NEWCASTLE United v Blackburn Rovers - a fixture that gets the heart pumping.

And it's one that Rovers should be looking to win given Newcastle's poor form and long injury list.

But there's more than that to this game. Obviously, there's a lot of connections between the clubs.

Graeme Souness left Rovers for the Toon and I'm glad he did.

I think he'd lost the players when he left and Rovers were a team struggling to survive.

He'd upset a lot of good players, players that maybe would have stayed with the club had he gone earlier and players like Morten Gamst Pedersen have revelled under his replacement Mark Hughes.

I was very surprised when Newcastle came in for Souness. I don't know where they pulled his name from. They must have been impressed with the way he sorted out the dressing room at Ewood Park.

But he did well for Rovers when he tried to sort out the Toon dressing room - because Craig Bellamy has been brilliant since he came to Ewood in the summer.

If you look at the job Souness and Hughes have done there's no comparison.

For a fraction of the money spent, Hughes has turned Rovers into a potentially top six side and are competing on three fronts.

But Newcastle under Souness are a team full of multi-millionaire crocks and under-achievers and he must be living on borrowed time.

And I reckon a defeat against Blackburn and that would be it for him.

All eyes will be on him and obviously another Rovers old boy Alan Shearer.

He's not got as many goals as he usually does and I hope he breaks the record on Saturday because he deserves it - as long as we score at least two!