Well, we asked YOU to select your favoured Magpies XI in our recent poll – and the results are in. In Steve Bruce’s regular 5-2-3 formation, this is who our readers at the Shields Gazette voted as the 59-year-old’s best starting XI. Click and scroll through the pages to see which players make the cut:
1. GK: Martin Dubravka
The Slovakian, who has featured in every Premier League game since he arrived in January 2018, is comfortably selected with an overwhelming amount of the votes. Photo: Alex Livesey
2. RWB: DeAndre Yedlin
Yedlin just edges out Javier Manquillo with the American attracting 50% of the votes, compared to the Spaniard’s 47%. Photo: Stu Forster
3. CB: Fabian Schar
The votes showed the Switzerland international as the Magpies’ most popular defender on the right side of a back three. Photo: Alex Livesey
4. CB: Jamaal Lascelles
United’s captain Lascelles also makes the cut after recently returning from injury to become a key and vocal figure in the backline again. Photo: Ian MacNicol