Newcastle's hopes of taking advantage of Chelsea's draw at Norwich were stopped by a five-goal second-half blitz from Fulham as they lost 5-2 at Fulham.

Fulham were poor in the first-hald and it was no surprise that Newcastle scored first thanks to a Danny Guthrie thunderbolt from outside the area.

In his recent post on the loan system, my fellow blogger Lloyd drew attention to its clever exploitation by Watford in recent seasons. Tom Cleverley was perhaps the best known of the Vicarage Road lodgers but Ben Foster did strikingly before him, while Henri Lansbury and Andrew Taylor also starred in gold.

This is a big, big game for Alex Mcleish today. The last of a run of home games and a derby against an opponent that caused his predecessor so many problems. It's also something of a "top of the table" encounter and the winner, should there be one, will get boasting rights over the rest of the league for at least a while today.

Wolves went victorious when they played local lads Walsall yesterday. 3-2 was the final score, not that it does matter that much. The goals came from Michael Kightly (14) Leigh Griffiths (40) and Christophe Berra (66). Not the kind of goalscorers one could expect, but it's nice when everybody chip in.

Wolves winger Michael Kightly is hoping his 18-month injury nightmare is finally behind him.

Matt Jarvis never played for England's under 21 side. That probably didn't come as a huge shock to him – he hadn't been called up for the under 19s or the under 17s either. But this week, at the age of 24, Jarvis was named in Fabio Capello's squad and will surely become the 1,173rd man to represent England at senior international level.

In a previous article yesterday I asked the Wolves management if the signing of Adam Hammill meant that Matt Jarvis was going to be sold and/or there are no hope that Michael Kightly will make his comeback this season. Now I've got the answers from McCarthy and Jez Moxey (Express&Star). Mick: "When I spoke to [.