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Newcastle's Reality Check, Who is impressing in the Premier League?
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After three wins in eight days, Newcastle United were brought back down to earth with a 3–1 defeat to West Ham — and Michael Grahamslaw and Iain Mackay are here to unpack it all. From tactical lapses and missed chances to worrying stats up front, the lads break down where things went wrong and what Eddie Howe needs to fix fast.
Can Newcastle turn things around before the international break? Is it too soon for fans to question Eddie Howe’s future? Tune in for analysis, debate, and a bit of Geordie therapy — only on The DailyNewcastle Podcast.
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Introduction and Newcastle's Defeat
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Newcastle podcast. I'm your host, Michael Grahamslow, and today we're deep diving bit into Newcastle's defeat against West Ham like we did yesterday, but mainly the rest of the Premier League action from the 1st and 2nd of November.
00:00:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
And obviously we're not going to mention what happens in the Sunderland game tonight, because it hasn't happened yet. But to do that, I am joined, as always, by my good pal Ian Mackay. how are you doing, mate? You holding up better than yesterday?
00:00:41
Iain
that No, not really. Still, I think it's i think I'm not traumatised anymore. um i am a bit traumatised still.
Game Analysis: Newcastle vs West Ham
00:00:50
Iain
I don't know. I can't wait for Wednesday when we go to watch them play athletic because, you know, it's at home.
00:00:56
Iain
It's under the lights.
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:57
Iain
Anthony Gordon might turn up because of that. and but Obviously incapable of playing during the hours of daylight.
00:01:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:05
Iain
i just, I'm bemused.
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
friend
00:01:07
Iain
I'm bemused, but we're going to talk a little bit more about that.
00:01:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. We'll touch on what we discussed yesterday. um We've had a bit more time to to sort of absorb it, and discuss the league as a whole. But the game of the weekend for us, West Ham 3, Newcastle United 1. Game of the weekend for all the wrong reasons, really. Three wins and eight from Newcastle. wind the Going into the game, high spirits.
00:01:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we're brought back down to earth pretty abruptly, even though we scored the opening goal in Jacob Murphy. You've had a bit of time to take it in. Where do you think it went wrong for Newcastle on Sunday?
00:01:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:46
Iain
Well, this might be a bit of a controversial decision. This might be a bit of a controversial decision. um You see, i at 1-0, and Newcastle sit back and West Ham are attacking, and I'm thinking, well, you know, West Ham are pretty toothless. They've only scored one goal at home. It's got a, oh my word, Piketty equalises.
00:02:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
yep
00:02:07
Iain
But even then, i didn't I wasn't worried. I thought, well, you know, that's the kick up the pants we need for us to get going.
00:02:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:15
Iain
and And I think there was a little bit of a stalemate through to half-time, and then they scored that, we conceded that unfortunate own goal,
Second-Half Critique
00:02:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:24
Iain
um to be 2-1 behind.
00:02:26
Iain
Now, I'll try to think back ah through my trauma. It was disappointing, but I didn't think we were completely awful in that first half.
00:02:37
Iain
Yeah.
00:02:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:02:40
Iain
not compared to what we were like in the second half, I think Howe took his game changers and his game winners off in an attempt to shake things up.
00:02:54
Iain
And I think what he did was take all the bullets out of our gun. And the second half was just
00:03:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very toothless, wasn't i and
00:03:04
Iain
this distorted by the by the big players being taken off. However, ineffective they had been in the first half and replaced by, we ended up playing Tonali at right back.
00:03:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:18
Iain
um Jacob Murphy went to right back. I mean, you know, it was was like he didn't know where his players play. It was it was crazy.
00:03:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:29
Iain
There was like, there was no, I mean, it was a panic at half time. I think he must have just got really cross and and took the big names off just show everybody how bloody furious he was. and hope and hoped that there would be a reaction in the second half. And even the second string team would be good enough to come back and beat West Ham.
00:03:49
Iain
But they weren't. The malaise just spread through the team. um And it was ah it was painful, that second half. Couldn't string two passes together. Second to every loose ball.
Player Performance Issues
00:04:03
Iain
Like you said, got fed up of thinking, oh, right we're in a dangerous position here now. And the cross hits the first defender.
00:04:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:04:11
Iain
So it doesn't go into the box. and it was It was dreadful. But I mean, I think Hal changed too much too soon.
00:04:23
Iain
Nobody said that yet, have they?
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, I'm inclined to agree because I think when you look at the way the second half played out, you were kind of thinking... We kind of need Anthony Gordon and Nick Voltemar in these positions. Players who you know can do that one-touch play. Players who can beat a man.
00:04:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you're sitting there and thinking, when the ball goes into the three attackers, it's Jacob Murphy who, to be honest, first touch he takes a shot or he puts a cross in.
00:04:41
Iain
Thank you.
00:04:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's usually pretty decent. But William Asula is not known for his first touch. um And I'll be honest, neither is Joel Linton who started the second half at left wing. So when the ball's going into them, you're not you're just kind of expecting it to bounce off them. And when you have 70-odd percent possession in the second half like Newcastle did, you almost sit there and think,
00:05:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
we're just not going to do anything here because there's nobody there to actually do it uh when Harvey Barnes came on I was thinking oh that finally we've got a finisher someone who will take a shot he had seven touches of the ball um so yeah I'm actually inclined to agree with you I think we changed too much too soon but I think at the time i was sitting there watching the game and I was going
00:05:19
Iain
You and me. Yes, I love it will glow and glow. Do you
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, that's brilliant.
