Robson gambles on Dyer fitness

Newcastle manager Bobby Robson gambled on a recall for Kieron Dyer in place of enigmatic Frenchman Laurent Robert as the Magpies’ desperate Champions League chase took them to Southampton.

They also need to beat Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday to snatch fourth position in the Premiership but were still without a host of first-teamers such as Jonathan Woodgate, Craig Bellamy and Jermaine Jenas.