The Newcastle United Post
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Nick Pope: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Newcastle United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Newcastle United
Dejan Kulusevski and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at Newcastle United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nico González is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Dejan Kulusevski was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match26 Dec 2026
Crystal Palace take the points off Newcastle United
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Sean Steur signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sean Steur and Newcastle United agree another 5 years.
Match28 Dec 2026
Halfway: Newcastle United sit in position 12
24 points at the turn. The first half of a season is a promise; the second is a bill, and the town is about to find out which of the two this one was.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Newcastle United lose Jake Durrant
22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Jason Russell left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- The dugout Dejan Kulusevski asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Nick Pope dropped after a run of poor form
- Market Nico González linked with a move away