Toon no match for Match of the Day

Once again BBC1's Match of the Day failed to do Newcastle (or Wigan to be fair) any justice in their opening day edition. Consistently last season they failed to provide any decent analysis on our matches, even when they shockingly showed our home game against Arsenal last season first. Alan Shearer clearly had plenty to say tonight, but the show ran out of time. Meaning that games requiring less highlights and analysis wasted air time with useless banter. If this was the first time that had occured, or it was rarity, I wouldn't mind. But the fact that it is consistent really annoys me. Some of the things worth seeing from our game today, for both the home side and the visitors weren't even touched upon. Some Wigan fans will have been extremely frustrated at the fact that they didn't even see any of their seven new signings on the field for the simple reason that MOTD failed to show it. Infact fans of Newcastle's opponents shouldn't even bother to tune in, because they seem to have something against us. I know I'm not the first to touch upon this subject and I am one of many who has emailed them about it.

With transfers expected in the next few days, here is a list of names that I would welcome through the SJP gates in a black and white shirt...

Robert Huth
Lucas Neill
Wayne Bridge
Olivier Bernard
Pascal Chimbonda
Curtis Davis
Jonathan Woodgate
Joris Mathijsen

Mikael Arteta
Tim Cahill
Thomas Gravesen

Miroslav Klose
Obafemi Martins
Dean Ashton
Marlon Harewood
El-Hadji Diouf
David Nugent
Henri Camara
Jermain Defoe
Collins John
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Klaas Jan Huntelaar
David Trezeguet
Julio Baptista
Nicolas Anelka
Arouna Koné