Sunday afternoon ended Newcastle United 1 Strasbourg 1 after 90 minites.Two things to take into account first of all.Firstly, the ridiculous splitting of the team/squad over two games on consecutive days, just before the season starts, makes it difficult to properly judge this as a FIRST team perfor
The confirmed Newcastle United team v Strasbourg has now been announced.Matthias Jaissle today taking charge of his fourth NUFC match.The first friendly of the summer, with Eddie Howe in charge, had been a behind closed doors 3-0 win over Darlington.Then a 1-1 draw at Gateshead, the first pre-season
Sunday morning brings news that Newcastle United have reached agreement with Benfica on the transfer fee to sign Amar Dedic.Sky Sports News say their information is that a compromise £29.5m deal has been agreed between the two clubs.They report that Amar Decic is now set to fly to Tyneside and have
It feels like last summer’s Newcastle United transfer window has had an enormous impact on this current one.With Elanga and Wissa misfiring all campaign and Ramsey taking a while to show his quality, I wonder if the board are nervous of making the same mistakes and potentially overpaying for another
Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle United v Strasbourg Live TV.The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Sunday (4pm (UK) kick-off).Matthias Jaissle taking charge of his fourth Newcastle United match.Only seven days now until the Premier Le
Before we start, I should probably declare myself an optimist.You have to be, don’t you, if you have been a Newcastle United fan for any length of time?Across the decades there have been periods when optimism was less a personality trait and more a basic survival mechanism. Sometimes it’s been prett
Matthias Jaissle watched on as Newcastle United lost 2-1 to Bayer Leverkusen.A couple of weeks into his new job, it was the Head Coach’s first experience of a match at St James’ Park, albeit a friendly.Matthias Jaissle reflecting on his first ever game at the home of Newcastle United: “I was so happ
Well, I did it again.I went down to Newcastle as I did last year. In what feels like a never-ending quest to witness Newcastle United winning a game at St James’ Park.Something that ahead of this Bayer Leverkusen game, I don’t think I’ve actually seen happen since Summer 2008; the summer before we g
Well, here we are again.I’m starting to think my insistence that pre-season friendlies aren’t for me is sounding unlikely given the time I seem to be spending at them.The traditional pre-season double header had become something I enjoyed, given the more available tickets allowed a wider group to po
Amar Dedic is expected to arrive on Tyneside today to take his medical.Craig Hope at The Mail and Keith Downie of Sky Sports reporting that final details of his transfer were getting sorted overnight and the Bosnian international is set to be the first Newcastle United signing since Matthias Jaissle
