Smith Could Return For Fulham Fixture!
With Joey Barton now suspended, Shearer is keeping his fingers crossed that he does not also lose the £6million man, who is desperate to prove his worth after a difficult first two seasons on Tyneside.
Shearer: "Alan Smith is going to be touch and go.
"He took a blow to the thigh at Liverpool and that's bled inside, so it is going to be touch and go whether he is fit."