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Why not this Newcastle team v Nottingham Forest?

7 years ago
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Losing to both Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday in the past month, has led to much debate on who should play in the Newcastle team v Nottingham Forest.

Jack Colback came in for much criticism against the Owls but was it justified?

Well, we all know he was never going to be up to the job of being a direct replacement for Jonjo Shelvey – but then why should he have to be?

I think that by adding other attacking dimensions to the Newcastle team v Nottingham Forest, you can keep Colback in the team doing what he does best – scurrying around breaking up attacks and giving the ball to better players.

With he and Hayden giving a decent defensive protection, I think it then gives Rafa Benitez the opportunity to then play attacking players in the full-back positions – with Lazaar and Yedlin given license to get forward in the knowledge that the midfield pair will be looking to cover.

Forest are sure to be ultra negative and so surely Christian Atsu deserves his chance?

When coming off the bench against Sheffield Wednesday he was easily United’s biggest threat and the speedy winger deserves his chance instead of the negative selection of Gouffran.

Others might sight Mitrovic as the option to give more goal threat but I don’t think there is a desperate need to dramatically change Rafa’s formation – instead he just needs to change the player operating inside it.

My choice of Newcastle team v Nottingham Forest:

 

To create the image above, Ryan used the NUFC team selector.

You can do the same by following the simple instructions HERE and then there are a number of great options where you can then also share your team via Twitter (include @nufcthemag in your tweet and we will share some of them with our 20k followers) , or you can share the selector on Facebook with friends, family and the rest of the black and white world. Alternatively, simply downloading the team image to the device you are using

When using the NUFC team selector you simply click on what team formation (4-3-3, 4-4-2 etc) you want, then click each position on the pitch and choose from the Newcastle United squad.

Go to the NUFC team selector now and choose and share your Newcastle team v Nottigham Forest.

Before every match, simply go to the menu at the top of this screen and click features, then on the drop down list click NUFC Team Selector and choose your team for every match.

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