Football Corner

After weeks and weeks of poor football it appears as though, finally Kevin Keegan's Newcastle may just be starting to turn a corner.

Keegan returned to St James' Park earlier this year and until last week hadn't picked up three points from any of his eight games back in charge. They beat Fulham 2-0 last week and yesterday, undoubtedly displayed their best performance under Keegan since his return with a 4-1 away victory against Tottenham.

Many people questioned Keegan's decision to return to Newcastle after 11 years away from the club and indeed many people questioned Mike Ashley's decision to bring him back. Keegan's future at the club was even brought into question a fortnight ago with many people predicting he wouldn't last til the end of the season.

Yesterday's win away to Tottenham was magnificent. Just what Newcastle needed. After winning at home to Fulham it would of been an awful shame for them to go to Spurs and get beat. People said before yesterday's game that the Magpies may yet go down but after the performance they put they displayed against the Carling Cup winners, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they will stay up.

Keegan has now even hinted at a top half finish which I personally feel may be just a bit too high for them to achieve after such a poor campaign to date. However I do feel with the right money pumped into the club, Geordies may yet see European football within 18 months.