Joe Buck brings you all the latest news from Newcastle United as Lewis Hall is handed his first senior England cap. The Magpies face West Ham in their first match following the international break.
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00:00So, Lewis Hall has become Newcastle United's newest England representative after making
00:05his debut for the Three Lions during their win over Greece in the Nations League on Thursday
00:11night. Hall was a substituted half-time as Lee Carsey sort of switched up his defence.
00:16Rico Lewis went in the right-back, Kyle Walker went in the centre-half, Esri Kanza came out
00:20and Lewis Hall went in the left-back. And to be fair, he was really good for England.
00:25I think he showed exactly what he's shown for Newcastle, not just this season but the
00:29end of last season. He was involved in that wonderful play-out from the back move with
00:35Anthony Gordon ahead of him as Gordon started on the left wing. I think they had about 20-odd
00:39minutes together on the pitch before Gordon was substituted. That sort of little move
00:43is something that Newcastle have done very well under Eddie Howe. We've seen time and
00:47time again it was shown in England. Lewis Hall now has a brilliant opportunity to make
00:52that left-back spot his own really. England's options are very limited in that area. We've
00:56seen Kieran Trippier, the Euros play there. There's very few natural left-footed options
01:01and obviously he knows Thomas Tuchel well. So it'll be interesting to see what his England
01:06career holds now. Tino Livermender was also called up to the squad, not initially but
01:10after some injury pull-outs. He's yet to make his debut. This is the second time he's been
01:14in the squad and not made his debut. They play Ireland on Sunday. Could that be an opportunity
01:18for him to make his first cap and that would be, again, another feather in the cap for
01:23Newcastle that they've got potentially two of England's full-backs for the next decade
01:29even, you would say. If not for the next decade, certainly two really good options there. Lots
01:35of positives for Newcastle. There was nothing much happening in the international break.
01:39I think the one thing you can take from that is now they're getting people in that England
01:42squad with Anthony Gordon, with Livermender, Hall. Nick Pope missed out. That was a strange
01:47decision but they're getting players in and around that squad and it'll be one that lots
01:50of Newcastle fans will be happy with. Certainly, that's the main takeaway I think from this
01:54international break that that England squad is now having Newcastle players in. Of course,
01:58it's always good to see Newcastle players in the England squad. Fans will hope they
02:01don't get injured but right now it's brilliant to see Hall, Livermender, Gordon mixing it
02:05with some of England's best talents. Of course, that's what you want from Newcastle. You want
02:11them to have a good, strong English cohort of players. I'm sure going forward that there
02:17will be more opportunities for them to impress and keep their club form going. There's no
02:21reason that when Tuchel comes in at the beginning of next year that they can't be ones that
02:27he picks often. Of course, looking ahead to after the international break, Newcastle have
02:32West Ham and you'd expect Livermender, Hall, Gordon, all to play a major part in that game.
02:38Of course, Dan Byrne won't be there. He's suspended so I assume Lloyd Kelly will come
02:42in to play that left-centre half role alongside Fabian Scheer. Eddie Howe, probably that's
02:48the only major decision Eddie Howe's got to make. The other one you would think is maybe
02:50what to do with Sandro Tonali. He scored his first ever goal for Italy on Thursday night
02:55so again, has he forced himself into his plans? Although the midfield has looked more balanced
02:59with Longstaff, Willock and Bruno in there with Joe Linton on the left or the right,
03:04does Tonali come into that? If he doesn't, then what is his role going forward? Tonali's
03:09played a little bit more advanced for Italy. Is that a role you can see him in with Newcastle?
03:13Can Eddie Howe see that? Is there options? There's plenty of things for Howe to think
03:17about heading into that game but it's positive right now in Newcastle and as I said, positive
03:20on the international stage as some of their players are finally getting the recognition
03:24that they deserve for a brilliant turnout, especially in the last three or four games.
03:27Newcastle have been brilliant. That win over Nottingham Forest, I said at the time before
03:32the match, I said again, that was a real statement win on the road. They've struggled on the road
03:36this season but that one really was a statement win and one that they can sort of put a marker
03:40down and say, we can go to some of the biggest, biggest grounds, most intimidating grounds,
03:44you know, team in form and put in a real performance there because it was a real good
03:48performance, especially that second half that were brilliant. West Ham coming up,
03:52Lula and Lopetegui's side haven't been brilliant this year but they beat Man U a couple of weeks
03:56ago in the Eric Ten Hag's last game so they certainly will come up, come Newcastle with
04:01confidence but Newcastle will have the crowd on their side, they'll have momentum going into that
04:05game and that'll be one where they feel they'll get the, they should get three points. I said
04:10the home record was brilliant barring that Brighton defeat and they'll be fancying their
04:15chances against West Ham but it's always a difficult game against West Ham, you know,
04:18their home record against them hasn't been brilliant. I mean, yes, they beat them in March
04:22but we all remember that game, three-one down after half-time. It felt like that could be a
04:26real turning point of their season, you know, had they lost that game but they got over the line
04:31eventually. Harvey Barnes stunned out at the end with his two goals, you know, two from Alexander
04:35Isak. So, yeah, it's one that Newcastle will be hoping they can do something after the international
04:39break and that is certainly a good test for them with Crystal Palace to come a week later after the
04:45international break and then that massive game against Liverpool. It'll be good to see Newcastle
04:48play against Liverpool because the last couple of games, you know, Nick Pope got red-carded
04:53just before the Carabao Cup final two seasons ago. Last season, we all remember, they played against
04:57ten men for a great period that game for Darwin Nunez-Brace at the end, won it for Liverpool. So,
05:01it'll be good to see Newcastle test themselves against Liverpool, hopefully in MV11 and that'll
05:05be the one that'll show really where they are but they can't take their eyes off the next two games
05:11before then because West Ham and Palace are two teams they've found it difficult against in recent
05:15times, whether it's home or away. So, yeah, they're gonna have to come back from the international
05:20break strong but they'll be buoyed by the form of some of their players on international break and
05:24hopefully, fingers crossed, if they can stay injury-free, they'll go into that game against
05:28West Ham full of confidence that they can do something.