Football writer, hapless runner and a Patron of @SBRFoundation. These are my views.
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Our League …
Four games in four days to kick off the Premier League season & a new series of pieces for @TheAthleticFC .
Being there: tasting love, spite & a sense of living at Arsenal, Hull, Newcastle & Fulham.
It’s free to read!
nytimes.com/athletic/7534951…
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⚫ Starting XI 2+ years older than previous average 🧓
⚪ Burn & Schar show nous 🧠
⚫ #NUFC leaders found? 🔎
⚪ Could #CPFC be for Jaissle #LUFC (A) was for Howe? 🔮
🫡 Leadership, experience - & the win Matthias Jaissle needed to keep people buying-in:
nytimes.com/athletic/7721996…
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🔲 Away end full, despite Storm Boelo 🎶
🔳 Dire 1st half 😬
🔲 11-min blitz ⚽⚽
🔳 Jaissle lauds experience 🗣️
🔲 Restricted views 🕵️
🔳 Jaissle ☝️ Sage? 🔚
🎧 @PodontheTyne Matchday for #CPFC 0-2 #NUFC - @GeorgeCaulkin in away end, me in the press box:
pod.fo/e/6f4876
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⚫Dire 1st half 😬 blitz after break 🔥
⚪Osula = necessary for 'vertical football'? ⚽
⚫Quirky #NUFC clean-sheets-in-London stat 🤯
⚪Captain Burn steadies ship 🫡🚢
⚫Stats prove Jaissle felt PL experience vital 👴
📝 #CPFC 0-2 #NUFC analysis: #CRYNEW nytimes.com/athletic/7723149…
This week’s POTT Extra Tyne features an extended interview with former #NUFC CEO Darren Eales. Hope you enjoy.
@PodontheTyne
podonthetyne.supportingcast.…
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⚫ Youngest PL XI 👶
⚪ 25y 75d - was 27y 65d in 25-26 📉
⚫ 5 x 25yo+ regulars 🔎
⚪ "Brave way" 🤔
⚫ Star dust lost, do seniors left have enough quality? ⚖️
🔞🧓 #NUFC have PL's youngest side - but why that doesn't tell the full story about this squad:
nytimes.com/athletic/7704397…
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🔲 3 issues w/ Jaissle's #NUFC - & our 'solutions' to fix them 🛠️
🔳 "S****ing yourself on the foot" 💩🦶
🔲 Double derby woe 😱
🔳 New Blaydon Races verdict 🎼🗒️
🔲 Jaissle pressure? 🛞
🎧 New free @PodontheTyne w/ @GeorgeCaulkin @TaylorandPayne:
pod.fo/e/6da672
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Erik ten Hag knows what it is like to be in the eye of the storm at Manchester United.
@LaurieWhitwell spent two evenings with the Dutchman in his hometown of Enschede, in the east of the Netherlands, to peel back the curtain on his two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford.
In part one, Ten Hag talks about:
▪️ The broken “promises” that led to his sacking
▪️ Why he had to act on Cristiano Ronaldo, a player who “let the team down”
▪️ His desire to sign Harry Kane and Declan Rice
▪️ The “toxic culture” and the "Madrid connection" that brought player power to the club
🔗 nyti.ms/4z9cp9d
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⚫ Is Matthias Jaissle under any immediate pressure? 🤔
⚪ Scrutiny of decision-makers & summer transfer business? 🔎
⚫ Why can't Aladji Bamba get a game? 😬
⚪ Centre-back swaps? 🔃
⚫ Hierarchy calmness or panic? ⚖️
⁉️"Inside #NUFC" - your Qs answered:
nytimes.com/athletic/7703920…
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◾ Is Matthias Jaissle under pressure? 🤔
❔ Will Jaissle become more pragmatic & change system? 🔮
◾ How much is summer recruitment affecting present form? ⚖️
⁉️ @TheAthleticFC's "Inside #NUFC" live Q&A runs from 2-3pm BST. Get your Qs in via the link: nytimes.com/athletic/7704018…
Our League: a trip to Brighton for the division’s least explicable derby, a record equalling win, cheers and boos, being logically illogical and also very, very good.
