Argentine International Fabricio Coloccini has lost his battle to be fit following his hamstring injury last Tuesday night at the Madejski Stadium, and will not play tonight at Home Park.
So Fitz Hall comes in for his 7th start of the season, and gets another chance to impress Chris Hughton, and potentially get a contract offer from Newcastle this summer.
Hall has himself just recovered from a hamstring problem, but will partner Mike Williamson at the heart of the Newcastle defense tonight.
Joey Barton also gets a start as he replaces Jonas Gutierrez on the left-side of midfield and Andy Carroll comes in, as expected, for Shola Ameobi as the lone front striker. Shola is on the bench, as is Peter Lovenkrands for the second game in succession.
Gutierrez is not on the bench, so the Argentine may have picked up an injury in training. But 20 year-old Tamas Kadar is on the bench, so we have to assume he has now recovered from his hamstring problems.
We hope we can extend our 6 game winning streak to 7 tonight, and at the same time win the Championship, but we are not expecting an easy game from Plymouth, who have to win tonight to avoid relegation.
Howay The Lads!!
TEAMS
Plymouth Argyle: David Stockdale, Karl Duguid, Carl Fletcher, Damien Johnson, Jamie Mackie, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Reda Johnson, Richard Eckersley, Alan Judge, Bondz N’Gala, Onismor Bhasera
Subs: Romain Larieu, Chris Clark, Kari Arnason, Rory Fallon, Chris Barker, Joe Mason, Yala Bolasie
Newcastle United: Steve Harper, Danny Simpson, Fitz Hall, Mike Williamson, Jose Enrique, Wayne Routledge, Alan Smith (c), Danny Guthrie, Joey Barton, Kevin Nolan, Andy Carroll
Subs: Tim Krul, Tamas Kadar, Peter Lovenkrands, Ryan Taylor, Leon Best, Fabrice Pancrate, Shola Ameobi
Attendance: tbc
Referee: Craig Pawson
53 comments so far
Bucks mag
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Comment #41Steve_48 – that story is so full of s*** it’s funny. No worries there mate.
Typical Sun reporting 🙂
will die for the toon army
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:29 PM
Comment #42Best will never score poor lad
Steve_48
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Comment #43Makes me laugh have you seen all the stewards who are supposed to TRY to stop all the fans from getting on the pitch – at 90 minutes it’s going to be such a laugh
will die for the toon army
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Comment #44We are champions. Thanks CH and staff plus the players.
ebol
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Comment #45Champions – nice!
wickywoowoo
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Comment #46Plymouth had a banner saying “Well Done Newcastle – Champions” at the start and now they are playing the Queen song for them.
What a classy touch. I hope Plymouth go back up next season.
Steve_48
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Comment #47wickywoowoo – it’s a great measure of respect to see that, hats off to Plymouth
Edd Case
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Comment #48Respect to Plymouth.
CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BACK WHERE WE BELONG!!!!!
Rodzilla
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Comment #49Panathinaikos isn’t even in Wales
Rodzilla
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Comment #50..neither is Bobby Davro, come to think of it
stk85
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Comment #51yes respect to plymouth indeed.
and yes FSA can FO indeed!!!
and experience does come with age. knowing that my age is the new cap for new recruits…. well, i feel dead old now!
ende
Apr 19, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Comment #52Plymoth is a class act. Fooken touched by that, I mean that. Free pints to any Plymoth supporters who can find me and claim ’em.
AngerOfTheNorth
Apr 19, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Comment #53Anyone think that maybe Kadar’s hamstring still hasn’t completely healed and therefore a full 90 minutes would have been a mistake? Hmmm…
As for Ranger, he’s held himself back. Carroll was little more than a reserve striker at the beginning of the season but broke his way in. Yet Ranger didn’t. Anyone wonder why..?
Regarding Inman, Vuckic etc, they’re still really young lads. If they were world beaters we might be playing them at their age but they’re not, so they’ll need to be brought along slowly.