By the end of the morning Newcastle United were a spot closer to safety, however Alan Pardew looked really taken aback at the suggestion he was confident about preventing relegation. "I am not being confident, and I am certainly not being arrogant about it," the Newcastle boss said. "We have still got work to complete, we've still got difficult games to come. That's why the idea today was so important. They're gold dust at this time of year, specially when you're away from home." Newcastle have fallen three places to 16th but, more importantly, are six points away from the relegation zone, although having played a casino game more than Wigan Athletic. A success at home to Liverpool on Saturday could bring them to 40 points, which can be the safety threshold in several people's eyes. Things were though, viewed by pardew, differently. "I don't genuinely wish to think of what it'd take to put [relegation fears] to sleep. You're speaking to a [former] West Ham boss who inherited a team that went down with 42 points [in 2003]. Your eye must never be never taken by you off that. You've got to keep pressing. So not really a win against Liverpool would make us safe." It has been an unusual 12 weeks for Newcastle, when they have gone from Champions League challengers to relegation prospects in the flash of an eye fixed. Pardew includes a simple explanation for that transformation. He says Newcastle "loved" taking part in the Europa League but he's "no doubt" that the requirements of the competition have contributed greatly to their domestic malaise and predicts Swansea City may "find it difficult [next season] if you actually boost the size of one's squad." "This was our 50th game, which goes a little bit unnoticed a' 50 professional games, and all the travelling involved as well, that's tough," explained Pardew, who hopes to have Cheick TiotA available for the Liverpool fitting. "The Europa League is really a competition that, I do believe, clubs can look at us at the impact that it can have, not only because of the activities but also the accidents that we have had on the back of that. It'd be naive to argue that our league place would not be more than it's [without playing in the competition]." Until half-time this had looked like being a rare away success for Newcastle. Ahead through Yoan Gouffran's looking header, after Ben Foster arrived for a Papiss CissA combination that he had no chance of finding, Newcastle were the far more accomplished part in the very first half and, with a touch more ruthlessness, might easily have put into their guide. Their profligacy, nevertheless, proved high priced, with West Bromwich Albion unrecognisable in the 2nd half from the team that looked so listless in the opening 45 minutes. The equaliser Albion deserved found its way to the minute via an unlikely source. Marc-Antoine FortunA, James Morrison and Romelu Lukaku, who'd earlier headed against the crossbar, combined to carve an for Billy Jones to become the first Englishman to report for the team in 2013. "I am very happy to simply take the crown," said Jones. "It was me and Liam Ridgewell vying for it. The kitman constructed a Shirt for Liam to get under his shirt. He demonstrably had no religion that I would definitely score!" Person of the fit Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United)
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