Source: Northern_Echo
Perch and Krul start for Magpies
JAMES PERCH has been preferred to Ryan Taylor to fill the right-back slot for Newcastle United against Stoke City today.[LNB] Perch, who has completed a one match suspension for five yellow cards, comes in to a pretty familiar looking Magpies starting line-up.[LNB] There are first St James' Park starts for Cheik Tiote and Hatem Ben Arfa, but both played their part in the win at Everton eight days ago.[LNB] Dutchman Tim Krul also starts following confirmation that Steve Harper will be out for 12 weeks.[LNB] Stoke City, on the other hand, include four former Sunderland players in their starting line-up, including £8m striker Kenwyne Jones.[LNB] NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-2-3-1): Krul; Perch, Williamson, Coloccini, Enrique; Barton, Tiote; Routledge, Nolan, Ben Arfa; Carroll. Subs: Lovenkrands, Taylor, Smith, Gutierrez, Ameobi, Ranger, Soderberg (gk) STOKE CITY (4-4-2): Sorensen; Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth. Collins; Whelan, Whitehead, Diao, Etherington; Walters, Jones. Subs: Begovic (gk), Higginbotham, Gudjohnsen, Fuller, Wilson, Delap, Faye.[LNB]
