Hi there, it's Adam Leventhal back once again. Welcome to the Athletics Premier League

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Ornstein and Chapman to enjoy the best football writing anywhere, just as the season makes its long-awaited

return. In this episode, we'll put Newcastle under the microscope, 13th in the table, with 35 points from 29 games,

eight points clear of the relegation zone, but consumed, it seems, by uncertainty, off the field.

We can welcome the Athletics Senior Wr writer George Colkin. Are you happy

with that summation that yeah, it seems to be okay on the field, but off the field, it's just a mess?

Well, it's never quite as straightforward as that even. I mean, uncertainty off the field,

always, always, always, always. On the pitch, well, I'm sure we'll talk about this a bit,

but it's been, they're in a decent position,

but it's been very, very difficult to watch.

Just a reminder for everyone,

we've already alluded to the fact that, yes,

the takeover is dominating a lot of people's thoughts.

If you want to take a deep dive into the mind

of George Colkin and his views on that, make sure you do check out the Pod on the Tyne podcast,

which is available to everyone. Just give us an insight into maybe not just talking about the

takeover, but some of the other things

that have been going on on that podcast? Well, it's been, you know, I have to say, it's not

been easy over the last nine, ten weeks trying to sort of think of, trying to think of different

things to say. Obviously, the takeover is dominating everybody's thoughts. And that, you know, that has been, it's been difficult for everybody up here,

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