 mins this game nut I#d love to see CHO in for Willian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Hazard! 3,394 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 43 minutes ago, Yeboii said: They will be without Kenedy. He is, despite his last shocker of a game, one of their more important players. What a shocker that last game was though. Arguably one of the worst performances by a player in PL history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosnian Blue 2,471 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 The players owe us, who spent a part of our lives on watching that last game of last season, a big one here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,372 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Hate this Fixture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,642 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 9 hours ago, iceboy said: Hit them early they are rubbish this season, 0:3. Yep 0-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 First real test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Two changes I would make is Christensen Kovačić in and David Luiz Barkley out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 51 minutes ago, MefiX19 said: First real test I would put this down for our 1st real test cause we have bad record at St James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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