Former Newcastle Captain Alan Shearer claims Newcastle are too good to get relegated.

Alan Shearer thinks Kevin Keegan will turn things around at Newcastle. Despite not winning a game in this spell as manager, Shearer is convinced that the board are still behind Keegan.

Talking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Shearer said “The run of results suggest they are going to get involved in a scrap, but they are a much better team than those around them. Everything boils down to results and they are not getting them at the moment, but when they do I don’t think they will have any chance of going down.”

Newcastle were thrashed 5-1 by Manchester United on Saturday evening, that makes it 13 goals conceded in their last 4 Premier League games. A worrying statistic for Newcastle fans. Their next two Premier League fixtures are by no means easy either, at home to Blackburn and then away to Liverpool.

Newcastle are currently six points above the relegation zone, and after Derby and Reading they have let in more goals than any other club.