SBlue Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Leuts Lenihan Grayson Mulgrew Bennett Reed Rothwell Travis Bell Armstrong Brereton That would get the job done I think and give some lads a run out. Edited January 2, 2019 by S8 & Blue 1 Quote
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BlackburnEnd75 Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said: Why? Why Lenihan right back? Why Bennett left mid? Why Nuttall? Why Downing and Rodwell? Why is Mulgrew not even on the bench? Why Just....why? Lenihan Right back because Bennett isn't very good at RB. Also Nyambe is injured. Lenihan played there a couple of times last season and did okay. Bennett or Rothwell the wide men, doens't matter which way round. Graham and Mulgrew shouldn't be risked at all. We've had 4 games in 10 days (I think). 4 games in 10 days is a lot give them a rest not worth the risk. Downing and Rodwell - I dont particularly rate either. If the Rodwell experiment is going to work then he needs to play games as a cb. Don't want Williams anywhere near the starting 11 at the moment so by process of elimination thats Downing left. Up top, I've said i'd rest Graham. Brereton meh, Armstrong is an option up front but a bit lightweight. Nuttall is in form and deserves like Travis another chance. He's out of contract in the summer. Why not see if he's up to it. Save us having to go buy someone else. Also its the cup, if you're not going to try something a bit different then whats the point 1 Quote
Ewood Ace Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 I hope we play a strong side here as we have a good chance of an upset as you can be sure that Rafa won't play his best team. Quote
Bigdoggsteel Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, BlackburnEnd75 said: Lenihan Right back because Bennett isn't very good at RB. Also Nyambe is injured. Lenihan played there a couple of times last season and did okay. Bennett or Rothwell the wide men, doens't matter which way round. Graham and Mulgrew shouldn't be risked at all. We've had 4 games in 10 days (I think). 4 games in 10 days is a lot give them a rest not worth the risk. Downing and Rodwell - I dont particularly rate either. If the Rodwell experiment is going to work then he needs to play games as a cb. Don't want Williams anywhere near the starting 11 at the moment so by process of elimination thats Downing left. Up top, I've said i'd rest Graham. Brereton meh, Armstrong is an option up front but a bit lightweight. Nuttall is in form and deserves like Travis another chance. He's out of contract in the summer. Why not see if he's up to it. Save us having to go buy someone else. Also its the cup, if you're not going to try something a bit different then whats the point Lenihan right back could be a good call. I would like to try and win the game, to do that we need to have Mulgrew starting and Graham on the bench at least. The center half pairing you have selected would worry me. I agree on Williams though. Personally, I would start Brereton. It's the ideal game for him to get up and running. Quote
McClarky Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 Newcastle will rest a few with their relagation worries, surely we’ll play as strong a side as we have and try and get the job done. Can’t see anything other than a mid table season for us so this is the 1 chance this season of getting people excited so please don’t mess it up with too much tinkering. i hate the way that clubs nowadays care nothing for the glory and excitement of cup runs and see the league as the be all and end all. Purely based on profit for the owners, not a thought for the fans. Quote
philipl Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 Echo putting a strong team out for this but with a bias to youth to see how they go against Prem opposition. Will Nyambe be ready? Quote
alcd Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 16 hours ago, Tom said: . Id go with as strong a team as possible but maybe have Brereton in there and give him 90 minutes to stamp his mark Or, more likely, not. Quote
gumboots Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 Got my ticket. Weekend visiting son and going to the match with him Quote
Proudtobeblue&white Posted January 2, 2019 Author Posted January 2, 2019 Well they have been ruffed up by Manure. 1 Quote
Butty Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 Only 2,200 sold so far. Little bit of time left yet but I expected us to sell a lot more at that price. Quite a poor turnout really, should be a class day. Not many places better for a day on the drink than the toon. Quote
Mattyblue Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 Probably end up about 2,500 which is what I expected really. We played there only a couple of years back and many other times besides so no real novelty. Plus it’s a faf and expensive to get to by train and we’ve had 3 northern away games in 10 days. Quote
