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George Booth
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Newcastle United boss Matthias Jaissle has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Carabao Cup game against Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium (kick-off 19:45 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Jaissle is has "question marks" over Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Lewis Miley's fitness as they aim to return to the matchday squad after suffering injuries.

• Anthony Elanga and Jacob Ramsey are making "progress day by day", but Jaissle refused to answer when they would return to a starting spot in the XI.

• On Tino Livramento's rehabilitation progress, Jaissle said: "I can assure you I am seeing every day great professionalism in the rehab. Hopefully, we have him back soon."

• Jaissle will look to find a "balance" rotating the squad, but expects "stabilisation" with players coming into the team.

• The Newcastle boss said he will "go all in" for the EFL Cup competition, as he looks to mirror Eddie Howe's heroics in 2025.

• He added: "We are getting huge support again in an away match. It is really special, during the week, that will we have 8,000 fans with us, taking the journey to support us."

• On Tomas Amaral's appointment as head of first team recruitment, Jaissle said: "It's always good to improve things and Ross [Wilson] (sporting director) is for sure the responsible guy and is leading that department. It's always good for experts to have fresh energy in the team and we're looking forward to working together alongside him."

• The Toon boss said it is "time to build" on Newcastle's 2-0 win against Crystal Palace, adding that his side did "the simple things a bit better" in the second half of their win over Crystal Palace.

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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Crystal Palace and Newcastle.

Here are some of your comments:

Crystal Palace fans

Ken: I would like to say that Palace competed well against a very good Newcastle team, but the truth is we struggled to create anything near decent football against a pretty standard side. Embarrassing really.

Rob: The same old problems, our defence just can't manage to concentrate for a full 90 mins and we open up for opponents to score. So frustrating as we were the better team in the first half. Then after the restart our defence goes to sleep.

Keith: The team are definitely getting better after all the changes and outgoing transfers. I saw a lot of good things in the match and I am sure things will improve soon.

Lee: Poor second half, we can't defend for toffee and have no leaders. Adam Wharton isn't a captain, and players like Tyrick Mitchell, Daichi Kamada and Chris Richards are a shadow of themselves and look bereft of confidence. I can't see Pierre Sage lasting unfortunately. He's been hung out to dry by lack of investment and ambition from Steve Parish and the board, and inept player recruitment from Matt Hobbs. Both have to go if Sage does.

Newcastle fans

Samuel: A much needed win. It goes without saying that Palace have been pretty poor this season. The first half lacked a lot of quality from our side, however, the team seemed to come out with a bit more fighting spirit in the second. It's always good to see Will Osula score, the lad has a lot of potential and without a doubt needs more game time from Matthias Jaissle.

Dean: Very much a game of two halves. I was not anticipating a win at any point in the first half as we struggled to gain any control on the game. Thankfully, neither did Palace. Second half we came out more aggressive, and got a hold of the game, creating several good chances. Dan Burn, Fabian Schar and Joelinton gave us that aggressive edge we've been missing, while Osula (even when not involved as much as he should be) is a threat going forward. A step in the right direction (I hope).

Richard: Well, the first half was truly awful but let's put it down to the swirling wind, shall we? Second half was basically 10 minutes of utterly turbocharged Toon blowing Palace away, and after that Palace very much looked like a team who'd played mid-week in Europe.

Simon: The first half was fairly poor with too few chances created and mistakes passing and keeping the ball. A much improved second half where we controlled the game, were defensively strong and created chances. Great assist from Jacob Murphy and it was unfortunate that Joe Willock's goal was just offside. A good performance which will give confidence, which hopefully will show in upcoming games.

Former Newcastle defender John Anderson says beating Crystal Palace 2-0 "is a confidence boost" following recent results, but it is too early to say the Magpies "have turned a corner".

"Huge three points," said Anderson on BBC Radio Newcastle. "But it wasn't a classic by any means.

"The first half was very, very forgettable and the two goals at the start of the second half was enough.

"The first goal totally did Palace. You could see it, heads dropping, they just threw the towel in.

"It was an important win because questions were starting to be asked about the manager. It's a big win, it's a confidence boost, and the fact we kept a clean sheet is an added bonus.

"I think it's important to say that we weren't great. We weren't fluent, but it is something to work on.

