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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

⚫ Childhood health scare 🩺 ⚪ How injury ravaged career shaped him 🧠 ⚫ Continued injury silence - but open training belies that 🤕 ⚪ Why "Red Bull dynasty" background & #NUFC fit 🟥🐃 ⚫ Smart, witty - & cunning 👀 🗣️ Candid Matthias Jaissle in his own words - FREE to read:

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Matthias Jaissle in his own words: Childhood tumour, choosing Newcastle and his football vision (Gift Article)

The head coach has used the international break to move into a new house - and to sit down for a candid chat with the media

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

⚫ Retains all key elements of previous badge ✅ ⚪ Spot the difference? Subtle but important changes 👀🤔 ⚫ 791 days - feat. "tension" 😬 ⚪ How & why this badge 🔍 ⚫ 2/3s majority of fans 🗳️ 👀🛡️ #NUFC confirm their new club crest - & it's a revision of the previous one:

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Why are Newcastle ‘evolving’ their club crest? (Gift Article)

After a 791-day consultation and design process, Newcastle have unveiled a new crest that is strikingly similar to the old one

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Matthias Jaissle in his own words: Childhood tumour, choosing Newcastle and his football vision (Gift Article)

The head coach has used the international break to move into a new house - and to sit down for a candid chat with the media

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George Caulkin @georgecaulkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It has taken a while, but #NUFC finally have a structure built the right way round and, they hope, with everyone pulling in the same direction again. Free to read … www.nytimes.com/athletic/760...

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Newcastle are now ‘One Club’ – could this be what helps them become bigger and better? (Gift Article)

As the dust settles on another summer of transition, something different is taking shape at Newcastle United

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Pod on the Tyne @podonthetyne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Three zip. Martha Thomas has two. #thelasses ™️ well on course to retain their 100% record

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🔲 Frustration or empathy for Livramento? 🤕 🔳 Midfield balance? ⚖️ 🔲 Injuries linked to intensity? 🤔 🔳 January priorities? 🔮 🔲 Can #NUFC trading model bring success? 🔍 🎧 New @podonthetyne.bsky.social 'Extra Tyne' for subs - your Qs answered w/ @taylorpayne.bsky.social:

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

⚫ DMs' divergent roles ⬅️↔️ ⚪ Botman's goal-kicks 🤔 ⚫ Narrow wingers & full-back width 🔍 ⚪ From peak to part-time crossers 👀 ⚫ Strikers NOT principal scorers ⚽ 👀 Identifying the key early tactical changes for #NUFC this season - & what it says about 'Jaissle-ball':

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Five observations about Matthias Jaissle’s football from his first five Newcastle matches (Gift Article)

The data might still be too small to draw definitive conclusions, but there are clear indications as to how Newcastle will look to play

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Kev Lawson @editkev.football · 22/09/2026

So the first half of this weekend's game provided a bit more clarity about #NUFC 's intentions with the ball - which was welcome. One thing that has become a repeated pattern is the use of the half space across from either wing by both Winger & Full Backs.

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

⚫ RW, CB - what are January window priorities? 🔮 ⚪ Do #NUFC have money to spend? 💸 ⚫ Should Lewis Miley switch to RB? 🤔 ⚪ Players who 'could' have arrived during summer 👀 ⚫ What next for recruitment after Andy Howe's exit? ➡️ ⁉️ 'Inside #NUFC' - your Qs answered:

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Inside Newcastle Q&A: January window priorities, Lewis Miley future, what is ‘vertical football’? (Gift Article)

Newcastle subscribers asked writer Chris Waugh for his views and insight into what’s happening at St James’ Park. Here are his answers

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

◾ What next after Andy Howe's exit? 🔮 ◽ What have we made of Jaissle-ball so far? ⚽ ◾ Have #NUFC left themselves short? ⚖️ ◽ Injury worries? 🤕 ⁉️ Join @theathleticfc.bsky.social's 'Inside #NUFC' hour-long live Q&A from 2pm via the link. Questions here please:

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Got a question about Newcastle’s first month under Matthias Jaissle and what comes next?

Please share your questions, and our Newcastle writer Chris Waugh will endeavour to answer as many as possible

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Got a question about Newcastle’s first month under Matthias Jaissle and what comes next?

Please share your questions, and our Newcastle writer Chris Waugh will endeavour to answer as many as possible

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

◾ Steve Nickson & Andy Howe both leave within a few months 🔃 ◽ Recruitment shake up 🎲 ◾ Andy Howe influential while Eddie Howe was in post - Guimaraes, Gordon, Tonali & others 🔍 ➡️ As per @msidouglas.bsky.social, Andy Howe leaves #NUFC:

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Eddie Howe’s nephew Andy leaves senior recruitment role at Newcastle (Gift Article)

The 32-year-old's exit comes less than two months after his uncle Eddie Howe departed as Newcastle head coach.

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Gosforth Civic Theatre @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk · 21/09/2026

We are a finalist in the first Great British Theatres Awards! We’ve been shortlisted as a Great Public Space, an award for "a space beyond the auditorium that is well-loved and well used by the community or a specific user group." The winners will be revealed on Monday 2 November. Wish us luck!

