What Newcastle United MUST do to secure Champions League? | TF Podcast

[@kevoleary8868]

Difficult situation for us as “new comers”to the European party, we must qualify for the champions league if we want to keep Bruno, Isak, Gordon if we don’t we will loose one of them and it’s start again looking for quality replacements. Personally I’m trying to look over a few seasons rather than just one at a time. Whatever happens I know I’m enjoying watching the team challenge at the top rather plod along in the lower parts of the prem,

[@kicka11]

Beat Villa twice and still finished 8 points below. Definitely not just a couple of results.

[@earthlingcarl3179]

I really hope they have some major signings coming up because so far it's been very underwhelming. If Miggy/Murphy are still starting RW come the opening fixture we're in big trouble.

[@geordiedog1749]

Cobblers. If you look at Murphy’s stats he’s extremely effective. He’s on a par with some of the better players out there. Plus, he’s a massive grafter and he’s well liked by the group and coaches. Very, very under rated.

[@Lazfah]

@@geordiedog1749 As good as he is, he’s not the type of player to take us to the next level.

[@JackBurton3963]

When emotion is removed fans will come to realise that Murphy is inconsistent much like Willock. He’s better than 2024 Almiron but that’s not hard.

[@Thomohawk21]

it is a real damn shame that we couldn't get Olise!

[@Bennyboy138]

Speaking of the defence....Si - Tino is a fantastic replacement for an ageing Trippier, and have you not been watching how technically brilliant Lewis Hall's been looking??

[@stevenphillips4494]

@@Bennyboy138 . Hall is going to be world class, the way he strikes a football is perfection .. mark my words, he’ll get between 5/7 goals this season and a decent number of assists .. the difference between him and Burn on the ball and going forward is night and day .. plus, he’s shown signs that he’ll mature as a defender too.. we’ve got a player that could go on to be a Newcastle united & England legend in my opinion.

[@matrix2534]

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[@ant2533]

Great points - doesn't it just feel for the first time that we have a professional setup emerging? (Honorable nods to Sir John Hall, but this is on another level). They've trebled the value of the club in a couple of years! This is only the start!!!!

[@stevenphillips4494]

Fab Schar has been outstanding regardless of his price tag .. had he come in for £40 million none of us would have been disappointed. The way we play relies on Schar’s passing so much .. long term however he will need replacing .. but not yet

[@geordiedog1749]

Agreed. If we upgrade then we need a Schar clone.

[@tfnufc]

He 100% has one more good season in him

[@aking-plums6985]

According to Nottingham Forest News via The Athletic, the reason NUFC got £35 million for Anderson was because they had to pay £20 million for Vlachodimos who made 4 first team appearances.

[@TheDefJamm]

All day long, I'd keep Murphy over Almiron as the backup to a new signing on the right.

[@anon-zk6iz]

Absolutely

[@CKM-88]

I think we finish top 3. IF!: Tonali and Bruno can play together. We have a left footed powerful RW. And a top quality right footed CB.

[@tfnufc]

Fingers crossed

[@stevenphillips4494]

@@tfnufc . Keep them crossed that Isak stays fit .. if he can do that we have a real chance

[@lauragallagher341]

And pope stays fit

[@CKM-88]

Of course…fitness obvs. Very subtly building a better bench tho! So 🤞

[@jdevlin1910]

Still the best toon shows going 👍

[@yogihightower]

We are competing for top 8, we don't have consistent players in several positions.

[@boagomojaphoko2489]

Agreed

[@DanielCordone9]

Forget top 8. It'll be bottom 8 this season

[@jdevlin1910]

@@DanielCordone9 Give over man

[@DYL2020]

To be honest with a full squad no European football Tonali back and a few players brought in I think we get top 4, especially after what I seen last season we had the same 11 for the majority of the season with no one on the bench to really make an impact on games and we finished 7th that was an incredible achievement considering the fixtures we had and we absolutely battered teams.. some clubs have had to make some big changes and we are only going one direction ⬆️ for me personally the most important thing is to win a trophy and I think we’re very capable of achieving that👏 Guehi would be a fantastic signing and if we could sign another RW that would be perfect

[@iamleebarry]

The only problem is everyone else is strengthening and we haven’t yet

[@tfnufc]

Hopefully that changes, as like we said in the video, a first choice RCB and RW would be huge for us.

[@MichaelH3948]

​@@Jettplayzgamesretaining your current players is not strengthening.

[@MichaelH3948]

@@Jettplayzgames to strengthen is to improve. Retaining your existing players is not improving, it is maintaining your existing levels.

[@MichaelH3948]

@@Jettplayzgames your question is irrelevant to the initial point as to whether retaining your existing squad qualifies as strengthening. We aren't any better having not lost one of those players, no?

[@david030491]

We are nowhere near.

