Author Profile - Joe Dixon ( 5203 Posts )

You had Hatem Ben Arfa; a player who gave us a master class in instant ball control, dribbling, dropping the shoulder, creating the crucial first goal, flashes of brilliance, then you had…Peter Crouch.

At the minute there is nothing to stop player speculation and being a glass half full type of person I look at it as a positive. There is a reason why our players, and not sunderland’s, are linked with big money moves.

Champions League qualification would be a miracle, finishing above the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs quite remarkable, qualifying for the Europa League a dubious reward.

Never take at face value any headline concerning Newcastle United!

Sir Bobby Robson’s memorial garden has been vandalised. Same type of cowards who would use social media to spread racist and homophobic hate, as well as sick comments regarding Fabrice Muamba.

Against Arsenal we struggled to get both Tiote and Cabaye further up the pitch where they can do more damage. If they had more confidence in certain players around and behind them then we’d be a far more dangerous team.

Newcastle’s weakness would arguably be the full-back positions. Taylor provides assists and scores some good goals, but he’s not the quickest and, if played at left-back, could be a good target for Theo Walcott. Danny Simpsons on the other side is nothing special either.

After intensive research we can reveal exactly why Newcastle United get so few goals from their midfield players.

Alan Pardew “The core of the team are now under contract for the next four or five years and we can push on from the successful season we’ve had so far”. Coloccini “I wanted to give the clubs and the fans something back”.

sunderland have hit a bit of a revival under O’Neill but at heart they are an average workmanlike team at best.

Hopefully the Wolves match will have blown away any cobwebs and Cabaye & Tiote will provide the platform for United to get back on track.