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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 2:08:37 GMT
Newcastle United F.C. vs. Liverpool F.C. 2023-2024 Premier League - 27 August 2023, 16:30 GMT (11:30am EDT) at St. James' Park
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 2:11:02 GMT
All-Time Head-to-Head -Newcastle United: 50 wins -Liverpool: 90 wins -44 draws
Last Five Premier League Results -18 Feb. 2023 (NU): Liverpool 2, Newcastle United 0 -31 August 2022 (LIV: Liverpool 2, Newcastle United 1 -30 April 2022 (NU): Liverpool 1, Newcastle United 0 -16 Dec. 2021 (LIV): Liverpool 3, Newcastle United 1 -24 April 2021 (LIV): Liverpool 1, Newcastle United 1
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 3:53:38 GMT
(The Guardian) Klopp’s sharpening rivalry with HoweEddie Howe claims he and his team “are in a good place” but whether Newcastle can register a first Premier League win against Liverpool since December 2015, when Steve McClaren occupied Howe’s current office, remains to be seen. Newcastle pipped Jürgen Klopp’s side to fourth place last spring and the German will undoubtedly be keen to exert a measure of revenge against a manager with whom his deepening rivalry has acquired a distinctly sharp edge. If Liverpool fans are still coming to terms with Jordan Henderson’s departure for Saudi Arabia, their Newcastle counterparts will doubtless miss booing the one-time Sunderland midfielder’s every touch. Klopp can only hope his new-look engine room proves sufficiently robust to prevent those home supporters cheering their new hero, Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali, to the rafters.
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:25:48 GMT
(The Guardian) More from Klopp on the Saudi money flooding into the game and their transfer window which doesn’t close until 20 September. “It’s not cool for us, that’s clear. If we want a player from Wigan, say, we go there and we pay the price. Same in Bundesliga etc. Now there’s a next level and it’s not great but this is part of the business. Not sure you can change that. What makes it impossible to deal with is our transfer window closes and they stay open. Then we play until January 1st and this is our squad, we have that problem. I remember something like this in Russia a long time ago. That was not completely crazy money. It’s new and challenging. I am pretty sure FIFA could [change their deadline] but I am not sure they want to.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:29:05 GMT
(The Guardian) Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has been giving Bruno Guimaraes a lesson on how to deal with criticism and awkward questions. After the Magpies lost 1-0 at Manchester City last week, the Brazilian midfielder accused some online detractors of having “short stupid memories” in a message since deleted. Howe said: “I’m certainly not going to criticise the supporters here. I think it’s more a lesson for us. I choose not to be on social media for that exact reason, because I want a clear thought process. I don’t want to pollute my thoughts with things that I read and avoid certain situations, so I take myself out of that environment. “The players can choose to be on it, that’s absolutely fine because that’s their individual choice, but I think it’s important that we don’t overly react emotionally to certain things. Now, Bruno is a very emotional person and I think you’ve seen on the pitch, it’s so positive for us, that emotion. He uses it brilliantly, he has used it brilliantly to not just perform well, but build a feeling with the supporters because I think the supporters see how much it means to him. It’s all positive in terms of that feeling that Bruno has, but this is just maybe a little lesson for him.” To prove his status as the king of non-confrontation, Howe also straight-batted a question about whether he has a relationship with Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp, who has aimed a series of barbs at Newcastle’s newly-acquired wealth. “I don’t really have a relationship with any manager. I’m competing against them, I find it very difficult to have personal relationships with competitors. I respect Jürgen a lot. I think he’s done an incredible job. He’s an unbelievable football manager, but I draw the line at friendships because they don’t exist for me.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:31:56 GMT
(The Guardian) Some Liverpool team news for the trip to Newcastle. With the Magpies running amok against Aston Villa in their last home game (5-1), this isn’t ideal: Ibrahima Konate hasn’t trained this week after suffering a muscle injury in last weekend’s 3-1 win over Bournemouth at Anfield. “Ibou is a doubt. Playing 40 minutes with 10 men [following Alexis Mac Allister’s now overturned red card] didn’t help,” said Jürgen Klopp. Joel Matip is set to step in although there’s better news elsewhere with Trent Alexander-Arnold passed fit after he hobbled off in that Bournemouth win. For Newcastle, Joelinton has returned to training after picking up a knock and should be available. Joe Willock is still absent due to a hamstring injury.
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Post by Ste_Macca on Aug 27, 2023 14:27:53 GMT
According to some media outlets, this is Mo Salahs last game before he goes to that oil league. Do I believe this? Well if they do put in a silly bid for him then it would be silly of FSG to say no in a business sense.
