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NOTE Eddie's Bingo : No comments on this page - Bingo entries only. There were no winners again for the Marseille game so the table stays as is below. Big decisions for Eddie in this game; Pope or Ramsdale in goal? Hall or Burn at LB? Burn or Botman at LCB? Schar or Thiaw at RCB? Gordon and Barnes on the wings? Remember; the Bingo game is about second guessing Eddie's starting 11, not picking the 11 you would play. Will there be a winner this week? Enter your team below. Make

Newcastle United spent c£255M in the summer transfer window on Nick Woltemade (£69M), Anthony Elanga (55M), Yoane Wissa (£55M), Jacob Ramsey (£40M) and Malik Thiaw (£35M). Aaron Ramsdale was brought in on loan. Alexander Isak's £125M sale meant our net spend was in the region of £130M. With 19 games already played in all competitions this season and the 20th coming up away to Everton this Saturday - how have our signings performed to date? Given that the summer plan was

It was bedlam in more ways than one at the Stade Veledrome last night. The hostile and crazed atmosphere created by the Marseille fans, Barnes early goal which sent our 3,000 supporters wild, and the mad 10 minutes that led to us being 2-1 down. Yet again we lost after taking the lead in an away game to make it only one win in our last eleven games in all competitions. An awful stat that, if continued, will see us finish mid table and could even threaten our group CL qualific

Marseille and Newcastle meet at the Stade Vélodrome  in a Champions League fixture loaded with tension, opportunity and contrasting momentum. For both teams, this is a night that could define their European campaigns. Marseille sit 2nd in their league and are top goalscorers with an impressive 33 goals scored and a GD of +21. But, they enter the match under pressure in the CL with only 3pts and they need a win to stand any chance of going through to the next stage. In contra

NOTE Eddie's Bingo : No comments on this page - Bingo entries only. There were no winners for the Man City game so the table stays as is below. KO for the Marseille CL game is 8pm tomorrow - Tuesday 25/11 - so entries must be in by 6pm latest. After the all out effort against and great win against City Eddie may decide to rest some players to conserve them for the huge away match at Everton on Saturday. It might be too early to play Hall and Tino again after their return from

What a game, what a performance, what a result. Here is a link to the highlights Newcastle 2-1 Man City: Harvey Barnes scores twice in thrilling win - BBC Sport This was one of those magical games under the lights at SJP that will long live in the memory as much for the quality of the performance as the mad emotions it sparked. I don't think I could sum up that atmosphere better than Luke Edwards, so I'm not going to try. Here is what he wrote... It was a game that grabbed yo

It's a massive game at SJP tonight against Manchester City. The reaction and effect of the result will be stark. Win and we could be just 3pts off a top 6 spot and ready to turbo charge our season. Lose and we could be just 1pt off a relegation place and in a full blown crisis. Eddie: I've tried everything against City and nothing has worked " We've pressed high, sat deep, played a defensive 4 and a 5 and it hasn't worked" That was the gist of what Eddie said at his, at times

With 10 goals already this season - 6 for Newcastle and 4 for Germany - and all from CF, it's interesting to hear Big Nick's take on his role in our 433 set up. " At Stuttgart, I was dropping back. But now I am in the position of No 9 so most of the time with my back to the goal. I lay the ball off for the guys or turn around into the sides so it is different. Eddie Howe wants me to drop deep and go into midfield and get the balls for the guys. Every game at Newcastle the guy

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That headline doesn't stand a chance of being right if we repeat this season's inconsistent Premier League form and especially our performances away to West Ham and Brentford. But... This is a Saturday evening under the lights at SJP with the eyes of the football world watching on TV. The Lads have to click sometime - and this could be that game. Some fans believe we only turn in top performances against the top teams and they don't come any bigger in the Prem than Mancheste

NOTE Eddie's Bingo : No comments on this page - Bingo entries only. The Toon take on Manchester City at St James’ Park on Saturday in the 5.30pm live TV slot. Eddie Howe has never selected a team to beat Manchester City in the Premier League having lost 16 and drawn 2 of the 18 games under his various management posts. Can he select a Toon team to break that duck - and will you get it right? Points to consider; Will Eddie stick with Nick Pope after two mistakes in our last tw

Rumours persist that Anderson is top of Man Utd's midfield shopping list - but could Eddie step in and bring him back home? Having to sell Elliott Anderson to Nottingham Forest because of PSR really stuck in the craw of Eddie Howe and his form since leaving has only made that feeling worse. It's not only his Prem form that has got other clubs interested and fans across the country singing his praises - he has also excelled for the England team and now looks a cert to be in th

The Toon got a 'two for one' deal when we sold Isak for £125M and got Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa for £124M. With Wissa now apparently finally on the way to recovery from his knee injury the rumour is he should be ready to make his debut against Everton on November 28th. Whilst I doubt he will start and will no doubt be eased back in with sub appearances the question many fans are asking - and some are pushing for - is will Eddie change his favoured 433 and play both in a

We are still only six points off 5th place The West Ham and Brentford defeats left all of us fans shell shocked and the teeth are just beginning to edge back into place after the kicking they've been given. Those who say football is only a game have no idea how wrong they are. A defeat for the Toon is bad enough at anytime, and by any team, but the crushing blow to the gut felt after those defeats - and especially when the horror show of West Ham was almost duplicated at Bren

14 Wins - 12 Defeats - 4 Draws That is our Prem form since 1st January this year. After an iffy start to last season we went on that great run up to the end of the year but our form in the second half of the season was inconsistent. However the EFL Cup run and win and the euphoria that followed masked that inconsistent league form. The signs were already there, and losing 12 games in a season and still qualifying for the CL from 5th due to the extra place carried a large dos

Another lead lost as we lose 3-1 at Brentford For the second game running we were fortunate to score the first goal and instead of using it as a springboard to go on and win we added another game to our away hoodoo to make it nine without a win. It wasn't just the score that was a carbon copy of the West Ham game, the performance rubber stamped it. Barnes goal - superbly taken - was the only shot we had on target in the first half and in the second half, other than a brief sp

A Defining Day Awaits at the Gtech Community Stadium We've had must win games and no excuse games already this season... But for me, this is a defining game. Another poor performance, another defeat, another week entrenched in the bottom half of the table with Man City up next, and the concern from fans will turn towards full scale gloom. If ever there was a test of character in a squad and team today's game at Brentford is that test. The difference between passing and failin

Inconsistent form, awful away results, an inability to break down a low block and only three wins in our first ten Prem games have some scribes and fans looking for scapegoats. What's new? In the high octane media world we now live in you can go from hero to zero in a week as pundits and fans brandish the sword of criticism just days after gushing fulsome praise. And the latest to feel the pointed blade despite his cracking goalscoring start after his record breaking transfer

NOTE : No comments on this page - Bingo entries only. It's back to the Prem again as Newcastle United take on Brentford away in a 2pm Sunday KO . Kieran Trippier's illness and absence from the Bilbao game caught everybody out and meant there were no Bingo winners for the second game running. Anthony Gordon's hip injury has flared up again so he won't be in the starting 11 and a big decision for Eddie won't be who replaces AG - it will surely be Barnes - it will be does he bri

Newcastle United moved into the top eight of the UEFA Champions League:group stage with our third CL win and clean sheet on the trot. After a scrappy opening ten minutes when we constantly gave the ball away and almost invited Bilbao to attack us Dan Burn scored one of the best headed goals I've ever seen from a Kieran Tripper free kick. Our new set piece coach has clearly brought in a routine where our players make a run to the near post with the plan of leaving Burn eith