The scoring stats for Chancel Mbemba and the current Newcastle defence makes embarrassing reading over the last couple of seasons.

Vurnon Anita says that the team had to step up last year after Cabaye’s departure, as fans we saw precious little evidence of that.

It is Liverpool v Newcastle on Sunday, two teams lining up who are the 3 goal kings.

Amongst the achievements notched up this year, Newcastle now top the 2014 failing to score rankings ahead of every other English club.

When asked about scoring goals without Loic Remy, John Carver was straight to the point and admitted that ‘the stats don’t lie.’

Alan Pardew has claimed that Newcastle are’up there with the top teams’ when it comes to scoring goals – the actual reality says something different.

Alan Pardew has come out and backed a return to Cisse goal heaven and hinted that he still sees a Remy/Cisse partnership as his ideal strikeforce.

Pointing to other options such as Gouffran and Remy in a more central role, the manager has hinted that he could explore other formations without his main striker.

So waving goodbye to Papiss Cisse may see Newcastle United waving goodbye to an awful lot more.