Magpies need Coloccini to shine
BY Fabricio Coloccini's high standards, his performances for Newcastle United this season have not been as consistent as supporters had come to expect.
View ArticleCould Danny ever become Wearside's golden Graham?
GIVEN the reception Danny Graham received from a large section of Sunderland supporters on Tuesday night, it's safe to assume what is written below will not please everyone on Wearside.
View ArticleIt's time for change at Boro to keep promotion push alive
AN EIGHTH defeat of the calendar year has seen Middlesbrough drop down to their lowest league placing since October. A season promising so much before the turn of the year is suddenly in serious...
View ArticleO'Neill goes: Strange timing, but right decision?
THE worries have been increasing, the gap to the Premier League's bottom three reducing. But did Sunderland fans really think the man they always wanted in charge was going to go?
View ArticlePaul Fraser's Postcard from Portugal
LISBON is not a new city for a North-East club to visit. Not only did Newcastle United visit in 2005 in the UEFA Cup, both Middlesbrough and Sunderland have had trips to the Portuguese capital in the...
View ArticleEuropa League diary - Lisbon
WALKING around the Estadio da Luz during the last couple of days was a former Hartlepool United manager and Newcastle coach very familiar with the area.
View ArticlePardew primed for crucial week with Magpies
ONE of the biggest weeks of his two-and-a-half year reign was how Alan Pardew described Newcastle United's up-coming three matches and he thinks Thursday night's defeat in Portugal will galvanise his...
View ArticleLiverpool should keep hold of Suarez
IT would be all too easy for Liverpool to sell Luis Suarez. With 23 goals in the Premier League this season and his five assists, he is one of the hottest attacking talents in football and his sale...
View ArticleWhy have Pardew's Newcastle dropped so low?
WHEN Alan Pardew thinks of last season, he will remember being awarded manager of the year by both the League Managers' Association and the Premier League's sponsor, Barclays.
View ArticleHard to expect much from region's big three next season either
ANOTHER season is over and there will not be a Newcastle United, Sunderland or Middlesbrough fan out there disappointed about that.
View ArticleVenturing in to football's great unknown - but can it succeed on Tyne & Wear
OVER the course of the last nine days, the North-East's Premier League clubs have taken a similar route. For the first time, Newcastle United and Sunderland have both put a director of football in...
View ArticleTuesday topic: Boro in desperate need of help before big kick-off
Tony Mowbray has made no secret of a desire to bring in new players and work will continue up until Saturday’s Championship curtain-raiser with Leicester City. Chief football writer Paul Fraser...
View ArticleTuesday topic: Remy just right for Magpies, but who's next?
AFTER flying in to Newcastle United’s Benton training complex, Loic Remy disappeared through the entrance doors before putting the finishing touches to a season-long loan move to St James’ Park last...
View ArticleTuesday Topic: Di Canio needs results - and quickly
AFTER a third defeat in four Premier league games this season, Sunderland already find themselves cut adrift and propping up the rest of the division. Regardless of what Paolo Di Canio has said – and...
View ArticleBrave decision to sack Di Canio, but is it right?
FOR six months Sunderland have been in the spotlight. Rightly or wrongly, for whatever reason, Paolo Di Canio was box office.
View ArticleGibson's new direction needs to work straightaway at Boro
FIRST there was Bryan Robson, then Steve McClaren. Terry Venables even had a little shot in between, while Gareth Southgate, Gordon Strachan and local hero Tony Mowbray all had a stint in charge at...
View ArticleDimi is not alone after horrible bobble
DIMI KONSTANTOPOULOS will have nightmares for weeks after the horrible moment in the dying seconds of Middlesbrough's defeat to Queens Park Rangers at the Riverside Stadium.
View ArticleWorld Cup winner sees shades of '66
WORLD Cup winner Roger Hunt believes similarities can be drawn between England’s current crop and his teammates who lifted the trophy in 1966.
View ArticleWorld Cup Insider - ITV's early problems but viewers still tune in
THE ITV crew on the Copacabana beach were targeted by protestors on opening night of the finals – raising fears that they will continue.
View ArticleEngland's problems are not surprising, but there are positives
AS England warmed up for the World Cup with a couple of friendlies in Miami earlier this month, everyone had an opinion on how Roy Hodgson’s men would perform in Brazil.
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