Episodes

  • Not or hot?!? Newcastle blow the Blades away... eventually

    Not or hot?!? Newcastle blow the Blades away... eventually
    Apr 29 2024
    When you win 5-1 and, in doing so, beat the Premier League record for goals scored against one opponent in a season. When your star striker and record signing scores for the 7th consecutive home game, matching all bar your club's legendary goal hero. When your other striker reaches a Premier League tally second only to that self-same legend. When those things happen, you should be ecstatically happy, right? Well, we are happy, very much so. But, we also feel a strange sense of fragility, having allowed our opponents, bottom of the league and staring relegation in the face, the run of our stadium for 45 minutes. Eddie Howe's Newcastle have been a strange beast this season, but with lots of international visitors in attendance, we re-affirmed our ambition. Thanks to Wor Flags, the Swedish contingent, The Lasses, and Burn & Co., we're looking up the table again. Can we dream of fifth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Palace Inquest: Howe was that so Eze!?!

    Palace Inquest: Howe was that so Eze!?!
    Apr 25 2024
    None of the podcast team were at Selhurst Park on Wednesday night, which in hindsight feels like a merciful stroke of luck after Eddie Howe's Spurs-destroying Mags turned to jelly in the face of an excellent Crystal Palace side. So, what exactly happened? Was it the tactical plan (which had worked so well at home against Tottenham), was it the execution from the players, or was it the shortage of options Howe had to mix things up. As it is, we're hunting high and low for positives. Maybe Callum Wilson's return, Sheffield United at home next. Donnez moi un break, Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • European pursuit resumes at Palace

    European pursuit resumes at Palace
    Apr 22 2024
    We're suffering from football cold turkey this Monday morning; The Lasses (TM) did play on Sunday, but they were held to a goalless draw away at Halifax having sealed the league title a week earlier. Eddie Howe's Resurgent Mags resume hostilities at Crystal Palace on Wednesday night after an eleven day break. It's virtually impossible for them to achieve back-to-back Champions' League campaigns but the other European competitions are looking very attainable. We've a quick update on a frustrating development for our riverside neighbours Gateshead, and various other bits of nonsense in this compact Monday morning edition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • Legal Eagles and Culture Vultures: Late Season Q&A

    Legal Eagles and Culture Vultures: Late Season Q&A
    Apr 18 2024
    After our epic effort on Monday, everyone is suffering the effects of adrenaline withdrawal. Everyone except George's mam, that is, and Monday's star performer returns to get us off to a flyer. We're scraping the barrel of Chris's new weekly Newcastle United Q&A, with second-rate questions about squad strengthening and pre-season, PSR (of course) and potential sales! Eddie Howe's men have a week off and The Lasses (TM) have already won the league, so George has been hunting for inspiration elsewhere and found it! North-East actress Catherine Dryden drops by to tell us about her latest gig, starring in a one-woman show at the Theatre Royal about First World War munitions worker turned goal-machine Bella Reay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Champions, Champions League Chasers, and the Perfect Weekend

    Champions, Champions League Chasers, and the Perfect Weekend
    Apr 15 2024
    It's an epic edition of PotT with no apologies from us as we've already bumped as much news to Thursday as we possibly can after a weekend most football fans can only dream of! Becky Langley and Newcastle United Women are the champions of FAWNL Premier Northern Division. It's their second title, and promotion, in as many years and they will be playing Championship football next season. George was at Kingston Park to cheer them home. Meanwhile, Newcastle's men thrashed Spurs at home for the second season running to keep alive their slim hopes of a repeat campaign in the Champions League. Watched by Chris and George, and a very special guest indeed. HOST: Taylor Payne WITH: George Caulkin and Chris Waugh PRODUCER: Ollie Bellwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Off-pitch catch-up, Weekend Preview, and Cock van der Palm!

    Off-pitch catch-up, Weekend Preview, and Cock van der Palm!
    Apr 11 2024
    It's another big weekend for Newcastle United with Ange Postecoglu's Tottenham looking to defy an interesting pattern among teams to win at St James's Park this season, and Huddersfield Town rounding off a punishing eight-day spell by trying to stop Becky Langley's women from sealing back-to-back league promotions. But, there are a few off-pitch matters to catch up on as well. Joelinton's contract negotiations are picking up pace, so it looks like he's staying on. Great, but prompts the painful question: if you have to bring in money through player sales, which of our current squad would you choose to offload? If we want to make enforced sales a thing of the past, we'll have to grow revenues. Ticket prices would be an unpopular choice, but what about lucrative tours abroad? When we have the worst injury record in the division, compromising pre- and post-season plans also seems risky. Oh, yeah, and Cock van der Palm! HOST: Taylor Payne WITH: George Caulkin and Chris Waugh PRODUCER: Ollie Bellwood By George Caulkin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Lilywhite Clean Sheet and Bruno's ton-up celebration

    Lilywhite Clean Sheet and Bruno's ton-up celebration
    Apr 8 2024
    Are Eddie Howe's sh1thousing Mags back? After an abominable start at Craven Cottage, Newcastle 'keeper Martin Dubravka took an 'injury timeout', much to the annoyance of Marco Silva, and Howe read the riot act to his charges. After that, things steadily improved and, despite a controversially disallowed goal, Bruno Guimaraes saved the day in his 100th appearance for the club. Anderson and Barnes also impressed from the bench again, and it was our first PL clean sheet away from home since beating Sheffield United 8-0 in September. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Channel, Jacob Whitehead took in two Feyenoord games on an extended scouting trip in the Netherlands. He watched Garang Kuol sit on the bench while Yankubah Minteh underwhelmed against Volendam, but then witnessed a tour de force from the Gambian as his side dismantled Ajax 6-0. HOST: Taylor Payne WITH: George Caulkin, Chris Waugh (aka Sausageman), & Jacob Whitehead PRODUCER: Ollie Bellwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • Dummett drops a clanger as Newcastle dominate early before fading against Everton

    Dummett drops a clanger as Newcastle dominate early before fading against Everton
    Apr 3 2024
    Full house on the podcast for this, slightly extracurricular, Wednesday recording. Unfortunately, having booked Jacob Whitehead at half-time during the Everton match, he failed to respond to seventeen messages asking him to stand down. Yes, it fell flat in the end, and Paul Dummett's clumsy challenge on Ashley Young with the ball passing harmlessly overhead was a real frustration. But, we're actually in a decent frame of mind after Newcastle dominated the early stages, got a terrific goal through Barnes and Isak, and actually looked "in control" for the first time in ages. Injuries continue to be the overwhelming problem and, with a remarkably strong XI stuck on the sidelines, it's anyone's guess what will happen at Craven Cottage against an equally unpredictable Fulham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins