The Magpies boss has named Fabricio Coloccini, Demba Ba, Danny Simpson and Tim Krul in his starting line-up to face Atromitos in the second leg of the final qualifying round at St James' Park. Newcastle, with big hitters Yohan Cabaye and Papiss Cisse on the bench, are already nicely placed to progress after Ryan Taylor's away goal a week ago in Athens claimed a 1-1 draw.
NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-2-3-1): Krul; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, R Taylor; Bigirimana, Perch; Obertan, Gosling, Marveaux; Ba. Subs (not used): Harper (gk), Cabaye, Cisse, Amalfitano, Vuckic, Tavernier, Campbell. ATROMITOS (4-3-3): Itandje; Skondras, Giannoulis, Lazaridis, Fytanidis; Iglesias, Dimoutsos, Brito; Karamanos, Da Silva, Epstein. Subs (not used): Radman (gk), Tavlaridis, Garcia, Nastos, Kuqi, Beljic, Ballas.
Source: northern_echo