Yes, he's scoring goals with his head, something England have lacked!
A Coca Cola Championship player on the plane to S.A - No chance!
Andy Carroll scored yet again today for Newcastle United bringing his tally for the Magpies, into double figures. Reports have been suggesting that Fabio Capello is looking at the possibility of bringing Carroll to the World Cup, however, many people believe he'll look no further than Peter Crouch. Is their any chance of the Geordie playing in South Africa?
Coming from two consecutive Premier League defeats defending champions Chelsea will travel to Newcastle on Sunday in an attempt to bounce back and remain top of the table. Newly-promoted Newcastle are also coming from a poor result last weekend, a 5-1 thrashing at Bolton.
The battle of the newly-promoted team will see Newcastle visiting West Brom on Sunday in a game that is very important for both sides. The two promoted teams enjoyed a good start to the season and after 15 games Newcasle are 9th in the table while West Brom are 12th, tied on 19 points. Whoever wins this one will have a stronger position in the top 10 while the losing side might slide down towards the relegation zone.
Promoted Newcastle will have the chance to finish the year in the top half of the table if they will manage a good result against third placed Man City on Sunday. Newcastle are sitting eighth and their last weekend game was postponed while Manchester City missed the chance to move top of the table after getting beaten at home by Everton last Monday.
Tottenham will be looking to extend their unbeaten run tomorrow as they will welcome promoted Newcastle to White Hart Lane. The Spurs grabbed an important Boxing Day win at Aston Villa while Newcastle were beaten at home by Manchester City.
Wigan managed to move a few places above the relegation zone after beating Wolves away from home and earning a 2-2 home draw against Arsenal but Sunday's game will see them facing 13th placed Newcastle, a team that lost the last two games (3-1 at home with Man City and 2-0 away at Tottenham).
The two rivals will meet on Sunday at the Stadium of Light and Sunderland will surely be keen on avenging the 5-1 defeat that they recorded at St. James' Park earlier in the season. Newcastle won their last league game quite convincingly, 5-0 against west Ham, while Sunderland grabbed a narrow 1-0 win at Aston Villa. Sunderland are in 6th place before the game while Newcastle are 8th, five points behind their arch rivals but with a game in hand.
Ninth placed Newcastle will meet fifth placed Tottenham on Saturday and both teams are coming from draws recorded last week: Tottenham held Manchester United to a goalless draw at White Hart Lane while Newcastle grabbed a 1-1 derby draw against Sunderland. New signing Steven Pienaar might make his debut for Tottenham.
Second placed Arsenal will meet 10th placed Newcastle at St. James' Park on Saturday. The Gunners have won their last six competitive games while Newcastle have not won in the last four games, including a shocking 3-1 defeat at the hands of Stevenage in the FA Cup. A win is a must for Arsenal if they want to keep pace with leaders Manchester United but Newcastle will surely give their best to get out of the bad patch.
