Newcastle have departed to Dubai for a warm-weather training camp after the 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest on Friday. The international break has come at a good time with many Magpies struggling with injury concerns.
The latest casualty is Miguel Almiron who suffered a thigh injury in training. The Athletic is reporting that Almiron will be lost for six weeks with the injury. Newcastle will have to soldier on through a congested April without their leading goalscorer.
Eddie Howe spoke on the injury concerns plaguing his squad after yesterday’s victory. He revealed that Allan Saint-Maximin was withdrawn at halftime with a tight hamstring. He also touched on why he didn’t introduce Callum Wilson in the second half saying:
“Allan wasn’t quite right today, physically, I didn’t think. He’s been carrying a tight hamstring. I don’t think it’s a pull, it’s just a little bit of tightness. For me, it was obvious during that first half that he probably wouldn’t be able to carry on.
“I didn’t want to expose Callum today, he hasn’t done a lot of training, so I decided to go with Elliot and he repaid me, he did really well. Hopefully, we’ll have Callum and Maxi fit and available after the international break.
“Fabian’s been carrying lots of different things in the last few weeks. He’s been carrying a foot problem and also had concussion, so I think it’s just a chance for him to rest his body and go again.”
Fabian Schar took a nasty challenge in the opening minutes yesterday but was able to see out the match. The defender has been a warrior this season and pulled out of the Swiss squad to get some rest for a lingering foot problem.
For Wilson, he’s struggled with illness numerous times this season. Howe added that he is also carrying some muscle tightness so it makes sense he stuck with Alexander Isak to the end at the City Ground.
He is some more from Howe on Wilson:
“He [Wilson] had a small bout of illness and then just a little bit of tightness, general tightness, no injury.
“But with Callum, I think we have to be very careful with him and make sure he’s available for the rest of the season.
“Callum’s a top professional. And he is driven more than anybody that I’ve ever worked with, so he will see Alex performing as he has done tonight and he’ll be delighted for Alex and the team.
“But it’ll only make his resolve even stronger to fight for that place.”
Hopefully, for the massive match against Manchester United at St. James’ Park after the break Howe will only be without Emil Krafth and Almiron. Getting Anthony Gordon, Wilson, Saint-Maximin, and Schar fully fit for April could be key.
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302 comments so far
onmeedsun
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Comment #81Why do you think Mr Levy was the chief architect in trying to block our takeover. He knows Joe Lewis will not want to pump money into Spurs, which they’ll have to if they want to compete with the top 6/7. Spurs have to keep paying for that stadium, which is a cash drain, and limits what they can spend on players. And they want to make a profit, which we’re not bothered about at the moment.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:38 PM
Comment #82I wonder how fast Chelsea can hit an FFP wall if they don’t win the CL this season and thus don’t qualify for CL next year?
Ok they have tons of people they can sell but they won’t get as much money when everyone knows they need to sell and ouside the PL (with a couple of exceptions) most clubs are pretty skint anyway.
onmeedsun
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:39 PM
Comment #83Have to say Ireland got a bit lucky playing against 14 men for a whole half. Ireland are a very consistent team, but they weren’t great today. They made hard work of beating England, who competed really well with 14. The Red was a joke in my book and it ruined what was a very competitive test match. A hollow victory.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Comment #84Valid points Onmeedsun. They do generate lots of cash from their stadium though but that will drop off too when they are usurped!
Raj of Hailsley
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Comment #85TTT,
Aye, I think their £35M valuation of Gallagher might have to be revised and I think Ashworth knew that in January.
jane
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Comment #86i was thinking how Longstaff jogs into positions to take up space the attacker is running into to halt their progress and how he often hangs back outside the opponent’s penalty area when we are attacking. yes his stats aren’t as good.
lochinvar
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Comment #87Conte must be engineering his departure for the maximum pay off. Quite Brucesque really.
Resigning is not quite so profitable
Raj of Hailsley
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
Comment #88What I’d have given to be there last night
https://twitter.com/SonnyD1985/status/1637059077476941826?s=19
Ty21
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Comment #89The Taco Taker
Think they can even buy more players and don’t have European football next season, if they sell just only Mount. Problem will only “mount” if they don’t finish top6 in the 23/24 season, they will need cut really a lot.
CLINT FLICK
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:54 PM
Comment #90Taco
LZ definitely pop in my world…i have a very individual approach and appreciation of music…bit of a busdrivers vacation, you might say!?!
😉
JohnJ
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Comment #91I’ve been to SHEFFIELD today – looking at a car (my time & fuel costs wasted) car was nowhere near what the photos looked like – so back to the drawing board for me!
I must admit to being very curious as to what Wor Graeme Jones was so upset about last night? Has any one found out yet?
I’ve trawled through the blog to catch up but maybe I’ve missed the answer to the above question? Or maybe nobody’s found out yet?
Pottsclock
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Comment #92Been to the new Spurs stadium twice, including when they beat us 5-1 last year. I was in the hospitality section, not the away end.
I have to say it is souless, a pain to get to and lacking atmosphere. Everything is totally geared to revenue, and they don’t hide that fact. It’s about getting the punters to buy more food and drink, upgrade to this and that. It is totally geared to the corporate hospitality and prawn sandwich fans. Lots of foreigners visiting London for the weekend buy their packages and Spurs are good at having the marketing contacts. They’re in the process of installing a go-kart centre in the underground car park as an attempt to generate even more revenue.
But souless, lacking in atmosphere, expensive and very plastic. If they have a bad run, I think they’ll take a real hit as a large proportion of the attendees are not true Spurs fans.
JohnJ
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Comment #93Most of today’s results seem to have gone in our favour!.
Yippie…..
