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What’s Gone Wrong at the Newcastle United?
12 Plays15 days ago
The international break is finally here — and for once, Newcastle fans are grateful for it. Host Michael is joined by fellow Toon Army members Jo and Nic to dissect what’s really gone off the rails this season.
From injuries and a shaky mentality to one-dimensional attacking and questions of attitude, the trio tackle it all — stats, tactics, and a fair bit of friendly moaning.
They also weigh in on Jamie Carragher’s latest hot take: should Eddie Howe pack up for England after the World Cup?
Grab a cuppa and settle in for some canny chat about the Magpies — no PR fluff, just honest football talk from the stands.
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Transcript
00:00:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello
Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:00:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
and welcome to the Daily Newcastle podcast. The international break is firmly underway and for the first time in a long while, Newcastle fans are actually quite thankful for it.
00:00:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm one of them, I'm sure you are too, and I'm joined by two members of the Toon Army who are definitely pleased with the upcoming break because it means it gives them a bit of time to moan and whinge.
00:00:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:00:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Joe and Nick. Nick, I'll start with you. How's it going are you well?
00:00:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yes, I'm good. Also, my lighting is terrible in this room. I've just realised. just got this like halo of light above my head.
00:00:45
Jo
but
00:00:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
look great. Sorry about that.
00:00:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
You don't get this professionalism anywhere else, folks.
00:00:50
Jo
True. You're
00:00:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Sorry for anyone who's watching. I look like i look awful. yeah
00:00:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
You look fine.
00:00:57
Jo
here fine.
00:00:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
What about you, Joe?
00:00:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Thanks.
00:00:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
You doing all right?
00:00:59
Jo
Oh yeah, you're right though. um Bang on about the international break. I've never wanted one more my life, I'll be honest. But yeah, we'll we'll discuss this in a second.
00:01:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:01:06
Jo
day
00:01:07
Nicola Pringle-Adams
thought you meant my lighting.
00:01:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
was yes.
00:01:10
Jo
Yeah, yeah.
00:01:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, canny stuff, everything's got to pot, but we're still here, as always, daily after all.
Identifying and Ranking Newcastle's Problems
00:01:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I've got you both here to talk about something, well, pretty much the Newcastle coach and staff are being paid thousands to do.
00:01:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to try and do it for three and figure out what on earth is going wrong at the club right now. ah Now, this isn't going to be a rant, um unless you both want it to be, and then it can be...
00:01:36
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Is it?
00:01:37
Jo
a
00:01:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
It can be organised. Well, I did this in a few episodes back. and That was before what happened at the weekend. So I'll go through a few possible issues, get your takes on them, whether they're bang on or bull. ah You get the picture.
00:01:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then at the end, I'll get you both to both the rank, the issues, in regards to how big of a problem they've been for us this season. Sound good?
00:01:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Sounds good.
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Jo
Good.
00:02:00
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Let's do it.
00:02:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Crackin'. uh so well that's probably for the best actually otherwise it would have been a very short episode no michael i don't want to do that right
00:02:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Cool.
00:02:07
Jo
No.
Injuries vs. Deeper Team Issues
00:02:09
Jo
no
00:02:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
that's it and but two minutes ten a record uh but let's get it right uh let's get into it for each one we'll have a bit of a chat throw in some and then i'll throw in some extra context or stats at the end or whatever
00:02:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um like like i'm known to do uh so statements number one and most of these are stuff that i haven't just put in but i've seen on people say on x on whatever as well newcast united's injuries are the main factor in their poor performances both of you shaking your heads there okay joe i'll start with you why
00:02:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
cool
00:02:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:02:38
Jo
No.
00:02:44
Jo
I just don't see this has been one of our biggest injury prone times, let's say, in the past few years. um All right, we've got some. I know we've got Visser out who has never played for us yet. um All right, we've had some players in and out of an injury. We've got Hall kind of coming back and all this sort of thing. But in the grand scheme, I think there's a much bigger and deeper rooted issue going on with Newcastle than injuries. That's why.
00:03:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
You agree, Nick?
00:03:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, I vaguely remember the last time we were in the Champions League, our players were dropping like absolute flies.
00:03:15
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:03:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Whereas this time around, yes, we do have injured players. We've got Tino. Obviously, that's out probably until maybe the end of this month, beginning of next, I think. um Obviously, we've got Lewis on his way back. um I have known it to be worse than this. um I just don't think it's... I mean, yeah, like Jojo said, Wistler's not even played any minutes for us yet, so we can't blame that.
