Exactly. We finally heard Robbie Savage enthusing about us on 606 last Saturday. But that article does reveal that at least Newcastle have got their 'Machiavellian' excuse (it's nice to get some recognition) in early, so that if we are to finish in first place, we know it's nothing to do with us...
Daniel Taylor, who is now their lead football writer, used to focus on the north-west and Manchester within that. I'm unsure whether their surname is just a coincidence, but you're right that it is odd that she now seems to be the odd one out focusing on the north-east.
Despite all that, the...