McCalren charges players to go all out Against Chelsea

After admitting he is "not embarrassed" but "angry",
Steve McClaren has called on his Newcastle players to
step up against Chelsea.

Newcastle United manager Steve McClaren has challenged his
players to come out fighting against Chelsea following their
shock defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.

The Championship side made 10 changes to their starting line-
up for the League Cup trip to St James' Park, but Lewis
McGugan's 76th-minute strike gave them a third-round victory.

With Newcastle having now lost four games in a row, during
which time they have only scored once, McClaren has thrown
down the gauntlet to his team before the Premier League
champions visit on Saturday.

"I've been in football too long to be embarrassed. Angry,
disappointed," McClaren said after the game.

"Things like that can happen in football, we said that
beforehand, and yes, it's a very disappointing result and evening
for everybody.

"We have said to the players, 'You can't feel sorry for
yourselves. You have got to come out on Saturday and be a
fighter or a victim', and it's one or the other, and we can only
have fighters on there now.

"We say how far do we have to go before we turn it around,
because the players are capable of doing that. We can't talk
about it, we have to do it.

"There's not a lot you can say. There are no excuses - back in
[on Thursday], Chelsea Saturday, it's the fighting mentality we
need."

Newcastle head into Saturday's game second from bottom of
the Premier League table, with just two points from their
opening six matches.