About this episode
On this episode, Patrick and Hayden take a look at Newcastle's new signings, find new strikers and evaluate players like Samu Omorodion, Nicolas Jackson and Mika Biereth, and discuss how the Magpies can diversify their options in midfield. The episode ends with our predictions for the upcoming season. Enjoy! Get our Premier League Previews: https://www.thetransferflow.com/upgrade Subscribe to our FREE newsletter: https://www.thetransferflow.com/subscribe Join Variance Betting: https://www.thetransferflow.com/upgrade Follow us on our Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1WTKOt7byrELQcGRSzu1Q X: https://x.com/TheTransferFlow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetransferflow.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetransferflow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@transferflowpodcast Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Newcastle's moves this summer 01:36 - Remaining issues for Newcastle 02:57 - The dangers of waiting to do your business 03:33 - Newcastle need another forward 04:19 - Isak's profile + how to replace him 05:46 - Prioritizing fit in team vs star qualities? 06:36 - Nicolas Jackson the best option? 07:18 - Samu Omorodion? 08:28 - Sorloth or Artem Dovbyk? 09:29 - They need 2 forwards now don't they? + Yoane Wissa 10:16 - Loïs Openda and Mika Biereth? 11:15 - Finding two options that fit is hard 12:23 - Getting more of a sure thing? 13:10 - Taking a risk on Lucas Stassin? 14:35 - Getting more creativity out of their midfield? 16:00 - Newcastle's desire to play out of the back 17:20 - Giving up physicality to get more passing in the side? + Lewis Miley 18:20 - Murphy and Elanga on the right wing 19:25 - Worry creating against deeper defenses? 20:44 - Would Damsgaard make more sense than Wissa? 22:40 - Availability for players is key for Newcastle's remaining window 23:26 - Ismaël Bennacer and Angelo Stiller 24:15 - Tanner Tessmann? 25:50 - Romano Schmid 27:00 - Newcastle spend NO time in a mid block 28:33 - Solving this position with players in different spots? 29:45 - Newcastle will have a ton more games this season 31:23 - Newcastle's core is still together, but there are late market options 33:00 - If Isak was starting this week we'd be quite positive about Newcastle 33:45 - Most other sides have more turnover than Newcastle 34:50 - Isak is the biggest difference maker outside of the top 4 35:40 - How will they do against low blocks without Isak? + Set piece importance 37:02 - Tino Livramento to Man City? Or cornerstone for the future 38:07 - Lots of teams could get use out of Jacob Murphy 38:51 - Having to sell Minteh was painful 40:01 - Reasons for optimism? or a stressful few weeks? 40:33 - Pressure on Sven Botman if no new additions? 41:16 - Newcastle Finish Predictions? 42:45 - Confidence in how settled the Newcastle squad is 44:10 - Too hard about the Isak situation? 45:20 - Premier League previews and our upcoming content!