Forget all the media furore and all the dark clouds hanging over the club, the fact is that Newcastle United have eight games to save their season. Having flirted with relegation in the previous two campaigns, Newcastle look to be on the brink of plunging into the Championship yet again. The Magpies are three points (effectively four considering the side's massive -26 goal difference) away from safety, sitting in 19th place. Throughout the season, Newcastle have shown flashes of the side they could be, but they have always bookended those with alarming flashes of a club destined for the second tier of English football. Big money has been invested, and the club have taken a huge gamble on the future of Newcastle United to ensure survival. Spending around £80m on players and changing managers doens't guarantee that the club's future is in the Premier League, but as the bumper new TV deal is set to come into place next season, the financial implications of failure don't even bare thinking about. Their chacnes of success however, do...
