It's all doom and gloom

Newcastle 3 Spurs 1

Team line-up: Cerny, Chimbonda, Dawson, Kaboul, Lee, Malbranque (Berbatov), Jenas, Zokora, Bale (Tainio), Keane, Bent (Lennon)

I'm not going to beat around the bush - it was another terrible performance; Spurs basically failed to turn up. I'm not even going to summarise the game because it's really slim pickings.

I used to get really excited about every match with butterflies in my stomach, but after the dreadful start this season, I just don't feel that emotion anymore. I hope it will return quickly because football is a huge part of my life and I hate feeling like this. At the moment, I can't see any glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel and wouldn't be surprised if we stay at the bottom end of the table all season. As you can tell, all my optimism has evaporated.

The Toon Army were singing 'you'll be getting the sack in the morning' at Martin Jol which is below the belt, but I don't know for how many more games he can hang on to his job.