🙂
Ty21
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Comment #94Gallagher is a good upgrade if Newcastle can get him but I think many clubs will be looking at him too. Think he could fit into Liverpool easily too.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Comment #95Clint,
Fair enough I suppose.
JohnJ,
I haven’t seen any conclusive answer to that question. Most people seemed to think it was related to Maxis performance/possible injury but they were mainly the same people who say Maxi is finished here so I dont consider that to be conclusive. Could have been anything.
AnyToon in Indiana
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Comment #96Jail…also see below that tweet another of them in Dubia already….nice.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:02 PM
Comment #97Just catching up on SSN and Conte, have to admit AP was right, he is exceeding himself and it is not as if he is not known for outburst.
AnyToon in Indiana
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:02 PM
Comment #98Pottsclock….and a very good reason to not move away from SJP. There is no way to not have some of that when you build a new shiny modern facade.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:03 PM
Comment #99Exactly Pottsclock, can sell as much stuff if not as many fans there!!
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Comment #100Agree Anytoon…just expand and upgrade SJP as mush as possible. We lose too much by moving and it will cost over a billion quid to build a new stadium. Sure number of tickets might be an issue for some fans and I get that but but if we build an 80k stadium it won’t be full in the lower key games.
Assassins Inc
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:10 PM
Comment #101Just watched goal zone here in the states, Conte said some good things there, but he also screwed over his players.
Now those players, will they be motivated to play for him now and Levy, he has some decisions to make about Conte.
The Highlander
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:11 PM
Comment #102Ashley was focused on youth system when he came but the coaches must have been bad. They lost 3-1 today. If England FA are working on coaching pathway we need to bring in more brilliant young coaches to the set up.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Comment #103Conte definitely talking himself into getting sacked. It is not as if Levy is going to say “yes Antonio, you are correct please stay and I will back you”
Pottsclock
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:15 PM
Comment #104I think it is maybe possible to build a new stadium that does have atmosphere. It’s just at Spurs it is so obviously a money making business that is using football club to generate revenue rather than a football club that has facilities to support the fans.
And that’s one thing about our owners. They don’t need to use the club facilities in order to pay off the clubs debt.
It’s going to be interesting to see how the new Everton stadium works out but I suspect it is being built along the same lines as the Spurs stadium, but without the big cock on the roof
Ty21
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Comment #105Watched various league games on screen, I think Bundesliga fans really sing almost the whole game or at least kept some sort of drums going. I feel EPL fans have quite a bit of “silent” periods. Not sure if it’s the telecast toning the EPL fans noise down or something.
Raj of Hailsley
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Comment #106TTT,
Have you got a link to Conte’s comments.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:20 PM
Comment #107Potts, Everton may not be a good point of comparison, they don’t actually have the funds to finish their stadium and might not be in the PL next year.
Personally I just don’t see why we need a new stadium when we can expand SJP, perhaps not as much as we might like but we should be able to add at least 8-10k seats to it with clever design.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Comment #108No Raj but it will be on SSN about every 30 mins for at least two days!!
magicmac54
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Comment #109What an exciting weekend, 1st the brilliant victory by the Toon last night followed by the magnificent achievement in Ireland winning the 6 nations in Dublin today, it just doesn`t get any better on Saint Patricks weekend. Also fair play to the English lads who put up stubborn resistance and restored a lot of pride after the French fiasco. On the negative side i can`t even celebrate with being off the dreaded Buttermilk at the moment !! Who said every cloud has a silver lining 😀 😀 😀 HWTL
https://youtu.be/GZa_3eJYSms
onmeedsun
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Comment #110We dodged a bullet with Conte. Very high maintenance individual. We are lucky to have Eddie. Hard working and humble, but he is still driven to win. Let’s never forget it.
Raj of Hailsley
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Comment #111Antonio Conte: “We are not a team. We are eleven players that go into the pitch. I see selfish players, players that don’t want to help each other and don’t put their heart”.
Apex Predator
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:26 PM
Comment #112Taco when am I not right
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Comment #113Evertons stadium decision was truly bizzare. Normally a club ensure it has the investment to fully cover the cost of the stadium BEFORE work commences. For whatever reason Everton didn’t actually do that and are looking for funding while building it!
The agreement they have with Lpool City Council is that if they don’t finish the stadium (half built and still under construction) then they have to return the land to exactly how it was before they started at their own cost!
They are probably going to get the investment but that is an incredibly risky move.
One of my Everton supporting mates is having constant palpations about it!
🙂
AnyToon in Indiana
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Comment #114Wow…just watched Contes press conference in full…sounds like a passionate Italian who cant seem to figure out why his players don’t give what ours do 😉
AnyToon in Indiana
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Comment #115https://www-nbcsports-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcsports.com/video/antonio-contes-full-shocking-press-conference-after-draw-v-southampton?amp=&_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16791716441041&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcsports.com%2Fvideo%2Fantonio-contes-full-shocking-press-conference-after-draw-v-southampton
Raj of Hailsley
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Comment #116ATiI,
Have you got a link.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Comment #117AP, frequently enough
🙂
Raj, I preferred “Why? Because they are used to it here, they are used to it. They don’t play for something important yeah. They don’t want to play under pressure, they don’t want to play under stress. It is easy in this way. Tottenham’s story is this. 20 years there is the owner and they never won something but why? The fault is only for the club, or for every manager that stay here? I have seen the managers that Tottenham had on the bench. You risk to disrupt the figure of the manager and to protect the other situation in every moment.”
AnyToon in Indiana
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Comment #118Thats from here in the states so not sure it Will work over there or not
Regan
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Comment #119https://youtu.be/WuTZdxA5Svg
.
The Taco Taker
Mar 18, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Comment #120Try that Raj –
https://youtu.be/sDkfWRAAqQU