Match thread - NUFC v Bournemouth

[Toondes]

Courtesy of NUFC.com

Bournemouth (h)

Newcastle return to SJP on Saturday looking to extend their unbeaten home run to four games against a Cherries side who ended a sequence of four away defeats with a 3-1 win at Stoke on their last trip.

Kick-off is an old-fashioned 3pm and the game is now sold out, with the visitors taking 1,600 places.

Be aware that a minute's silence will be observed before kick-off as NUFC's Remembrance Day tribute.


NUFC: Mikel Merino misses out with a back problem that saw him omitted from the Spanish U21 squad. He's also doubtful for the visit to Old Trafford in a fortnight.

Paul Dummett should be in contention to return within a month or so, assuming no setbacks.

Isaac Hayden remains one yellow card away from reaching five and an automatic one match ban.

Ex-Cherries duo Matt Ritchie and Christian Atsu are in line to play against their former club for the first time.



Parking: Northumbria University offer weekend car parking to the public for £4 all day (or £1 per hour). 500 spaces are available at Lipman and City Campus East: book online here or turn up to pay & display.

BFC: If the comments of manager Eddie Howe are an indication, Jermain Defoe will be in Bournemouth's starting lineup despite recent hamstring issues.

The England striker's first goal against Newcastle came for West Ham way back in April 2002, with his eighth and most recent for the mackems during March 2016.

Joshua King and Ryan Fraser are also doubtful, while Tyrone Mings, Brad Smith, Benik Afobe and Junior Stanislas are all unavailable.

Referee: Paul Tierney - who was also in charge at SJP in March 2016 when Bournemouth ran out 3-1 winners.

Since then the Lancashire-based whistler has presided over a 2-0 win at Barnsley and 0-1 home defeat by Sheffield Wednesday, both in the Championship.

Travel: No scheduled Metro disruptions.

Roads around SJP will be traffic free for 20 minutes either side of the final whistle, with barriers closed at these junctions:

Strawberry Place/Leazes Park Road
Strawberry Place/Barrack Road
Strawberry Place/St James Street
Strawberry Lane

Leazes Terrace will also be traffic-free for the same period, additionally closing from 2pm.

There's a Newcastle United Food Bank collection at the stall on Strawberry Place. If you aren't able to bring items, cash collection tins are available and donations are most welcome. Donate in other ways here

UK TV: None

Overseas TV:

Astro SuperSport 3
beIN Sports MENA HD 2
beIN Sports MENA HD 11
beIN Sports 1 Indonesia
beIN Sports 1 N Zealand
beIN Sports Tha HD1
BES TV China
Canal+ Sport 2 Afrique
Canal+ Sport (Poland)
Diema Sport 2 HD (Bulg)
DIRECTV Sports Argentina
DIRECTV Sports Caribbean
DIRECTV Sports Chile
DIRECTV Sports Colombia
ESPN Brazil
Eurosport 1 Romania +HD
Flow Sports App
K+1 (Vietnam)
mio Stadium 102 HD
mio Stadium 107 HD
NBC Sports Network (USA) NOW 621 Hong Kong
Optus Sport (Australia)
QQ Sports Live (China)
S Sport +HD (Turkey)
Sky HD (Mexico)
Sky Planeta Futbol
Sky Sports PL (Ireland)
SKY NET Sports 5
Sport 24 At Sea HD
SportsNavi Live (Japan)
Sportsnet (Canada)
SPS HD (Mongolia)
Star Sports Select HD1
Ssports Live (China)
SuperSport 3 Africa
SuperSport 3 Nigeria
TV2Sumo (Norway)
TV2 Sport Premium/2 HD
Viaplay Sweden
Viasat Finland
Viasat Sport Premium

UK Radio: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle

Stats:

Assuming they are involved on Saturday:

Isaac Hayden and Mo Diame will both make their 50th appearances in all competitions for the club while Rob Elliot will complete a half century of league games.

