Here’s another nufcTV video showing the Newcastle players in training for the game at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, which has an early 12:30 pm kick-off time.
All our games for the rest of the season are important, as we try to climb the Premier League table and also advance in the FA Cup.
Our 5th round FA Cup tie at Blackburn is on Tuesday, February 27th with a 7:45pm KO time.
Almost 80% of our readers think we can win the game this coming Saturday – that would be great.
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Health Update:
8th February, 2024
An update on my health situation – we have terminated the PluVicto treatment halfway through, because of the severity of the side effects – diarrhea, vomiting, and acid reflux.
And there was no evidence the treatment was having any positive effect in stopping the prostate cancer from spreading in the bones: there are no new treatments left for me to go on.
I will go into home hospice care now and will have a hospice nurse visit me at home regularly to ensure I am as comfortable as possible and will help treat the side effects of the many treatments I have had.
It’s down the final stretch now, and I have run out of treatments, and nature will take its course.
I hope Newcastle can get many (many) wins this season from now on, and I am at peace with all of this.
🙂
I will continue to write articles as long as I can.
Thanks for all your help through the years – it’s very much appreciated.
Ed Harrison
220 comments so far
Wor B
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Comment #121Dr Ed
I’ve been saving up all those £10 notes for a rainy day.
This seems like the right time to put them to good use.
I’ve addressed the package accordingly…
Dr Ed
PO Box 21
North Carolina
Have a Powerfully Hopped IPA on us.
God bless you sir, we salute you.
ToonDarnSarf
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Comment #122Coming Home – well, let’s see if we can pick a home game for a few of us to get together.
As it stands, I can do:
West Ham 30th March
Spurs 13th April
Sheff Utd 27th April (perfect for me as I’ll already be in the Midlands for a golf trip the days before)
Brighton 11th May
coming home
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Comment #123TDS
Aye I’d be available
Not sure on WorB the cnut stitched me up on a scientific level
😆
Munster Mag
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Comment #124TDS you obviously haven’t been here much recently. Myself and Fenners have been pretty quiet.
lochinvar
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Comment #125I could be around as ST holder so at every game.
ToonDarnSarf
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Comment #126Munster – congratulations to you both for behaving yourselves for a few days. Do you want a medal for acting like grown ups for a few days?? Seriously…
I’m all for moving on from things though so if you both can just speak to each other civilly, stop baiting each other, and mostly stick to Toon related topics, then everyone on the blog is a winner.
ToonDarnSarf
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Comment #127Coming Home – great. Just need to get a few people to commit to meeting up for one of those home games and we can arrange a bit of a meet up.
magicmac54
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Comment #128Coming Home
I remember you telling me on private chat on discord a few months ago that you were heading to the philippines later this year, but decided to keep it under my hat, as it was up to you when you wanted it to be made public young fella. We have something in common as we have both been to the philippines plus both been Driving Instructors in the past. Always enjoyed the craic with you mate, you certainly left your mark on the blog, and stirred the pot at times 😀 😀 Absolutely you will leave a huge void when you depart our shores my friend.
HWTL
coming home
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Comment #129Magic
You’ve got a beautiful soul mate
And if you ever fancy a holiday to my world in the Philippines I’ll always have a red room spare
😆
magicmac54
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Comment #130Coming Home
Cheers for the nice comment mate, i`ll definitely keep that kind offer in mind marra, although i don`t think you`re philpino red room could compete with my famous red room, you might have to get into the queue as Lochinvar is looking to book it in the near future 😀 😀 Incidentally when are you off to the philippines mate? My offer to my abode still stands marra if you ever decide to visit the Emerald Isle mate.
coming home
Feb 8, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Comment #131Magic
Lock stock n barrel in September mate but could be earlier my daughter finishes her gcse’s in June and the cheapest flights we can get after that but it looks like September although I’m flexible give or take but I’m 100% done with this county
The troll on here is a menace but he is right on one thing this county and its rulers are shite and the country is finished
Where the philippines is an up and coming country as you well know
And it’s warm and friendly
coming home
Feb 9, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Comment #132Magic
Iv also spent a lot of time there in early 2000nds and in iligan city where I’m relocating the golf course is fantastic
coming home
Feb 9, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Comment #133Sorry blog for boring you with my life
I feel like Taco over the road
😆
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Comment #134Coming Home
You`re 100% correct about the filipino people, i can safely say i have never met more warm and friendly and humble people in my whole life, they really are the salt of the earth mate. I still remember my 3 flights to that lovely country, Belfast City airport to heathrow, then heathrow to Hong Kong, and finally Hong Kong to Manila, i was totally knackered when i arrived, but to my astonishment there was a party arranged for my arrival with loads of the devil`s buttermilk, obviously it would have been quite rude not to oblige mate 😀 😀
PS I think i left you my mobile number on private chat on discord if you want to have a chat sometime mate.
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Comment #135Coming Home
That`s me off to bed lad, i hope we can have a chat in the near future mate. Nite Nite fellow blog members.
HWTL
coming home
Feb 9, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Comment #136Magic
No bother mate
Take care marra
IrishRob
Feb 9, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Comment #137Hi Ed!
I would just like to say over the year’s ive said this place can be a cesspool a number of times, and ive said it every time in anger and towards the people who we tend to have arguments with.
In reality you have created the best Newcastle blog there has ever been.
You gave us all a home to come to on matchday sometimes we talk football, sometimes we talk shite and sometimes we talk too much. But i can honestly say there is no place id rather be on matchday and im going to desperately miss it when its gone.
You very graciously thanked all of us for being here over the last 17 years but the only ones who need to be thankful are all of us.
Thank you for everything Ed and thank you for being fair when a lot of us didnt deserve it( myself most definitely included).
