It seems like Steven Taylor is losing his battle to be fit for Newcastle United's trip to Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Steven Taylor -unlikely to play on Saturday at Chelsea That's the bad news this morning from the Newcastle camp as Taylor tries to recover from what was initially a slight stomach muscle strain that has kept [. Click to continue reading...

Steven Taylor was gutted not to be able to make the trip to London for Sunday's game against Fulham, because of a niggling groin strain. Steven Taylor - defender was sorely missed at Fulham And Steven must have been even more unhappy at the defensive display which cost Newcastle all three points in London, with his stand-in, [. Click to continue reading...

It could be argued that Sunday's performance at Craven Cottage was the first time since Joe Kinnear took over almost 7 weeks ago, that the team was lack luster, and played poorly without enough passion and pride. Joe Kinnear - unhappy with performance on Sunday Yes, we were beaten by the old enemy Sunderland, but when you [. Click to continue reading...

There's a lot of second guessing about whether Kinnear should have played Seb Bassong, or even Habib Beye, at center-back instead of Cacapa, who played very poorly, but it's so easy in retrospect, when you look back at what happened. Steven Taylor - was ruled out of game with sore groin And Joe revealed today that he [. Click to continue reading...

Joe Kinnear was no doubt disappointed with the officiating yesterday, but our defense was poor to say the least, and Claudio Cacapa had a bit of a nightmare game at the back, for someone who is so experienced. Claudio Cacapa - another poor display for the Magpies Joe talked to the Newcastle Journal this morning about our [. Click to continue reading...

Joe Kinnear has come out this morning and blamed the officials for our poor result at Craven Cottage yesterday, but it was our defense that cost us the game. You cannot give two poor goals away to any team in the Premier league and expect to win. Joe Kinnear - poor officiating yesterday Joe talked today [. Click to continue reading...

Caretaker manager Chris Hughton makes two changes to the side which was beaten by Hull City last Saturday at home. Damien Duff, who has recovered from a knee injury, returns to midfield in place of the suspended Danny Guthrie, while Claudio Cacapa comes in for his first start of the season at the expense of Shola [. Click to continue reading...

In one of the more intriguing contests of the weekend, Arsenal are looking to rebound from a lackluster start to the season. The Gunners struggled to defeat West Brom by a single goal in their opening match and then lost to Fulham at Craven Cottage last week.

Newcastle, meanwhile, are enjoying a fine start to the 2008-09 campaign.

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If Coloccini does sign soon for Newcastle United, it looks like Kevin Keegan wants him in the side for Old Trafford next Sunday. Fabricio Coloccini - Keegan will play him if fit enough Click to continue reading...

Claudio Cacapa is an experienced player who didn't have a particularly good time of it last season in the Premier league. Claudio Cacapa - held it together for Newcastle in first half Click to continue reading...

It turns out that Claudio Cacapa injured his groin again on Friday, and that's why David Edgar was on the substitutes bench on Saturday. Claudio Cacapa - trying to get hold of Andrew Carroll in training Click to continue reading...

We thought Cacapa had a decent game on Sunday, but was still caught out a few times, especially in the second half. Claudio Cacapa - great sliding tackle saved a goal Click to continue reading...

Kevin Keegan is busy building up the confidence of the players he inherited from Sam Allardyce, as he tries to get the best out of the squad, through the end of this season. Claudio Cacapa - experienced defender looking solid at the back now Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United looked a very good team in the first half this afternoon, showing lots of confidence going forward. With some luck the Magpies could have been ahead at half time, but it was not to be. Claudio Cacapa - had best game of the season this afternoon Click to continue reading...

Just before the transfer window open tomorrow, here's a mid-term report card on Newcastle's 9 new players that Big Sam brought in during the summer transfer window. Sam Allardyce - Players Sam bought last summer - how have they done? Habib Beye Habib has started to play very well in the last 6-7 games and looks a strong [. Click to continue reading...

Claudio Cacapa says he knows Newcastle fans are very fair, and therefore the Brazilian is not too nervous about playing in front of them against Derby County on Sunday. Claudio Cacapa - thinks Newcastle fans are very fair Of course Cacapa played very poorly the last time he appeared before the Newcastle faithful at St. Click to continue reading...

Cacapa had an excellent game on Saturday as Newcastle kept their first away clean sheet in over a year. Claudio Cacapa - glad to be back in Newcastle defense We heard yesterday how much David Rozehnal enjoyed playing with Claudio in the heart of Newcastle's defense. Claudio talked to the Evening Chronicle and finally admitted to [. Click to continue reading...

Sam talked to the official Newcastle United Web Site this morning, about the possibility of having Steven Taylor, Abdoulaye Faye and Stephen Carr back from injury for our next game against Derby County next Sunday, at St. James' Park, KO 2pm. Steven Taylor - hamstring played up last Thursday morning Sam said this afternoon: "Certainly, we'd hope to [. Click to continue reading...

