Newcastle 1 West Brom 1: Not only does Tony Pulis perform miracles, he also predicts them. How else to explain his assertion that John Carver will still be in charge at Newcastle when the new season starts in August?

John Carver has insisted he is the best coach in the Premier League despite leading the club to eight successive defeats and into the thick of a relegation fight.

Newcastle fans have reacted angrily after the club chose to stand by manager John Carver following their eighth successive defeat at the weekend.

John Carver will continue to lead Newcastle into the final three games of an increasingly calamitous campaign after surviving crisis talks at the club’s training ground yesterday.

Jonas Gutierrez will return to the Newcastle squad for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Swansea after settling his differences with head coach John Carver.

John Carver admits Newcastle face the biggest summer in their recent history as they attempt to convince supporters they can compete once again.

Newcastle boss John Carver accepts the pressure is on as his side head into their final six games with their top-flight status still not secured.

"We won at Old Trafford last season. So, Theatre of Dreams, Anfield – two meccas of football – and it can be done.”

John Carver, the latest in a long line of men to be handed the ticking time bomb that is the job of manager at Newcastle United, has been fielding questions about his players’ choice of footwear for some weeks now.