The Carabao Cup is on the Newcastle United horizon, and Matthias Jaissle got a vital three points under his belt at Crystal Palace.
So, it feels, for a game at least, the pressure has eased slightly on NUFC 2.0. But I’m sure all that could change in a heartbeat, if things go south at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Thursday night.
This week, on your NUFC Mailbag, things went transfer target and policy heavy, with many wondering about what Jaissle needs in the January window - and whether he will even get it at all!
Liam takes a look at the twisted transfer strategy of the summer, why he thinks that won’t be repeated so easily in the next few windows, and who he would target, if funds are available. And he dives into the debate about Harvey Barnes at NUFC. While the stats don’t lie - they’re excellent - he understands why when applying the eye-test, many still have reservations about the wide forward.