Florian Thauvin home debut for Newcastle on Tuesday night and it took only three minutes for him to put the ball in the back of the net. Watch it here.

Newcastle v Northampton: Steve McClaren confirms that Siem de Jong definitely plays, wouldn’t be surprised to see him named Captain in Coloccini’s absence.

The claims of weakened teams being a problem for Newcastle United is a bit of misdirection at this stage.

Claims that some Newcastle players are ‘knackered’ as they approach Tuesday night’s cup match against Northampton, have produced zero sympathy from Rob Lee.

Florian Thauvin: “See you tomorrow Saint James Park! Very excited to meet you there and play my first game (v Northampton) in this stadium.”

Newcastle star Tim Krul claims that some United players are ‘knackered’ ahead of the Northampton cup-tie tonight.

The Northampton manager, Chris Wilder, says that he doesn’t want to see his players getting their ‘tummies tickled’ at St James Park.

At Monday’s press conference, Steve McClaren said that he’s committed to putting out his ‘strongest team possible’ against Northampton on Tuesday night.

The question we asked yesterday was: Which Newcastle players should Steve McClaren ‘rest’ against Northampton? Fan votes now in.

Tim Krul says that the result at Old Trafford feels like a win and then went on to say where he believes Newcastle will pick up their first proper ‘win’.