The Newcastle team to start against FC Chemnitzer in Chemnitz tonight gives a first start to 22 year-old new signing Romain Amalfitano.
The game will kick off at 6:30 pm local time, which is in about 15 minutes time, at the Stadion an der Gellertstraße in Chemnitz.
The midfielder is part of a very young Newcastle line-up with chances being given to 20 year-old James Tavernier, 19 year-old Mehdi Abeid, 19 year-old Harris Vuckic and 20 year-old Sammy Ameobi, as well as to Amalfitano.
Rob Elliot gets a chance in goal to show how good he is, and veteran Steve Harper warms the bench, with number one goalkeeper Tim Krul still taking time off, after being part of the Dutch squad for the Euro 2012 tournament.
On the subs bench and likely to get a run-out is our other new signing – Gael Bigirimana from Coventry City – and it’s not surprising that manager Alan Pardew wants to take a look at some of Newcastle’s very promising youngsters tonight.
Also on the bench are some of Newcastle’s big guns like Demba Ba and Jonas Gutierrez, and Danny Simpson, who has today been linked with Reading, is also on the bench for tonight’s game.
Newcastle United (4-4-2): Rob Elliot; James Tavernier, James Perch, Mike Williamson, Ryan Taylor; Gabriel Obertan, Dan Gosling, Mehdi Abeid, Romain Amalfitano; Haris Vuckic, Sammy Ameobi
Substitutes: Steve Harper, Danny Simpson, Davide Santon, Gael Bigirimana, Jonas Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi, Demba Ba
294 comments so far
Gateshead-Mag
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Comment #81hahahahaha
wheres the dentist al do him!!!!
Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem)
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Comment #82Guys keep refreshing.
Elliot is bloody awful!
~Perchinho the Pheonix~
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Comment #83Swedish, its your job to give us updates on how well the new lads and the young lads are doing 😛
Can you handle this mission?
gorgonzola ( former Pecorino former to gorgonzola)
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Comment #84gonz 😀
HAHAHAHAHHA nah it means new kit looks crap :-/
Beattie25
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Comment #85First game of the 2012-2013 season and we conceded within 10 minutes.
It’s like we’ve never been away
Hwtfl
Ben3arfa
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Comment #86it was working for me before bt i refreshed and lost it lol
toonarmydownsouth
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Comment #87Der Dienst ist nicht verfügbar!
Readingmag
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM
Comment #88this service does not work…..REALLY !!! AHHHHHHH
toonLYF
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Comment #89cant believe i fking refreshed that site after id been waiting on it all fing day long!!!!!
SwedishMagpie
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Comment #90really boring game so far
~Perchinho the Pheonix~
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Comment #91“It is likely that the server hosting the webpage has been overloaded or encountered an error. In order to avoid causing too much traffic and making the situation worse, Google Chrome has temporarily stopped allowing requests to the server. ”
NO!
Hatem's better than Messi
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Comment #92Good time to lose – pre-season.
Makes the lads train harder.
Easy wins are pointless.
GeordieAnt
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Comment #93Lads I feel your pain. I had the site on for the past 3 hours and then refreshed about 20 minutes before kick off. I hate myself a little right now
ToonDownSouth
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Comment #94We should be black with white stripes, no white with black stripes.
Like magpies.
Valci
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Comment #95got the same Ben3arfa … dunno what it means but guessing its full or some such
geordie157
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:59 PM
Comment #96I really thought today would be the day when i get in from work, put on skysports news and hear Natalie Sawyer say Newastle have compled the siging of Debuchy. Oh well maybe next week then.
~Perchinho the Pheonix~
Jul 13, 2012 at 5:59 PM
Comment #97By the sounds of it, we are WBA.
toonLYF
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Comment #98TDS agree’d totally, i dont like this kit cause of the white overload, looks cheap
nickybutttt
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Comment #99ffs
i wat watching the link, however after i exited that link, i tried to re-open, but i can’t open!!
Beardo Ameobi
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Comment #100Lee Ryder is really going out on a limb with his updates.
Gateshead-Mag
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Comment #101beardo, wheres these updates
Kris
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Comment #102Pardew to announce Debuchy as a NUFC-player tonight! 😉
toonLYF
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Comment #103lee ryder is a f-ing prick
ToonDownSouth
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Comment #104Beardo was kidding. Ryder’s given about 3 updates since kick off.
https://twitter.com/lee_ryder/
Beardo Ameobi
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 PM
Comment #105https://twitter.com/lee_ryder
I was being sarcastic though. 35 mins in and he’s updated 3 times.
toonarmydownsouth
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 PM
Comment #106Mike ashley walks in to pardews office and says
“S’up al whats rob elliott got in common with stevie harps?”
Alan says
“I dunno tonnes of fum what has rob elliott got in common with harps?”
Big mike says
“Fcuk all i want my money back 🙁 “
toonLYF
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 PM
Comment #107so painful knowing the lads are playing and i dont know whats going on 🙁
geordie157
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:05 PM
Comment #108No Xisco on the bench, what is Pardew thinking lol. Serious question though, did he travel with the 1st team? Can’t see Ranger in the training pics either
BigKirky
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:06 PM
Comment #109Ranger has been left at home
Gateshead-Mag
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:07 PM
Comment #110aaaah reet haha following him nw anyways
Beardo Ameobi
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:08 PM
Comment #111So what I can glean so far, is that Tiote is glaring at the pitch so nobody dare move a muscle, and the one minute he popped to the loo to demolish another urinal with his hose, we had a corner and they countered and scored from it.
geordielad95
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Comment #112I quite like the new kit. i know its a bit too white but its different. Its like juves kit, gives us a european look! however, although i didnt like the kit from last season, i got used to it and i quite like it now. seems a shame to change it but.
SwedishMagpie
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:10 PM
Comment #113Mehdi Abeid best nufc player so far
SwedishMagpie
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:11 PM
Comment #114gosling almost scored good save by the keeper
geordielad95
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:12 PM
Comment #115@swedish hows amalafitano (or whatever) doing??
toonLYF
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Comment #116swedish you should get a desktop cam downloaded and you’ll be to stream us the match from your stream 😛
yorkshireToon
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Comment #117swedish – whos been the better team over all?
kevymartins
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Comment #118lee ryder is acting like a bellend here
SwedishMagpie
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Comment #119vuckic with a good shot but saved by the keeper
Toon1978
Jul 13, 2012 at 6:14 PM
Comment #120Best i have is live updates.
http://www.nufcfans.co.uk/match-live/