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Jonas Gutierrez has revealed senior Newcastle players called a meeting with Toon manager Alan Pardew – to tell him training was too EASY, writes Dean Jones of the Sunday People.

Pardew is already under pressure at St James’ Park due to the arrival of Joe Kinnear as director of football.

And now the Geordies' players claim they were not fit enough last season because of low-intensity fitness sessions.

Gutierrez said: “We have to do things the right way.

“There were some things that went wrong last season, the training sessions for example.

“They had no intensity. Our training sessions were really light and then we suffered in matches.

“The senior players, including me, have talked with Pardew as we wanted changes.

“Let’s see if the training sessions change this season and have more intensity.”