Alan Pardew has always gave up the ghost early in cup competitions, and he has a habit of bringing out his "sick list" for the League Cup ... usually half the team come down with Amazon Swamp Rat Fever or something similar.
Hw doesn't take the League Cup with the respect it deserves, but his players do.
Jack Colback: “It’s good for the club when you go on a run like that.
“It was a great experience for me personally, playing at Wembley and going there for the first time."
“It’s good for team morale as well. When you’re winning games, it doesn’t matter what competition it’s in."
NEWCASTLE UNITED'S LAST GAME ...
NEWCASTLE 2 HULL CITY 2
1. Tim Krul
22. Daryl Janmaat
6. Mike Williamson
2. Fabricio Coloccini
36. Paul Dummett
24. Cheick Tiote 85'
14. Jack Colback
7. Moussa Sissoko
20. Remy Cabella
11. Yoan Gouffran 90+4'
29. Emmanuel Riviere 69'
Subs
8. Vurnon Anita
9. Papiss Cisse 69'
17. Ayoze Perez 90+4'
19. Massadio Haidara
21. Rob Elliot
27. Steven Taylor
28. Sammy Ameobi 85'
Five wins in 25 ...
Newcastle 2 Hull City 2
Southampton 4 Newcastle 0
Newcastle 3 Crystal Palace 3
Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0
Newcastle 0 Man City 2
Liverpool 2 Newcastle 1
Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0
Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0
Newcastle 1 Swansea 2
Stoke 1 Newcastle 0
Southampton 4 Newcastle 0
Newcastle 0 Everton 3
Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0
Fulham 1 Newcastle 0
Hull 1 Newcastle 4
Newcastle 1 Aston Villa 0
Newcastle 0 Tottenham 4
Chelsea 3 Newcastle 0
Newcastle 0 Sunderland 3
Norwich 0 Newcastle 0
West Ham 1 Newcastle 3
Newcastle 0 Manchester City 2
Newcastle 1 Cardiff 2
West Brom 1 Newcastle 0
Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1
Papiss Cisse returned from injury in the nick of time to hand Newcastle manager Alan Pardew a lifeline with a double which denied Hull victory.
The Senegal international was introduced as a 69th-minute substitute on his return from a knee injury with the Magpies trailing 2-0 to superb strikes from Nikica Jelavic and Mohamed Diame and with Pardew firmly in the firing line.
Within five minutes, he had dragged them back into the game with his first goal since March, and he struck again with just three minutes remaining to claim a 2-2 draw which nevertheless leaves Pardew still waiting for a first Barclays Premier League win of the season.
Cisse belatedly gave Newcastle the cutting edge they had been missing before his introduction in a game they dominated for long periods, but failed to take by the scruff of the neck, and his intervention could hardly have been more timely, with the locals among a crowd of 49,199 turning after muted protests earlier in the game.
Fans arriving at St James' Park were provided with placards urging Mike Ashley to dismiss Pardew, although the owner had earlier indicated privately that there would be no knee-jerk reaction to the current situation.
Despite talk all week of concerted protests, the 53-year-old was initially booed only sporadically on his forays into the technical area.
Groups of supporters repeatedly tried to engage their counterparts in anti-Pardew - and Ashley - chants, but their efforts received lukewarm and fleeting support as most of the locals instead chose to roar on their team.
The response was concerted and although they headed back to the dressing room at half-time with the deadlock unbroken, they had enjoyed the better of the opening 45 minutes and created the clearer chances.
Unfortunately for Pardew, they were unable to convert any of them on an afternoon when the club's failure to find a replacement for Loic Remy during the summer transfer window was brought into sharp focus once again.
Lone frontman Emmanuel Riviere, still awaiting his first competitive goal for the club, headed wide with five minutes gone and saw a ninth-minute shot blocked by defender Michael Dawson.
In the meantime, Remy Cabella, who found himself able to roam more freely with Cheick Tiote patrolling the area behind him, had toe-poked an effort straight at keeper Allan McGregor after running on to Moussa Sissoko's pass.