Cherries in Toon - all-time:
2015/16 lost 1-3 Perez (PL)
1991/92 drew 2-2 Hunt 2 (FAC) (lost 3-4 pens)
1989/90 won 3-0 Anderson, Quinn 2 (D2)
1972/73 won 2-0 Macdonald, OG (FAC)


Upcoming Premier League fixtures:

Sat 04.11.2017:
Stoke City v Leicester City (12.30pm) Sky
Huddersfield Town v West Bromwich Albion (3pm)
Newcastle v Bournemouth (3pm)
Southampton v Burnley (3pm)
Swansea City v Brighton (3pm)
West Ham v Liverpool (5.30pm) BT

Sun 05.11.2017:
Spurs v Crystal Palace (Noon) BT
Manchester City v Arsenal (2.15pm) Sky
Chelsea v Manchester United (4.30pm) Sky
Everton v Watford (4.30pm)

[bodacious benny]

Merino out for 2-3 weeks, not bad timing.

[Toondes]

I hope he drops f***ing Joselu tomorrow

[bodacious benny]

I hope he drops f***ing Joselu tomorrow

I really want Mitro to start. Not happening tho.

[Deano]

I want to see a winning team gutted merino is injured really like what ive seen of the lad so far this will be my 3rd of the season

[ALF]

I don't know what's happening with Mitro. Surely if he was that out of favour he'd have had the Colback treatment?

[Toondes]

I’d even start Gayle over Joselu. He offers absolutely nothing. Poor touch , easily beaten and I’ve lost count of how many times he’s given the ball away. “A poor pass from Joselu “ seems to be all you hear on commentary.

The premier league is pretty unforgiving as we found out on Monday and something needs to change. Perez and Joselu are too ineffectual. How many goals have they contributed as a front two ?

I like Rafa but he is too stubborn. Give Mitro 90mins !!!!

[Colly]

As much as Joselu hasn't been fantastic without beating two players on his own I think he'd struggle to have done a lot more. He's winning flick ons to no one since he's 20 yards ahead of the rest of the team. Put Gayle there and we don't even get that. Put Mitro there and we get exactly the same. Joselu isn't the issue, the tactics are. I keep banging on about this like a stuck record, but exactly the same issue Riviere and Luuk Dr Hong had where neither got the service to remotely tell whether they could've done a job or not. At least at the moment we're sacrificing that in favour of a solid defense, whereas with those two we were shipping goals too...

[UlversToon]

3-0 Toon despite having no strikers!

[Don Sholeone]

With Merino out i worry about us

[overseasTOON]

As much as Joselu hasn't been fantastic without beating two players on his own I think he'd struggle to have done a lot more. He's winning flick ons to no one since he's 20 yards ahead of the rest of the team. Put Gayle there and we don't even get that. Put Mitro there and we get exactly the same. Joselu isn't the issue, the tactics are. I keep banging on about this like a stuck record, but exactly the same issue Riviere and Luuk Dr Hong had where neither got the service to remotely tell whether they could've done a job or not. At least at the moment we're sacrificing that in favour of a solid defense, whereas with those two we were shipping goals too...

To be fair to Joselu in the previous match, he was on his own and supposed to hold it up against two good central defenders and he never stood a chance with those tactics.

His distribution came under fire and for a few cases, it was well deserved but in the main he was outplayed and out muscled and the central defenders he was up against found it far too easy.

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With Merino out i worry about us

Hopefully we should see Hayden picked ahead of Diamé this week. I’m not holding my breath for though

[ALF]

As much as Joselu hasn't been fantastic without beating two players on his own I think he'd struggle to have done a lot more. He's winning flick ons to no one since he's 20 yards ahead of the rest of the team. Put Gayle there and we don't even get that. Put Mitro there and we get exactly the same. Joselu isn't the issue, the tactics are. I keep banging on about this like a stuck record, but exactly the same issue Riviere and Luuk Dr Hong had where neither got the service to remotely tell whether they could've done a job or not. At least at the moment we're sacrificing that in favour of a solid defense, whereas with those two we were shipping goals too...

Mitro has fantastic control on his chest from the long ball. That's why he's so good at bringing others into play. A lot less flicks to absolutely nobody.

[Tsi]

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[Don Sholeone]

Just about to post that, 2 up top today, interesting

[TBC]

Perez dropped

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Interesting

[Aldridge Prior]

Is that a 4-4-2???

[beatski]

still no mitro

[TBC]

There had to be a change whether it be Joselu or Perez, it just wasn't working - as good a point as Collys was about service.

My thoughts on Perez isn't a secret here but I fully expect him to come on and look a world beater. Convinced he's more suited to coming on as an impact player and his long run in the starting 11 hasn't changed that opinion.