Antoine Sibierski’s second-half winner saw Newcastle end a 9-game winless streak in the Premiership with invigorating vim at St James’ Park. There were plenty of positives to take away from the game as Newcastle attacked with frightening pace throughout.

What did you think of the game? Is the tide turning for Newcastle now Kieron Dyer is back? What do you think of Solano at right-back? Where do you think we can finish? Does this result only paper over the cracks? What do you make of the improvement of the team in the absence of Carr?

They say money can’t buy you love, but if just half the reports these past few weeks are to be believed regarding Toon takeover talks then it would appear that the Belgravia Group looking to acquire Newcastle United, hope to do just that as they look to capture the hearts and minds of the Magpie faithful - on and off the stands.

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Mark Halsey, 45 years old and originally from Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire but now based in Bolton, Lancashire, takes charge of us for the 2nd time this season as we play Portsmouth in the Premiership later today.

His one United game so far this season was our 2-0 loss at Liverpool, where we had numerous strong penalty appeals waved away. He refereed this corresponding fixture last season, as we won Glenn Roeder’s 1st game as Caretaker boss 2-0, with Alan Shearer scoring his 201st goal for the club in the process.

Halsey replaces Mike Riley, who was originally appointed to the game but swapped games with Halsey after Mark was appointed to a UEFA Cup tie on Thursday. Riley instead took West Ham’s win over Sheffield United.