Nice Bloke - But Hughton Is Not Up To The Job!
Managerless and clueless, the Magpies slipped out of the Carling Cup as holders Tottenham won 2-1, their first domestic win of the campaign.
It looks likely Terry Venables will be in the dug out for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Blackburn.
Not the choice of the supporters, I'm sure, but the fact remains ... Hughton is not up to the job!
Hughton: "Irrespective of what has gone on re: the club, when you are on a run of defeats, then it does affect confidence.
"All you can do as coaches is pick the players up, look at the positives from the game - and irrespective of how disappointed we are at this particular moment, there are some positives from the game - and that's what we have got to centre our thoughts on now.
"We have a game on Saturday that I still believe we are capable of winning.
"What they will find is a great bunch of players that I couldn't have asked more of.
"They have gone through the difficulties of everything that has gone on, which are outside of their control, and applied themselves in the best way they can."