00:03:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:03:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
00:03:36
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So, yeah.
Mindset and Mentality of Newcastle
00:03:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So, no, I don't think that is the main. It probably does factor ever so slightly, but it's definitely not the main the main um cause of what on earth is happening.
00:03:44
Jo
Yep.
00:03:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. And to be, I'll put it at number one, just because I think it's maybe like a, a minute contributing factor to some of the other statements that are there. Um, you just mentioned that the big ones whistle, it was whole, Tina, Livramento between them.
00:03:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Hmm.
00:03:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've still played 700 minutes the season, which, and know The most any player could have played 990 or something like that. So it's it's not too bad, but you're looking at it and going, it's three players.
00:04:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:04:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you can't do without three players, you're in trouble.
00:04:12
Jo
Yeah.
00:04:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
There are eight missing right now, but that includes Pope, Gordon, Byrne.
00:04:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:04:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Harrison Ashby, that well-known starter for us. And the first three could be back after Man City. So, you know, injuries are there, but realistically, we're not Tottenham, who have 12 players out.
00:04:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:04:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
And most of them are first team, as in they're still the top six, I believe. haven't checked the table before this, so maybe that ought But they're definitely up there or about. So it's all just part of the game. I don't think we can blame it on injuries. And um I'm glad you both agree, to be honest.
00:04:45
Jo
Mm-hmm.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Statement number two. Newcastle United's mentality has been far too defensive this season. Now, before I ask is, over the last two matches, obviously we've seen Newcastle take the lead and then sit back.
00:05:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Both times the same story. But has it been the case for the full season? What do you think? Nick, I'll start with you this time.
00:05:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't know if I can agree with that one in fact no I definitely can't agree with that one it's there's no way i mean ah i don't know look it's football and we can we know you know we go ahead and we lose that's just the way football goes sometimes but
00:05:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:05:18
Jo
Yeah.
00:05:24
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We can't blame it on that because there's been countless times this season, and we're only in flipping November, by the way, already had two international breaks. so
00:05:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:05:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
there's no way that Newcastle are struggling, going ahead in a game and then just thinking, yeah, all right then. I don't see that. I do see certain body languages certain players um ah sometimes change ever so slightly during the game, whether that's because they're fatigued or I've got no idea.
00:05:42
Jo
yeah
00:05:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But I don't think they've had a defensive mentality because that's just not the way that isn't just that's just not the way we play.
00:05:57
Jo
Yeah.
00:05:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
It's just not Eddie Howell's identity, is it? So, yeah, no, I don't agree with that one. I don't think.
00:06:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
What about you, Joe? How
Player Attitude and Cohesion Issues
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Global Sports Podcast Network
do feel?
00:06:07
Jo
i am To feed directly off what she's just said last is the identity. um So no, I agree with everything you've just said, by the way. I don't think we've overly had a defensive mentality.
00:06:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:06:17
Jo
I'm not entirely sure what sort of mentality we've had because I'm honest, they just look completely disjointed. They look like sometimes they don't even know how to play it together.
00:06:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:06:24
Jo
They can't string passes together. We're all over the shop.
00:06:25
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:06:26
Jo
I don't see it as a defensive minded problem, let's call it. um
00:06:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah
00:06:31
Jo
So, yeah, I'm going to have to say no to that one as well, because, again, I'm going to stick with my much deeper-rooted issues going on than simply we go one ahead and sit back. I don't see that game on game, I'll be honest.
00:06:43
Jo
I've seen us fall apart most games, not defensive, unfortunately.
00:06:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:06:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think a large part of i think is the last two games when we've took the lead we have just sort of relied on the defence and hoped that we'd shut up shot particularly against Brentford I mean we were terrible, weren't we?
00:06:58
Jo
Hmm.
00:06:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
like We just couldn't get beyond that initial press.
00:06:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, awful.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
um ah Just to compare it to last season, one thing that stood out for me is um this season we're actually bottom of the league for tackles made, but we're fifth for fouls.
00:07:02
Jo
no
00:07:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
So for me, that kind of just tells you it's just lazy in regards to tackling.
00:07:15
Jo
Yeah.
00:07:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:07:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, last year we were making the tackles and we were actually succeeding with them. This year it's Joe Linton running into the back of someone after losing the ball, which happens 12 times game.
