our record v Newcastle overall is not very good, 49 losses,38 wins,37 draws. yet that is our complete record, recently it is not so good either with only 2 wins out of the last 13 games since relegation in 2003. If West Ham have any hopes of avoiding relegation this is a game they must be thinking of winning. We picked up a draw against them in the opening round of games so if you consider that we need to improve on the 15 points we achieved from the opening 19 games then this is an opportunity to pick up 2 of them bearing in mind we are 3 points down on our 1st 19 by losing to Fulham away after beating them at home. last season saw a 0-0 draw at the beginning of may, we were sitting 10th while Newcastle were sitting lower in 16th. Recent form in the premier league is mixed, 3 straight defeats for the Geordies but 2 of those came against City in a narrow defeat at home last week and at home to Arsenal just after xmas. The mood around WHU appears to have lifted after the away victory v Cardiff and you could see the players were still a a team united and also importantly seemed to be with one with the manager. Love him or hate him no one wants us to be relegated and if BFS had lost the dressing room as rumoured then ours and his demise would probably come about. I not good with predictions but here goes, Head says loss, heart says 1-1, hopefully both are wrong.