Sean Longstaff to play through the pain - Our predicted lineup as Newcastle United take on Manchester City

A trip to Wembley is on the line tomorrow as Newcastle United travel to the Etihad Stadium to take on Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-final. Kick-off is 5:30pm live on BBC.

We've had a bit of a discussion about how Eddie Howe will approach this one and we have all come to the consensus that he will absolutely go full-strength with his team selection.

At this point in the competition, and given our opposition, he absolutely has to. Especially as his opposite number, Pep Guardiola is likely to do the same.

Eddie Howe has to go for it tomorrow

The question is, does our definition of "full-strength" match up with Eddie Howe's? We don't think so in this instance, but here's how we think Eddie will line up his side tomorrow.

Goalkeeper

Martin Dubravka - One week he's a legend, the next he's a colander. Which Dubravka will we get tomorrow?

Defence

Tino Livramento - Kieran Trippier is still out so Tino will be in from the start again. The more we see of him the more we like him. Hopefully, he gets to see out the game in his favoured position this time after having to switch to the left against Chelsea following Dan Burn's injury.

Fabian Schar - Fabi is pushing Anthony Gordon for the player of the season this year, he's absolutely integral to the side. No way he's dropped.

Sven Botman - Here cometh our first debatable pick. We know Eddie Howe will stick with his £35million man, but we'd be dropping him and giving Jamaal Lascelles another shot. Botman has been woeful since his injury and he was practically non-existent against Chelsea.

Dan Burn - Despite coming off injured on Monday, he was back in training the next day and will therefore be picked for tomorrow.

Midfield

Sean Longstaff - Eddie Howe has confirmed that Longy is playing with an injury but still seems hell-bent on playing him over Lewis Miley which we feel is outrageous. "If I could rest Sean I would. And I have to protect Lewis". A fully-fit Longstaff isn't as good as Miley, man. Come on, Eddie!

Bruno Guimaraes - We're not sure we even need to justify this one. It just is what it is.

Joe Willock - We've looked so much better going forward since JW came back into the game. What a player.

Forwards

Jacob Murphy - It was a coin toss between Miguel Almiron and Murph, but Eddie seems to be preferring the latter lately so we've gone with that.

Alexander Isak - With Isak and Erling Haaland on the pitch, the Premier League's two best natural finishers will be on display. If only ours could stay fit!

Anthony Gordon - Gordon is like Fabian Schar; when you think he's out he recovers and is back for the next game. Toonminator 2! Gordon will be buoyed by his England call-up so he should be well up for this game.

Newcastle will have options from the bench

Newcastle will have some strong options from the bench again we reckon, with the likes of Lascelles, Miggy, Elliot Anderson, Lewis Miley and Lewis Hall available.

Youngster Joe White who has made two substitute appearances lately will not be available, however, as he represented Crewe Alexandra in the FA Cup earlier this season.

Let's just keep everything crossed for this one. We're not confident, but we're not ruling us out either!