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#NUFC correspondent for The Athletic. Part of Pod on the Tyne, the Newcastle United podcast. Views my own. Also on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisDHWaugh

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Newcastle’s attack is finally showing signs of life in the post-Isak era It has taken a little while – and a dollop of angst – but Eddie Howe's side are clicking up front without their former star striker

Consecutive victories for the first time this season, an unchanged team, six goals, two clean sheets …

Was that sound something clicking for #NUFC?

www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

06.10.2025 07:34 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: Matchday PotT: Forest (h), Bruno and Nick deliver "huge" win Plenty of intriguing angles going into Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. Both teams played in Europe in midweek, Ange Postecoglu under pressure just th...

🔲 Guimaraes w/ a skipper's display 🇧🇷
🔳 Woltemade's insane pen ⚽
🔲 Is it starting to click? 🤞
🔳 Brick-wall defence 🧱
🔲 HUGE back-to-back wins 👀
🔳 My (embarrassing) draughty trousers 👖

🎧 New Matchday @podonthetyne.bsky.social for #NUFC 2-0 #NFFC, w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social:
pod.fo/e/3378b3

06.10.2025 05:49 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: Matchday PotT: Forest (h), Bruno and Nick deliver "huge" win Plenty of intriguing angles going into Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. Both teams played in Europe in midweek, Ange Postecoglu under pressure just th...

It’s your PoTT matchday pod!

#NUFC beat Forest 2-0: it’s 2 wins in a row, another clean sheet & momentum heading into the international break. Eddie Howe calls it “huge, huge” which is pretty huge.

With ol’ fat thighs himself @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social
@podonthetyne.bsky.social

pod.fo/e/3378b3

05.10.2025 20:42 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Matchday PotT tonight. Canny week.

05.10.2025 17:08 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Newcastle’s Lewis Hall injury ‘not short term’ – Eddie Howe The 21-year-old previously missed five months from March due to a broken bone in his foot and was gradually being reintroduced into the side

◾ "Not short term" 😬
◽ Sent for one scan already, has to wait 10 days for another 🤕
◾ "Hope" it is not "long term" 🤞
◽ Howe "doesn't have a #NUFC (full-back) rabbit to pull out of hat" 🐰🎩

🗣️ Eddie Howe provides an update on Lewis Hall's hamstring injury:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

05.10.2025 16:05 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 2

Interesting description. You failed to mention the finish in it, though.

05.10.2025 15:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Newcastle 2 N Forest 0 – What did Guimaraes strike say about attacking threat? How has season started? Chris Waugh and George Caulkin analyse the talking points from the game at St James' Park.

⚫ Captain Guimaraes' moment of inspiration 🫡
⚪ Woltemade's emphatic spot-kick ⚽
⚫ 1st-half creative struggles 😬
⚪ Chances arrive as game opens 🙌
⚫ Clean-sheet haul grows 🧱
⚪ Growing momentum 🎢

📝 #NUFC 2-0 #NFFC analysis w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social: #NEWNFO www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

05.10.2025 14:55 — 👍 25    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Full-time: #NUFC 2-0 #NFFC

Very important win for #NUFC heading into international break.

Laboured through 1st half, had chances to score more in 2nd as game opened up.

Guimaraes' solo goal crucial, Woltemade's pen emphatic. Another clean sheet.

2 big wins in 5 days.
#NEWNFO

05.10.2025 14:54 — 👍 20    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1

90: #NUFC subs - Woltemade & Joelinton are replaced by Osula & Miley.

#NEWNFO #NUFC #NFFC

05.10.2025 14:48 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#NUFC 2-0 #NFFC

Woltemade takes the penalty this time with no Gordon on the pitch & converts emphatically.

Anderson was booked for his foul on Guimaraes.

#NEWNFO

05.10.2025 14:41 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Penalty Newcastle. Anderson concedes it on Guimaraes.

#NEWNFO #NUFC #NFFC

05.10.2025 14:39 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

70: #NUFC subs - Gordon & Elanga are replaced by Barnes & Murphy.

#NEWNFO #NUFC #NFFC

05.10.2025 14:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#NUFC 1-0 #NFFC

#NUFC needed a moment of inspiration - & Guimaraes has certainly provided it. Quite the goal, this.

