Could Peter Beardsley be right and Newcastle have a potential first team left-back coming through now?

Why didn’t Newcastle use the £5m spent on Henri Saivet to solve the never ending left-back problem?

Why change the whole (winning) team selection/formation at Watford just to deal with one problem position?

Surely having nobody decent to play at left-back for Newcastle has been a problem for years, not just this weekend…

The left-back position looked by far Newcastle’s weakest position against Southampton and in Ashley Cole, we could have the perfect short-term solution.

We asked supporters to choose who should start as Newcastle left back next season and there was a resounding message that came back.

With the position seemingly up for grabs, who do you thinks should be first choice Newcastle left-back next season? Vote Now.

I worry a bit about left back but Santon is ok although I don’t think he’s a natural left-back….but even with a fully fit squad I’d play Gutierrez at left back

‘The article maintains that he will travel in the next 72 hours to Newcastle to undergo a medical. If it is successful Aly Cissokho could sign on Monday with the Magpies, who have been watching him for quite some time’.