Commenting on our hard-fought draw against Arsenal a few weeks ago, I praised the side of the performance that they produced that night. However, I went on to say that the following four games against Birmingham, Fulham, Derby and Wigan would be the real tests to see if we were really turning things around. Well, those four games have come and gone, and unfortunately we’ve failed the test miserably. (more…)

Liverpool are the latest visitors to St James’ Park in today’s lunchtime kick off. We caught up with Liverpool fan Mike, to find out his opinions on the game and the latest goings on at Anfield. (more…)

So the internationals are over, England messed up spectacularly, Scotland were cruelly denied and Northern Ireland fell at the last hurdle as well, meaning that next summer’s European Championships finals will not contain any British representatives.

But more importantly, what of our players? Here’s what happened.

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And so the time has come once again for international football to make yet another of its rude interruptions so that a bunch of teams that interest us far less than our club sides can take centre stage. It’s time for the press to indulge once more in some over-hyped hysteria over a bunch of muppets who have to rely on others to qualify from a group which shouldn’t have been that hard to qualify from anyway. And of course it’s a time when our players can potentially get crocked in all four corners of the world. So let’s take a look at which NUFC players are where.

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7th plays 8th at St James’ tomorrow, as we entertain Pompey, just one place ahead of us in the table in what should be a close game. We caught up with ‘Pompey Paddy’ of the ‘Fratton Faithful’ website (www.portsmouth-mad.co.uk) to get the view from the South Coast on tomorrow’s encounter.

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Monday night sees us entertain Spurs at St James’, thanks to those marvellous television schedules depriving us of a weekend match. We caught up with three Spurs’ fans, Mr Tea, Defoe8 and Lil Yiddo to look ahead to the game and find out what they make of Spurs so far this season.

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We head to the City of Manchester Stadium tomorrow lunchtime, where we face a rejuvenated Man City side currently riding high in 3rd place. Will it last? We caught up with Man City fan Groucho from the Man City section of general football site www.soccer24-7.com to get his opinions on life under Sven, Joey Barton and of course, tomorrow’s game.

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Newcastle entertain West Ham at St James’ this sunday lunchtime, in a game which pits us against a side who much like ourselves are hoping to improve on a disappointing show last season. We caught up with a few members of West Ham site, Hammers Mad to get their views on the game, their team and us.

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With the Premiership taking a week off several of our players have answered the call of their respective countries and are on international duty in various parts of the globe. Here’s the lowdown on the players involved.

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This week has seen Newcastle United fans castigated left, right and centre, courtesy of the media, following chants directed towards Middlesbrough’s Egyptian forward, Mido during the game at the Riverside last Sunday. We take a look back, and comment upon some of the criticisms that have been thrown our way.

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Saturday afternoon brings two Newcastle old-boys Antoine Sibierski and Titus Bramble back to St James’. henry_latics from www.wiganer.net spoke to us about the game and how the former Magpies duo are settling in at the JJB.

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Wednesday night sees us entertain Championship side Barnsley in the second round of the League Cup. Alastair Limb of www.barnsley-mad.co.uk gives us his views.

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Sunday sees us make the short trip down the A19 for the dinnertime kick off at Middlesbrough. This week we bring you a two for one. We spoke to two Boro fans. Boamy, a member of the Middlesbrough fans’ forum www.smogchat.com/mfc and Steve Goldby of www.comeonboro.com for their views on the game.

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With Saturday’s game at home to Aston Villa just a couple of days away, we spoke to Newcastle-Online regular, and Villa fan Brummie to find out his opinions on the game, and the goings on at Villa Park and St James’.

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After a period of concern amongst some Newcastle fans, new signings now appear to be imminent with the transfers of Alan Smith and Caçapa apparently well advanced, and Ivica Dragutinović also rumoured to be signing in the near future. Whilst many Newcastle fans will be familiar with Alan Smith, the latter two players are less well-known. So who are they? What are their credentials? Read on, and find out.

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