An outstanding performance and Eddie Howe masterclass as Newcastle United come away from North London with a 2-1 win over Tottenham.
In this fixture back in April, we collapsed when the going got tough and succumbed to a 5-1 battering, but not today.
Today we played without fear, pressed from the front, passed the ball around superbly, never looked flustered, defended brilliantly as a unit and took our chances emphatically, with Callum Wilson’s perfectly weighted chip and another moment of Miguel Almiron magic seeing us through.
The win takes us into the top four, leapfrogging Man Utd and Chelsea as we move up to 21 points for the season after 12 games played.
Our fourth victory in our last five games and another tough test passed with flying colours, with us now unbeaten in our last seven matches and heading into Saturday’s meeting with Aston Villa full of belief and confidence.
Howe made just one change for this one, with Joe Willock coming in for Jacob Murphy; a change that meant the passed-fit Joelinton started on the left-hand side. Bruno Guimaraes was also able to play – a big pre-match positive after some wondered if he’d miss out following the birth of his first child on Friday.
The first half was a brilliant watch. We could’ve sat back and relied on counter attacks in search of a smash and grab, but we played with confidence, passed the ball around beautifully and were quick into tackles all over the pitch.
Thankfully, our positive start paid off and Callum Wilson grabbed his fourth of the season in controversial fashion. After colliding with Hugo Lloris – who was in no man’s land and adamant he’d been fouled – our number nine got his head up and did superbly to chip past two Tottenham defenders and into an empty net. VAR checks followed but the goal was given, and rightly so! 1-0.
One then became two thanks to another moment of brilliance from who else but Miguel Almiron, who held off a challenge from Sessegnon and left Lenglet for dead before sliding the ball past Lloris from a tight angle. 2-0 Newcastle!
At this point, it had been an Eddie Howe masterclass. We did give Spurs a couple of chances, with the home side looking very dangerous the odd time we lost the ball high up the pitch, but Son didn’t have his shooting boots on and Nick Pope made one brilliant save to deny the South Korean.
The second half started with a big penalty appeal, as Joelinton headed the ball back onto Emerson’s outstretched arm. Nothing doing – despite Dan Burn being penalised against Brentford for the exact same motion a few weeks ago – and salt was rubbed into the wounds moments later as Harry Kane pulled one back on the 54th minute mark.
However, there was no panic from our perspective. We never let Tottenham get going, continued to press, were fully committed in all areas of the pitch but equally composed in everything we did, seeing out the win superbly while fingernails were being bitten to shreds all over Tyneside.
The scenes that followed in the away end looked magical. The players had given their all and they would’ve enjoyed that moment, make a huge statement at Spurs; a ‘big six’ rival who had won ALL of their home games in the Premier League this season prior to today’s meeting.
What a win. What a performance. What a club.
Newcastle United are back.
Watching the game and when it got tight in the middle of the park I just thought – it’s Bruno, he will get himself out of it! I was on such a comfort level that even if he had 3 players around him I thought he would get a pass off.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
It looked like it would be a tough stretch with Man U, a newly resilient Everton and Spurs. But we got 7 out of 9 points. Well done Eddie and the lads.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I would have taken 4 points. I thought we could get 3 at home to Everton and then 1 from either Man U or Spurs. So 7 is more than I thought.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
What is mad is VAR has probably robbed us of at least 4 points this season – so we could be even better off.
We are where we are because we entirely deserve it. The team has been outstanding so far this season – and Howe and his coaches deserve as much of that praise because his team selections have been bang on every game.
The way the team celebrated at full time & that show of togetherness was hairs on the back of the neck stuff.
We can truly be proud of all of them.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Sharpy: and Miggy has an end product now! He was like that in MLS but not under Bruce.
It is like Eddie has un-Bruced all of our players.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
They are having fun now. Schar is a different player. And Big Joe, unrecognizable.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I am going to make up a phrase that we did in the Bruce era. I am not even sure if anybody ever says this but it is my opinion of what went on:
PLAY WITH FEAR, FEAR TO PLAY!
