United Captain Fabricio Coloccini has admitted Newcastle fans ‘deserve better’, though he still points to the club hitting the overall target of top 10.
Bookies aren’t often wide of the mark and their Newcastle odds are rapidly falling, United players could have a smile on their face end of season, will you?
A top ten finish isn’t something that would equal getting the open-top bus out but what it would give is a real belief in Newcastle really being able to compete next season, three points today can be the start.
Before the Villa match we highlighted our top tip as being a sporting bet on Newcastle to finish in the Top Ten, as the juicy 8/1 odds were calling us. With United now only three points behind tenth placed Stoke, who we play next week, the odds not surprisingly have dramatically tumbled.