By Tyne-Talk
January 14 2012

Newcastle United host Queens Park Rangers tomorrow lunchtime in the first of the Sunday matches. They play on the back of wins against Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup and Manchester United in their last League game, with three wins, two defeats and a draw from their last six games in all competitions.

Queens Park Rangers will play their first game under the management of Mark Hughes, who replaces Neil Warnock after he was sacked last weekend. The go into the game on the back of an FA Cup draw against Milton Keynes Dons, but four defeats and two draws from their last six in all competitions.

Hughes will start his bid to keep QPR in the Premier League without Captain Joey Barton who is suspended. They will also miss Adel Taarabt and Armand Traore who are both on International duty at the African Cup of Nations. Alejandro Faurlin (knee) is his only long term absentee, whilst Keeper Paddy Kenny (hip) will be hoping to play.

Alan Pardew is without Demba Ba and Cheik Tiote who are at the African Cup of Nations, with Hatem Ben Arfa hoping to be given a starring role.

Sammy Ameobi (knee) will be unavailable for several months after picking up an injury during the week, whilst Steven Taylor and Sylvain Marveaux are long term injury concerns and Peter Lovenkrands is still out.

Fact: Newcastle United have kept 7 clean sheets this season, 1 short of the 8 they kept last season.

Fact: Queens Park Rangers last won at St James Park in 1993.

Match Preview/Stats/Thread: Newcastle Utd v QPR

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14/01/2012 16:24

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tunyc
14/01/2012 17:14

Three points there for the taking...every win we get w/o Ba & Tiote is extra sweet plus we can move past the rats.

C'mon Lads!

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annie
14/01/2012 17:22

I agree tunyc

2-0

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annie
15/01/2012 12:55

Let's hope having a new manager doesn't give QPR a boost and aren't we lucky Joey Barton isn't playing today. I'm sure he'd be desperate to score against us.

C'mon Toon

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ricardo30
15/01/2012 13:22

Newcastle vs QPR watch here!!!

[p2pded.pt.tl]

Several HQ Streams on!!!!

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annie
15/01/2012 13:27

Hi ricardo and thanks for link.

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MissC
15/01/2012 13:48

We need to step it up a gear

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MissC
15/01/2012 13:52

Naughty by Cabaye = no need to go down a 2nd time for that. Or no need to get up and have ago at Derry. He should have stayed down or stayed standing.

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annie
15/01/2012 13:53

I agree if he goes off I'm going to be so mad!!!!!!

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MissC
15/01/2012 13:54

Either way he is now out injured grr.

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MissC
15/01/2012 13:55

Ben Arfa on for Cabaye

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MissC
15/01/2012 14:01

Cabaye to have a scan on ankle injury following tackle from Derry

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annie
15/01/2012 14:03

We seem to have played better since he came off.

C'mon team

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MissC
15/01/2012 14:07

Leon Best 1-0



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012:01:15:14:08:30 by Carys.

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annie
15/01/2012 14:08

Wor Bestie 1-0

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tunyc
15/01/2012 14:27

Injury forced AP's hand and-quelle surprise-we look a better team with HBA, even without Cabaye. Also, those of us who have wanted to see Jonas in the middle are getting a bit of vindication. He's doing the job.

Great finish by Best, but I still don't know how he got so many touches in such a small space.

HOWAY THE LADS!

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waffles
15/01/2012 14:37

Leon's dad, George, would be proud of that goal.

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annie
15/01/2012 14:40

waffles & hi tunyc

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MissC
15/01/2012 14:46

We have started the 2nd half like we started the first

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waffles
15/01/2012 14:55

The 4-3-3 is odd with Best playing out wide, but I like the Guthrie/Taylor partnership in the middle.

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annie
15/01/2012 14:56

We really need a second goal.

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MissC
15/01/2012 15:05

That should have been a 2nd goal

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MissC
15/01/2012 15:09

Going for the 1-0 then with Perch on the pitch for Best

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annie
15/01/2012 15:14

That scares me Carys. How many times have we conceded goals in the last few minutes of a match.
And we have been very bad today at keeping the ball.

Prove me wrong guys.

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MissC
15/01/2012 15:25

1-0 another clean sheet

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annie
15/01/2012 15:27

Shola looks either injured or knackered, either way we need another striker now.

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annie
15/01/2012 15:29

6th and above Liverpool

Good defending lads

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CNDShearerFan16
15/01/2012 15:29

3 points needed (in that it was at home against a bottom 3 team) and got. Agreed Annie, if we're gonna stay at these heady heights we need another body at striker, at least until Ba gets back!

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senyabtoon
15/01/2012 15:35

winning ugly is a good sign !!! howay the lads

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tunyc
15/01/2012 15:42

Hi there yourself, Annie!


I can't understand how Shola gets so much pitch time. He at least appears to be one of the slowest, most listless, laziest men on the pitch. Yes, he can hold up the ball but his positional play is awful. He's never in the box when you need him, he's so often offside.

As for HBA-he simply needs to pass more. It's almost like he's contemptuous of his teammates. Dude, when you've got three defenders right in front of you, your options are to pass or give away possession and today he mainly chose the latter.

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waffles
15/01/2012 16:10

Shola was controlling the aerial balls phenomenally today, but Best isn't a winger so there was never anywhere to go with the ball after Shola laid it off. I am a bit surprised we didn't see Obertan on for Shola, with Best moving central.

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tunyc
15/01/2012 17:20

Swansea score to take lead...this holds and we're level on points with Arsenal.

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CNDShearerFan16
15/01/2012 17:30

Quote:

tunyc
Swansea score to take lead...this holds and we're level on points with Arsenal.

It didn't But Swansea scored while I was typing!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012:01:15:17:31:54 by CNDShearerFan16.

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tunyc
15/01/2012 17:30

Got quite a game on in Wales...Walcott scores on the break to equalize and then Danny Graham re-establishes the lead with a fine finish less than a minute later. Entertaining.

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MissC
15/01/2012 18:19

We have no options at the moment to replace Shola

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tunyc
16/01/2012 13:07

Sure we do. It's January. Now if our board won't take advantage of any of those options then they're responsible for the results.

Or we can just play 5 in the midfield with Best on his own up top. At least Best runs sometimes.

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mentalman
16/01/2012 16:08

we might aswell pack the midfield we've an abundance of midfielders at the club, we had 6 on the bench yesterday!

Before anyone says it Perch isn't a defender, Ferguson can play LB put he is more a midfielder and HBA and Ober can play up front but i dont think they'll ever class themselves as strikers!

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MissC
17/01/2012 10:22

in january we do yes, but during that game we didnt

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tunyc
17/01/2012 15:24

Not to antagonize but I had and still have no idea why Best, who took the only chance he got beautifully, came off when Shola looked like he had nothing left in the tank.

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mentalman
17/01/2012 15:52

neither of them had anything left, I may be wrong but i'm sure a commentator said recently that Best has never finished a full 90mins for us and rarely did it at his previous clubs!

He needs to work on his fitness!

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