Managerless Newcastle Facing First in Trio of Critical Games
January 11th, 2008
Newcastle dropped a bomb shell this week by sacking Sam Allardyce, just days before the first of a critical run of games starting this weekend at Old Trafford. The Geordies are without a win in five games, and over the next weeks play Man Utd, Bolton (Big Sam’s previous club) and Arsenal in the Premiership, as well as a key FA Cup third round replay. To make matters worse caretaker manager, Nigel Pearson, is without captain, Geremi, Obafemi Martins, Abdoulaye Faye and Habib Beye, all playing in the African Cup of Nations.
In contrast Alex Ferguson has no exposure to that event, and though he has expressed sympathy for Allardyce, there will be no room for emotion as the Red Devils look to keep the pressure on Arsenal. United were in cruise control winning 2-0 in the FA Cup at Villa Park last weekend, and have won ten straight home league fixtures. The Magpies have just two wins in 13 games, both of which were achieved by 90th minute goals, so given the additional problems of the loss of their manager, unsurprisingly start under-dogs with PinnacleSports 2.210 (+1.5) with Man Utd 1.763 (-1.5).
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