Quote of the day

"Having a fit squad now, we have got everyone pushing each other and you know if you are not quite at it, you have got someone else ready to step in."

Flush with confidence after Sunday's superb equaliser, Big Lad gives Demba Ba and Leon O'Best a friendly nudge. Not that our current first-choice strikeforce weren't "at it" against Spurs - on the contrary, they both played very well before being withdrawn - so it'll be interesting to see whether Pardew feels Sunday's hero has done enough to get himself a starting place against Wigan.