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Match thread: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:05 pm
by Colback's Orange Tufts
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After two weeks of thrill-a-minute international fixtures, boring old club football has returned. Newcastle travel to Elland Road with a strong compliment of support to take on a Leeds team that have been revitalised under Garry Monk. The Yorkshire team sit just outside the play off places and will be looking to claim their biggest scalp of the season so far while Newcastle will be hoping to further increase the gap between them and the chasing pack.
Posted on Ramone's behalf, needed a link for the Blog
This fixture has produced some crackers in previous years, a 4-3 in 2001 with goals from Bellamy, Shearer, Elliott and Solano was a particular highlight. Historically Newcastle only just have the edge over Leeds having won 38 games to Leeds' 37 and go into this match looking to extend an 8 game winning streak and match a record set in 1994.

Leeds are unbeaten in 5 and manager Garry Monk has never lost against Newcastle in his capacity as a manager.

The game will have special significance as both sets of fans plan to pay tribute to the late, great Gary Speed who died 5 years ago.

On international duty, Aleksander Mitrovic scored as Serbia rescued a point against Wales. Meanwhile Grant Hanley and Matt Ritchie suffered a loss against the best international side in footballing history. Hanley in particular came in for some strong criticism for his performance. Elsewhere Adam Armstong netted a hattrick for the England U-20s against Nigeria.

Team news

Perpetually injured Rolando Aarons is yet again injured and will now be out for the rest of the season. Jonjo Shelvey will be available after pleading not guilty to a charge of racial abuse towards Wolves player Roman Saiss however it is unclear whether Benitez will pick him. Matt Ritchie is once again available for selection after serving a one match ban.

It is unclear whether Dwight Gayle, who was involved in an unsavoury incident on a night out, will make the squad

Jesus Gamez, Achraf Lazaar, Rob Elliot, Massadio Haidara and Daryl Murphy are all still doubts however all have been in training recently.

Ireland international Eunan O'Kane is a doubt for Leeds as is former Sunderland midfielder Liam Bridcutt.

Possible line-up
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Ref: Graham Scott - He's probably s***, they usually are.

Coverage:

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports

Overseas TV:
beIN Sports 2 Australia/New Zealand
beIN Sports 11
DAZN (Germany)
Diema +HD
Digi Sport 1 (Cz/Svk) +HD
Eleven HD (Belgium)
Eleven Sports Singapore
Eurosport Norway
Eurosport 2 Russia
Fox Sports 2 Africa
LeTV (China)
Sportdigital TV
SportKlub 1 (Serbia) +HD
SportsMax 2 (West Indies)
SuperSport 5 Africa
TEN1 (India)
Viasat Sport Premium (Sweden)
Viasat Urheilu (Finland) HD

UK Radio: None

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle (available worldwide via NUFC TV club subscription service).

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 8:19 pm
by golasambi
graham scott has been in the select group refs for a year now. surprised uv not herd of him decent ref n better than the s**** weve had so far this season

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 8:28 pm
by Lidl
Saw somewhere (I think BBC?) that Pablo Hernandez is a doubt for Leeds too, pretty sure he's decent, wasn't he at Swansea a couple of years ago?

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:00 am
by Chappy
Leben Das Ernste Leben wrote:Saw somewhere (I think BBC?) that Pablo Hernandez is a doubt for Leeds too, pretty sure he's decent, wasn't he at Swansea a couple of years ago?
Yes and yes.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:32 am
by golasambi
who else is goin today?

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:45 am
by originallad
I'm watching it on the box with my missus (she's a Leeds fan).

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:15 am
by Bodacious Benny
Yep I'm watching on TV too. Will be an awesome atmosphere, wish I could have gotten a ticket.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:26 pm
by Double Agent Bruce a.k.a DAB
Starting: Karl Darlow; Vurnon Anita, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett; Jack Colback, Jonjo Shelvey; Matt Ritchie, Yoan Gouffran, Ayoze Perez; Dwight Gayle.

Substitutes: Matz Sels, DeAndre Yedlin, Chancel Mbemba, Isaac Hayden, Mohamed Diame, Christian Atsu, Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:30 pm
by originallad
Would rather have had Hayden instead of Colback.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:36 pm
by beatski
A Ramone original? <scratch>

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:44 pm
by Bodacious Benny
originallad wrote:Would rather have had Hayden instead of Colback.
Most of the players on the bench were off playing on international duty so Rafa picking fresher players by the looks of it.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:48 pm
by Bigsby
A bit toothless in attack.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:50 pm
by MultipleJesuses
Bigsby wrote:A bit toothless in attack.
Just the top goalscorer.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:51 pm
by Chappy
Bigsby wrote:A bit toothless in attack.
<laugh>

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:53 pm
by Bodacious Benny
Bigsby wrote:A bit toothless in attack.
<laugh>

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:53 pm
by originallad
MultipleJesuses wrote:
Bigsby wrote:A bit toothless in attack.
Just the top goalscorer.
<laugh>

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:56 pm
by MultipleJesuses
Bigsby wrote:A bit toothless in attack.
Holy s*** that flew right over my head <laugh>

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:58 pm
by TBC
Bodacious Benny wrote:
originallad wrote:Would rather have had Hayden instead of Colback.
Most of the players on the bench were off playing on international duty so Rafa picking fresher players by the looks of it.
I'd bet Colback has had as many starts as Hayden this season.

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:00 pm
by Blue & Maroon
originallad wrote:Would rather have had Hayden instead of Colback.
100%

Re: Preview by Ramone: Leeds Utd vs Newcastle Utd – 20/11/16

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:00 pm
by originallad
My missus says that Hernandez is a big miss for them but we should watch out for Vieira and from what ive seen, he looks like a quality player