This is the team we are predicting Steve Bruce to select for tomorrow’s match at Bournemouth. It has six changes from the FA Cup quarterfinal.
Steve Bruce admitted there would be changes during his press conference this morning. With four games in eleven days, he’ll have to start thinking about giving some players a rest.
In our prediction, Bruce will rest Allan Saint-Maximin, Isaac Hayden, and Javier Manquillo, who have started the last three matches. The head coach is also likely to go back to the 4-2-3-1 formation.
Andy Carroll retains his place, and Joelinton comes in on the left for Saint-Maximin. Miguel Almiron returns to the number 10 role and is one of four Magpies who will play four straight matches in our prediction. The others are all defenders in Danny Rose, Jamaal Lascelles, and Federico Fernandez.
Matt Ritchie still isn’t back to full strength after coming off against Aston Villa, so this is the perfect time to give Valentino Lazaro a game on the right.
Nabil Bentaleb gets his first start since the league resumed coming in for Isaac Hayden. Jonjo Shelvey returns to the midfield after resting against Manchester City.
Emil Krafth comes in for Manquillo at right-back. He still has not played since injuring his ankle at Everton in January.
Of course, Martin Dubravka resumes his place in goal in what would be his 82nd straight start in the Premier League for Newcastle.

322 comments so far
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Comment #81I’m learning how to play the neurotic guitar.
It’s a lot like an acoustic guitar but it’s a little more high strung.
Anglo Saxon
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Comment #82Thought LGBT was a sandwich lettuce, greens, bacon, and tomato.
toon22
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Comment #83Have we been sold yet ?
Kevin Vegan
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Comment #84This would all be much more believable if it weren’t for two facts:
1. There have been countless other references to homosexuality aimed at me along the way (mostly in reference to me and Archaeomag)
2. I pointed out that I would take this as a comment on my sexuality the first time, and Anglo repeated it again with no explaination that this wasn’t what he meant, so it is VERY obvious that I will take this as a comment on sexuality again.
Anglo knew precisely how this would come across.
Harrogate mag
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Comment #85Asked the bloke in the outfitters if he had anything that would fit me…he nodded his head and said yeah….shoelaces
The ledge
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Comment #86Jameela Jamil comes out as queer after voguing show backlash. Headline in the guardian.
I personally though it was ok to use this term .
toon22
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:01 PM
Comment #87Don’t the B in LGBT prove there’s 2 genders ?
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:01 PM
Comment #88Me: My biggest weakness? Hmm..Let me think…I guess some people say I’m delusional.
Cab driver: I didn’t say anything
Harrogate mag
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:02 PM
Comment #89Doctor says I’m in perfect shape…..for a circle
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:02 PM
Comment #90I got home and found my wife had left a note on the fridge that said “This isn’t working I’m going to my mum’s”
I open the fridge, the light comes on, the beer is cold… like I keep saying – that woman is delusional.
Jail for Ashley
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:02 PM
Comment #91I wonder why there’s only one game tonight and four tomorrow, surely it would make sense to play two tonight and three tomorrow.
Mund
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:03 PM
Comment #92vegan
wtf owa man give ure head a wobble ffs
Kevin Vegan
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:03 PM
Comment #93Mund
And when we have had those disagreements, you still say that you are right, too. I’ve also had countless people accuse me of “double-speak” and let’s face it, Anglo knows precisely what the other connotation is. So how am I doing anything different to what you have all done to me on much less clear-cut issues?
Anglo Saxon
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:03 PM
Comment #94Vegy MAN up.
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:04 PM
Comment #95My wife keeps telling me I need anger management
My psychiatrist keeps telling me I don’t have a wife and I need stronger medication for my hallucinations
Mund
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:04 PM
Comment #96vegan
how many posters have told you that up north the term can be used differently???? before you start listening
willgwent2k5
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:05 PM
Comment #97vegan, do you have to keep on……………………….. shut it mun!
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:05 PM
Comment #98kev …
forget about move on …
Kevin Vegan
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:06 PM
Comment #99The Ledge
It’s absolutely okay to use it in some contexts, but using it as a derogatory implies that there is something inherently wrong with being homosexual. Same as if somebody said “quit acting like a homosexual” as a derogatory, that is offensive to homosexuals despite the fact that the term “homosexual” is not offensive in and of itself.
Tonytoon73
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:06 PM
Comment #100I remember selling my pet snake on eBay. A bloke phoned me up and asked how big it was and I replied fecking massive. The bloke then said how many feet to which I replied none it’s a fecking snake. Sorry I’ll leave quietly
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:06 PM
Comment #101Gandhi, as you know, would walk barefoot everywhere…
…and as a result he developed these massive callouses on his feet. He would also fast, from time to time. Because of this lack of food his bones became extremely brittle. It would also give him hallucinations from time to time. Finally, Gandhi never really had the time to clean his teeth and he became cursed with really bad breath.
In summary, Gandhi was a super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis.
Harrogate mag
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:07 PM
Comment #102Bloody predictive text…said I was going for a w*^k down the river…I meant the canal……..later guys
DaveD1000
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:07 PM
Comment #103Tom
I see myself as a refined,well studied deep thinking fair minded person.
….apparently not
willgwent2k5
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:07 PM
Comment #104Is this a loony lefty conference or something? vegan i’m sure you have a protest to go to somewhere……………..
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:07 PM
Comment #105A lot of couples get pregnant entirely by accident.
It’s a pretty common misconception.
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:08 PM
Comment #106dave …
aye me as well …
simon376
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:11 PM
Comment #107Never thought about that, the date and his deal and let’s hope so Jib
Jib
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:12 PM
Comment #108Does Kevin Vegan remind anyone of Barry ( West Bromwich and District)
in Aufwiedersehn Pet – the non-Geordie that often just doesn’t get it
DaveD1000
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:12 PM
Comment #109Tom@98
gold star
DaveD1000
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:13 PM
Comment #110Barry Vegetable has a ring to it
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:13 PM
Comment #111I work with a Chinese guy called Kim and one time at a works function,
we were having a drink and I said to him
“Do you ever get fed up of us Westerners saying that all Chinese people look the same”?
He replied “Kim’s at the bar getting drinks, I’m his wife”
Jib
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:13 PM
Comment #112Kevin Vegan the fact that the term “homosexual” is not offensive in and of itself.
pompous dick ? not ‘arf
😛
Jib
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:15 PM
Comment #113In and Of Itself
Anglo Saxon
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:16 PM
Comment #114Well done the comedians made me laugh, some very good jokes.
Mund
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:16 PM
Comment #115vegan you wouldn’t last 5 minutes on a night out on the toon ffs man
Jib
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:18 PM
Comment #116Ha ha ha ffs
Shearer’s relationship with Sir Les was in and of itself.football perfection
The takeover is in and of itself going to happen soon
Anglo Saxon
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:19 PM
Comment #117Vegy, Norman Bates eat your heart out.
Jib
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:20 PM
Comment #118Walker is in and of itself.a tad rougher than Byker
geordietom
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:21 PM
Comment #119Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement
In the end you ignore it all and click I agree
Jib
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:21 PM
Comment #120However Byker in and of itself has slightly less rough boozers