Interview: Newcastle fans

We caught up with Ed Harrison of the Newcastle United blog (http://www.nufcblog.com/) to hear his views ahead of tomorrow's match. Our thanks go to him for his time.

Q. How would you describe your season so far?
A. Disappointing - we were doing quite well when we beat Tottenham 3-1 on Oct 22nd but then had a run of 6 matches with just 2 draws against Sunderland and then Arsenal. But we won last Saturday against Birmingham - who were good - and hope to keep that up at craven Cottage.

Q. What is your view of Sam Allardyce – is he the right man for you?
A. There's divided opinion on him still. We think he's good but he's come in for unreasonable rough treatment from the fans. But we think they have relaxed a bit with 4 points from the last 2 games and will give him a chance. As we said we think he's good for us..

Q. Who have been your star performers and why?
A. James Milner been very consistent and very good on the wings almost every game. he's a great young player coming through. Also another 21 year old Frenchman - Charles N'Zogbia has been very good. He's playing left back right now but is really a left winger. We expect him to be LB at Craven Cottage. Recently one of our new players Habib Beye, right back, has been looking good. We've had big problems in defense, with too many mistakes being made by our new defenders.

Q. What’s been your biggest disappointment so far this season?
A. Not being further up the league. Also the two recent home games with Portsmouth (3-1) and Liverpool (3-0) we were just hopeless. Terrible performances. But then against Arsenal we were great and really deserved all 3 points.

Q. Where do you think you will end up this season?
A. We want to finish in top 6 so we can get into Europe - that's what we really want. But we'd probably be happy now with top 8.

Q. How do you view Fulham?
A. As a team we can beat. Although when we've seen them Sanchez has them playing very well and they may be hard to beat. Aaron Hughes was here for a while and played over 250 games for us - a solid player and a great guy who married a Geordie girl. But we are really going for all 3 points on Saturday. Since you are below us in the league we think we should win - we'll see

Q. Where do you think we will end up this season?
A. Probably bottom 8, but don't think you are in any real danger of relegation. I've been impressed with Sanchez this season - he seems to be able to motivate the players but hasn't got too much skill at the club.

Q. Any of our players that you’re particularly wary of?
A. I haven't really looked to be truthful. Your 2 Americans Brian McBride and Dempsey look good. Also Kasey Keller - but I think he's now injured.

Q. Who do you think will be relegated this season?
A. Derby, Wigan and Middlesbrough. We are hoping Sunderland stay up - but they need to start picking up points.

Q. Finally, what’s your score prediction for this weekend?
A. It would be great if we can keep a clean sheet - I'd go for a 1-0 Newcastle win.