Yoan Gouffran headed straight at McGregor and full-back Daryl Janmaat blazed high and wide from distance in an encouraging start for the Magpies, but as the half wore on, Pardew's men rather ran out of steam with Riviere's 38th-minute glancing header across the face of goal as close as they came to troubling the Tigers' keeper thereafter.
For their part, Hull were able to create little of note despite the muscular efforts of Diame in the middle of the park, although Jelavic shot straight at keeper Tim Krul after full-back Andrew Robertson had surged down the left and pulled the ball back for him with 24 minutes gone.
However, the Croatian made no mistake when presented with his second clear-cut chance four minutes into the second half.
Jack Colback was guilty of dwelling on the ball inside his own penalty area and when it was fed out to Ahmed Elmohamady, he clipped it towards Jelavic, who volleyed it spectacularly past the helpless Krul.
Anti-Pardew chants rang out once again, but the home fans were on their feet with 54 minutes gone as Cabella met Mike Williamson's driven cross with a firm side-foot only to see McGregor get down well to block it with his legs.
The Scot denied the Frenchman once again with a brave block three minutes later, seconds after substitute Sone Aluko had only just failed to make a meaningful connection with Robertson's left-wing cross at the other end.
Krul was relieved to see Stephen Quinn fire wide from no distance at all after Tom Huddlestone's 62nd-minute shot had fortuitously ricocheted to him off the defensive wall, but he was not so fortunate six minutes later.
Diame was allowed time and space to move the ball on to his left foot before unleashing a shot which screamed past Krul and in off the upright.
Pardew had Cisse ready on the sideline as the second goal went in, and his decision to use him as a replacement rather than strike-partner for Riviere did not go down well.
However, the Senegal international made his mark within five minutes of his arrival, drilling a shot past McGregor at his near post from Tiote's pass to spark a frenzied conclusion to the game.
And there was more to come from Cisse as he stabbed home an 87th-minute equaliser from Gouffran's knockdown to snatch a point.
Newcastle United Fixtures
Sunday August 17
NEWCASTLE 0 MAN CITY 2
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback, Anita (63' Obertan), Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran (74' Aarons), Riviere (83' Perez).
Subs: Haidara, Elliot, S Taylor, Abeid
Saturday August 23
ASTON VILLA 0 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Anita (70' de Jong), Colback, Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran, Riviere (77' Perez - 90+2' S Taylor).
Subs: Haidara, Elliot, Obertan, Abeid
Tuesday August 26
LC GILLINGHAM 0 NEWCASTLE 1 (Egan OG)
Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, S Taylor, Haidara, Sissoko, Abeid, Obertan, de Jong (68' Perez), Aarons (60' Cabella), Riviere (86' Gouffran)
Subs: Anita, Ferreyra, Elliot, Dummett
Saturday August 30
NEWCASTLE 3 CRYSTAL PALACE 3 (Janmaat, Aarons, Williamson)
Krul, Janmaat (79' Perez), Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Sissoko, Colback, Cabella, de Jong (79' Anita), Gouffran (67' Aarons), Riviere
Subs: Elliot, Obertan, S Taylor, Dummett
Saturday September 13
SOUTHAMPTON 4 NEWCASTLE 0
Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita (45' Tiote), Colback, Cabella (69' Perez), Sissoko (90'Ameobi), Gouffran, Riviere
Subs: Elliot, Obertan, S Taylor, Armstrong
Saturday September 20
Newcastle United v Hull City
Monday September 29
Stoke City v Newcastle United
Saturday October 4
Swansea City v Newcastle United
Saturday October 18
Newcastle United v Leicester City
Saturday October 25
Tottenham v Newcastle United
Saturday November 1
Newcastle United v Liverpool
Sunday November 9
