When it comes to being the weakest link in each match, who have been the strugglers for Newcastle United this season?
Even though Matz Sels has had plenty of doubters, he still only picked up two rock bottom marks, though a bit of an eye-opener when one of them (Bristol City) was a clean sheet! It does though underline that the biggest worry for fans with the Belgian keeper is his nervousness with high balls into the box.
Looking at all 13 games so far this season, these are the players who ended up with the lowest mark in each one, their average score precedes each player:
3.1 Jack Colback – Fulham 1 Newcastle o
2.7 Rolando Aarons – Newcastle 1 Huddersfield 2
4.9 Paul Dummett – Newcastle 4 Reading 1
3.8 Matz Sels – Bristol City 0 Newcastle 1
5.1 Rolando Aarons – Newcastle 2 Cheltenham 0 (League Cup)
6.3 Ayoze Perez – Newcastle 2 Brighton 0
6.2 Dwight Gayle – Derby 0 Newcastle 2
7.2 Paul Dummett – QPR 0 Newcastle 6
2.3 Ayoze Perez – Newcastle 0 Wolves 2
6.1 Achraf Lazaar– Newcastle 2 Wolves 0 (League Cup)
3.4 Matz Sels – Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 1
3.9 Mohamed Diame – Newcastle 4 Norwich 3
5.0 Mohamed Diame – Rotherham 0 Newcastle 1
As well as Sels, it is other players who have failed to convince that have picked up more than one lowest match mark.
Aarons was poor in his two brief appearances, Dummett continues to fail to convince at left-back, likewise Mohamed Diame and Ayoze Perez in attacking roles.