“The fans will be crucial for us because we need them pushing and supporting the players”, the former Valencia, Liverpool and Real Madrid manager said. But can they? Midfield player Georginio Wijnaldum admits that he is baffled by the team’s fragile self-belief.’We have to change a lot of things, ‘ he admitted solemnly.
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Newcastle are waiting to discover the full extent of the damage, with reports claiming he has broken two fingers, and whether they will be able to patch him up for the Swans game.
Newcastle United defender Daryl Janmaat has busted his hand.
The Magpies head coach was the angriest he has been in the dressing room since succeeding Steve McClaren when he watched the team fall behind cheaply at Southampton on Saturday.
Those have increased the chances of relegation, with Newcastle staring at a six point gap to safety and a significantly inferior goal difference to both Sunderland and Norwich above them.
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And Benitez’s second-bottom side desperately need to beat Swansea City on home turf on Saturday to keep their faint hopes of Premier League survival alive. It was scant consolation on another tough day for Newcastle fans as they went down 3-1. “At the moment it is just a single mistake, an individual mistake, that is killing the team mentally”. “I don’t have doubts to start with Jay but the players who started today did a good job, that’s the competition we have”. We’ve got flair players, tricky players [and] players with loads of talent. “So we have to be sure for the next one that we will not make mistakes”.
