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Newcastle’s Next Eight Games – How Many Points Can We Get?

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison
3:27pm Sunday, September 16th, 2018
Commented 26 times


There are two more International breaks before we get to late November and December when there will be a bunch of games through January 1st.

Newcastle’s next eight games take us through to the game at Burnley on Monday night 26 November following the second International break.

The other starts before then and after we play at Manchester United on Saturday 6th October.

It will be interesting to see how many of these games we can win.

Rafa Benitez – another difficult task this season

Wins and all 3 points will be important to Newcastle if we are to move quickly away from the relegation zone, which is what we’re hoping for – long before the end of this year.

Here are the upcoming eight fixtures through November.

Date         Fixture                        KO time
Sat 22 Sep   Crystal Palace vs Newcastle    3:00pm
Sat 29 Sep   Newcastle vs Leicester         3:00pm
Sat 06 Oct   Man United vs Newcastle        5:30pm
Sat 20 Oct   Newcastle vs Brighton          3:00pm
Sat 27 Oct   Southampton vs Newcastle       3:00pm 
Sat 03 Nov   Newcastle vs Watford           3:00pm
Sat 10 Nov   Newcastle vs Bournemouth       3:00pm
Mon 26 Nov   Burnley vs Newcastle           8:00pm

There will also be 8 Premier League games from 1st December through 1st January for Newcastle – as many as we play from now through the end of November.

Let’s hope everybody will be fit for the December games – apart from Florian Lejeune, who could be back in January.

How many points do you think we can get from the eight games above?

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26 comments so far

  • SPRINGY

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:35 PM

    Comment #1

    Not good to say…but i can only see about 8 points from them games….hope wrong like

    1

  • kimbo

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:36 PM

    Comment #2

    Next 8 games 4 points giving us 5 points from third of season.

    1

  • catchy in norway

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:38 PM

    Comment #3

    7 points

    0

  • catchy in norway

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:39 PM

    Comment #4

    catchy in norway

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:37 PM

    Comment #34
    Silly question time

    Ritchie, Why is he subbed all the time and not Perez? I see on here and on other sites that he features very high on the MOM board, Ritchie along with Yedlin are our threat.

    so what is it we all see that Rafa cannot?

    Why has Rafa left us with really only one type of CF, a target man type, both Rondon and Joselu dont have pace, and for what ever reason, Rondon is 2nd best, it seems like Joselu is his preferred CF. does that not worry anyone?

    Why are our summer signings taking so long to get game time?

    last thing,, Wolves,, wow,, they actually play football, how is it possible, Nuno Espirito Santo has not won the champions league.. I bet he is on half of what Rafa is on

    2

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:39 PM

    Comment #5

    Unless MA either sells up or actually buys some players we are always going to struggle
    This,next and every season.

    Myself i can see a possible 12 points from those games.

    1

  • BenArfa the magician

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:39 PM

    Comment #6

    Wolves had 30 shots against Burnley, It would take us about 10 games to do that.

    4

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:40 PM

    Comment #7

    LOL

    Catchy and his Rafa out bollocks

    Its not repetitive at all

    Its never MAs fault

    0

  • Just a fan

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:41 PM

    Comment #8

    Toon 22 you have a frogs head avivta. I hear Ashley likes frogs legs.just saying.Be careful where you hop to.

    0

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:41 PM

    Comment #9

    It seems its only me who does that

    0

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:43 PM

    Comment #10

    Ahh direct threats now were getting somewhere

    Its never MAs fault

    0

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:44 PM

    Comment #11

    Wonder if i could get a go fund me up and running to defend myself against him in court ?

    https://www.gofundme.com/

    Or do you think he would just employ some thugs ??

    0

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:45 PM

    Comment #12

    I kinda like the court idea as he would be made to answer some very interesting questions

    LOL

    0

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:45 PM

    Comment #13

    Maybe he would ask Mr Bishop to sort it out

    https://www.kbapr.com/

    0

  • Slank

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:46 PM

    Comment #14

    Very impressed with Wolves.

    Look like a top team. They are composed and pass the ball well. And have some very skillfull players. They are very attack minded. Pleasure to watch.

    1

  • SPRINGY

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:47 PM

    Comment #15

    Just a thought on ritchie sub….maybe its because he is so important to the next game that taking him off before he does himself an injury myt be why he gets withdrawn….he has only just been injured and he may of been carrying it thru the beginning of the season…but could be that he he gets wound up and he get the hook before he blows a fuse….tbh could be anything!lol…i would like see ritchie moved in field behind the striker and perez either off or moved up to striker for a spell towards the end of a game…just to see if it makes a difference….doubt hat will happen tho.

    2

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:50 PM

    Comment #16

    Richie is going to be a very important player for us this season

    Hope he stays fit,we need him.

    1

  • RUNAWAY777

    Sep 16, 2018 at 3:52 PM

    Comment #17

    The why our lot play hot and cold would hate to guess how many point we will get in up coming games best ask rafa what why he will set the team up attack or deffend .

    0

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:02 PM

    Comment #18

    While your at it maybe you could ask MA why he bought HOF instead of some footballers

    1

  • Our Toon

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:05 PM

    Comment #19

    In rafa’s time with us can anyone point to what identity the team has, I’m just curious go know.

    we can’t seem to pass the ball around like most teams

    Get nosebleeds when we attack

    Can’t defend properly yet stick to that

    The only guarantee is rafa will make like for like changes on or after 70mins with no intention to change tactics, just personnel.

    I don’t get the lovefest, i see plenty of faults, in 3 / 4 seasons we can’t even pass the ball forward, we have no clue how to create chances

    6

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:13 PM

    Comment #20

    Rafa assembled his squad from the bargain bin
    We made a profit on players again

    Why do you suppose teams spend money on players ?

    Your ignoring the problem and creating a scape goat

    1

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:14 PM

    Comment #21

    Can you explain why teams spend hundreds of millions on players ?

    Is it because they just love spending money ?

    It’s never MAs fault

    2

  • kimbo

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:15 PM

    Comment #22

    Rafa’s tactics are don’t get into a winning position, but defend a 0-0 and hope the other team scores first.

    4

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:33 PM

    Comment #23

    As so we have a team who should be able to play the top 6 and compete

    I agree

    When are we buying the players ??

    It’s never MAs fault

    1

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:35 PM

    Comment #24

    Our whole squad cost about as much as Marhez

    Do you think Rafa didn’t want to spend the money we made from Mitro ?

    Why do top teams spend so much on players ?

    It’s all a total mystery

    1

  • toon22

    Sep 16, 2018 at 4:37 PM

    Comment #25

    Let’s not spend money on players and have my PR team blame Rafa

    Ring any bells ?

    1

  • AdoptedGeordie

    Sep 17, 2018 at 2:15 AM

    Comment #26

    12 points 3 wins 3 draws 2 defeats leaving us with 13 points from 13 games but 5 of the top 6 all played once

    1

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