Newcastle travel to Brentford today after tallying a well-deserved point against league leaders Liverpool on Wednesday. While it’s been a rollercoaster start to the campaign, Newcastle can do themselves a lot of good with a victory over the Bees; a club they’ve had a lot of away success against recently.
This is the team Eddie Howe has selected for today’s clash. It has two changes from the midweek draw with Harvey Barnes and Sean Longstaff in for Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali.
Today's team to take on Brentford. ? pic.twitter.com/DHyS5TJgVP
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) December 7, 2024
Here is the side Bees boss Thomas Frank has named.
? Your Bees to take on Newcastle pic.twitter.com/ZHfqOzjzLb
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) December 7, 2024
A win should see Newcastle comfortably placed in the top ten with a platform to build upon. However, the Brentford will be eager to carve the same path for themselves. A top performance is needed to get Newcastle on track for a push for Europe.
Howay The Lads!
1,067 comments so far
Arthur Romsdale
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Comment #161Give the new manager til January to see what he has to work with and a few pound to spend where he seems fit thereafter
IrishRob
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Comment #162Tole ye, we wouldnt score and it would end 4-2.
I fkn told ye. Because my eyes are wide open I can see the bullshit were playing when half of ye dont want to admit it.
Wake the fukkkk up.
Howe out!!
JohnJ
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Comment #163It seems not!
peterk3
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Comment #164Pope, what a joke.
t00narmy88
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Comment #165Eddie has got to go im afraid, this is religation form, steady eddies time is up now. we are piss poor
RUNAWAY777
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Comment #166Sorry lads it time for a change and I’m sure Saudis will looking at this also we need a good keeper pope is shit, and don’t be surprised if Brentford beat us in the cup.
Arthur Romsdale
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Comment #167What a miserable season
IrishRob
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Comment #168Daveyoon what fkn chances we get 1 or 2 shots on target every match if we’re lucky
peterk3
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Comment #169Looks like we’re oot the Carabou.
lukes26
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Comment #170Howe should have recognized by now that Bruno cannot play as DM. Yet there he is again
if the intensity isn’t there, Howe has shown he has no plan b.
Arthur Romsdale
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Comment #17133% win record this season
Macas
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Comment #172It’s all Dubravka’s fault.
Oh sorry, that was last season.
Some soft goals conceded today, and should have done better ourselves with both Isak and Tonali fluffing clear chances.
magicmac54
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Comment #173t00narmy88
Thank god the good people on this blog are not as ignorant or narrow minded as you lad, you really need to get out more fella.
catchy in norway
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Comment #174how did we lose that,
Arthur Romsdale
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Comment #175Pure shite
magscar
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Comment #176Poor defending and not taking our chances cost us
Poor second half showing
jimiley
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Comment #177I have said that Eddie will get to the end of the season.
A lot on here want him out now.
We need Mund and Fenners to advocate the opposite view for balance
IrishRob
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Comment #178Runaway we’re going to batter Brentford at home in the cup because they plsyers themselves will motivate each other Howe won’t come into it.
catchy in norway
Dec 7, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Comment #179Im all for a change, but it has to be better than we have. until they find that man im ok with Eddie
lochinvar
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Comment #180Clueless.
Shite defending.
Isak dilly dallying.
Miggy past sell by date .
Now mid table at best.
Goal difference going backwards.
We don’t have the nous to win games
Everyone – wrong decision on penalty taker.
West Ham – gave that away.
Brentford – have them that on a plate.
Well pissed off.
IrishRob
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Comment #181Mund and fenners aren’t ballance they’re just special needs
davetoon
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Comment #182@Rob – we always have plenty of chances. We were very wasteful again up front today
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Comment #183Howe schooled by Frank in that second half who hasn’t spent anywhere near what Howe has
Bruno back at DM and defensively we look all over the place again
No point crowing about the Liverpool game and losing to everyone else
Rotonda heights
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Comment #184How many corners turned and false dawns, I’ve lost count.