00:07:20
Jo
Yeah.
00:07:24
Jo
Yeah.
00:07:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah so
00:07:27
Jo
He's a liability, isn't he, really? Let's get real.
00:07:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
he's absolutely i said that
00:07:29
Jo
And he's been a massive liability this season.
00:07:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:07:31
Jo
Yeah.
00:07:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I said this a couple of episodes ago.
00:07:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:07:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah said he was like by far my most disappointing player so far.
00:07:33
Jo
Yep.
00:07:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree as well. And I think when I was actually looking at this, I saw that the whole league is pretty much changed in the way teams play. But um one of the things as well with that, we're bottom of the league for tackles.
00:07:43
Jo
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:07:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're actually third bottom for yellow cards as well. And that intensity, that identity that you have mentioned means you get tackles in and you put you you you know you pick up those yellow cards and
00:07:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Hmm.
00:07:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're on track for 41 this season.
00:08:01
Jo
but he said something totally different.
00:08:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no, I avoided it just. We're on track for 41 this season, which is down from 68. And you think and that's almost a third. If our intensity is dropped by that as well, which let's be honest, by the eye test, it has, then, you know, maybe there's no surprise we're sitting in a relegation battle.
00:08:13
Jo
Yeah.
00:08:16
Jo
Massively.
00:08:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
hundred of um
00:08:20
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:08:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, for me, I actually do think we're a bit more defensive personally because I think but i don't think it's by choice. So I don't think it is a mentality issue. I think it's just a sheer fact of we just can't get beyond the press of other teams at the minute, which we we used to be able to.
00:08:30
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:08:34
Jo
I get that, yeah.
00:08:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, I get that.
00:08:35
Jo
I was more thinking the mentality thing that you said, I'll be honest.
00:08:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:08:38
Jo
But yeah, I get exactly what you're saying about the defensive thing.
00:08:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, me too. Yeah, 100%.
00:08:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah ah Statement number three, we're going to get to after our first advert of the evening. which is by Anique.
00:08:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Thank you.
00:09:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Righty-o, into statement number three. This one could be a little bit touchy. We've eased our way through the first nine minutes, now into maybe the hard stuff of Newcastle United's biggest issue is the attitude of the players this season.
00:09:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do we think? Now, if he's want five, ten seconds to think, I can give you that. Or if he's got something that you immediately agree with, just let me know.
00:09:55
Jo
Let's go.
00:09:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Jo definitely has.
00:10:00
Jo
I mean, my points after both of the other two kind of lead quite into the attitude, don't they? I just, I don't see the same attitude at all.
00:10:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:10:07
Jo
And it's across the team. I've had this conversation with multiple people. I had it again, yet again today. i think everyone, anytime anyone brings up how this season's going everyone seems to all the time, Oh Joe, what do you think how the season's going? gone Like A, I don't know, is half the time. I don't even know what to say. Everyone was so frustrated with everything, but the attitude of the players, there's something massively wrong.
00:10:29
Jo
We don't know what's wrong.
00:10:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm.
00:10:31
Jo
um Obviously, we don't see behind closed doors, but what I'm ah very concerned about is that they don't actually know what's wrong, um because Howe doesn't seem to know what's wrong with some of the maybe decisions he's making or anything like that. I'm not, by the way, at all calling for Howe's head like some idiots are, but I get the kind of frustration towards them. But in general, in terms of the actual players attitude, I think he's been let down by a lot of players as well.
00:10:56
Jo
um So I'm saying collectively, there's something very not right. Again, going behind the scenes, whatever you want to call it. But whatever it is, they need to fix it. They need to fix it sharp because we are in a relegation battle no matter what anyone wants to think.
00:11:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:11:08
Jo
We might be in the Champions League. We might be doing all right Cowboy Cup. But if our attitudes or anything else doesn't change, we're in a relegation battle. It's as simple as that. So, yes, I'm absolutely with this point.
00:11:18
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:11:19
Jo
Yeah. Yeah.
00:11:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, Nick, do you agree or do you have anything to add to that?
00:11:24
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um I do agree with it, um but it seems to be only certain players because I can't speak for the likes of, um you know, someone like Sandro Tonali because I feel like his attitude is, you know, pretty much spot on.
00:11:37
Jo
ah
00:11:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I mean, im just taking a play out thin air here. um Seems to be spot on, you know, pretty much every game.
