'Perfect' Newcastle United man worryingly absent from training gallery suggesting he will miss Sunday's match

Eddie Howe is getting his injured players back for selection after having a couple of absentees last week, and with Nottingham Forest coming to town on Sunday, we'll need everyone available.

Anthony Gordon and Dan Burn overcame their knocks last week to face Manchester City - for what it was worth. Neither they nor anybody else but Lewis Miley came away with any dignity after that one.

Harvey Barnes returned to the squad, too, but didn't make it off the bench. He may play a more prominent role on Sunday.

Joelinton is still a couple of weeks away, we think, but there was hope that Sven Botman would be available for Sunday's clash.

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Sven Botman was missing from the training gallery

Given the horror display in defence last week, having the £35 million man described as 'perfect' by Ben Foster, back in the side would be a huge boost.

However, the Dutchman was suspiciously absent from the training ground gallery posted by the club on its website on Wednesday.

That doesn't always mean that he won't feature; they may deliberately have left his photos out of the upload, but the obvious leap of logic is that he wasn't training.

Nottingham Forest are pretty decent at bouncing back after a defeat

Just the hint that he could be available might be enough to push a better performance out of Fabian Schar and Dan Burn after last week's mess.

Nottingham Forest were beaten last week, but they have pretty good form for bouncing back. The last time they got beat in the Premier League, they returned for the next game and knocked out a 7-0 win.

It will be a huge game on Sunday, and we can't afford to have a performance like what we witnessed last weekend.