George Caulkin

@georgecaulkin.bsky.social

Football writer at The Athletic, Pod on the Tyne chatter, Patron of The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, hapless runner.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/george-caulkin/

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⚫ Gross spend = frontloaded 🔎
⚪ Big expenditure since, but huge sales too ⚖️
⚫ PIF = PL's 4th-biggest backers 💸
⚪ Ballooning wages 📈
⚫ Has gap to legacy 'Big Six' shrunk? 🤔
⚪ No £100m+ signings 👀

🤑 Dissecting how #NUFC spent £1bn on players in 5 years post-takeover, w/ @cweatherspoon.bsky.social:

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⚫ £1.3bn Leazes Park stadium or expand SJP - & how to fund it? 🏟️
⚪ Multi-club reality? 🌎
⚫ Revenue catch up possible? 🤑
⚪ Can #NUFC 2.0 deliver success? ⚽
⚫ Data/new recruitment model revealed? 🕵️

⁉️🔎 The 5 key issues still facing #NUFC, 5 years on from the takeover:

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⚫ From just Charnley to 12-strong c-suite 🤯
⚪ Tweak to first-team head of recruitment after Nickson/Andy Howe exit 👀
⚫ Bunce's increased seniority 🪜
⚪ Hopkinson's changes 👥

🔎 Who does what at #NUFC now - from chairman, to exec team & key football positions:

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⚫ Retains all key elements of previous badge ✅
⚪ Spot the difference? Subtle but important changes 👀🤔
⚫ 791 days - feat. "tension" 😬
⚪ How & why this badge 🔍
⚫ 2/3s majority of fans 🗳️

👀🛡️ #NUFC confirm their new club crest - & it's a revision of the previous one:

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🔲 Frustration or empathy for Livramento? 🤕
🔳 Midfield balance? ⚖️
🔲 Injuries linked to intensity? 🤔
🔳 January priorities? 🔮
🔲 Can #NUFC trading model bring success? 🔍

🎧 New @podonthetyne.bsky.social 'Extra Tyne' for subs - your Qs answered w/ @taylorpayne.bsky.social:

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⚫ DMs' divergent roles ⬅️↔️
⚪ Botman's goal-kicks 🤔
⚫ Narrow wingers & full-back width 🔍
⚪ From peak to part-time crossers 👀
⚫ Strikers NOT principal scorers ⚽

👀 Identifying the key early tactical changes for #NUFC this season - & what it says about 'Jaissle-ball':

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⚫ "Trauma" 😱
⚪ Mental readjustment 🧠
⚫ Physiological changes 🏃
⚪ Injury issues 🤕
⚫ On-field shortcomings ⚽
⚪ Why Hull win = huge 👀

🔮 Jaissle's #NUFC rebuild extends far beyond tactical & technical - why holistic reform is easier when results are positive:

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🔲 A win - & that was vital 😮‍💨
🔳 Concern as injuries mount 🏥
🔲 Past "trauma" 😱
🔳 Positives vs negatives ⚖️
🔲 Hapless & tea-stained 🫖
🔳 Ideal time for break ⌛

🎧 New free-to-listen @podonthetyne.bsky.social Matchday for #NUFC 2-1 #HCAFC, w/ @taylorpayne.bsky.social:

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⚫ & breathe... 😤
⚪ A win is a win... 🙌
⚫ But 2nd half was torture 😬
⚪ Willock's superb 45 minutes 🤩
⚫ Barnes' brace of assists 🏹
⚪ 1st half = antithesis of Leeds💪
⚫ Young, injury-depleted squad find a way 🤕

📝 #NUFC 2-1 #HCAFC analysis: #NEWHUL

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🔲 Vision 2030 🔮
🔳 Perpetual optimism 🙌
🔲 #NUFC changes - & what needs to still happen ⚖️
🔳 3 Cs ©️
🔲 Hear CEO's own thoughts 🗣️

🎧 New @podonthetyne.bsky.social 'Extra Tyne' for subs - 'Hoppy-birthday': how far along is the David Hopkinson project 1 year in?

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