00:05:36
Iain
Be close.
00:05:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's took three players off.
00:05:37
Iain
Be close.
00:05:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
He said he's not you know he's not happy with how it's gone.
00:05:38
Iain
Be close.
00:05:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gordon had a ah terrible first half.
00:05:42
Iain
Be close.
00:05:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
thought Lamar couldn't get in the game. Kraft wasn't great either. and But that I think the Kraft one was more of a a tactical decision than anything else.
00:05:49
Iain
a
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um So you're sitting there thinking, at the time, I thought it was a good idea. But looking at it 10 minutes later, West Ham just sat back and went, yeah,
Scoring Challenges for Newcastle
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Global Sports Podcast Network
you do what you want. You ain't touching us.
00:06:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But, yeah, was idea.
00:06:05
Iain
That's why it was so boring. It was so dull watching the ball go backwards and forwards, 30 yards outside their box. Cross the pitch, cross the pitch, back. across the pitch again and back.
00:06:17
Iain
It was, they were clueless. but I don't know who was meant to be leading that team, by the way, because, you know, Bruno is meant to don his cape and perform heroics like he did at the end of the Fulham game.
00:06:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:32
Iain
and
00:06:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:06:33
Iain
Like he did, what was that, was it the Fulham game when we were, can't remember, when when when he came on and to changed it.
00:06:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah. Yeah, it was.
00:06:41
Iain
and
00:06:43
Iain
Yeah, but there was nobody to do that. I don't know what even Tonali looked at of sorts.
00:06:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:50
Iain
But I just keep going back to why has Anthony Gordon come off and Harvey Barnes not replaced him, moving Joe Linton onto the left wing?
00:06:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
it
00:06:59
Iain
I mean, that was like it's like somebody hypnotised how to make all of the moves that would make us weaker going forward.
00:07:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
this It's a really strange one. I think for me, a lot of it came down to age individual mistakes. And to be honest, that isn't one that I'd thought of. um So I think it's that is a mistake from Howe.
00:07:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think when you look at it, um for the i mean for the the West Ham most dangerous moments, for the penalty, I'm not going to talk about the the one where they hit the the post in the first three minutes because it's it's just a brilliant effort from Bowen.
00:07:18
Iain
So
00:07:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But... For the penalty show, Anthony Gordon gives the ball away trying to cut inside on the halfway line. The one thing you don't do when you're on the halfway line is go into a more congested area.
00:07:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
He doesn't even get past Wan-Bissaka. And then the ball goes in.
00:07:45
Iain
yeah
00:07:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've got the the man over because Wan-Bissaka's run through. um Shock. Wan-Bissaka had another great game against us, against Dan Byrne and Anthony Gordon. But then Pope makes a mistake for Lucas Paqueta's goal.
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whether it's you think he should catch the ball instead of punching it originally, it's a good punch.
00:08:00
Iain
Thank
00:08:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So I won't blame him too much for that. Or the fact he gets two hands on Paqueta's effort and doesn't manage to push around the post. And then obviously Gordon and Bern for ah the the own goal, they're close enough to touch each other as the ball goes over to Wan-Bissaka. And you're thinking...
00:08:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why is Dan Byrne pressing that high up the pitch when they've got a full... where they've got a He's a full-back, he's not wing-back. Who is that pacey going forward?
00:08:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
and it it just It felt a bit disjointed, as you say, and it felt a bit baffling. But do you think it was individual errors you just think the whole team was was off it?
00:08:43
Iain
ah
00:08:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think it was Mike Chow who had a good team.
00:08:44
Iain
ah Well, I think West Ham played for individual errors, particularly from Dan Byrne. If you remember back when they did the same to us at home at this time last year, it was a terrible manager turning up with a really bad team and we were at home and we thought, well, we've got to win this one and we lost too nils
00:08:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:03
Iain
But the second goal
00:09:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:05
Iain
was Wan-Bissaka and Bowen getting in behind Byrne. um ah good Almost a carbon copy of what that goal would have been had Chou not got the underside of his foot onto it.
00:09:19
Iain
no and It looked like he'd given a penalty away. I was so pleased when we looked at VAR and saw that he had managed to get his studs on it. um
00:09:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
it't
00:09:28
Iain
But it was the same move.
00:09:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
well
00:09:29
Iain
It was the same move that got them their second goal last year. So I think If it is individual errors, why are we playing somebody we know are going to is going to commit a load of individual errors at left back, Dan? um because ah Because teams are targeting him now, aren't they?
00:09:45
Iain
Because they know that they're going to get...
00:09:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
They are. I don't think have an alternative, do Really?
00:09:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not right now.
00:09:51
Iain
and Well, not with Trippier out. It's hard now. It's hard to know what to do, really, isn't it? You can play three at the back and have Anthony Gordon as a wing-back.
00:09:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:10:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Potentially Murphy on the other side maybe if we need be it does Something does need to change because oh ah for Newcastle as a whole we've only had four players score in the Premier League this season and That's the lowest in the league We are great defensively typically We definitely weren't and on Sunday but we're still one of the best teams in the league for goals conceded
00:10:21
Iain
It's very good. three to the long from the top three
00:10:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
But in regards
Premier League Standings and Comparisons
00:10:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
to goals scored, we're the lowest in the league west in regards to players that have scored for us.
00:10:26
Iain
and five ah david move like
00:10:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Only four, Valtemar, Bruno, Murphy and Osula.
00:10:32
Iain
wisely and listening you will find jackie bre
00:10:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
um we The four never start together anyways.
