Newcastle United supporters are still checking the table. Can you blame them? Whatever happens at the Etihad on Wednesday, the fans will savour at least another night riding on the coattails of league leaders Arsenal in second place.
No wonder Geordies chanted: 'We're Newcastle and we're going to win the league!' during the Magpies' 3-0 win against Leicester City on Boxing Day. Those 3,330 supporters in the away end may have been half-joking, but they only needed to take a look around their surroundings at the King Power Stadium to realise anything is possible this season. After all, this was the site where Leicester lifted the Premier League trophy in 2016.
To think, exactly a year ago, only a single point was keeping Newcastle off the bottom of the table. Yes money has been spent since then, but nine of the 15 individuals who featured at Leicester were players Eddie Howe inherited, including two of the goal scorers: Miguel Almiron and Joelinton.
