The Newcastle United Post
Squad28 Sep 2026
Odysseas Vlachodimos keeps Newcastle United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Harvey Barnes
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market28 Sep 2026
Newcastle United may not be able to give Joelinton what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Joelinton wants continental football; whether Newcastle United can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Bruno Guimarães in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Newcastle United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Sven Botman falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Fabian Schär gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Newcastle United and Bournemouth
- Market The Stefanos Tzimas question follows Newcastle United around
- Player ratings The referee tires of Bruno Guimarães