This game is the end for Chris Hughton’s spell as caretaker manager at Newcastle United, and the last game before a certain Joe Kinnear is handed the reigns at St. James’ Park as an interim manager until the Mike Ashley soap opera reach its end at Tyneside and new owners with new ideas and a new system takes over. On the other hand though, Blackburn have before the season been said to be a team to struggle because of the sale of influential players like David Bentley to Tottenham and some, according to football “experts”, uninspired buys in the transfer window. But new Rovers manager Paul Ince does seem to be working his magic at Blackburn, just as he did at MK Dons, and Blackburn look to make the pre-season bets by the “experts” go wide off the mark. Though, will Chris Hughton end his reign as Newcastle manager with nothing but defeats, or will he hand over the reigns to Joe Kinnear going out with a win? Or will Paul Ince and his men continue their decent run in the Premier League this season by heaping even more sorrow onto the Tyneside outfit from the North East? We’ll see tomorrow. Though, then again…
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