It doesn’t take a genius to work out how much we rely on those four key players to create and score goals, the rest of the team need to step up as well as essential new recruits needed.
Could follow mackem model and only sign anonymous workmanline players, could then sit back knowing none of our players would be making headlines, apart from those jumping up and down on cars of course.
News from Senegal’s FA president Augustin Senghor that he will be looking to call up Newcastle’s two top scorers Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse, rules allowing three players over the age of 23.
Michael Owen falls in love with Newcastle United a few years too late as he picks three NUFC players in his PFA team. Bet he didn’t even recall he played for us a few years ago, that is Michael Owen.
If next season we regularly played with Elliot (instead of Krul), Williamson (for Coloccini), Perch and Guthrie (for Cabaye and Tiote), Best and Shola (for Cissé and Ba), NUFC would almost certainly be relegated.
Newcastle are facing the prospect of having passed up a great chance to move forward having failed to bring in an extra forward and defender in the summer.
Failing to do so in January could see things really fall apart, not just losing a few games.