A Startling Tale of Two Benches…

A quick check of sub's bench for Newcastle, versus the options last May in Moscow, show just how much the squad is being stretched at the moment:

Saturday

Kuszczak, Neville, Evans, Gibson, Possebon, Da Silva, O'Shea

Moscow

Kuszczak, Silvestre, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Giggs

*Gulp*