Newcastle United are represented in the latest Premier League team of the week that has been selected by BBC pundit Garth Crooks.
Actually Garth is now down as a ‘Football Analyst’ these days, a posh term for a pundit then!
The performance by Georginio Wijnaldum in Newcastle’s two nil victory against Liverpool at the weekend at St James’ Park was enough to earn them a place in the side alongside the other, in the opinion of the former Spurs striker anyway, most impressive performers in the topflight over the latest weekend.
I think we’ll already know ourselves, and not just based on the latest performance, why Crooks, we’ll also not argue with it, selected Wijnaldum as part of his team but explaining his choice he told the BBC.
‘That’s more like it, Newcastle! It took a while for the Magpies to get their confidence back against an in-form Liverpool side but once they did they were worthy winners. If you have a top-class goalscorer and a team willing to work then anything is possible. Vurnon Anita and Jack Colback did much of the work whilst Georginio Wijnaldum’s second goal of the game was simply first class. Last week I urged captain Fabricio Coloccini and manager Steve McClaren to reconcile their differences after media reports claimed that there had been a bust-up. Well, if bust-ups cause this sort of reaction in McClaren’s dressing room then they should consider ‘clearing the air’ more often.’
It’s always good to see us represented in this way, and well played to Gini for his recognition, but the most important thing about the weekend was of course the three points and the win.
Full Team:
Petr Cech (Arsenal), Ryan Shawcross (Stoke), Winston Reid (West Ham), Steve Cook (Bournemouth), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), N’Golo Kante (Leicester), Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke), Odion Ighalo (Watford).
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