Tim Krul: "It is all about opportunities. I used to love the cup games because that used to be my opportunity, and it's the same thing for the other young lads now coming through.
"For the young lads coming through, it's a chance to show themselves.
"It been six years now, so it's been a long time. It's a long journey, a lot of things have happened since.
"Of course, I am really pleased with how it has been because I am the number one of Newcastle United now and that was the aim at the start of that.
"I was 18 at the time, so I was still young then, but it was a great night for me, my first ever professional game.
"But there was a long way to go and to be honest, I injured myself three days later - I did my knee - so I saw the highs and the lows in a short period at the time.
"Every game, you grow as a person or a professional footballer, every professional game you play, you are always learning, trust me.
"Every game is massive for them, they have to grab it, and there are one or two tomorrow who will get an opportunity who haven't shone this year, and they need to because there is real competition for the bench now.
"I look round at that bench and in all honesty, there's not a lot of difference between the bench and the team that's starting, so it's a great position for me.
"It's a lot stronger than when I arrived, in my opinion, and that's the strength of what we have now. We have a really good group of players and nice options for me to change it."
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