Callum Wilson will not participate in Newcastle United’s match against AFC Bournemouth this evening due to a late fitness test failure.
Wilson’s ability to play was in doubt, and as of 4 p.m., the evidence seemed to indicate that he had not fully recovered in time.
It became evident as the players got off the school bus and entered Vitality Stadium that Eddie Howe was having difficulty fielding a complete team at this point, in addition to Callum Wilson’s absence.
Newcastle’s bench is looking a bit on the young side
We don’t mean this in any way disrespect to the young lads but spotted exiting the bus were Alex Murphy, Ben Parkinson, and Amadou Diallo. Parkinson and Diallo have been regulars on the bench through the injury crisis, and now we’ve added young Alex Murphy to the bench too.
In fairness, Murphy had an impressive pre-season so we were hoping to see more of him in and around the first team this season. Whether he’ll get on the field today remains to be
It’s safe to say that we knew our predicted lineup was out the window as soon as we learned about Wilson being out, but we did posit different theories for just such an occasion.
No Tino Livramento in the starting lineup
We did suggest that Lewis Miley could start and that Lewis Hall could also start, but one thing we were not expecting was to see Tino Livramento on the bench. Hopefully, this is a tactical thing and not another mitigation thing, because if Tino is carrying a knock we’re going to lose it.
As we’ve said before it’s still a good enough team to get the job done, but it’s another one of those games where the starting XI need to put the game to bed early as there’s not a lot on that bench to change the game.
We’re still confident of a win though, and we are kind of glad that Wilson wasn’t risked, to be honest.
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