Happy Saturday all. We’re back on Tyneside for another installment of Latin lunacy.

Last time out Newcastle were making good strides for a tilt at the title, but overhauling Man Utd may be a tough test. Before league action though, it’s league cup action against Bolton.

You shouldn’t be 3-0 up inside twenty minutes and lose on penalties, but when you are Newcastle, who knows?

At least No.11 didn’t get on the score sheet

Is the remedy for a cup exit a bore-draw against Aston Villa? I’m not sure but here we are.

Thankfully it’s all very straightforward in the Uefa Cup against Braga

We’ll have Galatasaray in the next round. 2-2 at half time against Leicester thankfully ends up in a 5-3 win which is a bit of a miracle after being 2-0 down after 12 minutes..

Ok, I have no explanation for this. We all know Andrew Mainwaring is a lower league legend, but here he scores 4 against my lacklustre defence.

The defense is far more sturdy against Gala, but the win comes at some cost

League Cup revenge against Bolton and we kept No.11 quiet.

Oh, do fu%k off!

We go to Hell and come back with a 3-2 victory, so at least we’ll be in one cup when 2002 starts.

Betis will be a tough test

Back to league business and Batigol’s Liverpool rocks up and it’s honours even

This team is starting to infuriate me. How did we let Les Battersby get the better of our 11 men?

Maybe I need to bring back this guy from Oldham. Dave Mathieson would be disappointed but when needs must…

Another game, another draw. Maybe the defence is the problem. Maybe its the goalie….

It’s not the strikers problem though. Julio has hit 100 goals in 149 games. When asked how hes going to celebrate, he responds with ‘Ganna hiot the toon with Tino and chat up some quality blart’. Our very own silver tongued cavalier…..

Eddie Fu$%ing Newton.

No FA Cup banana skin against Barry Fry’s Posh, but it was a nervy match. If we had lost to an Ade Akinbiyi goal the laptop would have been out of the window…

Of course we draw Sunderland – we have a league match against them the week before…

Still, we give ourselves a chance of catching Man Utd when our wingers out do Paul Scholes.

Oh yeah, when Wimbledon have two players sent off they salvage a point, yet when WE do it, we lose. Gahhh

Ok, we the lads put it right in the FA Cup, C-Lo is especially repentent.

Our reward is a visit to Old Trafford.

Just when you think you’re back in the game, then Harry Kewell breaks your heart.

At least we can get it right against Crystal Palace. Honestly, there is no logic to this save.

I’ll take this logic though, get in there you beauty. I need to Julio you can keep scoring after 100 goals though….

Division 1 will be our destination in the quarters.

West Ham are 18th in the table……

Lets see where all this shenanigans leaves us in the table. 3rd. 12 points adrift – it looks like the impossible job now. At least we have the cups to look forward to.

Once again, this has been highly frustrating. Why not join me for more of it next week?