Keegan Has The Players - It's Up To HIM To Get It Right!

"I think we won seven and lost seven of our 14 games left. That was enough to get us out of the relegation zone at that time in the division below.

"You do need patience. We need the patience to wait for some of our players who have had injuries to get back to full fitness, for the ones to come back from suspension - and we have still got people to come back from the African Nations Cup.

"We do need patience and the Newcastle fans will show that. You can lose that patience if, after a while, the things you are seeing aren't really what you expected.

"That's when people start to get frustrated and show it.

"The players individually at this football club are all top-class players.

"If we can get them playing as a team, that would be a strong team.

"That is the secret of football. It is not getting the players individually playing well - that helps - but to get them to play collectively well and then the individuals to make the difference.

"That could be quite a few at this club. Damien Duff is a player who can turn a game; certainly Charles N'Zogbia can; I think James Milner can; certainly Michael Owen can and Mark Viduka can. It doesn't have to be the same player every week."