Here are the video highlights from NBC Sports of our 5-1 beating of Aston Villa this afternoon in our first league game of the season.
An (another) incredible performance from Eddie Howe’s side and we could be even better than last season, but of course, we have a lot more games to play this season with the Champions League – and we mustn’t get carried away.
Well, not too much, anyway.
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But the result and performance in our first game of the season could hardly have been better.
We wonder what Sandro Tonali will be thinking tonight – he put in a world-class performance today, scored after 6 minutes, and it just how good our recruitment team is – led by Sporting Director Dan Ashworth.
Newcastle are in a good place right now – amnd it’s likelyto get better too – hope so.
Here are the highlights (you can put it on full screen by clicking at the bottom right corner after you hit the link) that will have the City Center of Newcastle buzzing all next week.
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Here is Eddie Howe’s interview with NBC Sports after the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwdjLYiEYGI
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253 comments so far
Munster Mag
Aug 13, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Comment #201It’s a pity Diaby isn’t a press animal or I think we wud have gone for him. He’s a serious performer and a brilliant signing for them.
jimiley
Aug 13, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Comment #202Tonali is actually better than Bruno.
Barnes is so underrated. He will get us 10 to 15 goals a season. Miggy would never have scored that goal.
We just need the centre halves to score. West Ham scored 15 from corners. Zouma is a beast. Just imagine where we would have been last season with 15 extra goals ? Our pretty boys need to put their heads where it hurts. Lascelles can do it but never hets a game
Munster Mag
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Comment #203I wanna get up and watch it again but I’m too knackered after falling asleep on the couch and waking up at 3am 🙂
check the toastie
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Comment #204Tonali can only make Bruno more committed and better.
Bruno wont enjoy somebody becoming the crowd’s new fave.
Lovely player Bruno and i would have thought Tonali playing next to him can only create more space for him to do his magic.
jimiley
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:11 AM
Comment #205Tonali is so arrogant on the ball. He knows he’s the best and lets everybody see it.
We need cover at the back coz we cannot expect 30 years olds to play 60 games.
Dan is CH. He is no LB.
check the toastie
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:12 AM
Comment #206Joe Willock to come back in an all.
Who should be starting for England.
Botman is immense an all. Covers both Burn and Schar. One man back four he is.
magicmac54
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Comment #207More brilliant stuff from Eddie Tyneside Life pre match HWTL.
https://youtu.be/WT8MnV4DxmI
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Comment #208Burn was immense in that 2nd half
Diaby caused a lot of problems in the first but in true Burn fashion he seems to just get the measure of a player later on and even if they are faster than him he just seems to dominate that side
Trippier had also learned his lesson with Watkins only got caught out for that chance that Cash missed but dealt with him very well for the full game
Ace50
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:15 AM
Comment #209Interesting point from Craig Hope about Martinez taking down Miggy. He wasn’t the last man, but there was only one player really after that between Miggy and the goal, and they couldn’t use their hands (legally) like a goalkeeper could. So in a different scenario, if a striker is going through and the last defender pulled him down with just the gk to beat, he would get sent off. Martinez was very lucky not to be sent off yesterday.
In a way, I am glad he wasn’t as it would have been used as an excuse of us battering them. Also, it was great to watch Isak chip him….haha
jimiley
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Comment #210I love the way the commentators say we have a big team for corners and Tripps has a great delivery.
What they fail to add is that we never score
lesh
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:23 AM
Comment #211Swablr
‘Help ma boab’?
I could never understand why Geordies would buy the Sunday Post.
jimiley
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:24 AM
Comment #212That chip was sublime and made the great scrambler look stupid.
Isak is real class.
lesh
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:26 AM
Comment #213Swablr
@211
…..I could never understand why Geordies would buy the Sunday Post as so many seemed to when I was delivering papers as a kid
Toon Fans Good
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:27 AM
Comment #214One thing about Gordon he kept coming in instead of going outside the left. I was like take the fullback on!!
Toon Fans Good
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Comment #215Barnes was more direct and could have assisted 2 and scored 1
magicmac54
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Comment #216Villa fans in the Toon
https://youtu.be/-ybBvARPTqg
Ace50
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Comment #217If you need a reminder, this is a great thread on Tonali and what he brings to us: https://x.com/nufcsanjay/status/1672288440757436423?s=61&t=oE9r0YZuqCwo-geMmhvYtQ
Toon Fans Good
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:29 AM
Comment #218Anyways which was better? Yesterday’s game or the 6-1 when Carroll got hat trick? I really enjoyed the 6-1
jimiley
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:30 AM
Comment #219I knew Paqueta was quality.
City want him.
Irons are resigned to losing him.
Why?
They have loads of money.
I would never sell him
Hibbit
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:31 AM
Comment #220anybody got a link to the Isak interview after the game the one were he’s practicing his English,
Swablr
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:33 AM
Comment #221Morning Lesh. My wife’s grandma was a Scot, she got it, but the only interest we had in it was the Broons and Oor Wullie.
🙂 🙂
Ace50
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Comment #222Couple of other points:
– how amazing were we at just passing it out from, and around, the back. We take it for granted now but I can’t recall ever when we have done that in such an accomplished, effective manner.
– whilst it’s a great win, and let’s enjoy it, one swallow does not make a summer and all that. Same with Tonali. There will be great and bad games as we go so let’s enjoy the ride.
