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Newcastle United ended their latest Premier League campaign nine days ago.
The 2023/24 season coming to a close.
Like yourselves, I have read a lot from outsiders commenting on this latest Newcastle United season, however, I think this is pretty spot on.
One of the official Premier League site’s top analysts, Alex Keble has reviewed how each Premier League team fared.
As part of that, he considers whether their season can be defined as a success, or a failure.
Official Premier League site analyst looks back at NUFC 2023/24 season:
‘Newcastle United
Replicating the top-four finish of 2022/23 was always going to be tough, so Newcastle fans ought to be pleased with a commendable seventh-place finish in what proved to be a hugely entertaining campaign at St James’ Park.
Newcastle broke their Premier League goalscoring record, netting a remarkable 85 times (105 in all competitions) thanks to superb performances from Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon in particular.
Along the way they enjoyed memorable wins against Man City and Arsenal on home turf and, although their Champions League adventure was short-lived, supporters will never forget the 4-1 thrashing of Paris Saint-Germain in October. That’s what being a football fan is all about.
It might not have been a season of progress, and missing out on Europe is undoubtedly a blow, but there were plenty of goals and big wins.
(*For anybody who thinks Newcastle United didn’t in reality deserve higher in the table based on their general play, chances created and chances created at the other end, a decent illustration here from the official Premier League analyst…)
(For those at the other end of things, Man U in particular very very lucky to finish even as high as eighth…)
It must be remembered that Newcastle’s summer signings never got going. Sandro Tonali missed most of the season through suspension, while young players Tino Livramento and Lewis Hall struggled to settle, and Harvey Barnes had spells on the treatment table.
(As for anybody claiming Newcastle United were poor in the second half of the season, despite the shocking number of missing players continuing…)
Newcastle have spent a season in a holding pattern and become “Eddie Howe’s Entertainers” in the process. Not a bad campaign.’
There are odd things that he hasn’t given exactly the right emphasis on but when covering all 20 clubs and only having so many words to dedicate to each, this was very good in my opinion.

 