00:11:41
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:11:43
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um But there definitely is a sort of attitude problem with some players. I think on the last point I said, um You know, certain players' body language changes quite a lot throughout game.
00:11:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Anthony Gordon is 110% one of those. um
00:11:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:11:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Whether or not it's it's a lazy problem, but it's definitely some sort of attitude problem that's going on behind closed doors. um I think it was after the West Ham game. Did I hear Eddie Howe say that he it was the first time in his Newcastle career that he could have taken them all off?
00:12:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Which, he didn't know who to choose to take off.
00:12:16
Jo
He didn't know who to choose, he?
00:12:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Which, I mean, as a manager...
00:12:19
Jo
Menor.
00:12:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
that must be one, an awful situation to be in. But two, you're probably thinking, where the hell, what was wrong with them all? Where do I go from here?
00:12:27
Jo
Yeah.
00:12:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um
00:12:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So you could call it an attitude problem, I guess, with certain players. I can't speak for all them, so I don't think they all have it. I think like the likes of Sandro Bruno, you know, they do show great attitude most games.
00:12:36
Jo
Yeah. Chow's been of here.
00:12:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Chow's been great. Bottman's kind of been great. I'm going to take that one back, actually. but
00:12:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:44
Jo
Take your bias out, chick.
00:12:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um But like we've just spoken, yeah, my...
00:12:45
Jo
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:12:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We just spoke about Joey Linton.
00:12:47
Jo
Mm-mm.
00:12:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
His attitude seems like he just wants to take every player out and just get as many yellow cards this season. and I don't understand that.
00:12:53
Jo
yeah
00:12:54
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I mean, that is not, I mean, we know he's a brute. We know he can be a brick wall, but that isn't how he plays. So I don't know what's happened over the course of this season where he thinks that's okay because it's flipping for straight and to watch. um I don't enjoy watching him at the minute.
00:13:07
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Also, I cannot believe i'm about to admit this on this podcast. However, um I'm trying to just ignore the fact where we are sitting in the table. I'm being very in denial at the fact that we're in a relegation battle because I don't want to talk about it.
00:13:19
Jo
I know.
00:13:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But I think now that that's just been brought to my attention, I'm like, oh, yeah, we are actually two points off the flipping relegation thing.
00:13:23
Jo
Sorry. I thought we'd know.
00:13:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um It's quite concerning. And the attitudes of the players need to be sorted ASAP. But I don't know what you can do.
00:13:32
Jo
Raoul.
00:13:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, yeah.
00:13:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah i'm and cla i'm and kind I definitely agree. From the eye test, it looks like Newcastle aren't really fighting as hard as they used to. and You mentioned Anthony Gordon there. um There's been rumours that he's had a little knock all season, which begs the question of why he was playing at all, how he was allowed to go with England and why it didn't look like he had a knock with England at all.
00:13:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:13:53
Jo
Yep. Mm-hmm.
00:13:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
um so To be honest, I think a lot of fans are just trying to make excuses on that side, which again know I can't blame them. You want to make excuses for why the players aren't living up the expectations but for the the thing that gets me this season in regards to the number of sprints per game um last season we won I think there was only 7 games where Newcastle didn't make more sprints than their opposition we've only done it in 3 games so far this season um in the league and and know so that means we're already worse we've lost more than what we did last season as a total in 11 games but with that in distance covered we're actually 3rd in the league
00:14:07
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:14:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're only behind Manchester City and Arsenal for distance covered, which tells me it's not effort, but it's efficiency, if that makes sense.
00:14:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
oh
00:14:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah. Yeah.
00:14:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because you sit there and go, we're covering, we're covering positions, but by the time we are getting there to cover, it's just a bit lazy and it's a bit lacklustre.
00:14:44
Jo
yeah yeah
00:14:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm.
00:14:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I'm putting that maybe a bit down to playing style, which goes into statement number four. which is Newcastle United are far too one-dimensional in the Premier League.
00:15:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oof.
00:15:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
What do we think on that? And I can get...
00:15:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah Go on, Joe.
00:15:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
we in agreement, or...?
00:15:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Joe is like, yes.
00:15:18
Jo
I'm like itching on her. Look, come on, we've mentioned this a million times over in terms of how predictable we are, we were throughout last season, have been for a long time, so this is nothing new. um Is it finally catching up to us?
