I’m convinced if we beat Stoke and Wigan then Champions League is ours. People need to remember that to beat the likes of Spurs, you don’t necessarily need to beat the likes of Spurs….if you know what I mean ‘arry!

Like all good card sharps, Alan Pardew knows that it is fatal to be the first to blink and give your hand away. The way he has handled Newcastle’s rise on the pitch has been carried off equally well away from the main action.

A Champions League group stage to line the club’s coffers (and maybe persuade Mr. Ashley to invest), ending with an honourable third place and parachute entry into the knockout rounds of the Europa League.

If the team qualify they will have also exposed any player who then left – because if affection for Newcastle AND Champions League football isn’t enough to grab them, then they weren’t the players for us in the first place.

If Newcastle can do the business then I’m confident we’ll end up in the Champions League, dropped points by Chelsea and Spurs is further proof that we have fragile opponents in that race for Europe.

With 16 matches to go I predicted Newcastle United could get another 32 points and match Arsenal’s 68 points which last season equalled Champions League qualification. NUFC are now one point ahead of schedule!

With 16 matches to go I predicted Newcastle United could get another 32 points and match Arsenal’s 68 points which last season equalled Champions League qualification. Are NUFC now back on track for that target?

We win the Europa League and some other cups and qualify for the Champions League. Now can somebody tell me; is that really that much to ask?

The acquisition of a top centre half would have seen 6 points, not 2, from our last two games & put us in line for the Champions League. I don’t know who the ideal signing would be but I reckon Graham Carr does and I bet he would have paid for himself twice over..

Newcastle United still on track for a Champions League spot using my prediction-omator.

The Wolves match was a reality check but 68 points still a realistic target.