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Newcastle’s starting XI seems to have gone down well with their fans, if our sample size of one MBM reader is anything to go by. “That seems a really sensible line-up for Newcastle,” begins John Davis. “It’s quite a convenient bout of illness - Dubravka is a great shot stopper but won’t leave his line. He’s trying to replace someone in Nick Pope who loves sweeping and you can see the pressure he’s under recently - he’s started to come out when he has no chance of making it, or hesitating, and it’s unsettling the defence. Karius did pretty well in his only game in the Carabao Cup final under lots of pressure, and I still reckon he was concussed when he made the errors in the Champions League final. Isak in for Barnes is great - Barnes is just back from a long injury and Isak is different class, and the pace of Tino against Saka gets Dan Burn out of the firing line after some tricky games. I’m not expecting to win, but it’s lovely going there with a team who will try and I’ve a sneaking suspicion we’ll wind them up even more after Gordon’s winner in our first match this season.”
The whistle has just gone at Dean Court, where Manchester City have beaten Bournemouth 1-0 thanks to Phil Foden’s first-half goal. Taha Hashim has the details.
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