“You have to battle your way through. It’s not always going to be the game that you want it to be. It’s an opportunity for us. We want to stay in the competition as long as we can. "Job done, we’re through to the next round – that’s the most important thing always in these competitions and these games, a very difficult game tonight.

A very difficult Newcastle team v AFC Wimbledon to predict. The NUFC boss making clear that, as expected, he will be using his squad in this match and giving a number of players rare starts. Anyway, my take on all of this after the above, my best guesstimate of the Newcastle team v AFC Wimbledon is:

A disappointing display from William Osula on his full debut for Newcastle leaves a few question marks over his signing.