That was Bruce and Eddie is the opposite.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
The cabbage had us scared to death every time we went out to play. It was like Halloween facing Michael Myers and Chucky every weekend the way he told it.
Now we can have an early Halloween next Sat and stuff pumpkins up Villa’s @arseholes.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
This is not what we expected, but it is what we had hoped for. We have our most expensive and most talented players out (ISAK, ASM) and are still performing well. Swings and roundabouts with VAR. Wilson’s goal could have easily been called back but it makes up for Palace. I didnt really believe that we would get Refs/VAR calls to make up for the bad ones, but we have. I always thought it was skewed towards LiVARpool and Man U but now we are getting some calls.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I think there was only me and Prem who thought we could get top 6 on here. Prem thought we could get top 4 and we ARE top 4 at the minute. We dont really have the most difficult games before the WC, Chelsea were shyte today and we play them at SJP.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
What the hell is going on? Newcastle have a quality back 4!!! That hasnt happened in my lifetime and I think my 1st game was 1976.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
What I want to see is the big beaming smile on Warren Barton’s face. He did some commentary in the US and he absolutely loves the Toon. Pity it switched to another channel and I cannot see him. He will turn up on Youtube though.
I love Warren Barton.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric – I mentioned Miggy on the other article mate. Credit where it is due, the lad has found his end product and then some!!.
I don’t know what has brought the turn around, but I think having Trips and Bruno around him definitely helps.
Maybe ASM being out the team has sent the ball down the right more too – who knows, who cares 🤷🏼♂️ The lad is doing amazing.
I think it’s too easy to blame his poor form on Rafa or Bruce though – I remember him have plenty of chances still – being in positions where he really had to score but either scuffed it or hit it straight at the keeper.
He and Bruno have definitely formed a good partnership though & as a result Miggys decision making and certainly his finishing has improved.
Sharpy17(Quote)
I watched the post match interview with Bruno & Wilson and it was one of those where you find yourself watching with a daft smile on your face.
There is a genuine togethernesses with our players.
But to hear Howe talk about Bruno becoming a dad before the game & Wilson again after the game – and Bruno himself beaming while saying he’s had no sleep (yet still puts a performance in like that).
Sharpy17(Quote)
I watched True Faith NUFC post match discussion and they said some NUFC fans say BDB is the weak link. Who!!! He is not being played in his best position but even when he is beaten for pace he sticks his leg out and either gets the ball or gets the man.
If BDB is a weak link then give me 11 weak links.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric – I don’t know why you watch that guff mate. When people say things like that what they mean is THEY think BDB is the weak link but if someone disagrees then they can distance themselves by saying ‘it’s what some fans think’.
Sharpy17(Quote)
I like to see other opinions, Sharpy mate 🙂 I have mine and they probably wont be shaken by watching Youtube!
I find it pretty funny that on forums they have to have a scapegoat and it is usually Chris Wood, Sean Longstaff or in the past Miggy. They may not be the best players of all time but you have to get behind them.
My scapegoats have always been the bad managers that Ashley hired, and that includes Shearer.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I gave Miggy stick but it was absolutely justified last year coz as an attacker he only had 1 goal and zero assists.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
It is like apologizing for giving Big Joe stick during the Bruce years! Was he played out of position, Bruced, homesick? But he was really terrible. There is no doubt about that. I dont think anybody should need to apologize for saying how cr@p he was, bevause he was REALLY cr@p.
He is a different player now. How? Howe? I have no idea. I think he was Bruced.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I’ve just watched Talksport on about our chances of top 4 (I know, why do I watch that guff 😂)
To be fair Simon Jordan didn’t say anything bad – not at all really. But he did talk about the fact our whole club has changed from this time last year and we’ve spent £200m – like that is the obvious reason for our success.
Some will immediately just accept that, but my immediate thought was – yeah but so have Everton, and Villa, and a number of other clubs over the last few years.
