Newcastle 2-1 Wigan Athletic

I've tipped Wigan for relegation, but fair play to them, they did very well today. Thankfully for the most part we defended well. On 38 minutes newly appointed captain Scott Parker fittingly opened the scoring for this season. On the hour McCulloch pulled one back for the entertaining Wigan, curling his shot past Given. But 8 minutes later Duff's clever backheel sent N'Zogbia free but his shot was well parried by England international goalkeeper Chris Kirkland however Shola stayed composed to slot home the rebound on the half volley. We didn't even get any bookings until Luque came on. This game was a very good advert for the Premiership; three goals in open play, the captain scoring, tension and a win for the best team ever. But thats just the beginning, we still need a striker to partner Ameobi, but for now, a good enough performance against a team who should do well this season. The Latic's seven new signings all featured and looked good, and our one new signing was also impressive!

I'll try and find out who Man of the Match was. Also good news that our irish trio made it through the 90 minutes, unlike Butt who got a head injury. I hope his replacement N'Zogbia did enough to win his place back in the team.

Away from home next week, it would be nice to have a new striker at least.

Frustratingly, the injury situation is starting to take hold, hopefully none of the following injuries are too serious:

Butt (head)
Moore (tbc)
Ameobi (slight knock)
Babayaro (limping)
Emre (limping)

Other results that amuse me:
Sunderland were battered 3-1 by new boys Southend.
Boro were 2-0 up Reading, but ended up losing 3-2.