Author Profile - Jackie Smithfield ( 11241 Posts )

Krul; “Wolves and sunderland at home…are the ones and if we win those then we are back up where we have been all season”.

Wins at places like Wolves & the mackems are the sort that put you in contention at the right end of the table and sum up the season so far.

Back before the Blackburn match I looked at the possibility of Newcastle grabbing a Champions League spot.

Good news is we are currently two points ahead of schedule!

Alan Pardew has what he has to play with at the moment and he has to try and get the maximum out of certain players who just aren’t up to the standard.

He can hardly come out and say Williamson, Perch, Obertan, Guthrie, Simpson aren’t good enough.

Today against Spurs we need big performances from both Guthrie and Perch in the engine room if we’re to compete, let’s have a massive dose of team spirit!

With Ba and Cissé both playing we have every chance.

Can you ever want sunderland to win a football match? Imagine waking up on Sunday morning with a stonking hangover and remembering we are now five points ahead of Arsenal (ok I’d settle for it being 3!) in the race for that Champions League slot.

After the Villa match Demba Ba was asked about his strike partner, ” think he is a good lad, so he will settle in okay.
It was not so important that I scored. I was very happy that we got the win today and it doesn’t matter if I score today or somebody else. I am happy, but it was not the most important thing”.

Blue skies over Tyneside and a nice ‘warm’ welcome awaits Papiss Cissé, at least from our hearts.

Get along if you can, you just never know when you might miss one of ‘those’ days in United’s history.

There is no escape. Even though neither ourselves or ‘that’ team are still in the Cup, the 40 year anniversary of ‘that’ goal was never going to be allowed to pass by peacefully.

Have a look to see how they’re covering this insignificant event down in the west country.

Newcastle Utd target Mariappa goes to Millwall….to play for Watford tonight!

Looks like this deal is finally knocked on the head, especially as Alan Pardew made clear the club were unlikely to go back if the player didn’t sign now.

When we play Aston Villa next Sunday (5th February), do you know what occasion it will mark?

When we get to next Sunday, that match will be the first one Newcastle United will have played where they won the equivalent fixture last year!