Newcastle United travel to West Ham looking to secure their fourth win on the bounce - but will have to do it without Kieran Trippier after the full-back suffered an injury in the 1-0 win over Aston Villa.
Who replaces Trippier i s the big talking point ahead of the trip to the capital, with Javier Manquillo also looking likely to miss out, also through injury.
That would leave Eddie Howe to pick between Emil Krafth or if he decided to take more of a risk, Jacob Murphy.
On the Match Preview of The Everything is Black and White Podcast, Andrew Musgrove and John Gibson look ahead to the game and amongst Trippier's replacement also discuss:
- Does Jamaal Lascelles return to the backline?
- Does Bruno Guimaraes finally start for Newcastle United?
- The confidence and momentum within the camp
- Why West Ham can be beaten
On the potential of Krafth coming in at right-back and not allowing the task of replacing Trippier getting to him, Gibbo noted: "He's not got to allow it to get into his head. He has to have self-belief.
"Krafth has to say to himself: 'we know what Trippier is but I am a Swedish international and I'm not just your rank and file. I am an international player who has regularly been in the Swedish squad'.
"He's got to look at this as an opportunity - if when Trippier comes back he may be able to get in as a right-sided centre-half if he plays out of his skin.
"He's got to look at the likes of Joelinton, Shelvey, Willock and Fraser - some wrote them off and all of a sudden they've become stars, but he has to think 'why can't that happen to me?'
"He's got to think that way, we may not but he has to."
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