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Most footballers can hardly string a sentence together, let alone guest-edit a newspaper - so credit to Dreamboat, who's done just that for today's edition of Le Journal. His editorship coincides with French Day, as tomorrow has been officially designated by the club. Capitalising on the fans' enthusiastic embracing and endorsement of all things Gallic might seem a bit cynical if there's money to be made from it. However, I'd rather applaud the move as evidence that the hierarchy is willing to be responsive to supporters and also determined to keep up the recent good work in making international players feel at home on Tyneside.