#NFFC are furious because Gibbs-White was down after Guimaraes & Burn tackle him, Burn gives it to Guimaraes, who curls beyond Sels from 22 yards.
#NEWNFO

05.10.2025 14:18 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Goal! Guimaraes!

#NEWNFO #NUFC #NFFC

05.10.2025 14:15 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We're back under way at St James' Park, where it's goalless after the first half.

No changes for either side at the break.

#NEWNFO #NUFC #NFFC

05.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Half-time: #NUFC 0-0 #NFFC

Another difficult half for #NUFC in attack. Creativity still lacking. Few clear-cut chances & Woltemade isolated again.

#NFFC's 3 big centre-halves quite happy to defend crosses from wide. #NUFC most dangerous when Gordon is coming inside.

#NEWNFO

05.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We're under way at St James' Park, where #NUFC are hosting #NFFC in their final match before the October international break.

#NUFC are shooting towards the Leazes End during the first half.

#NEWNFO

05.10.2025 13:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#NUFC are unsurprisingly unchanged following the midweek Champions League win.

Woltemade, Elanga & Gordon again the front three, with Burn at left-back.

No Lewis Hall or Jacob Ramsey on the bench.

#NEWNFO #NFFC

05.10.2025 11:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

#NUFC subs vs #NFFC: Ramsdale, Schar, Lascelles, Krafth, Willock, Miley, Barnes, Murphy, Osula

#NEWNFO

05.10.2025 11:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#NUFC XI vs #NFFC: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon

#NEWNFO

05.10.2025 11:47 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1

It's always more extreme up there, I find. We used to head up for rugby matches - it'd be sunny down the valley, then snowing up there...

05.10.2025 10:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🌬️ Still windy on Tyneside but the remnants of Storm Amy are starting to pass - & the sun is shining beautifully over SJP. 🌞

⚫⚪ #NUFC host #NFFC, looking to build on their midweek 4-0 CL win in Belgium. But goals have been an issue in the PL... ⚽

#WaughWeatherReport #NEWNFO

05.10.2025 09:57 — 👍 35    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

You'll probably get the hang of it before we do to be fair... Email the address if you keep having issues.

Haha we'll attempt to answer any we can!

04.10.2025 14:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In fairly predictably PotT fashion, we have had a bit of a technical hitch with the "ad-free" feed.

We've temporarily granted ad-free subscribers access to the PotT: Extra Tyne feed until we can rectify the problem.

You can listen to George and Luke Edwards in Brussels! #apology #ofsorts #NUFC

04.10.2025 11:50 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pod On The Tyne | Pod On The Tyne An independent podcast covering Newcastle United Football Club with Taylor Payne, Chris Waugh, and George Caulkin.

If you enjoy the pod, there is another way of listening & supporting us - which will help us survive & hopefully thrive. £3 a month will give you an ad-free experience, £5 will unlock more shows.

We are so grateful to everybody who listens in whatever capacity. ❤️

podonthetyne.supportingcast.fm

04.10.2025 11:38 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: A fools' paradise? Woltemade and the wingers are Union-busters Newcastle United haven't scored many goals so far this season, especially away from home, but on Wednesday night they put four past Belgian champions Union Saint-Gilloise and with relative ease.Nic...

In our latest free PoTT @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @taylorpayne.bsky.social & I chat wingers & Woltemessi post USG & the importance of “positive momentum” for #NUFC ahead of Forest.

We also say “in terms of” a lot. SORRY DAN.

Have a listen! @podonthetyne.bsky.social

pod.fo/e/335f26

04.10.2025 11:31 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0

Thank you for subscribing though - we really appreciate the support! & any questions like this, keep them coming & we'll try to sort.

03.10.2025 09:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

All the episodes from now should be published on the new feed?

03.10.2025 09:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Minor setback for Yoane Wissa - after specialist chat, recovery from knee injury drifts from 6 weeks to 8, now looking at West Ham away in November for his comeback. Jacob Ramsey could be involved this weekend however.

#NUFC

www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

03.10.2025 09:33 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 7    📌 4

Last two seasons I think there has been mitigation of two turbulent summers. This time in particular, a different profile of striker & a new way of playing.

Also Howe tends to make tweaks to how the team plays during pre-season, which probably takes time to bed in.

But it does need improving upon.

03.10.2025 07:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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