Don't remind me, that season was an exact copy of the Liverpool campaign push the other year. One big team, one former big team. both destined to never win the Premier League, the other also destined to never see a cup again.
Then again, you're talking about a Newcastle team that just happened to constantly have the best strikers in the Premier League, most of which then went on to be the Best strikers the league's ever seen. I think it got to 2000 and we saw the first changes in the game and Newcastle didn't mimic it, they just went down hill.
You look back and think, Shearer and Cole in the same team? Ferdinand? Ginola, how on earth haven't you picked up a trophy along the way there. Two cup finals and a 2nd place finish.