Free to read … #OfficialBHAFC
nytimes.com/athletic/7701748…
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🔲 Where are the goals going to come from? 🤯
🔳 Gaps, gaps everywhere 🕳️
🔲 Inevitable Manzambi winner 😱
🔳 What balance? ⚖️
🔲 Burn up top = desperate 😬
🎧 Attacking alarm bells ring 🏮 Matchday @PodontheTyne for #NUFC 0-1 #AVFC, w/ @TaylorandPayne:
pod.fo/e/6ca5f6
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⚫ 16 SJP games without a clean sheet 😱
⚪ Burn on up front - again 🤯
⚫ Should Botman have seen red? 🟥
⚪ Top target Manzambi haunts #NUFC 👻
⚫ A few boos - so what next for Jaissle? 🔮
📝 #NUFC 0-1 #AVFC analysis, w/ @GeorgeCaulkin: #NEWAVL nytimes.com/athletic/7690475…
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☁️ Grey clouds over St James' Park - & not because of the 4-1 defeat at Coventry. It was wet earlier & temperature has dropped. 🌡️
⚫⚪ #NUFC host #AVFC, w/ both sides looking to put mixed PL starts behind them. Jaissle's side are unbeaten at SJP. 🏟️
#NEWAVL #WaughWeatherReport
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⚫ SCR a lesser evil than PSR? 🤔
⚪ Anchoring fairer? ⚓
🟣 Big player sales 💸 & younger squads 👶
🔵 Sticking to the rules however they can, as #MCFC verdict arrives 😱
🤑 #NUFC & #AVFC - the challenger clubs, #MCFC 'unfairness' & enforced big changes:
nytimes.com/athletic/7692448…
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🔲 What is 'Jaissle-ball'? 🔎
🔳 5-year #NUFC takeover review - & throwing forwards ⚖️🔮
🔲 'Unplugged' 🔌
🎧 New @PodontheTyne 'Extra Tyne' for subs - POTT LIVE @ @GoCivTheatre, feat. @GeorgeCaulkin @TaylorandPayne & myself:
podonthetyne.supportingcast.…
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⚫ 10 times #NUFC have conceded 3+ in 2026 🤯
⚪ Botman w/ high of 5 mistakes leading to shots 😬
⚫ Wider defensive woes 😱
⚪ Benefit to Botman? ⚖️
⚫ Restore Burn 🫡
⌛ The time has come to drop Sven Botman - even if #NUFC's issues stretch far beyond:
nytimes.com/athletic/7686034…
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🔲 #NUFC's 'self-thrashing' 🤕
🔳What should Jaissle actually change? 🔎
🔲Square pegs ⬛ round holes? 🕳️
🔳Villains... to Villans 🔮
🔲Changes galore? ⚖️
🎧New free @PodontheTyne w/ @GeorgeCaulkin @TaylorandPayne (Payne by name, pain by #NUFC nature) 😬: pod.fo/e/6b5ed4
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⚫Nico "not concerned" 🤔
⚪Jaissle's repeated apologies 🗣️
⚫Woeful defending/mistakes 😱
⚪Profligate 😫
⚫Why = more alarming than Leeds 🤯
👀⚖️ From apologies to declarations of "not being concerned" - how worrying was #NUFC's collapse at Coventry?
nytimes.com/athletic/7683356…
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⚫ Pathetic late collapse 😱
⚪ Repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot 🤯
⚫ Alarming 2nd-straight 4-1 away defeat 😬
⚪ Myriad Qs for Jaissle ⁉️
⚫ Fernandez-Pardo a winger, not a striker? ⚖️
📝 #PUSB 4-1 #NUFC analysis, w/ @GeorgeCaulkin: #COVNEW nytimes.com/athletic/7683696…
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