Could the Arsenal game be the spark to reignite our season?

Well it's been nearly a week since the 4-4 draw with Arsenal in what turned out to be an extraordinary game after looking down the barrel of an extraordinary defeat.

I'd struggle to list the emotions that I went through during that 90 minutes, but they ranged from optimism to depression, to hope to elation with many many more feelings sandwiched between them. Only at Newcastle United....

Still, it's gone now and Newcastle must build on that superb second-half performance by taking that momentum to Blackburn this weekend. Ewood Park is a ground where we tend to struggle, but hopefully the lads can play from the word go and put in a performance similar to what they put in during that second half against Arsenal. If they can do that then they stand every chance of coming hope with something to show for their effort.

It's quite strange really how 45 minutes can change a mood. At half-time I was sat down with virtually nothing to say. I had real fears for the rest of our season and had my eyes firmly set on scraping survival. The team looked dejected, and I was much the same

Just 45 minutes and four goals later I was feeling infinitely more positive about our prospects for the season. I mean now the players know they can pull of a performance like that they should know that they have the ability to cause any team a problem, right?

We've only lost one league game this year, and if we can keep picking up points we will soon be safe. If we can achieve safety pretty soon then we can think about pushing on a bit further.

In a way, injuries haven't been kind to us. Who knows where we could have been had we had the services of Hatem Ben Arfa for the duration of the season? What's that? He's only one player? True, so I assume that the same can be said about Andy Carroll then?

This new Newcastle has always been about the team, not the individual, and it hasn't served us too badly so far. Hopefully that will continue at Ewood Park in front of nearly 5,000 travelling fans. Without a doubt this is a chance to build on that fantastic comeback against Arsenal.

I just hope we don't blow it!