You can laugh at the title above, even I was little bit raising my eyebrows when I saw the article from Times Online about Kevin Keegan thoughts for United’s Australian striker Mark Viduka.

But after reading the whole sentences, I understand the point of Keegan said Mark can be our Fernando Torres.

“If he’d been fit and available, Mark is the kind of player you want on your teamsheet every week,” Keegan said. “You always want your best players available, but forwards who can score you goals and win you matches and who have experience, you need them especially. If we can have a fit Mark Viduka for the last nine games, that’ll be a huge bonus for us.”

Have been lacked in fitness issues since joining Newcastle last summer, Mark Viduka only appearing once as substitute for Keegan this year. Keegan said more, quoted from the Times:

“He’s got this fantastic ability to score goals in tight situations and to score goals at important times. That’s what wins you football matches. You saw Fernando Torres the other night score a goal [for Liverpool] when a lot of players would have taken another touch, and Mark comes into that category, too. He doesn’t need a lot of space, he can do the unexpected.”

Ahead for today’s fixture against Arsenal in Premier League match at Emirates Stadium, United will losing Mark Viduka after his latest medical check shows he still have light calf injury and Keegan will not take any risk to play him.

Kevin Keegan confirmed that Viduka got a slight calf strain so he’s not quite ready but hopefully he’ll be featured for the home game with Middlesbrough.

With Viduka’s missing, Joey Barton is set for his return to Newcastle substitutes bench. Barton is currently awaiting his trial over an alleged incident last month, but a change in the player’s bail conditions makes him able to play at the Emirates.

“We are very low on numbers at the minute and we might need Joey and I’d have no problems with bringing him on.” Keegan explained, “He has worked really hard in training and I do believe that we will make a plus out of a minus.”

Keegan says despite the Gunners 3-0 victors in the FA Cup fourth round, United still has an excellent chance to get away with a result from the Emirates today. King Kev challenge them to show the same quality like their FA Cup first-half courage through the full 90 minutes tonight.

“If we play like that against most teams in the Premier League then we’ll have more to cheer about than we will to cry about,” he told Newcastle World TV. “We’ve had a really good go and I was delighted with that. The lads showed courage and we should’ve gone in ahead at half-time.”

Meanwhile, Wenger warned his Arsenal players of Michael Owen threat at the Emirates Stadium and believes that given Owen half a chance he will punish the North Londoners.

“His match sharpness will come back with more games,” Wenger said, “You still feel that if you make a mistake, he will be there to take advantage of it as his runs are very intelligent.”

“You see that the quality is there, but Owen is not yet 100 per cent.”

Middlesbrough Chairman Steve Gibson has expressed his relief that his club are finally rid of prolific goalscorers Mark Viduka and Yakubu Ayegbeni.

Sam Allardyce may have experience of “Bad Smell” at our dressing room and he is trying to get rid off that smell, but on the Gibson’s case, the bad smell was not in the dressing room but inside his pocket perhaps?

Today’s news as being quoted from www.caughtoffside.com, was taking my sight. They have written about Smoggies chairman saying that both Newcastle and Everton have signed “A Pair Of Greedy, Lazy Buggers”. Is it true?

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