We came out of the 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest yesterday with two injury concerns, although hopefully, the injuries are only slight.
The injuries were to Jacob Murphy and Callum Wilson, and Eddie Howe has said that Jacob Murphy could not be used at all yesterday because he had a tightness in his calf.
This is what Howe said about Murphy’s injury after the game:
“Jacob Murphy was unusable for us today.”“He didn’t feel great in the warm-up.”
“He had a tight calf.”
“So we are still getting challenges left, right and center, but we are, at this moment in time…managing to come through those.”
Hopefully, the medics will work on Murphy this week so he will be fully fit for our next game – a home fixture against Eddie Howe’s former club Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
But right at the end of the game, the returning Callum Wilson looked to be in some distress with his arm and 3 Newcastle assistants tended to him at the final whistle.
This is what Howe said about Wilson, who has only just returned from a previous injury:
“I don’t think it (Wilson) is his shoulder, his shoulder is fine, which is great news.”
“I think it is potentially a problem with one of his muscles in his arm, so we will wait and see.”
We have had far too many injuries this season and we have called for an investigation into the Newcastle processes with injuries to see what has gone wrong.
I’m sure those requests have also come from our owners since at one time we had about 15 first-team players not available.
Those injuries have helped to wreck our season, but we are still in the Premier League and just one win from being in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
A very good FA Cup run and qualifying for Europe next season would be a very decent season for us in the circumstances and think we will have Nick Pope, Joelinton, and Sandro Tonali available for next season – like 3 new signings.
Eddie Howe has admitted there have been mistakes made, so hopefully our processes to prevent and then recover from injuries have been (greatly) enhanced.
We also cannot have players being injured because they can’t play two games a week.
That’s because we are going to be playing two games a week in most weeks as the norm, and Newcastle will be in European competition every season.
Hopefully, that’s one of the learning experiences from this first season back in European competition.
What do you think?
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161 comments so far
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Comment #1Bazooka!
Adamn_92
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Comment #2So Ed gives an unfortunate health update, yet there seems to be more personal insults, bickering and pathetic arguing than there’s been for ages.
Hang your heads, you should feel ashamed.
Small World
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Comment #3Joe?
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Comment #490
Small World
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Comment #5Minutes? no added time
Small World
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Comment #6To coin phrase from Monty Python. It feels like a game of “Word Association Football” 🙂
Small World
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Comment #7Having mentioned the phrase “Monty Python”, now worried that I’ve come for the 10 minute argument rather than the 5 minute one 🙂
…showing my age. Hope you have a good day Wor B ! 🙂
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Comment #8Added time would put you into swap-shop.
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Comment #9Thanks small world.
Living the dream here, if I won the lottery I’d send it back.
🙂
SlickInCo
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Comment #10Whoever voted for BDB got me cracking up. Thanks for the laughs!
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Comment #11You’re welcome!
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Comment #12Everyone gone?
Ok, I’m off to chat with Mrs Wor B, you know the sort of stuff…
Personal insults, bickering and pathetic arguing.
🙂
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Comment #13I’m still here Wor B.
Fat Basta*d
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Comment #14Fat waste of space 580 Bellies murders kids and encourages it the lard ass. Wharra plonker 😀
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Comment #15Not sure if I want to converse with biased liars though 😀
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Comment #16Ok Jail
I’ll try to keep up on here while she’s dishing out the personal insults.
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Comment #17Multi-tasking personal insults is one of my strongest skills.
Years of practice. 🙂
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Comment #18Arsenal win for me today.
Wor B
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Comment #19It’s a bit like expressing a preference for chicken pox over measles.
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Comment #20aha….so the B is for Bazooka
Always loved the battle for the butter 😉
Essex Geordie Bill
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Comment #21Lasses are playing today but not being shown anywhere but I think it’s 0-0 at present.
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Comment #22I think it may be safe to say we are staying ahead of the spammers today.
Rock, paper, and scissors…all before HT.
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Comment #23….and Bazooka!
WLtoon
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Comment #24Afternoon all, did we win yesterday by any chance, you wouldn`t of thought it reading the bile on here .
Looks like the entertainers are back for good and bad reasons , but we are winning at least.
You could be a Spam fan getting trounced 4-0 at half time and already heading home by the look of the stadium haha, pathetic.
Was hoping to get a look at the lasses against burnley but it`s not getting shown by the looks of it.
If the lasses win today then i think they are clear favourites to win the lge,
JaveaToon
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Comment #25You never know, I remember a certain team being 4 nil down v Arsenal before BOOM BOOM Cheick Cheick the room happened. 😉
WLtoon
Feb 11, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Comment #26I was at that Arsenal game, unbelievable comeback
JaveaToon
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Comment #27WLt…Same, last game we went to on our season tickets before moving over here.
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Comment #28no ham left in the spam today….fans already left and they’re not coming back either 😉
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Comment #29I was in the bowels of a ship that day. Came up for a break and we were 0-4 couldn’t believe it when I resurfaced at 4-4 😮
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Comment #30Glad to bring back some good memories to the blog from 13 years ago 🙂
cyprus
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Comment #31If we continue to pick up points at the same ratio then by the end of the season we’ll have 57 points. Where does that leave us?
An excellent analysis regarding our top 5 chances, (ie champions league) here:
https://www.themag.co.uk/2024/02/newcastle-united-and-the-race-for-premier-league-top-five/
Just heard the Man u coach say their target is still CL football. And they have the same points as us, I think.
So, you never know.
Btw, west ham being thrashed.
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Comment #32Need to get Paqueta in….the difference he is making is unbelievable. A missing Brazilian as we know is no good thing. 😉
WLtoon
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Comment #33Javeatoon,
What a game to witness before you went on your travels, we could do with a Tiote in our midfield at the minute.
AnyToon in Indiana
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Comment #34and before anyone says it…. I mean in here for us…not in the game… I am relating his injury and missing presence to our Big Joes.
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Comment #35Really would like to see us move to a back 5 for the Arsenal game really don’t want to see us wide open against them
WLtoon
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Comment #36Arsenal only need to go through the motions 2nd half they are so dominant.
Probably end up 6-1
Hibbit
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Comment #37any toon
i had to give myself a nip when you said it was 13 years ago,
it just seems like yesterday, what a turn round that was.
RIP Cheick,
Novocastrian66
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Comment #38Does anyone believe Forest should have had a penalty yesterday?
No way was it a pen. The Forest striker did not have control of the ball at any point and the contact with Dubravka was a coming together which neither player could avoid.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Comment #39I need a clean sheet to beat coming home in the FPL so I hope they don’t just go through the motions.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Comment #40Novocastrian66,
Just me and Shearer by the sounds of it.