Fabricio Coloccini has sent a letter to the club supporters regarding the current situation the Magpies are embroiled in.

The Toon have lost eight Premier League matches in a row to be sitting just two points above the relegation zone with three fixtures remaining.

Some of Newcastle's recent performances under caretaker coach John Carver have been woeful and has seen them slip into the relegation mire, prompting defender Coloccini to put forward his thoughts to the fans who must6 be fed up with their teams form of late.

Coloccini wrote: 'I don't usually speak publicly too often, but today I feel the responsibility to talk to all of you for several reasons in which you are involved every bit as much as we are as players, staff, directors and every person that works for the club.

'Firstly, on behalf of the squad we would like to apologise for the moment we are going through, needless to say that this is not anything intentional. Neither players nor staff would like to be in the position that we are in at the moment. This is something that has happened for many reasons and right now there is no time to look back and correct those mistakes. The time we have left to turn around this situation is short but after the end of the season we will try to learn from the mistakes we made so that we don't have to go through this again.'

Coloccini continued: 'I would like to make a call to all fans today to also leave aside all differences, all different opinions, anything that divides us as people who love this club. Years will pass and so will players, directors, coaches and managers, but what is always going to be there is yourselves, your children, your grandchildren.

'I am also a fan and I understand how badly you are hurting, but I think that the best fans are those who are there for their club in the worst of situations. Today we need you more than ever. In these three games we need to be together, we need to be united, to be a family - a family that fights together against adversity, a family that strives to achieve the success that you and this club deserve.

'The players are committed to this and if you stay with us, if you join us, we are going to fight together for our black and white family.'

Newcastle, who sit 15th on the table, host 13th-placed West Bromwich Albion at St James' Park on Saturday.