Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Team still has many limitations but there’s lots of promising quality around the squad. Just need to get the players gelling together and partnerships formed. Be good to be able to welcome the injured players back into the fold too. 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Always a relief to win the last game before an international break. Nervy second half but isnt if Wissa puts his boot through it (I guess it’s better to miss those ones when you’re already 2-0 up…) May sound weird but think that was a good time to play Hull after both our opening results. #NUFC 141
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Think it’s a tough ask and needs patience. New manager joining halfway through pre-season with half a new squad. Some of whom signed under last manager. Still figuring out his best XI so it’s to be expected in a way. Need to shore up defensive side of our game in the short term. Think we’ll be ok. 040
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Never thought I’d find myself dreading the mighty Tigers this weekend 🤣😭 110
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hindsight is wonderful but think our fixture list last season would have broken him. 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If attack isn’t firing we need to be solid at the back at minimum. Botman looks wobbly but defence itself needs protection. 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So much to figure out in such short time. Just grateful we’ve already got 5 points on the board! 020
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Yeah a closer game and it’s easier to swallow but think we still lose tonight even if they go our way. 020
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Burn or Schar need to come in for Botman. Unconvinced by that midfield pivot. The silver lining is Jaissle has options to rotate and trial. It needs time and patience. 010
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Think it speaks to the naivety of our young squad. Need to play smarter than that. Officials are making up the rules as they go along, we’d probably have been awarded the goal if he carried on and put it in the net. 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Tough watch but won’t get sucked into the doom spiral yet. Leeds (good side) deserving but a lot dropped their way. Crystal clear defence needs sorting, we’re just too easy to play through. Overall there’s so many players we’re trying to bed in at once with a manager who’s been here 5 minutes. #NUFC 270
Reposted by JoshToonWolf @toonwolfy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There's going to be games like this with a young team, keep the faith 2151
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I lament the double pivot but you’re right about the pace (or lack thereof) on the wing. 110
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Is that a Miley-Nico double pivot with acres of space in front of them? 010
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Think either one of them would shore things up. Botman seems to have fallen off a cliff. Worrying! 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I don’t know about that, but that set-up gives the opposition bags of space. 100
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I was thinking the same. (See also Wissa close-down going Trafford’s way). But we’ve summoned the bad juju with the insane amount of shots we’ve faced this season. 100
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Not convinced by that Miley-Gonzalez double pivot either. Two of the same player doing the same thing. #NUFC 230
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Defence is currently far less than the sum of its parts which is perplexing 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We’ve had better halves. Not sure what our approach is. Sitting deep with acres of space between midfield and attack. #NUFC 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026PL market is so insane it’s impossible to know what the going rate is for anyone these days. Did we sell for too high or too low? Who knows… 101
Reposted by JoshMemecastle United FC @memecastleunited.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Five more years. ⚫⚪ 0333
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026McDonald’s breakfast has always trumped their daytime menu 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Whole family hails from the NE but parents moved down south before I was born. Weirdly, nobody in family on either side was ever that into footy besides keeping eye out on results. My support has gradually gotten my dad into it Grandad and uncle would keep an eye but never follow us that closely. 010
Reposted by JoshNUFC Twitter Bot @nufcjournalistbot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Francis (@FrancisChipp) Does $169m Alexander Isak finally have enough goals in a Liverpool shirt to put together a 25 second highlight reel ? [Quoting @LFC: Three points at Portman Road 💪 #IPSLIV t.co/lUxSeB2b1H] 181
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I don’t know... This whole deal, player, move just gives me Thauvin vibes. I remain unconvinced and think he’ll flop. On the whole I’m still optimistic about this transfer window. Hopefully Wolt can get his loan deal sorted too. #NUFC 210
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 30/08/202612 months sooner would have been preferable… We only have ourselves to blame if we do spend big sums on a player who is ill-prepared for a new season. 010
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026That may be fine and true. But ethics aside, we’d be signing a player who hasn’t trained progressionally since…the World Cup? Think we can all agree that was a big part of Wissa and Isak’s undoing last season. Just think there are red flags all over this one right now. 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Strike, not training, all the same in this context. There’s a way to go about these things and just don’t know about this one. 200
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I’m sure he’s a talent but I’m getting awful vibes from Fernandez-Pardo. Not comfortable about signing a player on strike or banned from his own club. Have we learned nothing from Isak or Wissa’s move? 120
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The fabricated rage bait content-for-views is so tedious 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We starting signing short arses last summer - that’s probably why it all went pear shaped. Firmly believe Woltemade was rushed in to rectify and it just went from bad to worse. 000
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026To be fair, it wasn’t until we signed Elanga that I realised just how tall our squad is. He looked about 5’6 on the pitch by comparison, but he’s actually just shy of 6 foot. 120
Reposted by JoshNUFC Twitter Bot @nufcjournalistbot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Francis (@FrancisChipp) ⚫️⚪️🎙️: Nico González on why he picked the number 6 shirt “it was just the best available shirt number for a player who plays in my position, nothing weird like my favourite taxi number or owt like that“ t.co/5P5tl2igav 1243
Josh @joshgrainger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Not sure he’s even been capped? 🤔 But who cares. Don’t think I’ve been as excited about a signing since Tonali. 130
Reposted by JoshNUFC Twitter Bot @nufcjournalistbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) 🚨BREAKING Newcastle unveiled new signing Nico Gonzalez and are looking to finalise a new contract for Lewis Hall as positives mount up at end of tricky summer #nufc t.co/AH6zwegFQ5 0123
