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Watford have turned down the chance to have Emmanuel Adebayor train with them.

The Magpies’ less than impressive start to life under McClaren has prompted scathing responses from some pundits, among them Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and former Newcastle skipper Alan Shearer.

Janmaat, who scored against Watford on the weekend, is one of the many players in McClaren’s squad who has failed to perform so far this season.

Watford have struggled to find the form that saw them score 91 goals in the Championship last season, with them only managing to score three goals in their return to the top division.

The Netherlands worldwide added: “We have to score more”.

Reports have suggested McClaren could reshuffle his line-up for Saturday’s visit of Watford – as the former England manager seeks to kick-start his debut season with Newcastle.

Cisse has scored only once since February – against Southampton on the opening day of the season – and his drought has coincided with the Toon’s shocking record of just three Premier League wins in the whole of 2015.

After Eden Hazard had missed an early penalty, Willian put the hosts in front and Maccabi’s hopes were effectively ended when Oscar converted from the spot on the stroke of half-time.

That game pits Newcastle against Watford at St James’ Park on Saturday, and having benefited from some strong support from the stands in the opening weeks of the season, Coloccini is urging his side’s supporters to continue to stick with their new-look team.

Norwich City beat Bournemouth 3-1 and promoted Watford sank Swansea City 1-0, Odion Ighalo’s second-half strike securing their first league win of the season.

At Stamford Bridge, Mikel Obi watched from the substitute’s bench as Chelsea suffered a shock 2-1 defeat in the hands of Crystal Palace.

Let’s preview and predict this matchup.

Next up, according to the BBC’s Geoff Doyle, is Colombian worldwide Victor Ibarbo, who joins on loan from Roma pending a medical.

Mourinho will ramp up the urgency again this weekend as Chelsea looks to regain its championship form and Hazard is their strongest fantasy option regardless of position.

All in all it has not been a good first three weeks for Chelsea.