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chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social
#NUFC correspondent for The Athletic. Part of Pod on the Tyne, the Newcastle United podcast. Views my own. Also on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisDHWaugh
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🔲 30 years of Anfield misery 3️⃣0️⃣ 🔳 Wembley dress-rehearsal woes 🎭 🔲 No Isak, no #NUFC wins ❌ 🔳 @georgecaulkin.bsky.social, Stat King 👑 🔲 What we learned for final 🤔 🔳 #BHAFC tie 🏆 🔲 Star-struck Waugh 🤩🌭 🎧 BONUS* (😬) @podonthetyne.bsky.social w/ @taylorpayne.bsky.social: podfollow.com/pod-on-the-t...

🎙️🔲⚽Fresh Bonus PotT!!!⚽🔲🎙️ @taylorpayne.bsky.social @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @georgecaulkin.bsky.social 🆘Standard Anfield loss! What's the bonus for? 🇸🇪Isak's sore groin, Callum's sore head, our sore hearts 📐What have we learned? (spoiler: not much) 🏆FA Cup preview ☎️Voicenote rage pod.fo/e/2b2be4

This additional @podonthetyne.bsky.social is basically my fault, I pushed for it & I accept responsibility... A routine Waugh performance. #NUFC

Recording a bonus Pod on the Tyne this lunchtime to mark last night’s … er … routine defeat at Liverpool. Any thoughts, insight, jokes, rants, questions received with humble appreciation here. #NUFC @podonthetyne.bsky.social @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @taylorpayne.bsky.social

⚫ Have to hope they get it right on the night 🙏 ⚪ Howe's poker hand? 🃏 ⚫ Isak/strongest XI a must 🤞 ⚪ Can't ship soft/early goals ❌ ⚫ CL fight so ridiculously tight 🎢 🎭 What #NUFC learned from their Carabao Cup final dress rehearsal at Anfield: www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...

Newcastle's bad habit of conceding 1st, Isak injury not serious but badly missed, Wilson's rust, Wembley rehearsal, Liverpool's midfield & more. #NUFC It's your match briefing from @theathleticfc.bsky.social w/ @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social @markcarey93.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/615...

Full-time: #LFC 2-0 #NUFC #LFC never really got out of 2nd gear. There was a spell after half-time where it felt like #NUFC could punish them, but the visitors didn't manage a shot on target, & faded late on. Not an especially encouraging dress rehearsal for final... #LIVNEW

7 mins added time. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

#LFC have the ball in the net for a third time, but #NUFC & Pope survive after the referee gives a foul... It was a Liverpool corner, Pope came to claim, Konate nodded downwards, Pope dropped it, & the ball went in the net, but a free-kick is given. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Big save by Pope to deny Salah, who had been played through behind the #NUFC defence Hall. Salah hit a low shot with the outside of his left foot, but Pope got down low to his right & blocked away with his arm. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

87: #NUFC sub - Guimaraes is replaced by Longstaff. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Jacob Murphy goes into the book after Salah breaks away from a #NUFC corner, Murphy pulls him back, Salah keeps advancing, gets midway inside #NUFC's half, then Murphy pulls him again & is rightly booked. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Not entirely sure what #NUFC's system is now. Barnes is on the left, Gordon is still a sort of floating 10, then Murphy is on the right, with Osula through the middle. Murphy's cross-shot is saved by Alisson at one end, then Diaz almost scores at the other. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

68: #NUFC quadruple sub: Willock, Wilson, Tonali & Livramento are replaced by Osula, Barnes, Miley & Trippier. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

68: #NUFC quadruple sub: Willock, Wilson, Tonali & Trippier are replaced by Osula, Barnes, Miley & Livramento. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

#LFC 2-0 #NUFC Cruel on #NUFC, who have been the better team, without creating many clear-cut chances, since the restart. They lose possession in the middle of the pitch, Mac Allister advances to the area, plays it to Salah, receives a return pass, & finishes well. #LIVNEW

2-0 #LFC. Mac Allister. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Burn is furious with the referee after he is penalised for a foul on Szoboszlai, who he had to prevent from running through towards #NUFC's goal after Livramento cut inside from right-back, lost control, & the #LFC midfielder nicked the ball off him. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

vWill Osula is receiving instructions from Tindall in the technical area, ready for if he has to come on. Wilson took a nasty knock but looks like he will try to continue for now. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Half-chance for #NUFC, as Willock gets to the byline wide on the left, cuts the ball back to Gordon, who curls a right-footed in-swinging cross into the box, Wilson tries to meet it, gets a flick, but also clashes heads with Van Dijk. Both receiving treatment. #LIVNEW #LFC

Gordon steps up & curls the free-kick, which hits the wall, who jump to meet it. Szoboszlai then goes down holding his nose, & the referee blows for a stoppage. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

#NUFC win a free-kick, 25 yards out from#LFC's goal, central, as Mac Allister fouls Tonali. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

We're back under way for the second half at Anfield, where #NUFC trail 1-0. No changes for either side at the break. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Half-time: #LFC 1-0 #NUFC #LFC have had 66% possession but haven't exactly bombarded #NUFC's goal. Poor all round for the goal #NUFC conceded, & Wilson had a big chance to equalise. #NUFC still very much in it, but suspicion #LFC can step it up if they have to. #LIVNEW

