Game On! Newcastle v Manchester City

Game On at St James' Park Good evening everyone. and welcome to this match article which will take us through every twist and turn of our Capital One cup tie against Manchester City.

Before I get onto the match tonight I wish to offer an apology.

You'll notice there was no match report on the game at the weekend which is basically because I couldn't bear to write about it. Fickle perhaps, but it was a hard defeat to take and I don't wish to relive it. I'd also like to apologise for the lack of a match preview for tonight. I had planned to write it yesterday but by the time I finished it was 11pm and after working for 15 hours I was pretty pooped by the time I got home and decided to hit the hay before starting work again just nine hours later. One day I'll win the lottery and not have to worry about money. One can dream...

Speaking of dreams, this game is about silverware and it would be nice to see us actually win something. Unfortunately though I'm struggling to get myself motivated for this because of the club stance on cup competitions which are, in their own words pretty much, not the priority. For me,we're in it so why not try and win it?

To stand a chance of winning it though we first have to beat a side who we've failed to record a win against in eight years. Manchester City always seem to turn it on against us and no doubt we'll transpire to give another insipid performance and limp out of what is most likely our most realistic chance of silverware.

The game itself is live on Sky here in the UK so finding a stream shouldn't be too difficult. If you do find a good one then please share it with your fellow United fans by leaving a link in the 'comments' section below. Full team news will be published as and when it becomes available.

I'm not usually so downbeat but with everything that has gone on and continues to go on at our club I can't help but feel disillusioned about it all. Hopefully tonight the players can give a performance that will start to heal the wounds suffered at the weekend, but this is a cup game and it's only the result that counts, whether that comes in 90 minutes, 120 minutes, or even with penalties.

Howay the lads!

Newcastle: Krul; Debuchy, Williamson, Yanga-Mbiwa, Haidara; Sissoko, Tiote (c), Anita, Gouffran; Shola Ameobi, Cisse

Subs: Elliot, Dummett, Cabaye, Sammy Ameobi, Ben Arfa, Obertan, Remy

Manchester City: Pantilimon, Richards, Boyata, Lescott, Kolarov, Rodwell, Garcia, Navas, Milner, Jovetic, Dzeko

Subs: Hart, Zabaleta, Nasri, Negredo, Silva, Fernandinho, Demichelis