00:10:38
Iain
you Well, I mean, that's what was meaning by taking the Gordon and the match winners that we had.
00:10:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's that's a massive concern, isn't it? The a number of players getting goals because West Ham overtook us on that front on Sunday with Sucic and Fernandes scoring. If Valtemar is not on the pitch, we don't do anything.
00:10:50
Iain
And and
00:10:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you think?
00:10:55
Iain
well i mean that's what i was meaning by taking there gordon and him off at half time however ineffective they were they're the they're the match winnerners that we have and and i just think yeah We made the point yesterday.
00:11:10
Iain
What, 55 million? 69 million? 40 million, but probably worth 80 million now. That should be our front line. And we're playing with Joe Linton, Asula and and
00:11:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Murphy.
00:11:25
Iain
and Murphy.
00:11:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:27
Iain
So it didn't make sense.
00:11:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a real strange one, isn't it?
00:11:29
Iain
It doesn't make sense. i don't I don't want to slag either Asula or Murphy off. I think they were but they were but they were trying.
00:11:38
Iain
There was no lack ah lack of effort.
00:11:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Murphy's definitely been the best for the season, hasn't he?
00:11:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
think when you compare him to the other ones, the Langer and Gordon.
00:11:47
Iain
game,
00:11:50
Iain
when Eddie Howe's team goes on a run where we're winning fives and six games in a row and then a draw and then another four or five, which we've done in the years we've qualified for the Champions League, it's because we intimidate teams.
00:12:02
Iain
We turn up and the teams are terrified to play against us. but Any team of watching us play West Ham is going to look forward to two us turning up.
00:12:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:14
Iain
I mean, i don't know if we've been fanned out. I don't see how you can be fanned out if your players are good enough. and Nobody finds Arsenal out or Liverpool out or Man City out. And I think they have their style of play that they don't change.
00:12:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:12:30
Iain
um Just because we play 4-3-3 and we're going to high press... I don't see how that can be found out. I mean, if we're doing it properly, it can't be, can it?
00:12:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I think it's it's one of those where it's definitely not being done properly at the moment.
00:12:41
Iain
No. No. No. yeah i want to do
00:12:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's why you said and that particular turn of phrase. But it's one of those where the fullbacks aren't able to press because it's Kraft and Bern.
00:12:47
Iain
be um reduced to a tiny and
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
The wingers aren't particularly doing enough.
00:12:52
Iain
and
00:12:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Then, it's for me, it's it it is a lot of the case of the press just isn't what it used to be.
00:12:58
Iain
need to worry de drunk is already in this way
00:13:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think that's partially down to how bad injuries were.
00:13:03
Iain
Every day, his semi-tools delivered from us.
00:13:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
When we were in that Champions League campaign, we've tried to learn from that and we've tried to take on something a bit different, play a little bit of a different style, but it just doesn't work.
00:13:05
Iain
He'd be some growing. A couple of times, and he's and he's a nice, he'd be a great, I'm great. I am on. No one knew me, Charles, saying it. And his voice made the old lady cry.
00:13:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's too close to the original style. And what made the original style work so well was that press.
00:13:15
Iain
Not in a good way. You're not in good way, I'm a failure.
00:13:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
um We are going to go to an advert in just a moment, but I do have just one pretty damning stat about our wingers before we go into the advert.
00:13:20
Iain
Say something you shouldn't forget. If you're traveling between Leeds and York by train this Christmas, from the 23rd of December, from the 2nd January, major engineering work is happening as we make improvements to the railway.
00:13:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
So... Harvey Barnes, Anthony Alanga, Anthony Gordon and Jacob Murphy.
00:13:33
Iain
Please type before you The start of Christmas.
00:13:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Between them, they have created 25 chances in the Premier League this season.
00:13:39
Iain
With Halifax home insurance, there's 50,000 pounds to be managed.
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Seven more than Sean Longstaff.
00:13:43
Iain
When you cover your nan's old ornament collection, there's two people on mountain house.
00:13:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And 11 less than Sean Longstaff and Yacouba Mintze.
00:13:48
Iain
Or the garden shed, and a.k.a.
00:13:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do you think on that?
00:13:50
Iain
your fortress of calm. is zika your chance to win how long i yeah Well, I don't know, Michael.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Horrific.
00:13:59
Iain
It's too depressing. That statistic is too depressing. I thought 25 chances between the four of them was quite good, actually, until you said that Sean Longstaff's done 18 on his own for Leeds.
00:14:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Longstaff's had a great season so far, but he didn't even start the first two games, which is quite concerning.
00:14:15
Iain
It's like he's going to be a merry Christmas, too.
00:14:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we're going to stop being negative.
00:14:18
Iain
He's got everything you need tell He's going to be a pretty good person.
00:14:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to go into the rest of the Premier League table now. and In 15 minutes' time, we'll probably be saying that we're going to win the league.
00:14:22
Iain
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00:14:26
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Iain
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Iain
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Iain
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Premier League Team Performances
00:14:54
Iain
is on the way.
00:14:55
Iain
This is Greatest Hits Radio on FM DAV Smart Speaker and now playing on record. Across York and North Yorkshire, this is Greatest Hits Radio.
00:15:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely fantastic. So we'll look at that league table right now. It is currently seven o'clock, so Sunderland haven't played yet and neither have Everton.
00:15:14
Iain
I think officially you've got to be concerned, haven't you?
00:15:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we could be fourteen
00:15:18
Iain
So many times...
