Newcastle evening headlines: Howe on Carragher claim, Wilson injury latest and Murphy on 'new test'

Eddie Howe is remaining calm ahead of Newcastle United's clash at Everton despite Jamie Carragher's claim on the magnitude of the contest for the Toffees. Elsewhere, the Magpies head coach has provided an update on Callum Wilson's return from long-term injury.

Here are your Newcastle United headlines for March 17.

Everton are a club in crisis and Newcastle United's visit to Goodison Park has already been talked up by Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher as important as their final day clash against Coventry City in 1998. That was quite the statement from the former England defender given we're only in March.

But in a week in which videos of unrest emerged from the Gwladys Street End after their grim 1-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, there is a desperate feel to this game for the home side. Four consecutive defeats in the Premier League have plunged Everton to fourth bottom in the table and only goal difference is keeping them out of the bottom three.

Going back to that nail-biting game in 1998 against Coventry, a 1-1 draw kept Everton up and sent Bolton down and with an awkward run-in for the Toffees, which includes Liverpool, Man United, Arsenal, West Ham and Leicester, you can see Carragher's logic when he talks about the magnitude of Thursday night's game.

Eddie Howe has admitted that it was 'great' to see Callum Wilson back on the grass for the first time since he suffered a calf injury - even if the Newcastle United number nine is still in the 'early stages' of being able to run again.

Wilson has missed Newcastle's last 10 games in all competitions after picking up the injury in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United back in December. It was originally thought that Wilson would be out for two months, but the