We asked fans the question, which 11 players would you pick in your Newcastle team v Crystal Palace?
We put together a list of the 22 players who could potentially be selected for this game from the first team squad.
Eddie Howe and his squad coming off the back of that defeat to West Ham on Monday.
Especially disappointing as before that, Newcastle had won three in a row against Chelsea, Arsenal and Forest.
Long-term injured Lascelles, Krafth and Botman will all be missing.
Whilst at his press conference on Friday, Eddie Howe said that thankfully the injuries/knocks picked up by Willock and Bruno against West Ham aren’t serious. With the Head Coach saying he would make a decision after training on Friday as to whether they would be included in the matchday squad for today.
Dan Burn returns to the squad after a one game ban, whilst Eddie Howe indicated Lewis Miley was set to be missing, with the 18 year old instead set to get minutes on Friday night playing for the Under 21s against Crystal Palace, so we didn’t include him. As it happens, Matt Targett was also included in that Under 21s team last night but we had included him amongst the 22 options to choose from.
So we were asking NUFC fans, what would be your Newcastle team v Crystal Palace?
An interesting set of choices by the Newcastle fans.
Percentages of supporter votes on all 22 players (percentages rounded up / down to nearest whole number).
So who have the Newcastle fans collectively gone for…?
The first eleven chosen by the Newcastle fans:
100% Hall
100% Schar
97% Isak
96% Pope
94% Burn
93% Joelinton
90% Gordon
86% Tonali
80% Livramento
69% Bruno
50% Barnes
The other eleven Newcastle players outside the top eleven fan choices:
47% Willock
42% Longstaff
22% Trippier
15% Wilson
10% Murphy
9% Almiron
5% Kelly
3% Osula
3% Dubravka
1% Vlachodimos
0% Targett
Many thanks to everybody who contributed.