Post by staggerstag on Aug 20, 2017 12:07:47 GMT
I'll be watching the first half only and will miss all of the big game at Wembley today. But '45 minutes is better than Jack Sprat.
Huddersfield rocked South London last week by pulling off a 0-3 victory over Palace including a brace from Mounie who starts today. Newcastle played most of the second half against Spurs last week with ten men following the dismissal of Jonjo 'Mad Dog' Shelvey and he of course misses out today.
Huddy : Lossl; Smith, Schindler, Zanka, Lowe; Mooy, Billing; Kachunga, Ince, Van La Parra; Mounie.
Subs: Coleman, Malone, Lolley, Williams, Quaner, Hefele, Palmer.
Toon : Elliot; Manquillo, Lascelles, Mbemba, Clark; Ritchie, Merino, Hayden, Atsu; Perez; Gayle.
Subs: Darlow, Saivet, Aarons, Diame, Murphy, Joselu, Mitrovic.
Ref : Craig 'Lawman' Pawson - 7 Yellows and 2 Reds in 1 PL outing this season (CFC v Burnley)
Huddersfield 9/5
Newcastle 9/5
Draw 11/5
(BET365)
Preamble by Nick Miller :
Huddersfield rocked South London last week by pulling off a 0-3 victory over Palace including a brace from Mounie who starts today. Newcastle played most of the second half against Spurs last week with ten men following the dismissal of Jonjo 'Mad Dog' Shelvey and he of course misses out today.
Huddy : Lossl; Smith, Schindler, Zanka, Lowe; Mooy, Billing; Kachunga, Ince, Van La Parra; Mounie.
Subs: Coleman, Malone, Lolley, Williams, Quaner, Hefele, Palmer.
Toon : Elliot; Manquillo, Lascelles, Mbemba, Clark; Ritchie, Merino, Hayden, Atsu; Perez; Gayle.
Subs: Darlow, Saivet, Aarons, Diame, Murphy, Joselu, Mitrovic.
Ref : Craig 'Lawman' Pawson - 7 Yellows and 2 Reds in 1 PL outing this season (CFC v Burnley)
Huddersfield 9/5
Newcastle 9/5
Draw 11/5
(BET365)
Preamble by Nick Miller :
April 22, 1972 was the last time Huddersfield Town played a home game in the top flight. That day, at Leeds Road, they lost 1-0 to Wolves, a defeat that all-but sealed their relegation from the First Division, a single goal scored by Steve Daley for a side who were half-distracted by the upcoming UEFA Cup final against Tottenham, enough to send Huddersfield to the Second Division. In truth it was a small miracle they lasted that long: Town won six league games that season, the last of which came on November 27. They scored only six goals in 1972 and only really survived until the last weeks because of eight post-Christmas draws, which in the days of two points for a win was just enough to keep them in touch.
And then there’s Newcastle. Rafa Benitez’s side finished five places and 13 points above Huddersfield last season, and had over a month head-start on them, sealing promotion on April 23. On that day, Benitez said: “Now is the time to enjoy what we have done. But then I must make sure we do the right things. We have to prepare everything to be strong enough for the Premier League.”
And yet they have not prepared. At least not properly. Most of the side you will see today will have been there last season, a Championship squad asked to do a Premier League job. They have a manager who has engineered a position of power that means he can and might well walk at any moment if he thinks things aren’t progressing to his liking, which they clearly aren’t at the moment. The grumbles have already started. Last weekend’s defeat to Tottenham, after Jonjo Shelvey’s latest bout of duncery, was forgivable. A loss to a team they should be streets ahead of this afternoon, less so.
And then there’s Newcastle. Rafa Benitez’s side finished five places and 13 points above Huddersfield last season, and had over a month head-start on them, sealing promotion on April 23. On that day, Benitez said: “Now is the time to enjoy what we have done. But then I must make sure we do the right things. We have to prepare everything to be strong enough for the Premier League.”
And yet they have not prepared. At least not properly. Most of the side you will see today will have been there last season, a Championship squad asked to do a Premier League job. They have a manager who has engineered a position of power that means he can and might well walk at any moment if he thinks things aren’t progressing to his liking, which they clearly aren’t at the moment. The grumbles have already started. Last weekend’s defeat to Tottenham, after Jonjo Shelvey’s latest bout of duncery, was forgivable. A loss to a team they should be streets ahead of this afternoon, less so.