Following a spate of irate e-mails, letters and calls from Newcastle United fans over the Chronicle’s reporting of club affairs the local paper has hit back with this:

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Each week here at N.O we’ll be taking a good hard long look at our games and analysing certain issues that emerge from those games to generate talking points. Think of Andy Gray’s last word or whatever it is called. First up we’ll start with our excellent 1-0 win over Palermo in the UEFA Cup which threw up a plethora of talking points for this writer, such as…

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Post-match reactions from manager Glenn Roeder, goalkeeping hero Tim “unbelievable” Krul and goal hero Albert Luque following United’s 1-0 win over Palermo in the UEFA Cup last night.

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Nicky Butt put in a cracking performance over in Italy last night it has to be said and has quietly done a good job for us whenever called on this season following his recall from Birmingham City. While the midfield man hasn’t exactly reached the heights he once did at Manchester United for us, he’s putting in the kind of performances we bought him for.

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That was, as 18 year-old debutant Tim Krul himself would say - an unbelievable performance man. Talk about being thrown in at the deep-end! How good was Krul on his full debut for Newcastle United!? Old timers remember Micky Quinn’s debut, Supermac’s and others, well we’ll all remember Krul’s debut, that’s for sure.

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So we’re fourth from bottom, having won two, drawn two and lost the other six, we’re making pretty hefty losses and things are looking well and truly bleak. Given this situation, not to mention the possible takeover of the club by Belgravia or some other group, it would appear that Freddy Shepherd is likely to have a few decisions to make over the coming weeks and months.

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