JHRover Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 People will be able to find ways to watch it via foreign tv and save themselves some cash in the process. Despite good pricing on tickets it is a tough time of the year for a lot of people and if they can watch the game online or at the pub rather than spend £50 going up there then many will do. I still think 2,500 is a reasonable effort given the time of year, though I had hoped we would reach our initial allocation of 3000. Odd though because Rovers reported 2100+ sold last Friday before the Sheffield United game and only 2,200 sold as of this morning, so very slow sales over the last 5 days considering we've had a home game in there where people would often get a ticket. Someone said tonight that it is now 8 defeats in 11 home games for Newcastle this season. Quote
@roverseas Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 Just back from purchasing my tickets to catch the Newcastle FA Cup match. Hopefully Cpt Fab will be playing to finish off the Toon (like he does). Dont usually do match preview for Cup games but thought I would. Recorded live outside Ewood Park (bit ballsy). Could go either way this one. The Toon are up for grabs. 1 Quote
Blue n whites Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) Does anyone no if this is pay on the gate. Due to plans being dropped I can now go to this game. Problem is i live in scotland so I won't get the tickets in time before Saturday if I need to get them posted Edited January 3, 2019 by Blue n whites Quote
tomphil Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 I think you can pay on the day but the price doubles. Quote
MarkBRFC Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 8 hours ago, Blue n whites said: Does anyone no if this is pay on the gate. Due to plans being dropped I can now go to this game. Problem is i live in scotland so I won't get the tickets in time before Saturday if I need to get them posted You can ring the ticket office today and collect them at St James Park on Saturday, will save you from paying double. Quote
Blue n whites Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 Cheers guys for trying to help. much appreciated. Managed to get a mate to bring them along for a meet up. Quote
JHRover Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 They've announced this afternoon that tickets will not be available on the day. Seems strange when they had previously said they would be. Presume they're getting close to their 3,000 allocation and Rovers aren't going to request more so they're keen to avoid people turning up and not getting in. Quote
McClarky Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 6 hours ago, Blue n whites said: Cheers guys for trying to help. much appreciated. Managed to get a mate to bring them along for a meet up. There’s a few of us on 1.00 pm from Edinburgh if you’re going by train. 1 Quote
MarkBRFC Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 5 hours ago, JHRover said: They've announced this afternoon that tickets will not be available on the day. Seems strange when they had previously said they would be. Presume they're getting close to their 3,000 allocation and Rovers aren't going to request more so they're keen to avoid people turning up and not getting in. Tickets are available on the day, just that there is no cash turnstile in operation. Club tweeted out over 2800 sold earlier tonight. Quote
JHRover Posted January 3, 2019 Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, MarkBRFC said: Tickets are available on the day, just that there is no cash turnstile in operation. Club tweeted out over 2800 sold earlier tonight. I was sure that there was a tweet this afternoon saying there were no sales on the day, but it seems to have been deleted now. Quote
AllRoverAsia Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 https://www.themag.co.uk/2019/01/blackburn-say-looking-forward-to-playing-in-front-of-more-than-50000-at-newcastle-they-might-be-disappointed-newcastle-united/ Quote
JHRover Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 Yeah, I didn't think Newcastle would be selling out, just a lazy comment from Rovers website to try and big up the occasion. A bit like when Bristol City had a 'full house' even though there were about 7000 empty seats. Quote
Mattyblue Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) They said something similar for the Derby midweek game, when the actual crowd was nowhere near. Looks as if we’ll be on our own up int Gods as that article suggests the top level isn’t open for their fans. Edited January 4, 2019 by Mattyblue Quote
JHRover Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/january/ticket-news-newcastle-united-a/ Back to what I read yesterday - no tickets available on the day. Increased allocation of 3300 with 450 remaining. Seems odd if Level 7 is closed to home fans as they could easily accommodate any travelling on the day. Quote
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