That Sept game vs Newcastle is going to be interesting, Newcastle are still short a couple of players from their final squad but are further into their pre-season than us.
You'd think that with quite a large overhaul of the team and completely new coaching setup that they'd be out all the time. They usually do a couple of games simply for the publicity. There must be a few closed games against local club sides?
The fact that about the half the squad is injured atm would play a part.