I also had the same dilemma, but honestly a right footer on the left back position is a bit weird. So I decided to put Santon on the right side and I bought Monreal for the left back position (I also had the possibility to resign Jose Enrique from Liverpool
Nice guide, the problem with newcastle is that you basically have two proacher (Cisse and Ba). In the proacher role Cisse is the better one, so I sold Ba for - believe me or not - GBP 25,5mln to Chelsea (offer new contract --> sell Ba). Besides I sold Gutierez to Juventus for GBP 12,5mln and...
Does anyone know how your ***. Manager determines what the favorite role / duty is for your players. Does the ***. Manager calculate the favorite role / duty via a calculation of the attributes?
Get rid of demba ba! I offered him a new contract and after accepting i sold him to chelsea for gbp 25,5 mln. I bought Jovetic as replacement for gbp 21,5 (50% of 48 months) and played him as a trequartista.
I used almost the same tactics with newcastle, in defence i bought samba as limited defender and in midfield i played with a bwm like you did and an advanced playmaker suport. At home i won almost every game but away from home i conceded to many goals. I would say 424 is the perfect home tactic.
Fellaini as an anchor man (he only needs to improve his marking and tackling). Nainggolan as an BWM support and Badelj for the creativity in the midfield.
Samir Handanovic, he has all the required attributes of a good goalkeeper (defend). After 3 years you can replace Handanovic with Szczeny. Ter Steegen is a very good talent, but Arseal has already a good young Gk.