SIMON Grayson has come out fighting after claims he is on the verge of being axed.
NEWCASTLE are nervously awaiting the results of scans on Dwight Gayle's latest hamstring injury amid fears their 22-goal top scorer faces being ruled out for the rest of the season.
RAFA Benitez has defended his move for Daryl Murphy, insisting the Irishman can play a big role in Newcastle's bid to seal an immediate Premier League return.
NOT for the first time, Jermain Defoe was reduced to tears by a Stadium of Light passion play.
KEEP playing Russian Roulette for long enough, and eventually you'll get your brains blown out. Not so it appears Sunderland, as they prepare to dodge their latest bullet. Wearside's version of the great escape lives on, and is set to welcome its latest volume. As Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fame might like to say, it's a trilogy - in four parts.
MOUSSA Sissoko, the newly-appointed Newcastle United skipper, admits his side will have to topple at least one of the Premier League's big guns to pull off their great escape.
MOUSSA Sissoko is set to retain the captain's armband as Newcastle look to take their latest step towards Premier League safety.
RAFA Benitez insists he has made crystal clear to his under-performing Newcastle players the devastating consequences of suffering relegation from the Premier League.
AITOR Karanka has backed Jordan Rhodes to rediscover his form in front of goal after revealing the Middlesbrough forward's struggles with self-confidence since his high-profile £9m move to Teesside.