1 min of added time at the end of the first half. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Salah's first half-decent (sort of) chance comes from the right-hand edge of #NUFC's box, as Diaz beats #NUFC's midfield, plays the ball out to Salah, who cuts inside, but gets under his shot & it goes high & wide. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Almost 2-0 #LFC. Jota plays the ball inside from the right, Szoboszlai then curls a right-footed shot just beyond the right-hand post from the edge of the area. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Pope never looks comfortable with the ball at his feet &, when he rushes out to reach an overhit pass through for Salah, he tries to pass it beyond the #LFC attacker, but kicks it off him, & is grateful the ball beats Salah to the byline... #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Wilson's lack of match practice is affecting his finishing, it seems... A lofted ball forward by Burn, which is a little speculative & is dinked, leads to a chance for Wilson, who does brilliantly to stay onside, is through on goal, but slots well wide. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

#NUFC have enjoyed a decent few minutes, seeing far more of the ball & getting runners in behind #LFC's backline. The issue is, when Liverpool win the ball, they are flooding forward at pace. #NUFC have been a bit fortunate with a few tackles/nearly fouls. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

#NUFC have just been penalised for a foul throw... Gordon to Hall, but now Liverpool have the throw. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

Important intervention by Hall to cut out Jota's cross, which was Salah bound, after #LFC went from one side of the field to the other, Diaz nicked in ahead of Livramento to win the ball in the middle of the pitch & Liverpool attacked down the left. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

The offside flag saves Wilson's blushes - because he had a massive chance to score. Hordon plays Wilson in behind Konate, he is well offside, probably knows it, tries to dink Alisson one on one, but puts it wide of the left-hand post. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

#LFC 1-0 #NUFC Diaz advances to the left-hand side of the box, sends in a low cross, Szoboszlai - who had already managed to run beyond Tonali, only for Tonali to recover - steps off the Italian, hits a lot shot, which Pope should probably save to his left. #LIVNEW

Goal. Szoboszlai. Too easy. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

#LFC have had 76% of the ball &, while they haven't had a chance yet & #NUFC are dropping deep into a solid defensive shape, the visitors are ceding a lot of territory to the home side. #NUFC are pressing when #LFC have the ball deep, but are sitting off otherwise. #LIVNEW

Salah wants a penalty inside three minutes. Hall slipped inside the box, then Salah went down as well, but the referee gives a free-kick to Newcastle, deeming Salah to have fouled Hall. #LIVNEW #LFC #NUFC

We're under way at Anfield, where #NUFC are taking on #LFC & looking to win in the Premier League for the first time since 1994. Callum Wilson making his first PL start of the season, with Alexander Isak out with a "slight" groin injury. Sandro Tonali back in the XI. #LIVNEW

#NUFC XI vs #LFC: Pope; Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock; Murphy, Wilson, Gordon #LIVNEW

👀 @theathleticfc.bsky.social's live blog for #LIVNEW is running - it features @georgecaulkin.bsky.social & I chatting our usual nonsense about #NUFC, @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social discussing #LFC, then people far smarter than me offering tactical insight. 📝Follow here: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

The Athletic's live blog for Liverpool vs #NUFC is on the go, with contributions from @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social, me if I can think of anything clever to say and plenty of others. www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

🌧️ Moody clouds over Anfield & spit-spotting patches of rain, ahead of a ludicrous kick-off time of 8.15pm. ⏱️ ⚫⚪ #NUFC have a dress rehearsal for the Carabao Cup final vs #LFC, looking to win at Anfield in PL for the first time since 1994. 🤯 #WaughWeatherReport #LIVNEW

🇮🇹 His "2nd life" post-ban 💊 Why medication was not option to aid his addiction ❤️ The love he felt from #NUFC & the fans ❌ Realising "seriousness" of situation 🗣️ Sandro Tonali opens up to Italian media about his ban, gambling & return to football: www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...

⚫ Only elite team Howe yet to beat w/ #NUFC ❌ ⚪ Salah = difference ⚽ ⚫ Late goals ⌛ ⚪ Poor refereeing decisions 🤬 ⚫ How #NUFC approach changes vs #LFC 🔎 🔮 Why #LFC are #NUFC & Howe's bogey side - & what needs to change at Anfield (& Wembley!): www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

It went well for a bit but disintegrated from 2-1 up and the U21s exit the NL Cup.

Eddie Howe takes encouragement from meetings with Yasir Al-Rumayyan that #NUFC “ambition … is still very much there,” but admits the club needs to “drastically improve” everything it does to catch leading teams. www.nytimes.com/athletic/615...

⚫ What has been discussed during Al-Rumayyan's visit to Tyneside? 🗣️ ⚪ Howe's pre-final approach 🔍 ⚫ Do #NUFC have contingency plans for if Alexander Isak leaves? 😬 ⚪ Elliot Anderson buyback clause? ❌ ⁉️ "Inside #NUFC" - your burning Qs answered: www.nytimes.com/athletic/615...

🔲 #NUFC: WTF 🤯 🔳 It was the best of #NUFC 🤩 it was the worst of #NUFC 😱 🔲 Hall shines 🌟 Mature Miley 👶 🔳 @georgecaulkin.bsky.social congratulates... George Caulkin 🙄 🔲 Trying to decipher THAT 🧑‍💻 🔳 #LFC omens 🔮 🎧 New @podonthetyne.bsky.social w/ @taylorpayne.bsky.social: podfollow.com/pod-on-the-t...