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Robert Warlow

Some Palace fans are saying the same things about Roy Hodgson's team selection at Newcastle

There is just one change to the Crystal Palace starting line-up this afternoon (Saturday) for the game against Newcastle United.

Andros Townsend returns to the starting line-up after coming off the bench for Palace against Spurs midweek, with Cheikhou Kouyate dropping to the bench.

But it is the presence of another player on the bench who has got some fans talking on social media this afternoon as Palace fans react to the team selected by Palace boss Roy Hodgson.

That man is Christian Benteke, who made a positive impact off the bench against Spurs, with some fans hoping that he would have been given an opportunity from the start at St James' Park, as can be seen below.

But Benteke isn't the only player on the bench who has got some fans baffled, as can be seen from these tweets below.

Here's how Palace line up this afternoon in the north east.

Crystal Palace team: Vicente Guaita, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Martin Kelly, James Tomkins, Patrick Van Aanholt, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Andros Townsend, Wilf Zaha, Jeffrey Schlupp, Michy Batshuayi

Substitutes: Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Cheikhou Kouyate, Sam Woods, Wayne Hennessey, Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke.

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