Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle 30/8/08

colorado · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:37 pm

Arsenal vs Newcastle

Barclays Premier League30th Aug 2008 KO 17:30 Ground: Emirates Stadium

Quote:

Arsenal host Newcastle United at Emirates Stadium in Saturday's evening Premier League fixture with both sides eyeing victory for contrasting reasons.

Arsene Wenger's side were guilty of a below-par display last weekend as Fulham claimed a deserved 1-0 triumph at Craven Cottage.

The loss has seen the Gunners come in for criticism and, while a comfortable midweek UEFA Champions League qualifying win over FC Twente provided temporary respite, Wenger will be eager to prove his side have the credentials to land domestic glory this term.

Newcastle, meanwhile, have impressed during the early stages of the campaign after they secured an opening day draw at Manchester United before downing Bolton Wanderers.

Three points in North London would hand the Magpies their best start to a Premier League season in 13 years, however heading into the encounter Kevin Keegan's men may not be as fresh as the manager had initially anticipated.

The St James' Park club needed extra-time on Tuesday as they claimed a 3-2 success over Coventry City to book their place in the third round of the Carling Cup, and Keegan will be hopeful his players will show no adverse effects when they take on the Gunners.

Team news
Wenger is still without a number of long-term absentees, with Eduardo, Abou Diaby and Tomas Rosicky all still sidelined, however the French tactician is boosted by availability of star midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who made his return from injury against FC Twente.

French captain William Gallas and forward Theo Walcott both sustained slight knee injuries in Wednesday's win over the Dutch outfit, but the duo are expected to be fit for this weekend's clash.

For Newcastle, Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins is set to miss out with groin trouble so Michael Owen could be poised to make his first start of the season, with the England international looking to record four goals in as many games.

Damien Duff and Mark Viduka are sidelined with groin and Achilles injuries respectively, while Geremi's absence (knee) could pave the way for a surprise return for Joey Barton after the midfielder was included in the squad..

Possible starting XIs
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Walcott, Denilson, Fabregas, Nasri, Van Persie, Adebayor.

Newcastle: Given, Beye, Taylor, Coloccini, Enrique, Gutierrez, Butt, Guthrie, N'Zogbia, Smith, Owen.

http://www.skysports.com/football/match ... 71,00.html

radford149 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:39 pm **Posts:** 2410

i'll take a draw, i feel that bad

Ms TC · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:53 pm

3-1

pixie · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:34 am

ArsenalOnSkis · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:02 am

Any result with Arsenal having more goals than Newcastle will do fine for me. We should see this as the starting lineup:

Almunia

Sagna Toure Gallas Clichy

Theo Cesc Deni Nasri

RVP Ade

radford149 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:39 pm **Posts:** 2410

toures' FAT and theo theo is not good enough

ArsenalOnSkis · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:59 am

I disagree, but that's immaterial. I still say that what I put above is what we'll see.

Who else would you play on the right instead of Theo, and would you really put Djourou and maybe Song ahead of Toure?

Elitestriker · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:24 am

2-0 arsenal

colorado · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:45 am

ArsenalOnSkis · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:25 pm

Lineups are in:

Almunia
Sagna
Gallas
Toure
Clichy
Eboue
Fabregas
Denilson
Nasri
RVP
Ade

Melksham Gooner · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:32 pm

Well we made that look easy. Newcastle were shite. We could (probably should tbh) have won by more.

enjibenji · **Joined:** Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:22 am **Posts:** 1043

i no i said this game would be a test, but it was no where near it, we played well im not taking that away, but we still need someone to come in along side cesc

ArsenalOnSkis · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:23 pm

To be fair, though, Deni had a great match. He's starting to really improve...let's hope he can keep it up.

skull_danielison · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:15 pm

here the injury prone rvp goes again. had a great game but well he looks like he is injure again

ArsenalOnSkis · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:45 pm

Where'd you get the idea that he's injured? I can't find any story about it on sky, BBC, ESPN, or the Arsenal website...

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Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle 30/8/08

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