...to wear the black and white.

YBR quotes from today's Journal:
"There are a few players who are fighting for their futures at this club and they know who they are," revealed a manager experiencing his worst run in the St James's Park hotseat.

"They simply have to realise that they must fight for the points we need to guarantee our top-flight status and realise that the season is not over just yet.

"We only need one victory, but how long have we been saying that? There is no doubt that Middlesbrough's win at Arsenal has really piled on the pressure and we are rapidly losing our safety cushion.

"It's a very sad situation but as a club we have to face up to it. West Ham is another huge game and a victory is imperative."

Let the speculation commence....who "knows who they are"?

-- Anonymous, April 16, 2001

Answers

There should be a fight, week in and week out to get into the first side!!! Unfortunately we have been cursed by injuriezs which makes that fight less important than being able to field a side due to lack of depth. Players who should be in the reserves or on the bench are not worried because they are not having to fight for a position. Thus they have been put into a starting position where they are supposed to produce, but aren't ready for this kind of stage....

-- Anonymous, April 16, 2001