Burn and Osula aside, who likely don’t get into our strongest XI anyway, Eddie has everyone available to him today. Home game. Palace in poor form. Can’t be any excuses today surely? No reason not to go for it. #NUFC

Wow - that is one of the most obvious penalties I’ve seen…?! #NUFC

If you must know, I was going to a chemist with my daughter-in-law, to get some medicine for her unwell husband….my son. Hatred is a dreadful weakness.

2x tickets to see Ocie Elliott in Bristol tonight for sale - under face value as don’t want them to go to waste - any takers

Full recovery, from what? Sulking?

How is that not a handball?! #NUFC x.com/CenterVAR/status/19723…

You can be arrested for beaming a picture of a criminal onto a castle -- but it's okay to give that criminal dinner in that castle.

"Contract"...don't make me laugh.

See now: Woltemade They haven’t a clue! #NUFC

Fabrizio Romano is the Perez Hilton of football

"If you don't like my principles I have others I can sell you"

❤️ Eddie Howe on his late mother, Anne Howe. 🗣️ “My mum had five children. I was the fourth. Very humble upbringing. She struggled financially to support us all. Single parent. She had to do three, four, five jobs. She was always working somewhere. 🗣️ “You talk about my getting up early in the morning, but maybe that’s where I get it from. She had to get up in those days at 4am to do the papers for the local newsagent. She’d come back, take us to school, then do a cleaning job, then work in a leather shop, selling leather goods, in the afternoon, then pick us up from school and look after us in the evening and goodness knows what else. So I used to see that sometimes when I was off school. I guess it must have rubbed off.” 💔 “She passed away suddenly when I was 31; just after I took over at Burnley [his second job before returning to manage Bournemouth in 2012 for eight years]. So she saw that I had started my management career. And, you know, there’s something really weird about that. 👴🏼 “My grandad was another big person in my life. He and my mum were the two big role models for me. And they both said to me when I was young, ‘You are going to be a better manager than you are a player.’ And I’d be like, ‘I don’t want to be a manager. I just love playing the game.’ But they both said it separately, not together. ‘You are going to do really, really well as a manager.” Touching words from a brilliant big interview with @matthewsyed at The Times. 🏆 Howe got emotional in his post-match press conference after the cup final when reflecting on his mother’s support over the years. You’ve made them all extremely proud, Eddie 🖤🤍 #NUFC #AFCB

Kilmarnock have been forced to delete a new signing post and video because some sad and pathetic grown “men” thought it was cool to make comments on her skin condition on what should have been the happiest day of her life, signing her first professional contract 😢 Happiness has now been taken away from her and all trace of her signing removed from Killie’s social media pages. Let’s show Skye Stout some love from the entire football community and wish her a successful future ❤️

However the Alexander Isak saga eventually concludes, let’s hope that at some point the player has the good grace to acknowledge the debt he owes Eddie Howe for helping his development into one of the best players in the world and also apologises for causing such chaos. It’s one thing a player wanting to leave – ambition, short career, levels, finance whatever – but it’s the aggressive way that Isak tries to force his way out - midway through a six-year contract - that also causes such anger on Tyneside. In the middle of this maelstrom, Howe shows commendable calm and patience. Newcastle’s head coach is being strong, demanding standards of behaviour, yet diplomatically leaving the dressing-room door open in case Liverpool don’t make an acceptable offer (£130m ) and Isak does stay. Howe deserves huge respect for the dignified, intelligent way he’s handling a damaging distraction. He's trying to prepare his team for what should be an exciting season not knowing who will form his attack, and currently fielding a wide player in Anthony Gordon centrally. He’s dealing with a troublesome transfer window without a sporting director or chief executive. He’s going into press conferences knowing they will be dominated by questions about a striking striker. In the modern media, and social media, age, Howe has to choose every word carefully, knowing they will be scrutinised forensically and emotionally. He has to pick the right words to send the right message to Isak, to the other players, to potential signings, and to the Newcastle faithful outraged by Isak’s behaviour. Newcastle’s board are fortunate they have such an impressive figure fronting up for them and the club. Howe also deserves more respect and gratitude from Isak. Since joining in 2022, Isak’s improvement from a very good £63m 22-year-old into an elite performer worth £130m is obviously largely down to his own ability and inner drive but Howe deserves huge credit. He makes good players even better. His coaching, man-management and building a system to bring the best out of Isak helped turn the Swede into a player coveted by Liverpool. Let’s hope Isak respects that one day. #NUFC

Time for Alexander Isak to stop the game in the shadows and hand in a transfer request. He wants to leave Newcastle United, Liverpool want him, Newcastle deserve a proper price, £130m , and time to find a replacement. Eddie Howe, a good manager, deserves a break from this distracting saga. Impossible to see Isak playing for Newcastle again. Are the Saudis really going to stick an asset in the reserves? That would guarantee a cloud over the club all season and every one of Howe’s press conferences dominated by more Isak talk. Players move, they’re not fans, loyalty is short term, it’s a short career, Isak is ambitious and Liverpool offer more chance of sporting glory. (And let’s not forget what’s happening to Brentford over Yoanne Wissa who looks bound for Newcastle). But the situation is tacky, Isak is damaging his reputation, perhaps deliberately, so Newcastle accept he can never pull on that famous black-and-white shirt again. He has to go. But Isak should remember how Newcastle and Howe improved him as a player. He should remember the support of the fans. Whatever he may or may not have been promised in the past, Isak should show Newcastle some respect by ending this distracting game of poker behind the scenes with a formal transfer request. St James’ Park on August 25 should be lively: Newcastle v Liverpool. Lively on the pitch, in the stands and in the boardroom. #NUFC #LFC

From the outside looking in, it's quite apparent that Liverpool chose Ekitike over Isak when given the choice. Perhaps Isak should be more aggrieved at the club who snubbed him and refuse to pay his asking price, rather than the club which developed him into a world class FW.

Wake up and immediately look at small screen before clocking 8 hours behind medium screen. Take a few breaks to check in on small screen. Go home and spend a few hours staring at big screen to wind down before getting into bed and looking at small screen. Living the dream.

🚨 EXCL: The Partners and Children have turned down this offer. Newcastle now move on to other targets. Aunties and Uncles have been mentioned. 👀 🔜