Just some immediate thoughts which no doubt some of you will probably have mentioned elsewhere.

Well first of all, some of you wanted Barton out - you got it. Some of you wanted Butt out - you got it. Some of you wanted Martins out - you got it. Some of you wanted Cacapa out - you got it. And some of you wanted Taylor, Faye, Emre & Duff in - you got it.

Most notably, a…

Any difference between them? Maybe it’s just where their team position in the Premier League table, besides that both have been failed to secured a winable fixtures into the grab. More worst to us, Big Sam and his “lazy” squad totally awful, disintegrated and showing no passion once again.

“We picked a side to live with the tempo we knew they would try and play at, and simply from start to finish we didn’t manage to.” Allardyce…

Newcastle start the match with three men forward and leave Geremi on the bench, and at first it looks like Big Sam is preparing the gift for our Christmas with another three points at home.

Damien Duff and Viduka both return to the team with Viduka coming straight into starting eleven while Duff waiting on the bench with Harper, Steven Taylor and Emre.

For Derby side, Steve Howard got his childhood dream come tru and playing inside…

Jeez, that was bliddy hard work! After giving away our customary comedy goal - courtesy of a really weak challenge from Rozehnal - we were a tad fortunate to snag all 3 points when most had already settled for one.

Played in atrocious conditions, the game was littered with errors and poor passing, and in truth more came from the black ‘n whites than Brum. Having said that, we created more scoring opportunities than Brum, especially…

We fought our way back into the game superbly after conceding another soft goal - albeit one that was brilliantly taken.

We are simply have seen the half-best of Newcastle United performance this season so far. There’s still room for improvement, especially on our back-four but surely we are much, much better than we are recently, even comparing to the winning team against Spurs, Everton and Hams.

For the first time this season we worked really hard…