I Luv It! I Really Luv It! Who knows that we will be this important to the other team premierhips title hope and a win against Chelsea would be open champagnes at Old Trafford and a deserve thank you letter personally from Sir Alex Fergusson for the Toon lads and Kevin Keegan.

In contrast to what happened around 12 years ago when we were the side who is in the title race with Sir Alex side, last night, Sir Alex backed his old ‘enemy’ Kevin Keegan to upset Avram Grant’s Chelsea side and help him to win the title this year.

“The way Chelsea have been talking, it’s as if it’s going to be easy up there. We know from our experience it won’t be that way,” Ferguson said. “I know Newcastle will do their job honestly in the same way West Ham did. You take Dean Ashton - he was a United fan as a kid - but he scored a goal that could have killed our hopes.”

The truth is, we have nothing to fight for actually in our last two matches this season. We are already securing our place in Premier League next season. But, in my opinion, it’s just a great bonus if we can win our last two games against the team that wears Blue shirt, especially Chelsea.

For tomorrow’s game, Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel or Claude Makelele will have difficult job to mark our skipper. If they do that there are certainly more big problems for their side as they will required another extra players to cover the other areas from Mark Viduka and Oba Martins.

This game will also be a great chance to test our three-pronged attackers against a team with solid defensive cohesion like Chelsea. Keegan’s diamond formation has never been tested against any of the top four side, so Chelsea could be one of them to taste the defeat against United’s transformations.

What can really be said that hasn’t been said a hundred times in a thousand different ways? Only six words are really needed - this team is not good enough.

While we all really know we aren’t on the same planet as ManU nowadays, to be fair, they tried - surely the very minimum we should expect?

Until the final 15-20 minutes, we actually gave them a game, but shot ourselves in the foot at regular intervals, most of their goals being the result of individual errors, or individual errors being massively contributory - much as we’ve been doing all season, in fact.

In the last 15-20 minutes, after the 3rd went, yet again we lost all shape and ran around chasing the ball like schoolboys, with the inevitable consequences.

I said after last weeks humiliation that it was highly unlikely we could improve if KK persevered playing 4-4-2 with Butt and Barton in central midfield - and today provided further evidence, if we needed it.

Butt ran himself into the ground, and was a mix a good and bad, but I wouldn’t criticise him too much. Barton was s***e; and the crowd began to turn on him in the 2nd half.

We defended pathetically as a team. It doesn’t really matter who we play in the back four when they get so little protection from our non-existent midfield.

I lost count of the number of times a ManU player picked up the ball in midfield with no Black ‘N White shirt within 15 yards of him, run at the back four unchallenged, and have a choice of 2 of 3 team-mates to pick out with a pass.

Barton gave one goal away, Taylor another and Smith another. Given stood rooted to his line as the ball was played across the 6yd box on the 1st two goals, his kicking as usual was hopeless, and we needed to waste one sub when he failed to appear for the 2nd half.

Smith worked tirelessly, and even had a decent shot saved. Owen was on the pitch. Carroll was a bit of an improvement.

Another very sad day in the continuing demise of the club we all love, and I rather doubt even The Messiah can turn these lumps into bread and fishes.

Kevin Keegan has welcome back all four African contingent after the end of African Cup of Nations. Beye, Faye, Geremi and Martins all together have been involved in the training session.

Keegan said Newcastle has benefit ahead of Saturday’s fixture with Manchester United from last weekend FA Cup’s day off.

“We have to try to get the balance right in the break and I believe it will be a good thing,” Special K told Newcastle World TV. “By the time we come to Man Utd we would have had everyone together for the first time.”

“Geremi is now back and I’ve now met all of the lads and have got to know everyone that little bit better during the break. The lads have been very focussed and we’ve got through some good work.” King Kev added more.

Keegan has told his squad to get along with what we have until the end of the season. He also challenged the Toon players to make the best of that, and start “nailing down” first-team spots. King Kev hasn’t make any decision of who are his strongest XI.

“We need a win. That’s all we lack at the moment. The confidence will come flowing back and the football will get better and the players will start to trust each other that little bit more.”

“I said to the players ‘There’s no-one nailing much down in terms of the first-team’,” explained Keegan. “Usually you have seven, eight or nine who are definite regulars. But that’s an incentive for everyone at the club to get in the team.”

Keegan said he will also open the door for United’s young players. The young guys have got the future at Newcastle and it’s down to them as much as it is to the club.

One of those promising young starlets that has special attention from Keegan is the Hungary under-21 defender Tamas Kadar.

“Tamas Kadar has taken everything in his stride. He does not speak the language but he is learning one or two things.” King Kev explained, “But on a football field where there is a language all of its own he is saying all the right things.”

United also have Fabio Zamblera who signed from Atalanta, Ben Tozer and Wesley Ngo Baheng comes in, and Keegan believes they are keep learning something new every day and can be the next United’s star when they time is finally arrived.