00:15:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
by the time this goes out. But as it stands, 13th place, 10 games in, 12 points, 6 behind Liverpool, but only 5 ahead of West Ham.
00:15:24
Iain
but i think so'' talking about
00:15:30
Iain
going i should
00:15:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you concerned?
00:15:33
Iain
payoff should distribution yeah and think officially you've got to be concerned haven't you so many times People with a slow start, people who draw three games at the start, for example, will say, well, you can't really take anything from the league table until you've played 10 games. Well, we've bloody played 10 games now.
00:15:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah absolutely
00:15:53
Iain
And we've got 12 points. And as you pointed out, this is the same return that Bruce Ball got us. and So I am concerned.
00:16:04
Iain
um um I'm really concerned in our away form. I get that we have worked we've won against Wolves narrowly and Fulham very late on.
00:16:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yes
00:16:19
Iain
um But it's really dropped off. It's tailed off. The performances have tailed off from, you know, do you remember Liverpool and Barcelona? and We lost those games, but those performances gave us a lot of hope.
00:16:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we were fantastic in those.
00:16:33
Iain
yeah And we're nowhere near that now.
00:16:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's also one of those Benfica.
00:16:38
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So I was going to say Benfica was good as well, but since then, you know, Fulham, we got lucky, I think, at the end.
00:16:44
Iain
That's Ian Flatt, who was diagnosed 2019.
00:16:44
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Tottenham were pretty toothless, and...
00:16:47
Iain
It's officially opened in Leeds and is the first purpose-built facility to train time to do research on social and emotional neurodisease.
00:16:48
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West Ham, well, we all know what happened there. So, ah yeah, I think you've kind of got to be concerned, haven't you? Because it's almost the same conversation we were having two weeks ago when Brighton beat us.
00:16:56
Iain
This is why Rachel is an abandoned tour earlier. It's a very special place, a place that we do hope we'll replicate it.
00:17:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Right, we've got to go into the Champions League and put right the wrongs of the weekend.
00:17:05
Iain
eat very yeah But it virtually used by our family.
00:17:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And if you keep doing that, you're going to end up in a relegation battle, but doing pretty well in Europe.
00:17:10
Iain
I'm not looking at that sound as my camera's.
00:17:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm not sure many people...
00:17:14
Iain
It's an Arnold Clark.
00:17:15
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would take a relegation battle, well, let's at Christmas, being in a relegation battle, probably not going to finish there, let's be honest.
00:17:15
Iain
You get 750 pounds of any used electric car or home charger. It's
00:17:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But no one would take that with a, oh, we're guaranteed to make the next round of the Champions League, and we're in the quarterfinal of the Carabao Cup.
00:17:24
Iain
a cloud. You reach the brakes of rain. Heavy at times this evening. Strong wind slopes at 14. That's the latest. Signed in your captain.
00:17:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
You need something on all stands, and obviously Brentford is the one coming up next, I'll get to that later, but...
00:17:35
Iain
Tagging across Europe and your future. Greatest hits Raymond.
00:17:39
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You look at the table and there's nobody in the division, for me, that stands out except from Arsenal and Man City. But that just makes it even more depressing that we're closer to West Ham and Liverpool, doesn't it?
00:17:49
Iain
and but We're 13.
00:17:55
Iain
Well, there still are a lot of points to play for. And, you know, teams like Sunderland and Bournemouth and Brighton can take points off anyone.
00:17:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
Arsenal and Man City's Strategies
00:18:07
Iain
City, we like the look of. But they lost at Villa last week. So it's it doesn't really matter at the end of the season how terrible the performance was.
00:18:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
this
00:18:18
Iain
If you've lost, you've lost.
00:18:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:20
Iain
So I think there's still plenty of... I mean, Liverpool have just lost four on the bounce, haven't they?
00:18:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's true.
00:18:24
Iain
So, um yeah, to me for me, Arsenal are the team that are most consistent.
00:18:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're
00:18:31
Iain
But then I'm convinced that they're just going to start wobbling in February and they'll bottle it like they always do.
00:18:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
not.
00:18:40
Iain
It's just who can come through and get them.
00:18:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:42
Iain
um
00:18:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:18:44
Iain
So i'm i'm not I'm not writing off the Premier League season, Michael, with three points for a win. You know, we go on a run where we put four or five wins together, which we know Eddie Howe is very capable of doing.
00:18:56
Iain
um That would elevate us right through into European places.
00:18:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:59
Iain
And then, you know, we can be hunting them down in the second half of the season. Yeah.
00:19:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, let's hope.
00:19:06
Iain
i'm not goingnna I'm not going to write off all of those good performances just on the strength of how terrible we were at West Ham. I think Eddie's shocked by how cross he is at half-time.
00:19:17
Iain
He's took all of the bullets of the gun, and the the lambs that have gone on for the second half haven't known what to do. Thank
00:19:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, big concern im in that case.
00:19:28
Iain
you.
00:19:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we met we mentioned Arsenal there. We'll go back to the leaders. Obviously, six points clear at the top now. um Obviously, we're not going to be fighting for the title the way we started. But eight wins from ten from them.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think it's... Well, you mentioned there you think they might have a bit of a wobble, but is this looking like the most likely season that Arsenal end that hoodoo that they do win that Premier League title?
00:19:53
Iain
Well, they finished second each of the last three years. And in the summer, they got that big centre-forward that they didn't have, which was a big step forwards, I think.
00:20:04
Iain
But then, right at the tail end, to bring in Zubimendi and Eze into the midfield stroke forward line, they were fantastic.