He did make a point of saying he takes nothing away from Howe and the players – but it was one of those comments I hear from a lot of pundits who think it should just be accepted because of the new owners.
We pretty much top every stat chart 🤷🏼♂️
Sharpy17(Quote)
Sharpy: Simon Jordan said Eddie Howe would last 18 months.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I am watching a rerun of the match and Peter Drury is commentating. He is English and gets the big matches over here now. On 85 minutes, you can hear it in his voice that he wants Spurs to score. I know the eventual result so he can f-off but you really can hear his preference…
It’s Harry Kane. It’s Son… It’s Lucas Moura…
All at a super high pitch like he EXPECTS a goal for super duper Spurs against lowly Newcastle.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric – he did, and he acknowledges he did – he openly holds his hands up and admits he’s got a lot wrong when it comes to NUFC.
I respect him for that coz there’s plenty of them that had a lot to say that have little to say now.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Aye Sharpy, man. I could list them but I will just start with Gabby Agbonlahor and the stop.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Why are these “environmentalists” throwing food at classic works of art? This one doesn’t make any sense to me! I was just at the Uffizi gallery in Florence and had no inkling to throw a doughnut at Botticelli’s Birth of Venus.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
4 games left before the world cup 12 points up for grabs and I think we will get most of them.
10 points would have us on 31 points from 16 games. nearly the magic 2 points per game.
Just dreaming, but our good run last season was 2pts per game and we are even better now.
It would be nice to go into the world cup having only lost controversially to Liverpool.
PremAndUp(Quote)
Not true Prem mate. Palace is league cup so it is only 3 games and 9 points left.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Looking at the table in a bit more detail our 10 goals conceded is best in league, but 20 scored is bettered by 6 teams inc Fulham and, believe it or not, Leicester. So it’s clear where we need to strengthen. Our medical department. Too many niggles not clearing up. Wilson and Isak swopping at 70 mins to keep both fit is needed. With ASM out we can’t afford an injury to Miggy. With Shelvey back we actually have strength in depth for the three midfield places.
PremAndUp(Quote)
Oops, you right. My bad. Had me hopes up there.
PremAndUp(Quote)
So 30 points from 15, bangin.
PremAndUp(Quote)
PREM: imagine if we got 9 out of 9 points?
Villa at SJP, that’s not out of the question,
S’Ton away?
Chelsea are not doing that well and we are playing at home.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Chelsea are getting results, but they are not playing that well. I have watched them and they are sneaking results.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I think that the longer Potter is at Chelsea the better they will get. They are much more likely to get top four than Spurs, who can rely on Kane & Son against weaker teams but struggle against better teams
PremAndUp(Quote)
My prediction for the table over the World Cup Break
1st City 35/14 on Goal difference
2nd Arsenal 35/14
3rd Newcastle 30/15
4th Spurs 29/15
5th Liverpool 25/14 on Goal Diff
6th Chelsea 25/14
7th Man Utd 25/14
That looks good
PremAndUp(Quote)
Brian Johnson of AC/DC has put out an autobiography. I might buy it. He is very funny and very engaging.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I remember Eric Burden being interviewed in a pub in Newcastle about 15 years ago. My lasting memory was that he said his Mam was telling him all through his career that he should stop singing in that awful Yank accent.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Is any of that relevant 🙂 Sort of, because they are Toon fans.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Well, here’s Eric’s fireside health chat. I am in my late 50s and never go to the Dr so I thought I would test my blood pressure. Heart disease or cancer are the only things that will kill me at my age, or walking in front of a 10 ton truck.
Anyway, I ordered a heart/BP monitor from Amazon and it said I was in big trouble. 175 over 145 which is really bad. I worked in insurance so I know when there is a problem. Retests only showed error messages. If this was correct, I should have gone to the emergency room there and then.