I hope you’re with us for a good while longer even if the posts start to slow down, and i hope you get some sort of recognition from the club over the next few months, you deserve it.
lesh
Feb 9, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Comment #138TDS
Sorry to have to disagree about the role of a website administrator. As I understand it, there is an expectation of impartiality and any discussions about individuals kept within the confines of the site management group. Administrators are expected to be above talking about current or former participants in public!
You have a lot to learn.
lesh
Feb 9, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Comment #139Munster
TDS, like one or two others, tends to selective reading, snapshots.
lesh
Feb 9, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Comment #140Coming Home
Haltwhistle’s loss will be the Philipines’ gain.
Best of luck bonny lad
ChicoUSA
Feb 9, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Comment #141Dr Ed
You have given so much to so many! You will long be remembered by all of us fondly and your efforts appreciated always. All things must pass…
See you on the other side mate! Much love and respect for you.
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 9, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Comment #142What do the Toon and The Good Dr Ed have in common…
Strength
Fight
Giving everything for the team and its supporters
Character
Good Will
Winning Mentality
Humor
Seeing the positive in all outcomes
Hunger and Determination
Family First
History always being made
Community Service
Always seen smiling
Heart
?
Not another deJong
Feb 9, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Comment #143Forest’s Sels out to prove a point
The Matz Sels derby will take place on Saturday evening, a fixture few anticipated they would ever witness. The Belgian spent two seasons at Newcastle, the second out on loan at Anderlecht, but managed a mere nine appearances in their promotion season from the Championship in 2016-17 as he failed to convince Rafa Benítez he was better than the former Forest goalkeeper Karl Darlow. Since leaving St James’ Park, Sels has been a steady performer at Strasbourg but decided a crack at the Premier League was too good to turn down. Amid the chaos of the Forest goalkeeping department, Sels was immediately installed as No 1 against Bournemouth and looked steady enough compared to the underwhelming Matt Turner and Odysseas Vlachodimos. It might just help that his home debut will come against a team who did not think he was capable of being first choice. A little extra incentive goes a long way in football.
WU – Guardian
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I hope a point is all they get.
Otherwise in the morning after, I will be reaching for the alka-SELS-tzer.
Not another deJong
Feb 9, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Comment #144“Big game for Newcastle (goal difference +11), too. With a win they could jump to 7th place, and from there be in a springboard position to surpass Man U (gd -1) and into the top six.”
Comment by loadoffcobblers
Not another deJong
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Comment #145Gordon
Isak
Pope
Willock
Anderson
Targett
Lascelles
Joelinton
The injury list is getting smaller!
Not another deJong
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Comment #146“As for Forest, they will be without top scorer Chris Wood (hamstring), AFCON finalists Ibrahim Sangare, Willy Boly and Ola Aina, while Morgan Gibbs-White and Gonzalo Montiel will be assessed after picking up knocks in Wednesday’s FA Cup replay against Bristol City.”
NUFC blog
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Comment #147I hope Matz Sels doesn’t do a Chris Wood on us. What a bizarre keeper he was, seemed to get worse with every clean sheet, you’d have thought he’d have gained confidence from them, not him though, the more clean sheets we kept the more he dropped, fumbled or miskicked, Belgian keeper of the year as well. I think, like Chris Wood the shirt was just too big for him playing in front of 52K fans, fine when that size crows is the opposition but obviously can’t handle the pressure of performing in front of an expectant home crowd. As I say, I hope he doesn’t put in a display tomorrow like CW did on Boxing day.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Comment #148I’d have Tonali on that list Nadj.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Comment #149Did you catch my reply on Caulkin Nadj.
JaveaToon
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Comment #150CH…Best of luck with your new life in the Philippines. Hope it all works out well.
It’s not too bad living in sunnier climes, can have it’s drawbacks too though. Missing footy for example, when there’s family emergencies and for me personally got harder once the grandkids came along. Not hard enough to move back though 😆
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Comment #151Headline from the Athletic:
“Emphatic support for Howe in our poll”
Tell that to the goons at Loaded Mag and True Faith, just a bunch of rabble rousing wannabe Gobby Abonglahor’s spouting sh!te to attract fellow goons to their content.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Comment #152coming home,
Philippines, Ha ha, does that mean we’ll have to listen to your drunken banta at two in the afternoon here 😀
coming home
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Comment #153Raj
I could possibly living the breakfast club up
😆
JaveaToon
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Comment #154What’s everyones opinion on this “blue card” trial?
I’m not so sure myself, the team going down to 10 for 10 minutes is surely just going to try and kill the game for 10 minutes. Every player behind the ball, players going down feigning injury/cramp(watch how many goalies hit the deck), time wasting at every opportunity. I guess the flipside is that the other team will chuck everything into attacking them but hard to get any rhythm going if the oppo is doing the above.
Will it be a straight 10 minutes(likely) or do any stoppages during that time get added on to it?
Also if a team has a player sent off with a straight red with 10 minute left for violent conduct/dangerous play but the other team has a player sin binned for 10, then it completely loses any advantage for a much less serious offence.
As I said, not so sure myself.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Comment #155ch,
Some foo#er needs to 😀
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Comment #156OMG,
Southgate announcing he’s staying on till 2026 :floodsoftears: emoji
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Comment #157Not that I’m dead against him I just want a manager everyone is behind so we don’t have to listen to the endless “should have won it with this squad” bs every time we don’t win it.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Comment #158JT,
Like everything, it’ll have people both for and against.
A Geordie Mongrel
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Comment #159Dr Ed, thank you for the updates as we watch your journey from afar. You are an example to us all and I am grateful.
Wor B
Feb 9, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Comment #160Blue card. Sin-bin.
Hmm
Cyan-bin.