West Brom v Newcastle United
Saturday November 22
Newcastle United v QPR
Saturday November 29
West Ham United v Newcastle United
Tuesday December 2
Burnley v Newcastle United
Saturday December 6
Newcastle United v Chelsea
Saturday December 13
Arsenal v Newcastle United
Saturday December 20
Newcastle United v Sunderland
Friday December 26
Man Utd v Newcastle United
Sunday December 28
Newcastle United v Everton
Thursday January 1 2015
Newcastle United v Burnley
Saturday January 10 2015
Chelsea v Newcastle United
Saturday January 17 2015
Newcastle United v Southampton
Saturday January 31 2015
Hull City v Newcastle United
Saturday February 7 2015
Newcastle United v Stoke City
Tuesday February 10 2015
Crystal Palace v Newcastle United
Saturday February 21 2015
Manchester City v Newcastle United
Saturday February 28 2015
Newcastle United v Aston Villa
Wednesday March 4 2015
Newcastle United v Man Utd
Saturday March 14 2015
Everton v Newcastle United
Saturday March 21 2015
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Saturday April 4 2015
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Saturday April 11 2015
Liverpool v Newcastle United
Saturday April 18 2015
Newcastle United v Tottenham
Saturday April 25 2015
Newcastle United v Swansea City
Saturday May 2 2015
Leicester City v Newcastle United
Saturday May 9 2015
Newcastle United v West Brom
Saturday May 16 2015
QPR v Newcastle United
Sunday May 24 2015
Newcastle United v West Ham United
LEAGUE CUP - Ties to be played on September 23-24.
Chelsea v Bolton
Arsenal v Southampton
West Brom v Hull
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Leyton Orient v Sheff Utd
Cardiff v Bournemouth
Sunderland v Stoke
Derby v Reading
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
MK Dons v Bradford
Man City v Sheff Wed
Burton v Brighton
Swansea v Everton
Shrewsbury v Norwich
Fulham v Doncaster
Tottenham v Nottm Forest
SKY SPORTS GAMES
SEPTEMBER
Sat 20: West Ham United v Liverpool (5.30pm)
Sun 21: Leicester City v Manchester United (1.30pm)
Sun 21: Manchester City v Chelsea (4pm)
Sat 27: Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm)
Sun 28: West Bromwich Albion v Burnley (4pm)
Mon 29: Stoke City v Newcastle United (8pm)
OCTOBER
Sat 4: Aston Villa v Manchester City (5.30pm)
Sun 5: Chelsea v Arsenal (2.05pm)
Sun 5: West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers (4.15pm)
Sun 19: Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool (1.30pm)
Sun 19: Stoke City v Swansea City (4pm)
Mon 20: West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United (8pm)
Sat 25: Swansea City v Leicester City (5.30pm)
Sun 26: Burnley v Everton (1.30pm)
Sun 26: Manchester United v Chelsea (4pm)
Mon 27: Queens Park Rangers v Aston Villa (8pm)
NOVEMBER
Sun 2: Manchester City v Manchester United (1.30pm)
Sun 2: Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur (4pm)
Mon 3: Crystal Palace v Sunderland (8pm)
Sat 8: Queens Park Rangers v Manchester City (5.30pm)
Sun 9: West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United (1.30pm)
Sun 9: Swansea City v Arsenal (4pm)
Sat 22: Arsenal v Manchester United (5.30pm)
Sun 23: Crystal Palace v Liverpool (1.30pm)
Sun 23: Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur (4pm)
Mon 24: Aston Villa v Southampton (8pm)
Sat 29: Sunderland v Chelsea (5.30pm)
Sun 30: Southampton v Manchester City (1.30pm)
Sun 30: Tottenham Hotspur v Everton (4pm)
BT SPORT GAMES
SEPTEMBER
Sat 20: Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City (12.45pm)
Sat 27: Liverpool v Everton (12.45pm)
OCTOBER
Sun 5: Manchester United v Everton (12pm)
Sat 18: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (12.45pm)
Sat 25: West Ham United v Manchester City (12.45pm)
NOVEMBER
Sat 1: Newcastle United v Liverpool (12.45pm)
Sat 8: Liverpool v Chelsea (12.45pm)
Sat 29: West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal (12.45pm)