00:15:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:15:30
Jo
Is it finally coming back to bite us on the backside? I don't know. Is it now the fact that we're still playing this style with a striker who is not an actual out-and-out striker? He likes to come deep.
00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:40
Jo
like I love what Valtamare does, by the way. I love not only his gold contributions, just I love his style of play. I think he's going to be amazing when he has someone to play off, because I think that's what he needs.
00:15:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep. No.
00:15:49
Jo
and We need Visser back on so many levels, it's not even funny.
00:15:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:15:53
Jo
um Because Valtamare is not the direct replacement for Iza, because Iza was an out-and-out striker, Valtamare is not. um
00:16:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:16:02
Jo
So yeah, that's that's where I think it leads into the problem of us being one-dimensional because we are still playing the exact same formation. We're not mixing it up enough. We need to start mixing it up like immediately. There's not even any more games that we can now...
00:16:14
Jo
Because wasn't West Ham supposed to be the whole catalyst of that'll be our kick up the backside like the Brentford game was last season?
00:16:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
no
00:16:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah
00:16:21
Jo
West Ham was supposed to be that, yet... it hasn't been at all because Brentford's it's gone on the Brentford game was probably equally as bad as West Ham or close to it so there was no kick up the backside so what point are we going to get our backsides into gear so to speak but is it is it the formation is it the predictableness um or is it down to the fact that like we've talked about we've lost our identity we're not pressing as hard there's no intensity at all so yeah again multitude of things wrapped into one there sorry
00:16:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I
00:16:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no, it's I asked the question, it's the answer I wanted.
00:16:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
agree.
00:16:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
What about
Predictable Tactics and Lack of Creativity
00:16:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
you, Nick? you got anything to add?
00:16:54
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, I agree. I was having a conversation with someone at work today, actually, who sits across from me and he was just asking, what on earth is happening at Newcastle? Like I own the place and i'm like, I don't know.
00:17:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Um, and we just started talking about, um, what we just spoke about, like our style of play and things like that. And, um, you know, ah but just off the back of the West Ham and Brentford game, I am i'm not saying that we shouldn't be getting beat by these teams, but really we shouldn't be, especially West Ham, um, at the minute.
00:17:21
Jo
Yeah.
00:17:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Cause they are, they are really poor. They are really, really poor. So the fact that we've actually been beaten by them and let's say comfortably beaten by them, um,
00:17:31
Jo
yeah
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
is slightly embarrassing because they are not playing great football at the minute. I don't care what anyone says. um So yeah, I was having this conversation at work and I was just saying, I don't know if maybe, and I'm i'm going to say Eddie, but I don't mean him solely. I mean him as a whole collective, his his coaching team and obviously his football players.
00:17:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't know if maybe it's a case of like, have we just been found out?
00:17:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:17:56
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Because we had this exact same thing happen around about
00:17:57
Jo
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:17:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
well, maybe just bit before this time last season, where we went on a stint of losing really pathetic games that we shouldn't have been losing. And getting I remember us sitting in this position getting really frustrated. um And I'm sure we had an international break. And then all of a sudden we come from the international break and then went on like a 10 game winning streak.
00:18:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um
00:18:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But someone at work actually made a point of saying like, do I don't imagine he is doing this, but do you think he's prioritising the Champions League and Carabao Cup because the runs in there are so great? And I'm like, but that isn't that's not the mentality that anyone should be having in that team.
00:18:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
You don't see the Manchester City's doing this.
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I wish it was that.
00:18:29
Jo
No.
00:18:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I wish it was that, but it's definitely not. You don't see the likes of City's, Liverpool's, you know, Arsenal's, whoever, having that mentality saying, oh, we're prioritising that, so we're going to, you know, we're going to forget about our league campaign because that's just, I mean, let's be honest, the owners of Newcastle will not stand for that either.
00:18:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay
00:18:41
Jo
Yeah.
00:18:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um So I do agree with Joe.
00:18:47
Jo
No.
00:18:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, absolutely not.
00:18:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think it's a case of we've just lost. We've just been completely found out. I actually think we've just, yeah, we've we've lost the plot, yeah.
00:18:54
Jo
The plot.
00:18:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um
00:18:57
Jo
yeah um
00:18:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think
00:18:58
Jo
so
00:18:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
our style of play, we haven't really seen the high intensity. um And like you say, we're obviously missing Wisser. So it's just like, there's only so much one, you know, striker can do So, yeah.
