Gab Marcotti

Why not try him there?

You know what else we don't know?

And I was having this conversation with Augie yesterday.

So he comes out and he says Harry Maguire.

In fact, it will be his fifth choice, centre-back.

Okay, so that means Gay, fine.

Kansa, Chalaba, those presumably are the first three choices.

Yeah, Stones.

Stones at number four, Stones was made of paper and his injury record, which means, he said if Stones is fit, he's world class.

Yeah, that's right, yeah, sure, if Stones is fit, yeah.

But I feel like this is kind of slightly an underreported story because I think if everybody's fit for Manchester United, Maguire doesn't start.

If everybody's fit for City, well, Stones is obviously a massive fitness question.

Frankly, if everybody's fit for City, I'm not sure Gay starts.

You might want to go Grunjol.

In fact, if Stones is then fit, you know, you've got just those two ideas.

And as you conceded, we're a team that's free-falling, right?

So, like...

I think this is a major Achilles heel for England.

I don't know what he can do about it at this stage.

Which is obviously not what any Newcastle fan wants to hear.