Fright night

It seems our Wednesday evening ordeal wasn't ended by the final whistle at the Liberty Stadium, with high winds making the flight back to Tyneside, and the landing in particular, somewhat hairy. While the Silver Fox  refuted claims that some players had been screaming (a claim nevertheless repeated in the Daily Heil), he did his best to embarrass his assistant: "John Carver had a little bit of a wobble, he wasn't so brave and looked a bit white when we got off." It remains to be seen whether that was due to the flight or to the prospect of a trip to Old Trafford off the back of a beating from the previously poor-at-home Swans...