Newcastle United release training ground gallery with 33-year-old notably absent after injury worry

Newcastle United are working hard in training to ensure they bounce back from the hard-hitting defeat by Aston Villa on Saturday.

Ipswich Town come to St James' Park on Saturday knowing that anything other than a win will consign them to relegation. In fact, their situation is so precarious that it would only take West Ham avoiding defeat at Brighton to send them down with Leicester City and Southampton.

If they're going down anyway, then Newcastle United might as well make absolutely certain by scoring a bagful of goals on Saturday to get their goal difference up as the race for the Champions League may yet come down to it.

As the club put out their usual training gallery, we've looked through it for any hints of what's to come, and while everyone looks to be in good spirits, there was one key absence that could give Newcastle some issues.

There's no sign of Fabian Schar in the training gallery this week

Fabian Schar had a nightmare game on Saturday overall, and it even ended with him coming off the field with a hamstring injury, as confirmed by Jason Tindall.

Tindall had hoped that by taking Schar off the field in good time, he could be ready to face Ipswich, but there was no sign of the former Swiss international in the images today.

As usual, though, it could just be a crafty move by the club by not posting any images of Schar so that Ipswich Town don't know whether or not he'll be available.

Fabian Schar could be replaced by Emil Krafth

Newcastle's defence is not exactly blessed with depth, but in Fabian Schar's absence, Emil Krafth could step in at centre-back if needed, so it's not the end of the world for Jason Tindall.

Indeed, one forced change along with the defeat on Saturday could force Jason Tindall into rethinking his starting XI altogether for Saturday.

We could see the reintroduction of Anthony Gordon now that Harvey Barnes has taken a week off from scoring.