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

⚫ "Trauma" 😱 ⚪ Mental readjustment 🧠 ⚫ Physiological changes 🏃 ⚪ Injury issues 🤕 ⚫ On-field shortcomings ⚽ ⚪ Why Hull win = huge 👀 🔮 Jaissle's #NUFC rebuild extends far beyond tactical & technical - why holistic reform is easier when results are positive:

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Newcastle won’t heal their ‘trauma’ overnight but the process doesn’t have to hurt

Matthias Jaissle's rebuild will involve addressing mental and physical scars at St James' Park, but he has positive results to lean on

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

⚫ & breathe... 😤 ⚪ A win is a win... 🙌 ⚫ But 2nd half was torture 😬 ⚪ Willock's superb 45 minutes 🤩 ⚫ Barnes' brace of assists 🏹 ⚪ 1st half = antithesis of Leeds💪 ⚫ Young, injury-depleted squad find a way 🤕 📝 #NUFC 2-1 #HCAFC analysis: #NEWHUL

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Newcastle 2 Hull 1 – A big three points as Jaissle gets the reaction he wants after Leeds debacle (Gift Article)

Analysis of Newcastle's Premier League encounter with Hull City at St James' Park

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Full-time: #NUFC 2-1 #HCAFC Well, a win is a win - but that 2nd half was a really hard watch. They held on in the end, but they made hard work of it. 8 points from 5 games is a good return & a winning response to Leeds. Makes 3-week international break more tolerable. #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

74: #NUFC sub - Fernandez-Pardo is replaced by Toure. Presumably Wissa will go to striker, Barnes to the right & Toure to the left. #NUFC #HCAFC #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#NUFC 2-1 #HCAFC Just after Jaissle takes off Steur & brings on Schar, a defensive substitution which admittedly was probably required, Hull pull one back. Belloumi wins he ball, plays inside to Cho, who has just come on, & he finishes off the far post. #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

66: #NUFC substitution - Schar comes on for Steur. Miley goes into midfield, Schar at right-sided centre-back, and Thiaw right-back. Although Murphy is also coming deeper - he has defended there a lot today - so it could yet become five at the back. #NUFC #HCAFC #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We're back under way at St James' Park, where #NUFC lead 2-0. No changes for the home side at the break. #NUFC #HCAFC #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Half-time: #NUFC 2-0 #HCAFC 2 goals inside 7 mis gave #NUFC fast start they needed - & been largely comfortable since, without creating many clear-cut chances. Fernandez-Pardo peripheral. Willock, Hall, Miley & Steur all very good. 2 assists for Barnes. Wissa missed pen #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#NUFC 2-0 #HCAFC (still) Tzolakis, who was booked during the build-up to the penalty, dives to his left & makes a brilliant save to push Wissa's penalty round the post. #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thomas is adjudged to have stuck out an arm to trip Murphy in the box, though Thomas himself may have felt he was fouled by Miley. Penalty has been given & Wissa is set to take. #NUFC #HCAFC #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#NUFC 2-0 #HCAFC Some start from #NUFC, who look like they can open up Hull every time they attack. Hall celebrates his new contract by starting & finishing this move. He wins the ball, Barnes advances into space, plays it back to Hall, whose low shot goes into far corner. #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#NUFC 1-0 #HCAFC That was greeted with a huge roar - & a huge sense of relief. Hall plays a lovely ball inside to Willock, his low shot is blocked, Hull half-clear, the ball is won back, Barnes plays Willock into the area, he finishes low left-footed. #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We're under way at St James' Park, where #NUFC host #HCAFC in the Premier League. #NUFC are shooting towards the Leazes End during the first half. It looks like Lewis Miley is at right-back & Joe Willock is in a midfield two with Sean Steur. #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#NUFC XI vs #HCAFC: Hornicek, L Miley, Thiaw (c), Botman, Hall, Willock, Steur, Murphy, Wissa, Barnes, Fernandez-Pardo #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

⛅ A warm September day on Tyneside, with a few clouds overhead & the odd spit-spot of rain. 💧 ⚫⚪ #NUFC host #HCAFC, looking to bounce back from that awful defeat at Leeds on Monday. Injuries mean this is likely to be an even younger XI today. 👶 #WaughWeatherReport #NEWHUL

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🔲 Additional "Extra Tyne" shows option 🗣️ 🔳 No-ads option ❌ 🔲 #NUFC podcasts, subscriber Q&As & special documentary pods 🎙️ 🎧 To sign up for @podonthetyne.bsky.social Supporting Cast & listen to this & previous 'Extra Tyne' episodes, click here:

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🔲 Vision 2030 🔮 🔳 Perpetual optimism 🙌 🔲 #NUFC changes - & what needs to still happen ⚖️ 🔳 3 Cs ©️ 🔲 Hear CEO's own thoughts 🗣️ 🎧 New @podonthetyne.bsky.social 'Extra Tyne' for subs - 'Hoppy-birthday': how far along is the David Hopkinson project 1 year in?

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

⚫ Horror-show at Elland Road - was it indicative? 😱 ⚪ Trends/metrics - positive & negative 📈📉 ⚫ Patience required ⏳ ⚪ Internal intrigue as to what comes next 👀 ⚫ Response key 🔑 ⚖️💬 What should we really make of #NUFC's start - @georgecaulkin.bsky.social & I discuss:

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A discussion about Newcastle’s turbulent start to the season: ‘These moments can be valuable’ (Gift Article)

After a summer of upheaval, Newcastle United started the season with one Premier League win, one defeat and two draws

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The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation @sbrfoundation.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We've officially launched our public fundraising campaign - to raise the final £1 million needed to build the institute. To mark the event, we put cherished items from our history alongside gifts from supporters into a time capsule - for future generations to remember and enjoy 💙.

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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

⚫ Fernandez-Pardo barely features on debut 😬 ⚪ Calvert-Lewin physically destroys defence 💪 ⚫ Metrics finally catch up with reality 📉 ⚪ "It feels s***" 💩 🥊 How bullied & bruised #NUFC were handed a chastening lesson in Premier League football at Elland Road:

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Newcastle and Matthias Jaissle handed brutal reality check (Gift Article)

Newcastle significantly overperformed underlying metrics in their first three games. Against Leeds, they rapidly regressed to their mean

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