Get in, Sam lad!!!!

Missed the lasses match, as I was out supporting at a cross country race. Yet another late show to snatch a result, but yet another winless game is increasingly concerning. Gap to the top is now 8 points, 5 to top three. Have to start winning and continue to do so to stand any chance of going up.

Wallace finally signed, a sporting director replacement at last for #NUFC. Hopefully fallout free appointment this time, with Jan recruitment plans enhanced rather than scrapped and stalled.

It goes without saying these days, but wasn’t Tonali just magnificent? What a player. #NUFC

Hoped we’d capitalise on the chaos brewing at Forest to give them a hiding today, but they were better than I expected and #NUFC were a little sub-par first half. Still, a deserved and relatively straightforward win. Yet another clean sheet too.

Match day. A win for #NUFC is essential and I’m confident we’ll get it, assuming a strong team put out. If it’s the same front three as against Union we should cruise it. I can’t imagine Impostercoglu can organise a defence in a few days. Could ruin it a bit more, of course.

Watching the Forest match. Anything approaching a half decent set piece is going to get #NUFC goals on this evidence. Can’t even deal with a simple ball into the box.

That was far, far easier than I imagined. A doddle, all told. Superb performance from the lads, loads of goals. Just what the doctor ordered. Get in!! #NUFC

Very good first half performance. Most fluid in attack we’ve looked this season. That second goal coming just before HT such a big mental boost as well. Excellent performances all over the pitch. Probably only Joe and Bruno that haven’t played that well. Lovely stuff! #NUFC

BDB at LB again it looks like. Maybe Hall is being carefully managed, or it’s just an extra bit of height against what I believe is a couple of big forwards for Union. Could be a tough game this. They’re flying in their own league & got a good result first set of fixtures. #NUFC need to be on it.

What a sickener. It was all looking so good, until Tino’s injury. Then it was square pegs all over the shop. Still shouldn’t have lost it from there. Thought our luck was in today, with Pope saving everything & the VAR overturn, but no. #NUFC

On to St James’ Pk then. The Arse are probably due a win here, but they are missing a few. Heart says #NUFC narrow win, but head is thinking low score draw.

First part of #NUFC senior double-header didn’t go well. Lost to a very soft penalty award, but in truth it was another disappointing performance. Don’t know if it’s the influx of new players & still settling them in, but it’s got to improve rapidly or promotion will be a pipe dream.

But for now…beautiful.

It would be delicious schadenfreude to see Isak continue his apparent honking level of performance for Liverpool longer term, but deep down we all know eventually he’ll click and start banging them in. We can dream that he flops and flops hard though.

I wish Darren Eales the best of luck with his treatment. I’m grateful for his work in his short time at #NUFC. Nothing is ever perfect, but the progress we’ve made in his time has been phenomenal & the stick he has received at times was unwarranted in my opinion. Also #fuckcancer.

It had completely passed me by that Miley had been on the receiving end of criticism from a small section of the fanbase. There’s always got a be a scapegoat if we aren’t winning every game with some fans. Longstaff sold, Burn playing out of his skin…just move onto the next local lad 🤬 #NUFC

Very comfortable night overall for #NUFC and a half decent draw (home is key). Good to see J7 back on the scoresheet, plus will have done Osula no harm getting a couple - these two are 2nd top scorer & top scorer this season now. Could have had double-figures if chances had been away.

Thought Botman was impeccable, but Burn was similarly excellent. That’s some fight for the left centre back position. #NUFC

Defensively absolutely rock solid and a result I’d have taken pre-game. Disappointing lack of creativity, second half in particular. Not sure why Bruno wasn’t brought on, if he starts against Bradford I’ll be puzzled. That was penalty all day for me. If it was outside the box it’d be given as a foul

How is that not a penalty?

Done reasonably well there, grown into the game. Looking very solid defensively, but not creating a significant amount. Have the bench to change things, if necessary. #NUFC

Looks like Howe is testing the depth of our squad. As good as Burn has been over the past 12 months in particular, I’m excited to see Botman starting. Hopefully Hall starting means he’s ready to do that longer term now. Willock really needs to do his selection justice as well. #NUFC

#NUFC did ok, but it truth we just haven’t been in the kind of form to turn over a team of the quality of Barca (who are very good). Final ball was off, particularly when we went behind. Gordon through the middle doesn’t really work, I think that’s clear now.

