McClaren pleads for patience at Newcastle

Falcao looks the more likely and is the 5/1 favourite with BetVictor to open the scoring at St James’ Park, 7/5 to net anytime and 12/1 to be named man of the match. But I’m confident that losing run will be over come the final whistle.

Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp admits he was impressed with the performance of Aleksandar Mitrovic against Chelsea and has a sneaky feeling the Serbia worldwide could become a “Toon hero”, as per the Daily Mail. He showed what he brings in terms of being a team player. “It is a massive game for us, no two ways about it”.

“We say how far do we have to go before we turn it around, because the players are capable of doing that”.

The Magpies, so abject in their Capital One Cup defeat against a much-changed Sheffield Wednesday in midweek, responded in just the fashion McClaren had hoped, initially by defending robustly before eventually opening up and taking the game to the visitors.

“Everybody has to look at themselves in the mirror and ask if they gave everything”. Defensively we haven’t been on top form yet – nobody has been.

“We firmly believe there is the quality we need within this group of players, however we all know that what has to improve are the results, which will then breed belief and confidence”. We’re only a couple of months together with this group and the new manager and coaching staff, and we need to figure out the way we need to play.

“We dominated the first half because we were not scared to play football or put pressure on Chelsea“. Only the Magpies and Sunderland – who are bottom – are yet to win this season in the league. I’ve had experience before and I’ve seen other people, like Van Gaal, who have had that experience.

“We have come back and the last 10 days it has been like World War Three”.

“It depends on the opposition team and the objective but normally I am not happy with a point”.

“The Championship is very tough”.

In an email to the club’s supporters, Charnley said: “There is no hiding from the fact that this has been a very disappointing start to our Premier League campaign, and a painful early exit from a cup competition that we were determined to give everything in this year”.

“A lot of them turned up and I really appreciated it because it could have been easy for them to stay at home, especially with the way things have been”.