Live updates from the 12.30pm Premier League kick-offYou can email Rob here with your thoughtsPochettino: costs of Brexit helped lead to no signings 11.53am BST Remember When departmentNow this is how to finish a one-on-one. Teddy Sheringham was such an underrated finisher. 11.48am BST Pre-match reading Related: Newcastle’s failure to agree Rafael Benítez deal puts unity in jeopardy Related: Premier League 2018-19 preview No 15: Newcastle United Related: Mauricio Pochettino says costs of Brexit helped lead to no signings Related: Premier League 2018-19 preview No 17: Tottenham Hotspur 11.34am BST Newcastle (4-2-3-1) Dubravka; Yedlin, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett; Shelvey, Diame; Ritchie, Perez, Kenedy; Joselu.Subs: Darlow, Schar, Manquillo, Ki, Atsu, Rondon, Muto.Spurs (4-2-3-1) Lloris; Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Alli; Sissoko, Eriksen, Moura; Kane. Subs: Vorm, Alderweireld, Walker-Peters, Dembele, Amos, Son, Llorente. 8.13am BST Wotcha. Welcome back. The start of the football season is Christmas Day for football fans. Newcastle’s supporters received a pair of socks; Spurs fans got a new training ground. The inactivity of both sides in the transfer market has compromised the usual opening-day optimism, yet you could argue both sides had a decent summer. Newcastle kept Rafael Benitez, and Spurs are still the employers of Mauricio Pochettino, Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen and the rest.Novelty trumps stability in the juvenile world of modern football, but the latter is far more conducive to success. That word means different things to different clubs. For Spurs, it’s pretty clear: they need a trophy, any trophy, this season, because this team will probably break up if they don’t win one. All right-thinking neutrals will want such a likeable, impressive team to win something. But Newcastle fans who were around in the mid-90s can confirm you don’t always get what you deserve. Continue readingreadfullarticle
