Newcastle's best midfielder did not play a minute as pressure grows on two stars - 5 things

Newcastle United were humiliated on Monday evening as they were thrashed 4-1 by newly promoted Coventry City at the CBS Arena. Despite enjoying the lion's share of possession and creating the majority of chances, United found themselves on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline away from home for the second successive match and that should be ringing major alarm bells inside St James' Park. Goals from Jack Rudoni, Sidiki Cherif, Ellis Simms and Stephen Mfuni rendered Sven Botman's second half screamer meaningless as the Magpies now need to dust themselves down and offer a serious response in Saturday's home…