00:20:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's the depth we've done, haven't it?
00:20:15
Iain
they but they won They won the transfer window in my book.
00:20:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%.
00:20:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
hundred percent
00:20:18
Iain
um and And all three of those guys seem to have settled in I know Jokeres, there was a doubt or two about when he goes for two or three games without scoring, but he is scoring goals.
00:20:30
Iain
He's a focal point up front. So if it's not him, it's Saka or Martinelli or Trossard that is picking up the goals. um All of which I've spoken about doesn't mention how wonderful their defence is.
00:20:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, exactly.
00:20:46
Iain
You know, Myles Lewis-Skelly can't get a game because Calafiore is being so good. Julian Timber is... a revelation for me. I hadn't realised he was quite such a player.
00:20:58
Iain
and And then, you know, two good two two good substitutes for Saliba and Gabriel.
00:21:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
You've got the sound pattern, which don't need any attention to that.
00:21:09
Iain
I think they're, yeah, i think they I think they look really strong.
00:21:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. And I think the reason that they're pretty much the favourites in the Premier League title race at the minute is because Man and City are kind of in the same situation that Newcastle are in regards to goals scored.
00:21:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Erland Harland, he's going to score goals no matter who he plays for. You could put him up front for Stevenage against Arsenal. and he would probably still have a good chance of scoring. um But I say that, I think the last time we played Stevenage, the beat was So, less about them.
00:21:40
Iain
It's a.
00:21:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
But again, Haaland, 13 goals this season for him. If he doesn't, I think the rest of the team have six or seven between them.
Haaland's Influence on Man City
00:21:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Their second-top goal scorer has a Burnley defender in own goals.
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Does it kind of feel like they're in a similar situation of us where they need to create more for the rest of the team rather than Haaland? Or is it a case of he's just that good, he's the one keeping them in the title fight?
00:22:09
Iain
it said Well, i think they're I think they're gearing themselves up to be able to... He is that good, but their their game is all designed to free him, isn't it?
00:22:21
Iain
To create chances for him.
00:22:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:24
Iain
ah In a bit a bit why Isaac scored, if I can mention that man's name, why Isaac scored 23 league goals, because the Newcastle tactic last year was to get him away.
00:22:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:37
Iain
It was to set him up. um
00:22:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:40
Iain
Now, it was nice that Gordon and Murphy and Barnes could all chip in with eight or nine goals each. But I think that was just the dominance that we had because we were so on the front foot. um So, I don't think... Well, if Haaland gets crocked, then it's a struggle for Man City.
00:23:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:03
Iain
But I don't know if it really would be because Foden's capable of scoring.
00:23:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:08
Iain
Marmouche, I really like.
00:23:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
um this is just
00:23:10
Iain
and And they've got so much experience in the Premier League.
00:23:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:17
Iain
You know, Bernardo Silva's not going to be worrying about it, is he? He's just going to call on 250 Premier League games that he's got. So, i yeah, i don't I don't think it's a worry that Harland's scoring all of the goals. They've got people capable of stepping in and Cherky was superb in that match, wasn't he? And he's not really started for them much.
00:23:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's hardly had a sniff and he looks absolutely fantastic. Very skilful player. and When came out that they were going to sign him, it was originally for £25 million. and Everyone was sitting going, how is he only going for £25 million? It's gone up to £35 million, £40 million.
00:23:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tells you how much you can believe transfer rumours, but we know that all too well over the summer. Speaking of transfer rumours, I'm probably going to gloss over Liverpool. and We've mentioned there they've got the four defeats. they Let's be honest, they're going bounce back.
00:24:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Them and Chelsea are probably the other two real competitors for the top four. But Tottenham, we saw them play first-hand in midweek. um and Obviously, big change from Manch Postacoglu's style to Tottenham under Frank.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Did you see any improvement in midweek to what we'd had when we played them previously? i know we beat them like 6-1 and stuff, but I didn't actually see a better Tottenham Hotspur midweek.
00:24:37
Iain
No.
00:24:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
How about
00:24:38
Iain
No, a if it could possible if it could be possible, their 1-0 home defeat against Chelsea, a match I did sit through, they were even worse in that.
00:24:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
you? Yeah.
00:24:47
Iain
Absolutely dreadful. I don't know how Thomas Franks got them. They were third at that point, weren't they? I think they've dropped to fifth now, haven't they? But that's all of there that's all of their away wins.
00:24:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:00
Iain
They're functional. They're functional, but they don't go forward very much. But if they're if they're dominating the ball and they're solid at the back, There's always a chance with the home teams pressing forward, because they have to, that Tottenham will be able to score when they're playing away from home.
Relegation Battle Speculations
00:25:16
Iain
But we saw that when you've got a secure defence, I can't believe I'm calling Newcastle's defence secure, but when you've got a secure defence up against them, then they get absolutely nowhere near it.
00:25:27
Iain
Ramsdale made one good save, but I think that was a Sarr shot from the edge of the box.
00:25:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:32
Iain
It was not bit of carved open for it. Um,
00:25:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
no you
00:25:36
Iain
They're missing the guys who they're missing the guys who were who were injured, aren't they? There's a lot of creativity that Tottenham have got in their squad that is not on display yet.
00:25:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:25:46
Iain
and Madison.
00:25:48
Iain
ah if There are others. No, but Solanke.
00:25:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can see that.
00:25:52
Iain
Yeah, Madison Kulusevski.
00:25:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And there's in there as well. and There's a lot of goals and assists missing, definitely. I think they've got the worst injury record again this season. um that the I think they're the only team to have it since we had that Champions League campaign. They definitely were the worst last year.