00:19:12
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:19:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to offend all Newcastle fans here and I'm going to say it's not Wisser that we're missing it's Alexander Rezac because if you remember Alexander Rezac when he did get the ball and when he did have more than four touches in a game he would come up on the left he would be in behind, he would come short he would do loads of different things and you know, he did our eat he was okay, he was unpredictable and the team sat off us because of that this season
00:19:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh, God. Oh, no.
00:19:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
We are bottom of the league for through balls and for offsides, which tells you we're not getting in behind. Every time I see Anthony Gordon get the ball, it's pretty much on the halfway line. Every time I see Murphy get the ball, it's pretty much on the halfway line.
00:19:52
Jo
Hmm.
00:19:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Volta Marder gets more touches closer to the halfway line than he does near the box, um which to be fair is normal, but not his levels. It's like, it' it You're right, it is just far too predictable. And with us sitting too deep on the the front line and not having that unpredictability up front, you'd think you'd get that from Alanga, you'd think you'd get that from Gordon, but we just can't get it when they're in the positions that they are. And Valtomar, I mentioned it um the other day and it's it's gone on socials. James has put it up and I've got a bit of stick for it.
00:20:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
He isn't really the striker that we needed.
00:20:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Welcome to my club.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah It's fine, I like it, I like it. um Just, you know, people could come up with an actual statement then call it rather than just calling us an F-head or an F-tard or whatever it is.
00:20:40
Jo
easy to do that.
00:20:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, I'd...
00:20:41
Jo
There wasn't like 3 idiots, so.
00:20:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:20:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, I'd appreciate a point against us rather than just that, but it's fine. um But yeah, Vultimard is going to be one of the He'd fit in at Man City. He's great. um But he's not really...
00:20:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
We don't play to his strengths. He doesn't play to ours.
00:20:56
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
With Wisser, as you mentioned, Joe, hopefully that all changes and hopefully yeah we start seeing Newcastle push in the right direction again. But, mentioned there, I'll go into zencast the Zencaster advert, then I'll get you to rank the four issues.
00:21:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I do have one little bonus question of something that Jamie Carragher said the other day, which is never good.
00:21:16
Jo
oh
00:21:18
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh God.
00:21:19
Jo
Oh, Lord.
00:21:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Lovely Zencaster.
00:21:56
Jo
and
00:21:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we've got the four issues there.
Ranking of Issues Affecting Performance
00:22:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
We had injuries, ah potentially a defensive mentality, ah one-dimensional attack, and an attitude problem of the players. Which of those are the biggest issue for Newcastle United this season?
00:22:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who would like to go first?
00:22:17
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I am...
00:22:18
Jo
What? Just the ones that we've discussed here?
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah.
00:22:20
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh, sorry.
00:22:20
Jo
Sorry, but go on and check one.
00:22:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
That's okay. I am going to go for... the So the first one, as in top ranked, I would go the one-dimensional play, because we spoke about how predictable we think we've become to other teams.
00:22:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:22:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Yeah.
00:22:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fantastic stuff. Joe, do you agree or you got something different?
00:22:39
Jo
Yeah, I'd go one dimensional, very, very closely followed by the attitude issue.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:22:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
So Joe's number two is the attitude problem. Nick, do you agree?
00:22:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, Attitude is my second as well.
00:22:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, so we've got one-dimensional attack and attitude for both of you. Final two, injuries or fence or a mentality when we go 1-0 up, shall we say.
00:23:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Which one of those is the bigger problem this season?
00:23:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
and The one nil up.
00:23:05
Jo
Well, I think injury's bottom of the pile.
00:23:07
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, me too.
00:23:07
Jo
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
00:23:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, well, there you have it. Let us know your four, whether it's one-dimensional attack, attitude, injuries, that or mentality than injuries, or if you think injuries have been a little bit more of a problem. ah it's here It's football.
00:23:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're all here to disagree with each other at the end of the day.
00:23:22
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:23:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But a little bonus question. we mentioned Eddie Howe just before. um And Eddie Howe is quite a sought-after manager, after all. He did end one of the longest streaks without a trophy in history.
00:23:33
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:23:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And Jamie Carragher was quoted. And to be fair,
Eddie Howe's Future with Newcastle
00:23:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's actually maybe one of the more so sensical Jamie Carragher quotes because he's not spitting at children when he says this one.
