This is the team Bruce has selected for the match today against Leicester City. As usual, we were way off in our prediction. To think we had Kelland Watts in the starting eleven, and he hasn’t even made the squad.
TEAM-NEWS ?
Steve Bruce has named his starting XI to take on @LCFC at St. James' Park this afternoon. ????#NUFC | #NEWLEI pic.twitter.com/p7YfOQsPtm
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) January 1, 2020
It’s just two changes from Everton with the surprise selection of Yoshinori Muto, who comes in for Andy Carroll. Javier Manquillo resumes his role at right wing-back.
Bruce is going to go with Florian Lejeune in the back three after his struggles this past weekend. Joelinton and Fabian Schar also shake off knocks to keep their place.
This is the starting eleven that Brendan Rodgers has decided on. It’s the third start for former Magpie Ayoze Perez against us. But there’s no Jamie Vardy to be found, which is good news.
LEICESTER XI V NEWCASTLE: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Söyüncü, Fuchs, Evans, Pereira, Maddison, Ndidi, Tielemans, Ayoze, Iheanacho #NEWLEI
— HITC Sport – Live (@HITCsportLive) January 1, 2020
The Foxes sit in second place in the Premier League while Newcastle are in 11th. A loss today could really see us tumble down the table, but it is what it is.
A good performance is expected, especially taking into consideration what happened in the away fixture earlier this year. Hopefully, we’ll get a pleasant surprise, and the lads can start 2020 on the right foot.
Howay The Lads!
199 comments so far
Munster Mag
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:28 PM
Comment #81Sitter missed by joelinton
ilovetoon8788
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:28 PM
Comment #82Just a god awful football team.
c-dog
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:30 PM
Comment #83Ronaldinho
Joelinton? Pure dross
Munster Mag
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:30 PM
Comment #84Toon on top apparently
TomaKaThor
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:31 PM
Comment #85Muto needs to get closer to Joelinton
Hail Wor Ashley
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:32 PM
Comment #86Muto playing really well. Ref takes wind out of our sails.
TomaKaThor
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:34 PM
Comment #87Was actually a very good save the Joelinton chance, I thought he fluffed it originally
AncientC
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:36 PM
Comment #88Good grief. Leicester don’t seem like they have got out of 2nd gear yet either.
Hail Wor Ashley
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:36 PM
Comment #89Almiron on the other hand has been awful.
JP...from The Rock
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:36 PM
Comment #90Wtf Lejuene!!!? ANOTHER BLOODY GIFT FFS!!! Fuming!
TOONoZAVR
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Comment #9140mln…drinking vodka and keeping silence…HNY anywhere!
toonbrother
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Comment #92wow
Lindisfarne
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Comment #93Joelinton to static waiting for pass there, but team play on the whole good.
Reilly
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Comment #94FFS
MikeAshleysWallet
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Comment #95Utter garbage, how people actually pay to watch this is beyond belief.
toonbrother
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Comment #96terrible terrible terrible
Hail Wor Ashley
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Comment #97I repeat:
Lejeune is done at this level.
He has been an absolute liability on his return. Rather go to a back 4.
Novocastrian66
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Comment #98Good grief. I thought Christmas was last week.
Hail Wor Ashley
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Comment #99He’s a dope, clumsy and slow as hell.
ilovetoon8788
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Comment #100So called best back 3. Lejeune and schar have been absolutely horrible recently.
cyprus
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Comment #101How can you legislate for THAT pass. Shocking.
Uncertain Toon
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Comment #102The toon just keep on giving!
Sheikh Unknown
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #103What a gift!
toonbrother
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #104hayden almiron and lejeune have been poor
TomaKaThor
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #105I thought despite there dominance they didn’t look threatening, doesn’t matter because we have gifted it them, game over
JP...from The Rock
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #106Ffs now a Maddison worldie! Goodnight! Lejeune again at fault! Gameover so soon.
cyprus
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #107Over and out.
ilovetoon8788
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #108Again another gift by lejeune. Just wtf. But what a goal by madisson.
Munster Mag
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #1090-2 fuuuk
BenArfa the magician
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Comment #110This team WILL go down. Fcuk all up top and worse at the back.
Get Lejuene off fcuking w@nk
toonbrother
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #111omg
Hail Wor Ashley
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #112Get Lejeune off the pitch and sell him to a French amateur team. Don;t want to see him in the B&W again.
Lindisfarne
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #113Another mistake, should galvanise a response
peterk3
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #114Thisis a relegation team
nufcursed
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #115WTF lejeune??!! 2 goals we play defensively yet all our defenders are poor defensively.. schar and lejeune make too many mistakes! Watford and Southampton winning, we’ll be in bottom 3 so soon
MikeAshleysWallet
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #116Unbelievable how sloppy and disorganised we are. At this rate FCB will have to give another 20k season tickets away.
Unused Substitute
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #117Another 0-5 in the offing? So many unfit players on the pitch: Lejeune, Shelvey…
Sheikh Unknown
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Comment #1180-2
Usual Xmas holiday form continues with yet another defeat.
TomaKaThor
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:41 PM
Comment #119Has been like a friendly and just like that game over… Zero point watching anymore
toonbrother
Jan 1, 2020 at 3:41 PM
Comment #120lejeune is supposedly our best defender though isnt he
according to fans on this blog