00:26:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think they started off the worst this year as well. One team that's been actually, ah say okay with injuries. They've had their they've had a few, but nothing too bad. um Sunderland, are you impressed?
00:26:24
Iain
Well, tonight, in less than an hour, I'm going to sit and watch a full Sunderland game for the first time this season. I've been very quietly impressed with some of the results that they've got.
00:26:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, the results have been very annoying.
00:26:36
Iain
um I think winning at Forest was a great result, except what unfolded at Forest after that, maybe it wasn't a great result.
00:26:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:45
Iain
and maybe Maybe that was like winning at West Ham. Oh, damn, I've gone back there again.
00:26:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:51
Iain
and
00:26:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Probably West High.
00:26:52
Iain
But... say No, I mean, that you know, they yeah when when the season started, my pal Charlie, who works next door, who's a Sunderland fan, wanted his team to get to 20 points by New Year's Day because he thought they were halfway there for staying up.
00:27:10
Iain
They win tonight.
00:27:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:11
Iain
They're there on the 3rd of November, which is ah which is a measure of how but how much better they're doing than their fan base
00:27:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:23
Iain
expected them to do. To be fair, nobody could have predicted how good they were because it's virtually an entire new squad, isn't it?
00:27:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:27:31
Iain
One or two of their, thinking of Dan Ballard in particular, one or two of the team that got them promoted from the championship of have stepped up. But they'll be playing seven, six, seven, eight new players tonight again.
00:27:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:27:46
Iain
But they have bought really, really well by the looks of it. And this manager, Labrise,
00:27:53
Iain
i think he looks I think he looks quite good, actually. He looks a cut above Steve Bruce anyway.
00:28:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
To be fair, we haven't set the bar high at all there, but then again. We're matching Steve Bruce's air go but points total for us this season.
00:28:10
Iain
thirteen
00:28:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
So maybe we are.
00:28:12
Iain
but web
00:28:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But we'll look just quickly the bottom half. Wolves are struggling.
00:28:15
Iain
We have so many great songs, it was so cool to vote and find out which is the nation's favourite void.
00:28:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bottom of the table, two points. Vito Pereira was sacked on Sunday. Nodden Forest, struggling.
00:28:21
Iain
What great idea! We're at the Littons chart where we rank one iconic artist's biggest tunes in order of how much people love them.
00:28:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sacked Nuno Espirito Santo. Sacked and Posta Coglu. And West Ham, just above them, sacked Graham Potter. Four early sacking there.
00:28:31
Iain
I love it. I'm passing that idea along we speak.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
All of those teams could improve.
00:28:34
Iain
And we kicked off at 7 o'clock hour on J.B.' 's Living on a Prayer from 1986.
00:28:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who do you think is most at risk of being dragged into the relegation battle if all three of those
Upcoming Fixtures and Team Strategy
00:28:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
teams improve under the new management?
00:28:41
Iain
and how you doing how is your weekends in jackie bramles say with you on the evening show through ti ten o'clock I don't think West Ham will improve much. but you know They have one or two good individuals which really ought to be taken out of the game instead of dominating it like we let Paqueta and Bowen do.
00:29:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:00
Iain
I can't see West Ham really picking up very much.
00:29:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:03
Iain
I think Forrest will. they've got so They have got some very good players. Murillo, Lenkovich, Addison and Gibbs White. Igor, is it? That's come in playing set the forward when Chris Woods clocked.
00:29:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:29:18
Iain
Is he called Igor? There's too many Egos.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you go, Thiago.
00:29:21
Iain
doesn't it There's an Igor on loan from Brighton somewhere as well. but
00:29:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was at West Ham. Came on. um But the game prince yeah, Eagle, Thiago, Brentford has been absolutely fantastic.
00:29:28
Iain
That's him.
00:29:33
Iain
Yeah.
00:29:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Turns out I'm not missing Wissler at all.
00:29:36
Iain
ah So I don't think West Ham will do very much. I've
00:29:41
Iain
I was quite and quietly impressed with some of the times when I watched Wolves play. They weren't terrible against us. We beat them one nill um
00:29:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
no yes
00:29:53
Iain
I don't know what's going on there. I don't know what's going on. Maybe with a new manager, and they will pick up. Anyway, assuming they do, which is what you're after, i think Burnley and Leeds are hovering just ahead of them, aren't they?
00:30:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
yes
00:30:06
Iain
And as newly promoted teams... you'd think that they probably haven't got squads bigger than established Premier League teams. So when the winter bites and the games come thick and fast and injuries and suspensions kick in, that could lose them a lot of points through January, February time.
00:30:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
00:30:24
Iain
Sunderland have to be terrible from here, though, to get dragged into it, don't they? More likely for Newcastle to be dragged into it.
00:30:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we're more likely to than them by the looks of the table.
00:30:33
Iain
Yeah.
00:30:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you don't laugh, you'll cry.
00:30:35
Iain
I don't think we will. and I'm not sure...
00:30:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
no we won't.
00:30:38
Iain
I'm not sure Fulham are up too much.
00:30:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, not really. They weren't great against us. We weren't great either, to be fair. um Yeah, to be honest, I i agree, particularly with West Ham.
00:30:49
Iain
Brentford have surprised me a little bit with how well they've adapted to who was losing their manager, their strike force and most of their coaching staff.
00:30:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
she found Yeah.
