Andros Townsend has an (unspecified) injury problem and faces a late fitness test tonight before the Stoke match.

The two of them look set for the bench with the ‘interesting’ possibility of Seydou Doumbia making his first start…

Official Newcastle United update on Coloccini injury.

Fabricio Coloccini was an unused substitute in the friendly against Lillestrom but he is reported to have picked up the injury when ‘warming down’ after the final whistle.

When the likes of Massadio Haidara, Vurnon Anita, Emmanuel Riviere, Sylvain Marveaux, Paul Dummett, Steven Taylor and others are injured, does it really have any significant, or even minimal, impact on the first eleven?

Steve McClaren: “We’ve only got four fit defenders, the majority of them centre-backs.”

Surely as a left wing-back with a license to get forward knowing he has three centre-backs behind him, sounds ideal for Rolando Aarons.

Young Newcastle United forward Ivan Toney has been ruled out for the next three months with an ankle ligament injury, effectively meaning that his season is almost certainly over. With…

All the glorious moments Hatem Ben Arfa gave us and yet he was forced out, whilst Obertan picks up 5 years of wages for nothing.

Paul Simpson says no blame on Lee Cattermole as Jack Colback waits for second scan and meetings with specialists.