Not only are their first team heading in "Titanic fashion" towards relegation, but the second string are just about doomed!It is a chance for Lee Clark's boys to close in on top of the table Middlesbrough, who are eight points clear, but Newcastle have three games in hand.
Olivier Bernard joins the squad (you can read about that elsewhere on this site), but only Matty Pattison has any real first team experience.
Although quite a few of the youngsters have warmed the bench in recent Newcastle games including young 16-year old Lua Lua.