[@MarkWeir-cr5tk]

We will not get a better opportunity t9 build then this season. Out early fixtures are hard to be bettered if we chose them ourselves. Tonali plus a RCB and RM would see us challenge for top 4 and Alex’s point is well made, only 8 points behind Villa despite our problems. Also think having answer Dir will help hugely, Eddie’s team were out of their depth in this area, only World Cup break year before saved us in 22/23 season.

[@jr9channel]

Perfect Signing..

[@micky1858]

OMG Charlotte 😍🤗😁....Or, and great podcast guys 👌

[@matrix2534]

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[@andyh323]

I think our senior management team are potentially the best in the PL. If so, then results and trophies will follow if we continue to grow our revenue.

[@rogercookcouk]

12 days from now we officially kick-off in Phase 2. Bang-on the structure Charlotte. This should/will accelerate us across the... Board! 😂

[@PaulFranks-cx3yd]

At home we're Champions League, away from St James' Park we're Championship. The first 11 with Tonali back could be: Pope Tino Schar Kelly Hall Tonali Bruno Joelinton Gordon Isak Barnes

[@lauragallagher341]

This is the season we start getting ruthless if Eddie doesn’t perform then out if players arent performing out if the fitness and coaching staff are not performing then we have to stop the sentiment and upgrade at every opportunity

[@flibbleking]

The only thing I would say for Miggy is that he wants to play give and goes all the time and Longstaff just isn't sharp enough so it hasn't helped him. Once Tonali is back, him or Bruno will be playing a lot closer to Miggy so he should improve. I do agree though his lack of a right foot is shocking and we should be looking to improve that area.

[@SKINDEREE]

Miggy's performance against Brighton last season told us everything we need to know about him not being up to the level. How many times are we going to watch this lad louse up moves, miss chances etc? If the penny hasn't dropped for Howe then it never will!

[@SKINDEREE]

I hear a lot of the fan base demanding a top four finish, you have to ask yourself the question, are Newcastle good enough for that? I still think Newcastle are four quality players away from a side who could finish in the top four regularly. Are we starting to go down the deluded Geordie road again with our over the top ambitions? As it stands I still think Newcastle are a finish 7th/8th and 6th with a wind behind us team. You only have to look at Saturday's game in Japan to see how Newcastle are literally walking a tightrope to disaster! Isak gets upended in the first half landing on his shoulder and for 5 minutes it was looking like a 20 year old unproven forward who hasn't yet signed was going to be starting up front against Soton. That is how fine the margins are for Newcastle being a hairs breadth away from disaster! Newcastle will carry on into next season being their erratic selves looking good one week then awful the next imo. I think Eddie Howe fits into the erratic equation as well looking more like the manager he was at Bournemouth. We were leaking goals from the start of last season and the erratic poor performances were there before the injuries kicked in. Newcastle will be involved in entertaining topsy turvy matches but is that the answer for this club going forward? Howe has been given a pass because of the injuries although that in no way told the whole story! A good manager is like a champion snooker player who is always looking four shots ahead, you don't see that with Howe who seems incapable of making the tough decisions on his squad. The Callum Wilson question should have been answered in last summer's window where he should have been sold then when his stock was high. The same should have happened with Almiron but both these players are still parked causing headaches for the board while Eddie just wants to keep everyone! It is definitely make or break for Howe with the expectation levels through the roof but is it within Howe's skillset to constantly deliver? He could well be kicking himself not taking the England job because I don't think the board will put up with another season of indifference. I do feel for Howe because he has become a victim of the early upsurge in Newcastle's fortunes punching above their weight to get UCL qualification. It will be interesting to see what happens next season.

[@martylawrance]

I believe we are still missing one more person in the back room staff. We need an exorcist to rid the club of the curse. Keegan tried but it didn't work at the time. It needs to be re-addressed 😀

[@dansnowden9147]

A lot of the injuries weren’t unlucky and that’s why NUFC have employed Bunce. So trying to convince himself that Lewis Hall isn’t an upgrade on 22/23 Burn is absolute classic Si. We’ll make a title challenge this season with the expected upgrades at CB and RW

[@geordiedog1749]

Can you expand on “weren’t unlucky”?

[@dansnowden9147]

@@geordiedog1749 playing willock 2 full games before he broke down again mid season. Murphy’s shoulder, Botman’s ACL, putting Joey on clearly injured vs mackams. Running Tripps almost into early retirement as well. There were probably others

[@stevenphillips4494]

@@dansnowden9147 . Agreed, some of the diagnoses, treatment and reintroduction of players with injuries was amateurish .. cost us points without a doubt

[@rickyd4073]

How many games do you think we will lose this season? Can’t lose more than 10 and definitely not 14 again. Last season was a good scoring season. I think only Arsenal, City and Liverpool scored more. First test of the season is Bournemouth away, a team Eddie Howe has not beaten (in the league) as Newcastle United manager. Best of luck to the club for the season ahead!

[@rochey7338]

Seems like we are waiting for everyone else to finish their business and then we pick off who is left. As it seems when we are battling with other top clubs for signings we always seem to fail in our pursuit.

