11 Things Newcastle Fans Want To See From Magpies During Gateshead Friendly

10. Sylvain Marveaux Back In Black And White

Unfancied by Alan Pardew, Syvlain Marveaux was exiled to Guingamp from Newcastle last summer for the season and many thought then it was the end of his Magpies career. However, Steve McClaren has arrived and the ex-England boss has promised that every player will be given a clean slate from which to impress, so Marveaux must use this pre-season to seize his opportunity. Another Frenchman to have struggled with the physicality of the Premier League, Marveaux can excite but he can also frustrate. McClaren must play Marveaux through the middle at Gateshead and tell him to express himself - then we might start seeing the playmaker delivering on the promise that first brought him to Tyneside.