So who IS calling the shots at St James' Park?
Chris Hughton: "Every decision is based on results.
"People will always question the selection when results haven't gone the way we want them to.
Who Dropped Owen - Hughton Of Kinnear?
"There's no guarantee that Michael Owen starting would have got us the result we needed.
"It's a judgement call by myself for each particular game and you just hope to make more good ones than bad ones."