The Athletic.

There was a sense of inevitability at St. James Park on Saturday when Kevin

DeBroner entered the arena.

Debruner takes aim and marks his return to the Premier League stage and shows Guadiola and

co precisely what they've been missing.

So why can't Newcastle United, arguably the richest club in the world,

match Manchester City spending power,

and have their own selection of superstars to call on from the bench?

Well, let's find out.

I'm Ayahuakim Alere.

Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast.

Okay, here for today's podcast.

We have the Athletics, Newcastle United writer Chris Woff,

as well as our Manchester football writer Mark Critchley. All right, from his piece on The Athletic,

reflecting on Newcastle's 3-2 home loss to Manchester City, George Colkinwright, city

city substitutes were key. Newcastle's lack of them secured their fate. Look, Newcastle's only sub

was Lewis Hall, Manchester City's equaliser and winner came from subs, Kevin DeBroner and also

Oscar Bob as well. Look, Clevin de Boehner, his role was superb. Chris, it's fair to say

both benches were very, very different and that made a huge difference to the outcome of

that game. Yeah, I mean, Sam Lee was there covering Manchester City for the athletic, and actually we had a debate during the game, because I was making this point, George and I were making this point, and he was like, oh, well, actually, Man City fans were turning to and say that bench isn't that strong, and it's like, hang on a lot of seconds.

It's like, it's like, relative sense, possibly,

but look at Newcastle's bench,

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