Give youth a chance.

Newcastle travel to Anfield tomorrow night for a game that few punters expect them to win. With that in mind wouldn't it be prudent to give young Adam Armstrong a start? Let's face it he can't do any worse than the team of players that took to the field last week. He has said that he had a little one on one chat with Wayne Rooney when the first team were at St. Georges park on England duty.

Adam said, "Wayne came into one of our meetings and we were asking him questions and he was giving us advice...
“Afterwards I stayed behind and asked him what I could do to get better...
He told me to get on the ball more and do my stuff...The main thing he said was: ‘Don’t be afraid and show your talent...
“I’ve looked up to Wayne ever since he started at Everton."
Adam certainly isn't short on confidence and he's not shot shy either. For me if you're good enough age doesn't matter a jot. What have we got to lose in starting him? If he looks to be struggling we just remove him for someone else, but right now he looks as good a bet as any of our available front men and remember plenty of front men have been first team regulars at his age.
As for the match itself I just hope they all put a good shift in after that excuse of a performance against Sunderland who, by the way, showed again yesterday that had we actually turned up on the day, were there for the taking.
Get out there, fight for the shirt, the fans and the right to call yourself a premier league player and coach is my message to John Carver and the lads tomorrow. Oh and John, how about giving youth a chance.

By Kimtoon