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 14:55:22 GMT
(The Guardian) Preamble--In a lifetime of football obsession, certain images stick in the mind. And for your matchday commentator, one such comes from an earlier rendition of this afternoon’s tussle, almost 25 years ago to the day, that to this day remains as mind-bogglingly nauseating as it did at the time. Liverpool won the game – Ruud Gullit’s first as Newcastle manager – 4-1, but what sticks in the mind is the revoltingly competent hat-trick disbursed by Michael Owen, fresh off his France ’98 earth-shattering, inside its first 32 minutes. The third goal, in particular, is a sublime effort, a burst past Philippe Albert followed by a chip stabbed over the still-upright Shay Given’s shoulder … after which Owen ran along the by-line, goggled eyes in mock disbelief at his own magnificence, then in a performance of performative twee that singed souls from Tyneside to Tuvalu, joyfully rubbed hands at the sheer hilariously unfathomable ease of it all. He was 18. Today is the first time in a long time that the home side arrive at this fixture as favourites to take the points, and it’s easy to see why. The provenance of Newcastle’s upturn is unignorable, but in that context – *that* context – Eddie Howe has done a terrific job, drilling a physically monstrous squad, embroidered with the extra quality of Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimarães . to become the Premier League’s least pleasant opponents. They are grooved, nasty, and absolutely ravenous. Liverpool, meanwhile, remain something of a mess. Their attacking brilliance and options are such that that’ve a shot at winning any game, but their midfield is unsettled at best and suss at worst while, in defence, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson look past their peaks and Trent Alexander-Arnold will always be Trent. They do, though, know the significance of this encounter and how to prevail in one similar to it. All of which means this is set up for a properly banging game of association football, both teams getting after it from the off. Here we go!
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 14:57:18 GMT
(The Guardian) Teams-- Newcastle United (a non-negotiable 4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Gordon. Subs: Dubravka, Lascelles, Wilson, Targett, Barnes, Livramento, Anderson, Longstaff, Murphy. -- Liverpool (a creaking 4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson; Endo, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz. Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Nunez, Elliott, Tsimikas, Doak, Bajcetic, Jota, Quansah. -- Referee: John Brooks (Melton Mowbray)
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 14:58:09 GMT
(The Guardian) Unsurprisingly, Newcastle are unchanged. They weren’t great at City last week, but that’s a very specific challenge and Howe’s current first XI well deserve another go.
Jürgen Klopp, meanwhile, remains without Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konaté and Thiago, while new signing Endo makes his first start, in for Diogo Jota.
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 14:58:43 GMT
According to some media outlets, this is Mo Salahs last game before he goes to that oil league. Do I believe this? Well if they do put in a silly bid for him then it would be silly of FSG to say no in a business sense. To quote the great Hyman Roth w/regards to football...
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 14:59:30 GMT
(The Guardian) I’m properly looking forward to seeing how Newcastle go here. Even last season, they were a proposition, but what they have now are options. That’s a test for the manager, who has to pick the right players for the right games – already, we’re seeing Mikel Arteta struggling a little in a similar situation – but on the plus side, he can change a game from the bench and the competition for places looks ideal for a squad, many of whose members would never have expected to be challenging at the top of the table.
As for Liverpool, I’m excited to see how their new-look midfield takes shape. I’m not sure it’s recovered since Wijnaldum was replaced with Thiago as no longer could they run opponents off the pitch, forcing high turnovers and allowing their full-backs to playmake. Well, they’re back to fielding three young men now, three runners with quality, and Dominic Szoboszlai, in particular, has gamebreaking ability that Klopp’s brand of HR genius gives him a great chance of harnessing.
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 15:12:48 GMT
(The Guardian) Email! “Herr Jurgen has passed his 7-year period at Liverpool,” notes Jeff Sax. “And so they will not challenge the top three this season.” I’m not sure there’s a bar that means a genius like Klopp is no longer effective, but Liverpool succcess was underpinned not just by him but by the best run of transfer business possibly in the history of the game. Replacing the likes of Mané, Fabinho and Henderson is hard enough, but to do it within a budget, for the kind of money they cost? Almost impossible.
“G’Day Web,” begins Chris Paraskevas. “This is a real litmus test for Howe, Jason ‘Mad Dog’ Tindall and co. I think they fluffed their lines tactically and performance-wise at the Etihad last week, so there’s added pressure here. Over the years us Newcastle fans have subjected to way too many replays of ‘that’ Collymore goal. Why don’t we see more replays of Andy Caroll diving like (pre-Guy Ritchie) Jason Statham when presented with a tap-in, Reina’s red card and Jose Enrique having to play goalkeeper? You just had to be there (and by ‘there’ I mean drunk in a Sydney dive-bar with barely enough money to get home).” As long as not a Bud Light you're drinking...
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 15:14:59 GMT
(The Guardian) It’s interesting that Klopp has made plans so specific for today, he felt unable to pick a player who missed the session. I imagine he’s worked hard on shutting down the flanks because everyone now knows – years later than they should’ve done – that they’re vulnerable in that area. I daresay he’ll also have given his midfield three specific instructions about where to be and when, covering for the defenders while supporting the attack.
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 15:21:51 GMT
(The Guardian) Eddie Howe tells Sky that when Newcastle deliver against strong opponents, they commit to the performance. His players know what’s expected of them and the crowd will be there for them as they always are, but the team need to be too. It’s a tough league, and though Newcastle had difficult experiences against Liverpool last season, they’re not focused on that. Tactically, he has to deal with Alexander-Arnold moving into midfield – he was asked whether he’d be targeting the gap, but notes that the tweak came along with a succession of good Liverpool performances.
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