[@PhilPha]

I think if we don’t get 2 or 3 players before the deadline Europe will be slightly beyond us, also you would have to worry about Isak and Bruno leaving.

[@jdevlin1910]

Really need to get over this kind of thinking. If these players leave others will be brought in to replace them. The paranoia over this that we see everywhere is very smalltime and embarrassing.

[@PhilPha]

@@jdevlin1910 Of course, what was I thinking, we’ll just go out and buy replacements tomorrow. Who do you suggest and for how much?

[@michaelmcdougall943]

I like the optimism about being in the top 4 from the off but don't see it as really up until now we haven't strengthened the first team at all and until we do top 4 is non starter for me

[@jun3078]

Disagreed, Villa did not have a better squad than us and made the UCL last season, we did not lose any big hitters (yet) this summer so as it stands top4 is still very viable.

[@TheDefJamm]

Injuries hurt us last season so we didn't have access to the full squad. We did the year before when we got CL. I think they are hoping the appointment of James Bunce will stop the injuries as part of his job is to try and make sure the full squad is available to Eddie. What I'm saying is, I think PIF think the squad IS strong enough, it's just that we haven't had access to the full strength of it in a long time. This is obviously with the few additions needed this window.

[@michaelmcdougall943]

@TheDefJamm Don't agree there mate Chris wood is only just now being replaced by this 21 year old kid and right wing is woefully under strength we needed to fill out the squad for the champions league campaign to prevent the exact thing that happened in regards to injuries

[@TheDefJamm]

@@michaelmcdougall943 Not sure how you can disagree with facts like. All I've said is facts. But okay 🤦‍♂

[@TheDefJamm]

@@michaelmcdougall943 And I said ''with the few additions needed'' which means that right wing. Comments need to be read properly before replying.

[@keitholiver6152]

heart says we're going to win the league. Head says top 4, 3rd if we have a really good season. I'd like us to finish above a wounded Liverpool loosing Klopp

[@DaveyMulholland]

People don't give Murphy the credit he deserves.

[@DanielCordone9]

Yeah, did really well in the last game. Was strong defensively

[@geordiedog1749]

Just look at his proper stats. He’s excellent.

[@TheIncredibleBeard_]

Eddie Howe is yet to show he can coach the team to deal with big moments. I'm also doubtful he's really developed much since his Bournemouth days and just has better players in the same system.

[@kendec1956]

Comments on Schar are totally disrespectful, was probably the best CB at the Euros and superb all last season

[@gaiustesla9324]

Signing guehi, tripps off to saudi and bruno will be the captain.

[@drewsharratt564]

Getting the right quality on the right wing should make a huge difference to our season. Not just in killing off games with extra goals, but because a lot of counter attacks came from Miggy losing the ball. Knowing our luck well get this in place then the rioters will burn down SJP

[@DanielCordone9]

Why can't we sign Anthony Martial on a free? He is better than the Sheffield United reject at £20m. We do make some ridiculous decisions in the transfer market

[@kyletomey43]

Martial was on ridiculous wages at Man U and he had an attitude problem. No thanks

[@MichaelH3948]

Because he was earning £10m a year at Man Utd and real life isn't EAFC

[@TerbrugZondolop]

Champions league? How high are you? We will be lucky to stay in PL this year.

[@MichaelH3948]

Lmao, on what possible basis are Newcastle going to be 35 points worse off than last season?

[@nickswargaminghistory4637]

Top 4, easy. Get a good CB and RW and I think we'll win the league

[@DanielCordone9]

We have more chance of getting relegated

[@robertbslee4209]

​@SylvainMarveaux9 Unlikely to be relegated with Everton points deduction than administration. But we are playing for top 10

[@DanielCordone9]

@@robertbslee4209 I'd rather us sign Anthony Martial for free than pay £20m for the Sheffield United reject. Martial has pace. Would be a decent squad player

[@robertbslee4209]

@@DanielCordone9 All good wanting Martial for free but obvious he doesn't want to come to a mid table project as squad player which is 5 plus years away to fighting for top4 every year. A world of difference between being a squad player for regular top 4 to Newcastle

[@nolslifegren]

Its gonna end up effectively as Ashley 2.0 but at a higher level ( between 8th and 4th ) Fans have low horizons so they will be happy with that . We won't be winning owt anytime soon

[@DanielCordone9]

Anthony Gordon is going on strike to force the Liverpool move

[@BroSwede-dm6gd]

according to Emanuel Swedenborg he is signing a new contract

[@BroSwede-dm6gd]

@@jdevlin1910 not the spellarist is ye?

[@andrewmoss1135]

I heard maxi is coming back

[@DanielCordone9]

Forget Champions league. We could get relegated this season. Ipswich will finish above us. Guimaraes, Almiron, Dubravka and Isak are our only decent players

[@davidhackett5820]

😂

[@stevenphillips4494]

Medication time 💊

[@earthlingcarl3179]

wtf lol

[@geordiedog1749]

Yawn………

[@steviee4787]

Sad little boy u