It wasn't Newcastle's best performance of the season so far, but they were "ruthlessly efficient" in front of goal and ran out easy winners at Southampton.

It's a mark of significant progress, since Eddie Howe took charge a year ago, that such a win could be viewed as routine. With two games to go until the World Cup break, the club is in rude health. Meanwhile, we're just rude, especially to Chris.

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Fresh from the 4-0 battering of Aston Villa, Taylor Payne and Athletic duo George Caulkin and Chris Waugh are here for another joy-filled edition of Pod On The Tyne, and the three of them are pinching themselves that - with a third of the season now gone - the Toon are sitting comfortably in fourth, eight points ahead of Liverpool, and with the meanest defence in the Premier League. So, dare we start to dream of a first European adventure in a decade?

Gareth Southgate and Brazil manager Tite were in attendance at St James' on Saturday to cast their eyes over, amongst others, Callum Wilson and Joelinton. Will they be heading out to Qatar in three weeks' time - and if they do go, what will be the knock-on effects for the second half of the season?

Finally, we talk about Newcastle's women's team, for whom Katie Barker scored an absolute belter in the final minute against Barnsley to take the side up to second.

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On a soaking wet Sunday afternoon in North London, Eddie Howe masterminded a 2-1 victory over Spurs built on a titanic team effort.

An uncontroversial goal from Callum Wilson and yet another great strike from Miguel Almiron helped, of course, but Newcastle dominated every area of the pitch with dynamic new signings and massively improved squad players.

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A goalless draw at Old Trafford saw Newcastle go out on their own as the Premier League's tightest defence. Fabian Schar played a crucial role but the whole back four, and keeper Nick Pope, were superb.

Approaching the game Newcastle's CEO, Darren Eales, and Sporting Director Dan Ashworth entertained a press pool and outlined some of the finer details in the club's plans.

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Miggy Almiron was on the scoresheet again as Newcastle coasted to victory against Brentford, but Bruno Guimaraes was the star of the day with two goals for him as he ran the show. We examine both players in depth, and Newcastle's overall improvement, with football statistician Kevin Lawson.

Or was he? Our very own George Caulkin finally had his name up in lights as part of an elaborate pre-match display by Wor Flags celebrating the anniversay of the takeover. Still, at least it wasn't his face.

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No apologies for a bumper edition this week, with the anniversary of the takeover at the forefront of our minds despite a huge win at Fulham over the weekend.

Chris and Taylor review the match, George joins for a pre-recorded assessment of the club's progress, and Oli Kay tells us how Newcastle United are viewed in Saudi Arabia after his fact-finding trip.

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Newcastle had hoped to get a few injury problems resolved during the international break; unfortunately, it seems they've picked up a few more issues instead.

Can they get three points at Craven Cottage with a depleted strike-force? They'd love to have former no. 9 Aleksandr Mitrovic, who has already scored six times in the Premier League this season...

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Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer George Caulkin and club correspondent Chris Waugh.

Newly promoted Bournemouth came to St James's Park with a predictable gameplan, but Eddie Howe's Newcastle side were unable to break down the low block despite having the lion's share of possession. We examine our own frustration and try to figure out if it's justified. It was a similar story for Newcastle's women at Kingston Park, Chorley providing a stumbling block one again.

There's an international break for the men now, with the real prospect of Nick Pope starting in goal for England, and we should at least one important attacking player back to face Fulham in October.

Important Note: no Georges were harmed in the making of this podcast.

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Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast alongside The Athletic's George Caulkin and Chris Waugh.

Ten months since he arrived at Newcastle and ahead of his former club's visit to St James' Park on Saturday, we're focusing this week on Eddie Howe. Steady Eddie's turned around performances and results, fostered an 'us against them' mentality, and readily admits that he's fallen in love with the place. What a guy. Ahmed Shooble, The Athletic's Bournemouth reporter, joins us to discuss how Eddie's developed as a coach and what we can expect from the game this weekend.

Plus, we've only gone and signed Loris Karius on a short term deal! Can Eddie's powers of redemption work on a keepr whose career has been defined by two horrendous errors in a Champions League final?

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Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer (and VERY secret agent) George Caulkin, and club correspondent Chris Waugh.

As much as we didn't want to, we had to talk about the Video Assistant Referee. On a dismal weekend for match officials we were deprived of a much-desired three points against Palace and there were similar problems for the women's team.

With tensions running high, even the prospect of a Sam Fender gig at St James's Park wasn't enough to prevent a minor podcast falling out.

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