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I think it's a must win, given Newcastle are missing several key players which includes their captain and star man in St Maximin.

Looks like their defence is makeshift with Hayden having to play centre half.

Needs to be a minimum of 3 points and a few goals IMO. 8 goals in 11 is not good enough, it's time to put it right against a side playing a midfielder at centre half.

I do expect we will see an improvement without the passenger Pereira though, who for all his talent offers zero defensive contribution. We looked better when he was out against Spurs, so hopefully we can have another good performance with all of the lads pulling together. Fingers crossed, because we need the 3 points. And while I feel we are on a hiding to nothing with this manager, I think the points are absolutely essential today. It's the day we find out if the lads actually have it in them to obtain some points on the road and see if they are interested in actually playing for the manager.