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Duff "We were a disgrace"
By Tyne-Talk January 6 2008
Newcastle winger Damien Duff has spoken out in support of underfire manager Sam Allardyce, says he understands the fans reaction to the dismal peformances they have witnessed week in week out and believes that Newcastle United have players who should be playing in the top 6 of the Premier League, and that means Newcastle need to buck up and start to achieve.

Top Six Players 

"We've got players who belong in the top six - we have one of England's greatest ever strikers [Michael Owen] - and I know the manager is looking to strengthen

Top players belong at Newcastle. The club were challenging for Champions League qualification when you [Sir Bobby] were manager and we've got to get back up there."

Lets Stick Together 

"He's a good man and we are all desperate for him to do well, Sam has given the training ground an overhaul and we're moving in the right direction. He has more or less hit us with the kitchen sink.

He's been great. The other night he was positive again. We put in a good performance against a good Manchester City team, although we didn't get the result.

After the game, he said ‘let's stick together', which is what we have to do, starting on Sunday.

People are going to say it's Stoke's Cup final. My mentality is that with the situation we're in, it's a cup final for us."

Players To Blame

"Six thousand of our fans travelled down to Wigan on Boxing Day and we didn't have a shot on target.

We were a disgrace and if I'd have been in the crowd as a Newcastle punter that day, I'd have given us stick."

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