Today see's the start of the new season and a chance to see Alan Pardews hard work in the summer in action.
Pardew has been fairly busy in the transfer market, with players coming and going from St James Park.
June saw the catalyst of the club Kevin Nolan leave for the Championship to join West Ham.
Nolan has been a massive part of the club, on and off the pitch. He has been a great leader for the team and all the players and fans looked up to him.
Other players to join Nolan out of the exit door are Ben Tozer, who left for Northampton Town on a free transfer, Wayne Routledge leave for QPR and yesterday saw Jose Enrique leave for Anfield.
St James Park has welcomed players Yohan Cabaye, Demba Ba, Sylvain Marveaux, Mehdi Abeid and Gabriel Obertan to the club, in the quest for silverwear.
Newcastle kick off their season tomorrow against Arsenal, who have had a summer of hell, with reports on and off about their star player Cesc Fabregas leaving for Barcelona. It looks now to be confirmed he is on the way and will be confirmed over the weekend.
Samir Nasri is also reported to be on the way out of the club and on his way to Eastlands, for around £23 million and has been left out of the sqaud to face United.
Arsenal will also be without Jack Wilshere and Abou Diaby through injury. Robin Van Persie and Kieran Gibbs will also face late fitness tests to see if they will play apart in the opening fixture.
Newcastle will be without Hatem Ben Arfa and Dan Goslin who picked up knocks in pre season, but they could see the return of Cheick Tiote and Shane Ferguson, who would be a great replacement for the now departed Enrique.
Newcastle have only beaten Arsenal once in the last 12 visits from the Gunners, with a 1-0 win back in December 2005, but with a great fight back last season after been four goals down to grab a point, lets hope the wind is still in our sails to grap some points and start the new season in winning form.
Howay the lads!!
