Norwich is perfect opportunity for Newcastle's attackers to thank the back four

Bottom club Norwich City away is the perfect opportunity for Newcastle's attackers to say a big thank you to their back four.

United's magnificent run of six successive home victories which has propelled them to a heady 11th top and 40 points has been built as much on fierce defiance at the back as goalscoring exploits up front. Five of those half dozen wins have come by a single goal margin with only the first, 3-1 against Everton, producing any daylight and then the third goal came at the death.

United have defended magnificently when under the cosh and they have been at regular intervals even at SJP. Indeed Everton and Brentford away are the only times the Mags have managed a comfortable lead to kill off the game. So when United go to Carrow Road I will be looking for their front three to repay Messrs Emil Krafth, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, and Matt Targett by winning it well. I want to see Allan Saint-Maximin take a leaf out of Krafth's book, Miggy Almiron to build on his fabulous winner against Palace, and Chris Wood to prove more than a nuisance.

Saint-Maximin still infuriates me because he has so much potential yet so little end product be it goals or his final pass. I used to look at Krafth and think there was little hope but he has improved beyond belief and I am thrilled to hold my hands up and say he has proved me wrong. Over to you ASM.

I remember against Norwich up here when Ciaran Clark got sent off in the first 10 minutes and United could only draw 1-1 Saint-Maximin picked up the ball on the left wing. The Canaries had six strung across the pitch as our man cut inside. He kept going, not forward but sideways, until he had ran past them all but had not made two feet of progress in terms of getting nearer their