The calm before the storm

It's been a very quiet week on Tyneside, but needless to say that'll all change before very long. For there's something in the air - the ill wind that accompanies the Mackems everywhere, perhaps.

Sunday's derby match may no longer be the crucial fixture it looked set to be a few weeks ago from our perspective, but a win for the forces of good coupled with specific results on Saturday would plunge the Great Unwashed right back into the mire. As if we needed any more incentive to send them back across the river with their tails between their legs...