I am a big fan of Eddie Howe. He deserves so much credit for taking us to Wembley, bringing Champions League football back to St James’ Park and keeping us in with a real chance of European football despite a season from hell on the injury and suspension front. For all the praise he rightfully received after that 4-0 win over Spurs, I feel criticism is only fair based on the selection and… Source ..read more

According to The Times, The FA could ban clubs from setting up lucrative friendlies at the end of the season after the news that Newcastle would be playing Tottenham in May. The fixture is scheduled to be played in Australia just three days after the final game of the season. This raised questions, especially with a major tournament to come this summer, but we all knew that the motivation for… Source ..read more

According to reports in Portugal, Newcastle United are leading the race to sign Sporting Lisbon centre-back Ousmane Diomande. Portuguese outlet A Bola are reporting that we’re ‘pushing ahead’ in our pursuit of the Ivory Coast star and gaining an early advantage on Premier League rivals who’ve also been tracking the highly-rated defender. The 20-year-old has an €80m release clause in his… Source ..read more

A night to forget and a baffling display from Newcastle United, who never got going in a 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace last night. Here come our marks out of 10 and comments. Martin Dubravka – 5/10 – A few decent stops but let Mateta’s second go through his legs. By no means our worst player on the night. Emil Krafth – 4/10 – Distribution was really poor, summed up by his sloppy clearance in… Source ..read more

Eddie Howe has not held back in his assessment of last night’s 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace, revealing how “baffled” he was by certain aspects of our performance. Speaking to the media after our 10th away defeat of the season, the boss criticised our lack of quality in possession and constant reluctance to shoot, feeling it was a real “missed opportunity” on a night that saw us slip to seventh… Source ..read more

Eddie Howe’s Mags could not weather the South London storm as we were picked off by a Crystal Palace side who were the better team from start to finish. The Eagles’ Jean-Phillipe Mateta bagged a brace as a below-par Toon did not even muster a single shot on target until the final 10 minutes of a game we never got to grips with. We were second best in all departments, looked surprisingly flat and… Source ..read more

The team sheets are in ahead of tonight’s 8pm kick-off at Selhurst Park, where Eddie Howe’s Mags take on Oliver Glasner’s Eagles. Here’s the side we’ve gone with. STARTING XI: Dubravka – Murphy, Krafth, Schar, Burn – Longstaff, Bruno, Anderson – Gordon, Isak, Barnes. SUBS: Karius, Wilson, Dummett, Ritchie, Hall, Livramento, White, A. Murphy, Parkinson Howe has gone with the same side that… Source ..read more

Paul Merson and Chris Sutton have released their weekly Premier League predictions ahead of Newcastle’s trip to Crystal Palace tonight. Neither believe we’ll leave Selhurst Park with all three points, as Merson is predicting a 2-2 draw and an ‘entertaining contest’ in South London, feeling Palace have the best front three in the bottom half with Eze, Olise and Mateta. Speaking to the BBC… Source ..read more

The bookies make Newcastle United slim favourites to end the season in sixth ahead of our trip to Selhurst Park tonight. We are currently priced at 1/1 to secure a top-six finish, with Man Utd at 5/4 and Chelsea down to 11/2 after they were battered 5-0 at Arsenal last night. Newcastle are currently level on points with Man Utd – both on 50pts – but we have a far superior goal difference. Source ..read more

After 10-day break following our 4-0 win over Spurs, Newcastle United are back in Premier League action tonight with a trip to Crystal Palace. Here’s the side we think Eddie Howe will go with at Selhurst Park: Predicted XI: Dubravka – Krafth, Schar, Burn, Livramento – Longstaff, Bruno, Anderson – Gordon, Isak, Barnes. The key to containing Palace will be stopping Eze and Olise, so I can see… Source ..read more