00:23:45
Jo
but
00:23:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:23:47
Jo
Brilliant.
00:23:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Eddie should leave Newcastle United for England after the World Cup. Do you think that that is maybe something that would be best for Eddie Howe?
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Take the Newcastle hat off. um Or do you think it's in his best interests to stay?
00:24:08
Jo
Conec.
00:24:09
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Jamie Carragher isn't the first person pundit, shall say, that I've heard put their two pence in about Eddie Howe. um and I can't remember the other two that was on Sky Sports yesterday and last night talking about it.
00:24:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
no
00:24:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Anyway, doesn't matter. They've all said or insinuated that they think that Eddie Howe has taken Newcastle has as far as they can. As far as he can, sorry.
00:24:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um My question to the upper back of that, because me and Ty were talking about last night, who else do we go for?
00:24:41
Jo
yeah
00:24:41
Nicola Pringle-Adams
he What other manager right now can
00:24:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
that wasn't my question but
00:24:45
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't care.
00:24:45
Jo
That was the bonus question.
00:24:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
and
00:24:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fair enough. oh
00:24:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So no, I don't.
00:24:51
Jo
You're ruled out now, Michael. Sorry.
00:24:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, you're ruled out. Yeah, sorry. um
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sorry, you hosted that.
00:24:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No, I'm joking. and So my question off the back of that was just to myself pretty much was just, well, what other manager would we have?
00:24:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh my.
00:25:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Who would we go for that's in the market at the minute?
00:25:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:04
Jo
Yeah.
00:25:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um And I honestly couldn't give you, i couldn't give you a name. I genuinely could not give you a name where I'd be like, yeah, I could see them at Newcastle. So
00:25:15
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:25:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I really like Jamie Carrick, which I know is a very unpopular opinion, but only because I like the way he analyzes football.
00:25:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I like when he does all the Monday Night Football stuff and analyzes it. i really do. But I don't like the fact when he comes out, my crush is frozen on the screen. My screen, I don't know if he had that i do. I do. And I'll say it till I'm blue in the face. But I don't like the way he's come out and said that about Eddie Howe. I didn't like that statement. So no, I don't agree with it.
00:25:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
There you
00:25:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay
00:25:39
Jo
You see, Michael, the problem we've got here is she's married to a Scouser and she's been kind of blinded.
00:25:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
of
00:25:43
Jo
Just a bit just a wee bit there.
00:25:43
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No, you guys aren't listening.
00:25:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah yes okay and yeah ah
00:25:46
Jo
Messing with you, Nick.
00:25:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No, I didn't say I liked him and Liverpool.
00:25:47
Jo
Hang
00:25:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
said like the way he can analyse football sometimes.
00:25:51
Jo
on. I'm just winding you.
00:25:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't like what he said about Eddie Howe.
00:25:53
Jo
You bit too easily there, girl.
00:25:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I can't say anything on this podcast.
00:25:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
you'll be talking with a scouse accent soon
00:25:56
Jo
You bit too easily.
00:25:56
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Honestly.
00:25:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:25:56
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:25:58
Jo
Come on, girl.
00:26:01
Jo
um Yeah. What was the question again?
00:26:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Before Nicola develops a Scouse accent.
00:26:04
Jo
I was going to say.
00:26:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:26:05
Jo
yeah
00:26:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah ah Joe.
00:26:06
Jo
Ooh.
00:26:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
and ah do Do you agree that it might be best for Eddie Howe as a person, not for Newcastle, for Eddie Howe if he leaves Newcastle for England?
00:26:10
Jo
My thoughts on how, yeah.
00:26:17
Jo
No.
00:26:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:26:18
Jo
No. And I'm not being Newcastle biased.
00:26:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:26:21
Jo
I'm not. um I'm going to take this as... Hang on, I can't hear you. so I can't hear you again, sorry. um So, yeah, sorry. i'm I'm not taking this as Newcastle biased because... I don't think it's right for him because I think he needs and wants club football for a lot longer than just now.
00:26:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:26:37
Jo
And um that could be with anyone, by the way. I'm not saying he needs to leave us to go anywhere else before anyone starts coming down my neck here. What I mean is he, I just think he loves that daily grind. um And I just think the England job and the non-daily grind as a result of it, with it, um it's just not suited to him for him.
