Newcastle United head John Carver has indicated the alterations may be made to his squad for Monday's trip to Anfield.

Carver said that he is ready to drop under-performing players in order to halt their dismal form which has yielded just two wins from 13 games since he took over from Alan Pardew.

"Maybe I need to change the team to start with," said Carver. "Maybe I need to change a few positions of one or two players, and hope that sparks something.

"I waited until Wednesday before I held a team meeting to tell them what I thought, and it wasn't one of those meetings where the players had their say, I said what I had to say, and that was it, it was non-negotiable."