00:31:01
Iain
This Keith Andrews fellow looks like he's... Brentford always get it right though, don't they? um i don't know why i I don't know why I'm surprised at the fact that they've made a good appointment with somebody who we don't know, because they've done that time and time again.
00:31:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
They do.
00:31:14
Iain
and
00:31:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
We have.
00:31:16
Iain
So hopefully they'll be off form on Sunday when we play them. Otherwise it'll be 4-2 again.
00:31:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll tell you what. yeah I'm going to go to our second sponsor there because my next question actually is going into Brentford at the weekend. So for now, unfortunately, we have a Zencastr advert and it's not done by us, which is the unfortunate part.
00:31:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's done by the Liverpoolians.
00:31:36
Iain
Okay.
00:32:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely. Thank you very much, Louis. So we've got a very tricky... Let's bring it back to Newcastle. We've got a tricky run in the next two games before and after the international break. Obviously, we play Athletic Club on Wednesday. And then we have Brentford at the weekend and Manchester City straight after the international break.
00:32:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you confident at all of getting points in those games?
00:32:37
Iain
Well, first of all, can I just say you've cheered me up by saying by calling them like Athletic Club, like Bruno would say it. Well done.
00:32:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, to read that's just the one was going for.
00:32:46
Iain
Club. I love this club.
00:32:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, agreed.
00:32:48
Iain
I love this club.
Potential Player Changes
00:32:50
Iain
um i think we'll I think under the lights on Wednesday, i think we'll beat Athletic Ovalbou.
00:32:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Agreed.
00:32:58
Iain
Coming back after the international break. I think we'll give Man City the sort of game we gave Liverpool and Arsenal. Hopefully we'll get on the right end of the last minute winner.
00:33:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:33:09
Iain
ah don't like the look of this Brentford game though.
00:33:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
great
00:33:12
Iain
Kind of hoping that maybe Howe will have one of those clear the air talks like he had after we were lost fourteen against Brentford.
00:33:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
bre
00:33:22
Iain
If you remember that, we were 2-0 at half time and it was the second half where we were absolutely abject.
00:33:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:28
Iain
And then they had the clear the air talk and... Newcastle then went on this fabulous run. Did we end up winning nine in a row or something from that? Can't remember.
00:33:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes. We had a really, really good December.
00:33:38
Iain
so So let's hope that there's a clear-the-air talk. I mean, I've not heard Eddie Howe for a long time be quite so... mean, he called his team unrecognisable, which is fairly scaling for him.
00:33:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:53
Iain
and And I don't think he let anybody off. I don't think he said, oh, he was all right. I think he's... peace He wasn't specific because he would have ended up slagging individual players off. and So I'm hoping that they've done something like that.
00:34:07
Iain
They can pick up a good result, have a good performance against Athletic Bilbao. And maybe they need that reset and the kick up the pants to go on a run, um which leaves us with Brentford.
00:34:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:20
Iain
That's more hope than expectation. No, Michael, as I'm sitting here now, i would probably...
00:34:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:27
Iain
predict more like ah another abject away display like last year at Brentford. and We can get the international break and and start bringing Wisser back.
00:34:40
Iain
mean, we are missing Lewis Hall, Tina Livermento and Jan Wisser from Plan a And that that is a lot to to to deal with.
00:34:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
true
00:34:51
Iain
um But we ought to have a squad big enough to deal with it. We ought to.
00:34:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Somehow we don't.
00:34:57
Iain
Certainly against West Ham.
00:34:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
We spent so much money.
00:34:59
Iain
know you mean.
00:35:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
But in regards to personnel, obviously, we' ah up with potentially another abject away performance on the horizon, in terms of personnel, who do you want to see get game time next weekend?
00:35:13
Iain
if
00:35:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because... There's one player in particular for me who, when I've seen him play this season, I think he's been pretty good and he didn't play at all against West Ham.
00:35:23
Iain
i know who you mean It's the Geordie Tonali you're talking about, isn't it? Lewis Miley. Yeah, it was strange.
00:35:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
indeed.
00:35:31
Iain
I thought he was definitely coming in to play at West Ham. Having been rested against Tottenham, I thought he had to come in. and But he didn't. Maybe he's been super rested so he can come in and do it all against Athletic Bilbao and Brentford.
00:35:45
Iain
He's going to have to. I think Joe Linton should sit and watch it from the bench. He's only impressed with when he's come on as a sub this season.
00:35:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:35:54
Iain
um
00:35:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:35:54
Iain
I think you've got to play Bruno and Sonardi and give them another chance. haven't had a good talking to. um Gordon, Fultemada. Did we use Murphy again?
00:36:06
Iain
i think we used Murphy again.
00:36:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we do. I think we've got to use Murphy over Alanga. Alanga doesn't look great, but player I also kind of want to see, it would be another change in midfield, would be um Jacob Ramsey. I'm really impressed when I see him play.
00:36:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah think... It's one of those for us. I don't think he's been as good as what he was at Villa. Probably hasn't clicked just yet, but if we were going to do anything in that second half, I think Ramsey was going to be involved in it.
00:36:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um What do you think? do you think he maybe gets the nod ahead, even ahead of Miley?
00:36:33
Iain
Yeah. No, I...
00:36:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a tough one because he would be pretty much a likely swap with Joe Linton.
00:36:40
Iain
I know.
00:36:43
Iain
Well, to bring them both in, you've got to leave behind Bruno or Tonali. Now, I know we do can do that, but i don't think we do that in the Champions League.
00:36:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, definitely not.
