Through and through

Thats better, we scored some. Obafemi Martins with two great goals demonstrating his ability to head, shoot and somersault. Despite some people claiming otherwise its quite a common occurence these days that we score after a corner. Emre the usual provider. Emre was unlucky not to get man of the match tonight, but new boy Martins deserves some credit for his very neat double.

On nights like this I remember why I spend hours of my life arguing that Newcastle aren't sh*t. We played pretty well, especially the second half and Harper again responsible for a goal conceded despite being solid for the rest of the game.

If Martins scores three goals per month until the end of the season he will have 24 goals, we will see!

Titus Bramble wasn't really troubled tonight but still managed one mistake in his otherwise solid display. Steven Taylor slipped at an unlucky time but was otherwise fantastic and Stephen Carr continued his very good play. Peter Ramage proved that he is not left-back, and that is our biggest worry for Sunday. Thanks very much Babayaro.