00:26:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:26:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:55
Jo
him right now it's got nothing to do with us at this point literally for him so um obviously we don't want him to go but even for him i don't think it's the right move no far too early i think eventually it'll be brilliant for him but not not now
00:26:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:26:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:04
Nicola Pringle-Adams
why yeah why is it that pundits are just automatically shipping them off to the England job I'm sure he said doesn't even want it like maybe it might be about a year ago but they're obsessed with anytime things are a little bit rocky at Newcastle um maybe it is like this other teams as well I don't know but
00:27:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:13
Jo
they're obsessed with it being linked they're just obsessed with linkedin yeah mm-hmm
00:27:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Anytime anything's a little bit rocky in the Newcastle camp, they're like, I should go England. wait
00:27:28
Jo
Yeah.
00:27:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Why does he ultimately get shipped with that role? He's not ever come out and said he wants to manage England anyway.
00:27:31
Jo
Yeah.
00:27:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So, yeah, I don't agree with it.
00:27:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
true. I think it's it's one of those.
00:27:35
Jo
In a way, I'm glad that they're not linked to loads of other clubs at the same time. I'm the one that was talking about I'm going to here, there and everywhere.
00:27:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:41
Jo
But yeah, it's it's such an obvious thing to talk about the England job, isn't it?
00:27:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, it's just...
00:27:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, i think after the whole Robson idea, we kind of got a bit of a reputation and people forget Robson went like 11 games with just one win and people look at it and went, oh, it was the 30th of August or whatever it was when you sacked him.
00:27:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:27:53
Jo
Hmm.
00:27:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
He didn't have the time when it realistically, things were crumbling a lot beforehand. And it it is horrible the way some things ended with Robson. I mean, I was seven. I didn't contribute to it.
00:28:05
Jo
Yeah.
00:28:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But it's it's one of those where I think when a pundit looks at it, they go, maybe it's best for both sides to part before things turn toxic. um
00:28:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:28:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the fact of there's only one half-decent English manager out there right now, I think, and that's Eddie Howe. So it's let's be honest, when Tuchel got the job, everyone was like, a German managing England?
00:28:24
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, I don't... Hmm.
00:28:26
Jo
Yeah.
00:28:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nein!
00:28:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah I don't disagree that he the best.
00:28:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:28:33
Jo
like
00:28:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't disagree that he is the best English manager. i just hate the fact that he automatically gets shipped off to that role.
00:28:39
Jo
Yeah.
00:28:41
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But then then you can ask...
00:28:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, agree.
00:28:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah and Then again, at what point... I guess the next question is, at what point does it get to a point where he has to leave Newcastle? Does he wait till he gets sacked?
00:28:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I'm not saying he's going to get sacked because he hopefully he's not, but
00:28:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's good fancy does.
00:28:54
Nicola Pringle-Adams
we've seen much more ruthless decisions in the Premier League, I suppose.
00:28:55
Jo
Yeah.
00:28:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um At what point at what point do you do do they cut ties with him?
00:28:58
Jo
Yeah.
00:28:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:29:01
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But then my then concern is, who do we then get? Because, I mean, the pool of managers at the minute isn't great, is it? Let's be honest. Who got the choice of?
00:29:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's diabolical.
00:29:10
Jo
I don't want anyone that's available put it that way.
00:29:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:29:11
Jo
So it's not even a conversation in my eyes.
00:29:12
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Me either.
00:29:13
Jo
So yeah.
00:29:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:29:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Me either.
00:29:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think you've got to be looking at some of the managers in the Premier League at the minute, of like maybe Iriola and Glasner, and you've got to be trying to tap them up if you even think about it. And even then, I don't think the whole fan base is going to be happy.
00:29:24
Jo
Hmm.
00:29:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:29:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:29:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, it's one of those. I do agree. i don't think I should leave, but I'm starting to think the way when when I see our fan base, sometimes I do think maybe just want to get rid of it. If he possibly could.
00:29:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, I hope he stays because I love him as a manager. But it is it's clear that the Saudis have probably put him under a little bit of pressure at this point.
00:29:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:29:47
Jo
yeah
00:29:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:29:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that's all from us today. Thank you, Joe and Nick, for joining me. Thanks to you for listening in. We've got some fun international break content coming through the week, including Saturday's episode where I'm going to be asking Kevin Ian whether FIFA have effed up once again.
00:30:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
and but for now, and for Newcastle, it's off Vida Saint-Pet.
00:30:10
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Okay.
00:30:13
Jo
the