Are Newcastle United a big club? One former player says that outsiders just ‘don’t get it’, that it is only if somebody comes to Tyneside that they can realise the…

Mike Williamson was once again wheeled out to face the cameras after the four goal Tottenham defeat and to fair to him, just what could he say?

Alan Pardew has named four Newcastle players who didn’t deserve to be left out of his starting eleven against Chelsea.

Newcastle United starting 11 v Stoke announced.

Newcastle man of the match results v West Brom have four clear at the top & many fans would maybe have had none of them in the team earlier this season.

I think the general view amongst Newcastle fans is that Williamson comes over as a canny bloke who tries his best but isn’t really up to playing week in week out in the Premier League.

It will be a massive boost for Alan Pardew’s plans if Steven Taylor can return to full fitness AND the form he showed before his serious injury in that farcical Chelsea match.