We went past the point of "must win" some weeks ago. This is absolutely the last chance saloon a draw is useless if we can't beat this Newcastle team with all their problems then there is no chance of us picking up anywhere near the points required elsewhere there probably isn't anyway but failure to win is the coffin lid nailed down.
Newcastle will take the draw they probably shouldn't but a draw from their perspective means they will finish above us and it closes out the bottom two spots and leaves them in a race with Fulham.
I suspect that leaves us playing deep sitting block v deep sitting block. Pereira might be the difference but it will be 0:0 1:0 or 0:1. A 1:1 should be viewed as a goal fest.
I’ve had this persistent feeling that whilst we seem to have stemmed the flow of goals against ,this will be the match we actually put a few in....I really fancy us to win 3 or 4 nil.
Football is a funny beast, we more than many other teams know what it’s like at the wrong end of a table, but there is definitely something in the “this club has done it before and we can do it againâ€
Can’t stand all allardyce, but the change is visible and whilst I may not have selected the same players, it seems to be turning......start the clock.