Thank you, pleased you found it to be like that. & I entirely get that - it's such a tricky one for so many.

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🔲 PIF, ownership & absenteeism? 💼
🔳 Head coach, Eddie Howe & can he fix this? 🔨🔍
🔲 Players & commitment? ⚖️
🔳 Fans/atmosphere? 🏟️
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A very sound opinion & I get that. I also entirely see why some fans think/believe that someone else could be getting more out of the team & want to see something different. It's an extremely tricky one because Howe has been so brilliant for Newcastle.

It isn't necessarily a fair comparison, no, but the point still stands about fans being told how they should/shouldn't individually feel.

Yes, they were. A lot of pundits comment about clubs they don't watch all the time. Every fan is entitled to their own opinion on what they want from their team/head coach when they watch them all the time.

Well yes & no, the CCO position isn't being replaced. But other positions are being created.

Inside Newcastle Q&A: Why not start Woltemade up front? Who is the best replacement for Howe? The Athletic's Chris Waugh answers your questions about Eddie Howe's future and the struggles of Nick Woltemade and Tino Livramento

⚫ Should fans be 'careful what they wish for'? 🤯
⚪ If #NUFC fall short of Europe, will Eddie Howe leave? 🔮
⚫ Is Silverstone being replaced as CCO? 💼
⚪ Livramento suitor doubts? 🤕
⚫ Why not start Woltemade? 🇩🇪

⁉️ "Inside #NUFC" - your Qs answered:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...

I can't remember which article specifically I mentioned it in, but it's 70% in Europe & 85% if they don't (although theoretically the PL rules are more lax & it could be extended to that sort of level, but you'd have to pay a luxury tax essentially).

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◾ Is there a point it becomes untenable for Howe? 🤔
❔ Questioning player commitment - is that fair? 👀
◾ How damaging is the uncertainty throughout #NUFC? 😯

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He was the only player who was put forward. Whether he was the only player who chose to, I am unsure. Sometimes they are not asked.

The hierarchy. Howe was on board with it, though ideally he would have liked to sign someone but didn't think of the options they could afford that they would massively improve upon what they had & may negatively affect future spending.

It is a very fair question, or at least a point of mitigation.

Club didn't feel there was the value there & that they were better to wait until the summer. But could definitely have done with some fresh legs, in hindsight.

Unfortunately a fair amount of truth in that.

Yes really. He was put to them for a while but they basically explored every alternative before signing him. They wanted Strand Larsen just days before eventually accepting Wissa was the only player they could get.

Wissa was not planned. Elanga was.

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I don't think it is just one bad summer. Before that they didn't refresh the squad for five windows. This is a long-term issue, exacerbated massively by last summer.

Largely panic/lack of alternatives by that stage. The idea was that Newcastle decided they needed to evolve the way they played, but it simply hasn't happened like that.

It does feel like an ending at the moment, unfortunately.

Very well put.

At Newcastle, actions on the pitch are not matching words off it Newcastle look listless and their struggles on the pitch speak volumes, with head coach Eddie Howe under increasing pressure.

⚫ Howe's staggering 7-second pause 🤯
⚪ Head coach still part of solution? Head coaches need wins 😬
⚫ Vision 2030, but 8 defeats in 11 🔮
⚪ Player "responsibility"? 🤷

🗣️❌ #NUFC look broken - words off the pitch (at all levels) simply do not match what's happening on it:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

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🔲 Groundhog day 🔁
🔳 What was the game-plan? 🤷
🔲 Something has to change somewhere 🤯
🔳 Young team, no leadership ❌
🔲 Howe's telling 7-second pause in answering 👀

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You're on.

I'd fit right in at Pepper's, I'd imagine... Very much my scene.

Newcastle 1 Bournemouth 2 – Another home defeat, Guimaraes is back, but boos at full-time George Caulkin and Chris Waugh break down the main talking points from Newcastle's 2-1 loss to Bournemouth

⚫5th PL home defeat in 6; 8 in 11 in general in PL 🤯
⚪ Strange atmosphere as Howe doubts grow further 😶
⚫ Young XI - but leadership void ⚖️
⚪ Guimaraes is back - yet too late 🫡

📝 #NUFC 1-2 #AFCB analysis, w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social: #NEWBOU
www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

Full-time: #NUFC 1-2 #AFCB

Another abject defeat, a 5th in 6 in PL at home, 8th in 11 in general in PL.

Howe's team improved a bit when Guimaraes came on & equalised, but created little-to-nothing. They look short of ideas & borderline lifeless ATM.

Boos at full-time.
#NEWBOU

9 mins of added time for #NUFC to try & salvage something.

#NEWBOU #AFCB #NUFC

87: #NUFC sub - Woltemade comes on for Tonali.

Not sure on formation. May now be two up top. Borderline groans from some fans, as if to say you only bring Woltemade on now Newcastle are behind...
#NEWBOU #AFCB

#NUFC 1-2 #AFCB

Tavernier crosses from the left, Evanilson knocks it down, then Truffert finishes into the roof of the net.

Woeful defending again from Newcastle. Second to everything.

#NEWBOU