David Rozehnal has sung the praises this morning of Claudio Cacapa, whom he partnered in central defense for our first clean sheet away from home since November of last year. David Rozehnal - a great guy - and not a bad footballer either While we didn't think Rozehnal had a great game against Fulham, he was [. Click to continue reading...

Sam Allardyce talked today about the performance of Brazilian Claudio Cacapa on Saturday, which we thought was excellent in the heart of Newcastle's defense, especially in the second half. Claudio Cacapa - showed all his experience on Saturday Cacapa replaced the injured Steven Taylor on Saturday, for his first game since the nightmare Portsmouth game, when [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle did not play well against Fulham yesterday, and the game was an extremely poor one to watch. There's no getting away from that. However, there were a couple of shining lights in the game. Claudio Cacapa - quietly performed heroics for Newcastle yesterday Newcastle didn't show any attacking flair whatsoever, and were still a little suspect [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle did not have one of their better days in London today, and just about matched a poor Fulham side who were missing some of their best players. It looked like Newcastle were coasting in the first half and while they didn't create too many chances they had the majority of the play. Then in the [. Click to continue reading...

Damien Duff made a scoring return to action for Newcastle United yesterday in a successful behind-closed-doors friendly yesterday against Hartlepool United. Damien Duff - scored against Hartlepool yesterday in first game back But Sam has quickly stated that neither he nor Brazilian central defender Claudio Caçapa will play at Fulham tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

We always thought that Claudio Caçapa may have been Sam's best signing in the summer. And his performances up to the Portsmouth confirmed that he was a class defender who read the game so well, everything seemed so easy for him. Claudio Cacapa - ready to come back to Newcastle's defense - good But then came [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle defenders Abdoulaye Faye and Steve Carr are doubts for the home clash with Arsenal after limping out of the Blackburn defeat... Boss Sam Allardyce is already without Claudio Cacapa and also sweating on the return of England Under-21 star Steven Taylor, who will not make his comeback until he receives clearance from a specialist after a back problem suffered on international duty.

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It seems like a perennial problem at Newcastle United - the injury problems we always seem to have at the club. Once again Sam is finding it difficult to pick a good defensive unit because of injuries. Both Abdoulaye Faye and Stephen Carr were introduced again against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, but both of them [. Click to continue reading...

We assume Claudio Cacapa had his worst 11 minutes of football ever against Portsmouth when he was responsible for 2 of the 3 goals Newcastle conceded in that time. Big Sam then took the right decision and hauled the Brazilian out of the game after just 17 minutes and put David Rozehnal in his place. [. Click to continue reading...

It turns out that Claudio Cacapa is the only injury doubt before Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce names his squad for the important Sunderland derby on Saturday. The former Lyon defender was of course hauled off after just 18 minutes against Portsmouth. However, the Newcastle boss revealed today that Cacapa was carrying a knock on Saturday, to [...] Click to continue reading...

This morning Sam Allardyce is backing a man he was singing the praises of only a short few weeks ago. Claudio Cacapa, of all people, the experienced Brazilian who captained Lyon to 5 consecutive French titles, made two bad mistakes against Portsmouth on Saturday, when he allowed himself to be brushed off the ball twice in [...] Click to continue reading...

Claudio Cacapa has played really well for Newcastle since he was signed on a free transfer in the summer from Lyon, and he was delighted to score his first goal for the club on Monday night. Claudio has stacks of experience in the European Champions League and it really does show. He certainly looks the real thing [...] Click to continue reading...

Claudio Cacapa is an extremely accomplished football player. That is probably a huge understatement as Newcastle fans start to realize just what a class act Big Sam has brought into the club. Brazilian Claudio arrived at Newcastle United in the summer after a full six years at Olympique Lyonnais, where he collected five league titles and was [...] Click to continue reading...

Sam Allardyce faces a late decision on Brazilian center-back Claudio Cacapa for this evening's match with Tottenham. Cacapa has had groin problems regularly lately and is again battling a groin strain. We hope Claudio will be available because his experience is a big help and a calming influence to the rest of the players in the [...] Click to continue reading...

Good news for Newcastle fans today as Sam says he expects Claudio Cacapa to be fit for our crucial game with Everton on Sunday. Sam sings the praises of Caçapa, who we signed on a free tranfer from Lyon during the summer. The manager also believes the defensive errors on Saturday wouldn't have happened if Claudio had [...] Click to continue reading...

Habib Beye, who was signed just minutes before the summer transfer deadline at the end of August, has been talking to www.nufc.co.uk and he knew quite a few of the squad before he even came to Newcastle. He has particular respect for our new stopper, Brazilian Claudio Cacapa, who has made a very impressive start to [...] Click to continue reading...

Sam Allardyce has been talking about our new Brazilian center-back Claudio Cacapa, whom by all accounts in the game against Newcastle Blue Star last week looked calm, cool and classy. We do expect Cacapa to be introduced into the center of the Newcastle defense some time soon – and maybe Sam will think of playing Steven [...] Click to continue reading...