Easy in hindsight I know, but keeping Anderson and Ayew may have been a more effective way of using the cash than buying in new players. Still early days yet, still 90 points to play for.
I don't understand why he won't play Mateta and Nketiah as a front two, they look to have different attributes which would complement each other. That said your squad looks paper thin when first teamers are injured, it seems that the players you bought in with the Olise windfall haven't got up...
I'm quite enjoying this defensive display, it's a complete change of approach and couldn't be anything like Newcastle have been set up to play today. We've got some tidy combinations to come in off the bench later.
I'd be bringing on the subs a little later, Newcastle are running themselves into the ground, Estupinan and Mitoma on at 65/70 minutes could be effective.