I had it on upside down and my real reading was 109 over 74 which is actually low. I have decided I should eat more steak, butter and cheese to get my BP and cholesterol up.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
couple of resources
https://www.canceractive.com/
Useful for prevention of cancer
https://byprem.com/index-goh.php
Overview of health
I am associated with this team so conflict of interests declared
PremAndUp(Quote)
Hmm… Prem. I tried to download your wedsite but it woudlnt work. Send me th link again please.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
website 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
byprem.com/index-goh.php
takes you to the health page
byprem.com
takes you to the home page
hopefully that works
PremAndUp(Quote)
Couple of articles tonight, who could leave who we want
so I thought I’d comment
I’d buy two players in January and three in the Summer.
Ideally we have Wilson and Isak and one replacing the other for the last twenty minutes, but atm we only have wood. I would prefer Pedro.
Either side we have ASM, and Miggy. or at the moment just Miggy. We need two more wide players Diaby on the left, Beradi on the right Get one in January and the other in the summer. That’s £75m approx
In the summer as well as one of the wide attacker we need a good DM such as Sangare and a proper LB Raum again about £80m in the summer and FFP is not too challenging.
PremAndUp(Quote)
About 90% of the US population believe in some sort of God. As an atheist, I normally stay away from discussing it, But, when I do, I have summed it up into one word – DINOSAURS.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
If He is all powerful and omnipotent and omnipresent you would think He would help that little starving puppy out?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
That’s the end of my religion speech 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Prem: It is not letting me log in to your website mate. Something is up with the “passcode’.
My passwords are all related 🙂 My dead dog. A totally random sequence of numbers and 1892 which nobody here would know what that means.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
You register with Name, email address country and city/state
The passcode is autogenerated
all is confirmed by email
Hope that helps
PremAndUp(Quote)
how the hell Paul Dummit gets away getting with the wages he gets and never plays a game his return date now is a long way off its the same every season,get shot for gods sake,get someone in that can play for the wages
icedog(Quote)
He is backup. We saw Krafth go out for 6 months. He is backup at this point.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Hugh Cornwell is still alive?! Golden Brown! The Stranglers played Newcastle City Hall in April 2022.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I know it is a rip off of Herion by Lou Reed but it is still pretty good.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
ERIC dont get your logic,stand by for what hes never been fit for three yrs ffs
icedog(Quote)
ice: You are probably right mate. I have given enough stick to Brucie, Pards and Ugly John (pickled walnut with hair) that I just accept when we are playing well and dont complain anymore. I am a done with complaining. I think Eddie is brilliant and nothing will change my mind about that. Apart from perhaps a 10 game losing streak 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Do you remember the stupid little pr!ck that tied himself to a goalpost at our Everton game last year? They have gone beyond that now. They are throwing mashed potatoes at art masterpieces. Somebody just glued their head to a Vermeer. There are only like 12 Vermeer’s in existence.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
It was “Girl with a Pearl Earring”. Are you insane! you can make a better statement in a better way. How about disconnecting your oven and sending pictures to the BBC? Or not going to Spain on Holiday and saving the aviation fuel and telling the BBC you did that as well? or, not driving your car or not having a BBQ?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Touch of naivety there Eric – these people are serious. I’m a big Vermeer fan but quite like the planet too.
georgio(Quote)
Georgio: there are other things you/me/I can do to make a statement.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Glue is more difficult to remove than mashed potatoes or soup.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
There is a Seurat painting in the Art Institute of Chicago, up the main steps as you walk in. I would be really annoyed if someone went in there and slashed that up.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
How do I say this Georgio. You do not destroy things of beauty to make a statement.
You can make statements in other ways!
Eric Sykes(Quote)
It is like if I went and spray painted tag graffiti on Durham Cathedral. It would make you/me/I seem like a fool.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
My favourite artist of the last 50 years is Banksy. What he did though was not detroy things. He made statements against established art and how stupid it is. Funny thing is is that the established dealers now buy his stuff for like $50 million.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Does Ricard Keys have any lips?
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