Newcastle face Manchester United at St. James’ Park later today as they look to push themselves out of the bottom three.
Steve Bruce’s side have won one of their first seven matches in the league and are currently 19th in the table.
According to Daily Mail journalist Craig Hope, Matty Longstaff is poised to make his full Premier League debut in the starting XI.
Twitter: I’m hearing Matty Longstaff in line to start versus Man Utd tomorrow & Ciaran Clark set to replace Paul Dummett. (@CraigHope_DM)
These Newcastle fans reacted to the news…
Shambles…
Twitter: @CraigHope_DM Not good to hear this information being leaked despite who is or isn’t playing. Shows what a shambles we are. (@CraigForsyth_)
Poor…
Twitter: @CraigHope_DM @tfalex1892 Matty Longstaff played against Leicester in the league cup and was poor. He’s got energy… https://t.co/XV2qT6YK2v (@DavidHopper)
First name on the team sheet?
Twitter: @craigwood20 @CraigHope_DM He was MOTM againt Leicester too so should be first name on the team sheet (@FordyTheGeordie)
Pray…
Twitter: @CraigHope_DM Let us pray ? (@Sharon76415048)
Well…
Twitter: @CraigHope_DM Players are just confused….They knew Rafa’s style and Bruce just has no style.
It’s the worst football since Carver (@TerryEgdell)
READ NEWCASTLE VERDICT
Newcastle need a good performance to head into the international break with something to build on, after a poor start to the campaign. Starting an inexperienced central midfielder at home to Manchester United does not appear to be the best idea, on paper.
There will be a lot of pressure on his shoulders to perform and if Newcastle are heavily beaten, it could destroy his confidence at such an early age. It would be wise of Steve Bruce to call on his experienced heads in the middle of the park, in order to limit Manchester United as much as possible.
