On Monday, we asked Newcastle United fans which 11 players would you pick in the Newcastle team v Qarabag?
Eddie Howe and his squad hoping to progress to the last 16 of the Champions League.
United looking to finish the job they started so spectacularly in Baku, that 6-1 away victory in Azerbaijan.
We put together a list of the 21(*) players who could potentially be selected for this game.
Newcastle United overwhelming favourites to go through BUT which eleven players do you think Eddie Howe should select?
Strongest possible to make absolutely sure?
A ‘reserve’ team to rest all the key players in such a busy schedule, three other huge home matches to quickly follow this one in the next week and a half against Everton, Man U and Man City?
Or a bit of a mixture?
Missing due to injury; Livramento, Schar, Krafth, Miley and Bruno all look certain to be unavailable. Malick Thiaw also ruled out, a one game suspension. (*We included Park Seung-soo but apparently he won’t be eligible to play because he wasn’t named in the NUFC senior Champions League squad AND doesn’t meet the criteria either to be available as an Under 21 player on the B list)
So here is the NUFC fans collective choice of Newcastle team v Qarabag (Percentage of fans voting for each player, rounded up to the nearest whole number):
Top eleven:
85% Ramsdale
82% Burn
82% Ramsey
79% Alex Murphy
76% Botman
69% Joelinton
67% Willock
58% Jacob Murphy
57% Osula
51% Sean Neave
51% Leo Shahar
The rest:
50% Barnes
49% Elanga
43% Woltemade
40% Hall
39% Trippier
33% Wissa
32% (*)Park Seung-soo
27% Tonali
23% Gordon
15% Pope
I reckon pretty much impossible to predict the team that Eddie Howe will pick tonight but one thing for sure, in my opinion, is that the Newcastle United boss will be making full use of his bench to share the minutes around. So many huge games coming up.