When asked if he had spoken to Steve McClaren about his future and that was the reason why he thought he would never represent Newcastle again, Rob Elliot said: “No the manager – you know what it’s just mainly because there was rumours of me leaving and obviously Karl (Darlow) came in.
“Then I was injured so I started as No 3, which is no secret, but the manager’s been absolutely fantastic with me.
“(He’s) just encouraged me to be myself and play how I play. Like he said he had no issue with chucking me in and it’s been good.
“We’ve had a really positive change around on the training ground (when McClaren came in) and it’s just the results haven’t reflected how much of a positive vibe we’ve had.
“This (win) is the start of it. We can start building on it – not get too ahead of ourselves – but start building on it and push our season forward.”