Do we only turn up against the big teams now?
jimiley
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Comment #185It seems we have been going backwards for 18 months. The question is whether the regression is bad enough to cost the manager his job.
Mid table is good for the Toon over the last 15 years.
RUNAWAY777
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Comment #186Bruno off to man city
Iask arsenal or Chelsea
Gordon Liverpool
Tonali ?
Branes?
Joelinton ?
Botmam?
They’ll be gone why would you stay
There’s no project going on from 2 season ago no transfers coming in to improve the team you can put up with the odd blip but it’s happening to much now .
Poet Of Prudhoe Park
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Comment #187We will have a great season they said with no europe and 1 game a week and eddie on the training pitch week in week out 😀
Arthur Romsdale
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Comment #188Livramento is a mid to bottom of the table type player
lochinvar
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Comment #189If Manu win we’re 4 places off the bottom.
Carabou Cup quarter final is no substitute for battling for a top 6 league position.
Poet Of Prudhoe Park
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Comment #190imo we either get a mourinho, allegri who knows how to win ugly or we get a manager who builds up youngsters to sell on for huge profit. Im afraid eddie is neither.
Our business model is all wrong. Why buy hall and livramento for 40m each when we should buy 10 mill players build them up and sell them for like 30 plus mill for psr reasons
lochinvar
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Comment #191To build or not to build a new stadium, that could be the question
70,000 capacity. Would we fill it after that ?
We need a shrink, not a new manager.
peterk3
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Comment #192Arthur
That’s where he’s playing with us mid to bottom of the table.
Rotonda heights
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Comment #193Firmly 12th now and Manu to still play their game!
Pope
Trippier
Wilson
Almiron
Murphy
Lascelles
Hayden
should all have gone or be going.
How Shar and Burn have got new deals is a bit of a mystery. 7 goals conceded in 2 games and Burn has his name on quite a few of them while Shar keeps mishitting attempted Hollywood passes.
How can we look really good in spells and then totally collapse. Brentford and CP cost a fraction of our squad so it’s not just down to money because we generally play better against the big teams.
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Comment #194Got to remember Eddie was also bringing on 100 odd million worth of players off the bench today
We looked worse with the subs there was no plan on how to attack our team looks like a dogs dinner every game we make subs
Zorro
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Comment #195Never listen do you howe kiss arses
I told you he was a total fake and a loser
Murphy longstaff how many times
Burn and schar are not goid enough against the top teams or pacy wingers
Anyone can have a few good games it’s called the law if averages but consistently they are garbage
Eddie howe should be sacked in the new year he’s never been the answer good guy but he’s just not good enough never has been
I stated at the seasons start this team with him as manager was only good enough for 10th at best
Now maybe 12th and to make it worse we are not even in Europe so you cannot blame that
He wants to extend schar burn wilson and longstaffs contracts 2 tortoises one sick note and no comment on longstaff and I’m sure he’d not even let Murphy and almiron go
You’re giving him credit fir his lucky 4th place Is that it in 3 years oh sorry 2 sela cups
We are closer to the bottom 3 than the top 3 the man’s got to go he’s just another boring inept English coach who will never succeed in the epl
HOWE OUT
if this was bruce you’d be going ape
Rotonda heights
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Comment #196Everyone keeps talking about M’Buemo and rightly so but boy that Wissa is good.
jimiley
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Comment #197Who coaches our corners?
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Comment #198@Rotonda
Wissa and Mbuemo were signed for a combined 14 million
Frank is good at turning unknowns into proper stars and because of their data driven approach will always be getting bargains like that
All of our players have been signed for big money
Rotonda heights
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Comment #199I’m sure mund will be on to tell us we’re all flappers, trolls and whoppers and ”it is what it is” or fenham will have scripted it for him with a crayon.
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Dec 7, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Comment #200Also Kelly is he another duff signing ? If he can’t get a game over Burn and Schar full time it’s a shocker as neither of them can play in a high line