Eeeek! I’m off to St James’ and I’m bloody excited! Interesting team selection, with Woltemade making way for Gordon. Elanga for Murphy wasn’t a surprise. Hope it pays off. #NUFC

From the official club account over on X, this is class. #NUFC

As much as we all want a certain someone to be an enormous flop, realistically he’s too good to. As galling as it is that he’s not going to be lining up in black & white against Barca, we need to move on & confine that to the past. Better our energies are focused on the cracking lads still here.

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Wow man, that men’s 1500. Gutted for Kerr, elated for Wightman (even though it was so close to gold). Gives injured people like me hope that it’s possible to get back to where you once were. #Tokyo2025 #WorldAthleticsChampionships

Had the family in tow for the second part of the #NUFC double header. The lasses couldn’t emulate the lads and get the win (wasn’t a great performance), but at least they got a point.

Housing estate over the road from where I live, where a colleague of mine lives, was on the receiving end of the plastic patriotism in the early hours of the morning. Cars, people’s homes and sickeningly the local primary school daubed with paint and disgusting racist messages. I’m utterly raging 😡

Tonali was absolutely superb today, hoovering every loose ball up then getting us moving forward. Such an important player for #NUFC.

Not a classic #NUFC performance, but nice to be up and running in wins. Woltemade getting that first goal so soon is fantastic (read he wasn’t actually that great on his head, but got up perfectly in today), plus yet another clean sheet. Canny.

Debut for the geet big Jorman. HOWAY!!!!! #NUFC

From the Andorra borefest to the best England performance in quite a while. Tuchel’s England might turn out to be decent after all.

Great start to the season for the Newcastle United lasses. Some lovely play, first half especially. Would like have seen a replay of the Forest goal, Moan seemed convinced it has handled.

Did my first #GreatNorthRun in ‘00. Only ones I missed since were ‘18 (in A&E the night before), last year (post-op) and this year (not up to 13.1 miles). First ever bit of GNR spectating then. Loved every bit. Saw elites, my club mates, some celebs & shouted myself horse shouting at strangers.

No, I think you’ll find OUR striker is cooler than yours! 😎🇩🇪 #NUFC

And Wissa is our new number 9. Questionable way to win a transfer, unquestionably talented player #NUFC

That #NUFC Isak announcement is…brief 😂

This window has left me drained, more than anything. How well our transfer window has gone is only revealed when the players start playing. Man Utd fans thought they’d had a good window last summer! Looking forward to Wolves, anyway.

Although it pains me to see another player twisting his way to a transfer, Wissa is still a quality signing for us. Paid a premium for him, but with amortisation etc, etc a few million is meaningless. We are at least now set to have a squad capable of not just coping, but doing well this season.

Craig Hope reckons Isak gave up his loyalty payment to force the move through. Makes it a bit more palatable that he’s had to suffer a bit of pain to get his move. He’ll cover it in extra wages within a few months, or possibly LFC offered to cover it. Anyway, financially a better deal for NUFC.

At some point in this journey, we were going to have to part with a blue-chip player. Although we weren’t likely in PSR trouble, the fee we will be getting for Isak will clear all our summer spend PSR-wise, including any spend today. We can now do the whole lot again if we fancy next window. #NUFC

Probably for the best that he’s on his way, but really doesn’t sit well that Isak can act so appallingly & get his way. Another bit of my love for football just falls away. That incredible skill against Everton, the hand on hips as his West Ham goal goes in, the second goal in the final…all soured.

Lots of potential transfer day drama ahead, or conversely the damp squib that has generally happened recently. I’m back at work tomorrow, so I’ll only be able to follow along when I can sneak my phone out of my pocket.

I don’t think this changes anything, perhaps Wissa received these assurances (and an outline of a potential acceptable fee) prior to Mbuemo moving. He has a contract with Brentford - that’s the only binding bit of writing that works here. #NUFC www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Not much about the whole Isak saga has made sense, but the lack of a second formal offer given the proximity to the window shutting make the least. Less than 35 hours left now. There’s a hell of a lot that has to happen in that time to make a sale happen.

Frustrating game. Did nowhere near enough to win it, but certainly didn’t deserve to lose so a fair result. Final third still the issue. Hopefully we’ll have better options in that regard against Wolves, but the service needs to be significantly better. Some of the crossing was appalling. #NUFc