"Dodgy Keeper" Scott Carson is keen to add to his two caps for England and banish the memory of his last appearance for his country. But it is erratic handling that could spur on a Toon win tonight.
Let's face it ... when Scott Carson is off the boil ... he is a cartoon character.
The former Aston Villa and Liverpool man was more than partially to blame for England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008 after conceding two howlers in their ill-fated 3-2 home defeat to Croatia.
He should have been banished to a small island off the Shetlands!
But Carson sees no reason why he cannot force himself back into the reckoning under Fabio Capello.
Carson (talking to the Mirror): "I'm only 23 and I've played 100 first-team games.
"I'm sure the England manager will look at who is playing well for their clubs before he puts them in.
"I'm just taking one step at a time and getting back in the squad was one of those steps.
"But now it would be great to get on the pitch as a West Brom player for England."
WEST BROM TEAM NEWS ...
West Brom winger Chris Brunt is pushing for a recall.
Brunt was dropped to the bench for Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Hull so that manager Tony Mowbray could accommodate an extra striker, but Mowbray could revert to a five-man midfield against Newcastle.
Central defender Abdoulaye Meite (calf) and midfielders Filipe Teixeira (calf) and Kim Do-Heon (knee) remain on the sidelines.
WBA (from): Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Hoefkens, Barnett, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Cech, Morrison, Greening, Koren, Valero, Brunt, Miller, Bednar, Moore, Slusarski, MacDonald, Pele.
