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Newcastle United’s Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento(Image: Newcastle United via Getty Images)<\/p>\nEddie Howe is set to be handed a major uplift to his Newcastle United first teamNewcastle United’s Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento(Image: Newcastle United via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Newcastle United Eddie Howe will soon get a huge boost to his starting XI, and it will have a far-reaching impact on the Magpies. Saturday’s game against Manchester City may come too soon, but in the coming weeks, the United head coach will be able to name Tino Livramento<\/a> and Lewis Hall in his side for only the second time since February.<\/p>\n Newcastle have many influential, big-name players who are crucial to the way Howe plays, but the absence of both attacking full-backs has been a major setback to the Magpies.<\/a><\/p>\n Hall has been dealt some cruel injury blows, with his ankle and foot problem keeping him out of the side which won the Carabao Cup back in March.<\/p>\n Since then, he has suffered a couple of minor setbacks on the way to full fitness, but is now set to start against Manchester City on Saturday, with Dan Burn suspended.<\/a><\/p>\n He has proven his fitness with England Under-21s<\/a> during the international break and, while Howe will continue to be cautious with the 21-year-old, his injury problems should be behind him.<\/p>\n Livramento’s absence has been just as painful, especially has he had initially deputised for Hall on the left-hand side of the backline.<\/p>\n He has not featured since picking up a knee injury against Arsenal in September, and is due to return this weekend. Whether that happens remains to be seen, with a bench role more likely after two months out, but his return to the squad will be a huge boost.<\/p>\n It’s not that Burn and Kieran Trippier<\/a> have played badly. Both are the model of consistency, even if Burn is far more at home at centre-back.<\/p>\n It’s more about what Hall and Livramento add to the team – and how they enhance their team-mates.<\/p>\n For starters, United’s attacking wingers will immediately benefit from having forward-looking, energetic full-backs behind them. It automatically pushes them further up the pitch, while an over-lapping threat means defenders struggle to double-up on the likes of Anthony Gordon<\/a> and Jacob Murphy.<\/p>\n This is in turn helps Newcastle’s famous high press, which has been curiously lacking at times this season.<\/p>\n Having full-backs who are capable of getting up and down the pitch with ease will allow United’s forward players to press a higher line, with Sandro Tonali the perfect covering foil.<\/p>\n