Harley
Aug 13, 2023 at 10:59 AM
Comment #223Ace50
I’m so pleased (in the end) that Martinez wasn’t sent off as they’d have definitely used that as the excuse.
Much better that we battered them with 11 men.
Yesterday I posted that I was happy with the team selection and that the 2 concerns were, is Tonali up to speed and will Diaby crucify Burn.
Tonali answered the question emphatically and Burn once again proved he can handle pacey wingers. He didn’t put a foot wrong yesterday. I can see why Howe likes him there. He’s such a safe bet, you know exactly what you’re getting.
lesh
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Comment #224Swablr
I understand your Scottish nan getting the Sunday Post but I had an auntie, a born and bred geordie with geordie parents, who got it. Like you, my interest was The Broons and Oor Wullie. If I remember rightly, it had a strong Scots, parochial conservative line. It’s interesting that its publisher, DC Thompson, is still going strong as I presume are the Dandy and The Beano are.
Hibbit
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:01 AM
Comment #225BBC neutrals round up
https://www.themag.co.uk/2023/08/bbc-sport-comments-from-neutrals-very-interesting-on-newcastle-united-after-5-1-villa-hammering/
lesh
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:03 AM
Comment #226Swablr
I came across an old Sight and Sound concert on the BBC iPlayer – Curtis Mayfield with a superb, laid-back band. If he’s one for you, the concerts well worth a look.
JohnJ
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:07 AM
Comment #227_ carltoon
Aug 12, 2023 at 11:40 PM
Comment #120
“I didn’t think I would ever go to St. James
I txt my son to say I want my ST back.
Did I say how absolutely brilliant my TOONALI was”
Well done – it was a brilliant result my friend!
Mickey G
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:09 AM
Comment #228What a great day.
Newcastle top of the EPL and me joint top of Jail’s league. Ha ha
I hope the toon retain their position a lot longer than I do
stan anderson
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:10 AM
Comment #229I hope it never happens but with Tonali looking brilliant would the club be tempted by a huge offer for Bruno?
This would help overcome FFP. restraints we are shackled with at present.
Just a thought that popped into my head when someone earlier posted that Bruno would be not be happy about being displaced as no 1 .
The Taco Taker
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Comment #230Stan,
If the offer is big enough of course they would, all clubs do. Looking at the going rate these days though it is not worth accepting under £100M for a player like Bruno.
A Geordie Mongrel
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Comment #231Morning all, I see I’m not the only one nursing a hangover. That performance was worth celebrating though.
Tonali’s debut has jumped into my all time top three. SuperMac v Liverpool, Mickey Quinn v Leeds and now Tonali v Villa. Don’t ask me to rank them though.
Lesh, Swablr, many moons ago I worked for the Sunday post. 2am, waiting for the trucks from Dundee at Newcastle Central Station. There were some interesting sights when the clubs chucked oot mind! The Broons and Oor Wullie were required reading back then. Happy days. 🙂
Swablr
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:34 AM
Comment #232Cheers Lesh. I think I remember that Sight and Sound concert, Curtis Mayfield playing guitar and a 3 or 4 piece behind him. Great that it’s on iPlayer, I’ll definitely have a dive into that one, thanks.
I was in my adult years before I realised there were subtle regional tints in the Beano, like, for instance a character called “Mayor Orless”, which I assumed was a nod to Geordie, but now you mention it, may have been Scottish.
Yep, I read the Beano long into my advancing years. 🙂
Swablr
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:37 AM
Comment #233Geordie Mongrel, halcyon days indeed.
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Aug 13, 2023 at 11:47 AM
Comment #234@Munster
I think you saw yesterday why Howe wasn’t as keen on Diaby as some of our scouting team (hopes words) he did look good attacking
But there was quite a few times in the game he was being told to tuck in or close someone down by Emery I just think Howe didn’t fancy another ASM project where you are having to get them to do the basics in the press
Whereas all of our wingers are just on it that part of the game is already instilled in them
A Geordie Mongrel
Aug 13, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Comment #235I see some Liverpool and Man U fans are showing their collective lack of awareness.
A full replay of the game.
https://footyfull.com/premier-league/newcastle-united-vs-aston-villa-12-08-2023/
the crown princes nashers
Aug 13, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Comment #236on bruno, he is very very important to our team, just look at bruno, big joe and tonali thats some battling midfield there and we also have miggy and gordon along with barnes and murphy who are workaholics, the team needs that, the only problem i have is we need a good quality central defender with speed and no determination, id also like another striker but like said the other day gordon and andersen can play up there as well as we saw in the american series
as eddie howe says one game at a time, as long as they have a good try thats all we expect
cyprus
Aug 13, 2023 at 12:15 PM
Comment #237In case you want to check it out. A guy who’s shirt says Maxi playing like there’s 12 year olds against him, in the same team as a fellow called Mahrez and another called Firminho.
https://youtu.be/mrp0T1V9L4Q
Raj of Hailsley
Aug 13, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Comment #238People will be loathe to acknowledge it but it was TDSarf that first pointed out that it was defensive reinforcements needed when the majority were screaming out for back up to Wilson and Isak.
the crown princes nashers
Aug 13, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Comment #239raj
well I dont I said end of last season we where a couple of defenders short, we still need a central defender and ill be happy with that but considering am greedy a striker would be nice as well
Toonces
Aug 13, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Comment #240Jail
I think Howe also said that we already have our cover at Striker. Gordon will play striker like he did for England u21 if we are needing it.