00:36:52
Iain
um Maybe it'll get out. Maybe it'll start Ramsey instead of Joel Hinton. It's a straight swap. And Miley will come on as a first change whenever it's needed. Once you've gone three up, you can come on for Bruno or Tonali.
00:37:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:37:06
Iain
Once you've gone three up.
Eddie Howe's Future at Newcastle
00:37:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's going to happen.
00:37:09
Iain
Dreams.
00:37:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's going to happen.
00:37:10
Iain
and I think that I would give Ramsdale a game against Athletic Bilbao.
00:37:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
you
00:37:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
know what? I'm well down for that. 100%. Because he's been fantastic both times he's played, hasn't he?
00:37:26
Iain
I think he's come on low and told he's got a play behind Nick Pope who was Established for the last three years as the main man because he's had dangled. Well, we are in the Champions League, Aaron.
00:37:39
Iain
And he seems like a really good he seems like a really good character when you see him interviewed.
00:37:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's some games.
00:37:44
Iain
He's fitted in straight away. um And he's he's a 21st century goalkeeper, not a 20th century goalkeeper like Nick Bowe. Plays with his feet.
00:37:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:37:55
Iain
It gives us more control. um And he'd probably catch... A cross or two. Instead of flapping at it like there's a wasp loose at a picnic.
00:38:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's it's ah it doesn't look great.
00:38:10
Iain
That's harsh.
00:38:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:38:11
Iain
That's harsh.
00:38:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not harsh. It's absolutely so it's correct. it's Every single time there's a horse me, me I look like Nick Pope. But so I'm going to finish off because I've seen
00:38:20
Iain
never been a better time to join Skye.
00:38:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
some Actually quite alarming comments on social media, and it's social media, so shouldn't be alarmed. But I've seen some people saying that this is the last few games that Eddie Howe at Newcastle United.
00:38:29
Iain
Well, hmm. He's achieved his objectives, hasn't he? but u s
00:38:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
do you think Howe even remotely close to being under pressure? Or do you think he's got a lot of time in the bank and no matter what happens, he'd be given the season?
00:38:50
Iain
dream around well um
00:38:56
Iain
he's achieved his objectives doesn't he ah right the way through almost winning a cup qualifying for the Champions League again the concern the concern is a is when there's a pattern being established of poor away form now I would say that the away match at Villa we played well away at Bournemouth we got a great point I think I think a point away at Leeds will look like a good point at the end of the season because they're very strong at home
00:39:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Did both earlier.
00:39:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
We did.
00:39:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
We did.
00:39:27
Iain
and
00:39:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting.
00:39:28
Iain
although Tottenham won there, so they can't be that strong. It's really just the... And and also, if we deserved something out of the game at Brighton, really, at 1-1. We were on top the last half an hour, and then Danny Welbeck pops up.
00:39:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I
00:39:40
Iain
It's just this one game. Can't possibly be at risk because of one game. I wouldn't have thought. But if if he can't address that and start changing it, I don't think it's a few games.
00:39:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
would love to hear.
00:39:53
Iain
I think, you know, I think if you get February... and we haven't qualified to the Champions League next stage, and we're still languishing in 12th, then there might be some serious talking done.
00:40:07
Iain
But I can't see that happening.
00:40:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
No,
00:40:08
Iain
I can't see it. Our players are too good, basically, to do that.
00:40:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I completely agree. It's just something that popped up on my radar and I was thinking, you know what, I've just kind of've got to mention that because it's something that for me I find quite baffling.
00:40:19
Iain
to be when you cover the
00:40:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think even if ah we were sat in mid-table at the end of the year, they would still give Eddie Howe the rest of the season.
00:40:22
Iain
no
00:40:25
Iain
the garden and k ah yeah you home and
00:40:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that's all we have time for on the Newcastle podcast.
00:40:31
Iain
ah you
00:40:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a been a bit longer than normal.
00:40:34
Iain
Yes. I've got this. I went in the adverts to get this to show you, which I found today.
00:40:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
my
00:40:40
Iain
And I paid not very much for it, but it's going to go in my shop. It'll be quite expensive. What do you think of this?
00:40:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
who Oh, that is a beautiful Magpie, yeah.
00:40:46
Iain
It's ah his Russian porcelain. Can you see it? I know. Lamonisiv, or whatever it's called.
00:40:56
Iain
It's wonderful. How I've managed to find that, I'm not sure, but yeah, got a mark on it.
00:41:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
One for two.
00:41:01
Iain
Sorry, that's what I do during the day.
00:41:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, nice. Hey, that is absolutely fantastic. And hopefully that magpie is a good omen because we're going start talking about Athletic Club tomorrow when we're going to play them the day after that and then we're going to go on a bit of a run.
00:41:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
All because Ian's that magpie.
00:41:18
Iain
Correct.
00:41:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
So big thanks to Ian for joining us today.
00:41:20
Iain
Yes. Well, when they're porcelain, by the way, One magpie isn't unlucky. Like when you see one live one, it's unlucky, isn't it? But a porcelain one, he said yeah you can only buy one.
00:41:31
Iain
mean, you only need one. So one's lucky.
00:41:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
be going now. It's not one for sorrow, it's one for joy, two for sorrow.
00:41:38
Iain
No.
00:41:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
And there's only one there.
00:41:40
Iain
Absolutely.
00:41:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, well, there's two of us, but that's fine. If you've enjoyed the show, don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, follow us on social media, and all that jazz for all the latest updates.
00:41:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Until next time, try and keep the faith for a change. Bye.
00:41:57
Iain
Mm-hmm.