"You can't come here and win and then all of a sudden say we have turned a corner. There's still a lot of work to be done."

Hear from William Osula, who scored on his return to the starting line-up, below or listen here on BBC Sounds.

Matthias Jaissle reacts to Newcastle's 2-0 win against Crystal Palace: "I think we played a good game, especially in the first half.

"We were much more aggressive in duels, we won a lot of first and second balls.

"Maybe there were some cheap mistakes, bad passing, bad receiving, but you see how fast they are – in five seconds they were in our box.

"We should have scored one or maybe two more with better decisions.

"In the second half, at around 60 minutes, we lost a little bit of control and they were better, but this is Brentford and they take more risks.

"I can regret the chance we had through Mohamed-Ali Cho and (Joe) Gelhardt, maybe it should have been 2-1, but in the end I think it's a fair result."

On the result being a step in the right direction: "Togetherness was never a question. During the week we had really good commitment, a really good feeling.

"They're believing, they trust me, they're definitely a unit, but wins and victories are helping, so we're happy that we got the three points.

"We need to identify ourselves as a unit, as a team who also overcome setbacks, and that's what we did today.

"You need the team-mates, you need the staff, you need the coaches, the fans, and if we have that mindset, that we are a unit all together, then we will be successful."

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Newcastle's William Osula has scored seven goals across his last 13 Premier League appearances, after finding the back of the net just twice from his first 50 games in the competition.

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport journalist

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This was a timely win for Matthias Jaissle, who was starting to feel the heat himself after three defeats in the previous four Premier League games.

The German made five changes to the side that lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa last weekend and, after an uneventful first half, his team sprang into action after the interval.

Dan Burn, who has been injured, marked his first Premier League start of the season with a solid performance, while the confidence returned to the team after William Osula's goal.

Newcastle started the weekend in 11th spot but this win lifted them to seventh before the late match between Sunderland and Leeds.

They have back-to-back games against Everton next - away on Thursday in the Carabao Cup before hosting David Moyes' side in the Premier League on 2 November.

The question is, will they use this result as a springboard to kick on?

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Crystal Palace manager Pierre Sage's future appears to be in some doubt but his critics seem to have forgotten that they are 14th in the table, when the Eagles finished 15th last season under Oliver Glasner.

Yes, Palace had a heavy defeat at Brighton last week and it doesn't help it was at the hands of their big rivals, but it is not like Sage has got one point from his first seven games. They are leaking a few goals, but there are reasons for that.

There has been huge change at Selhurst Park in recent months, with some key players leaving, especially at the back. Others have stayed but are still unhappy, and Sage has had a lot to contend with.

Palace played in Turkey on Thursday night, which won't have helped their preparation for this game, but I still feel like they will get something against Newcastle.

There has been a lot of change at the Magpies too, but the thing that worries me most about Matthias Jaissle's side is that they are so open.

"Chaotic" was the word I used to describe them against Aston Villa last week.

Villa are always very well structured in the way they play but they got chances against Newcastle just by persevering with their build-up play.

If Newcastle don't get their press quite right again here, then Palace will cause them problems too - I definitely don't see this game as being one where defences are on top.

Sutton's prediction: 2-2

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Matthew Hobbs
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Crystal Palace and Newcastle United face off at Selhurst Park on Sunday in a battle between two teams who concede too many goals.

BBC Sport examines some of the key themes going into their meeting in south London.

The comprehensive nature of Crystal Palace's 5-0 loss at Brighton last weekend was such that manager Pierre Sage subsequently said he felt shamed by the performance when issuing a post-match apology to supporters.

Palace are not the first team to fall to Brighton's impressively fluid football this season, but conceding five goals on the south coast underlines a worrying early-season trend for the Eagles.

They have let in the most goals of any side so far, while 17 goals conceded after seven matches is their highest tally at this stage of a Premier League campaign.

Sage's side have shipped at least two goals in 11 of their past 13 league outings and have faced the most shots (125) and most shots on target (43) of any top-flight team this season.

Palace also have the highest expected goals total against (14.8) in 2026-27, evidencing the quality of chances opposition sides have been able to create.

The key question for Sage is how best to address defensive deficiencies. He opted to award 18-year-old centre-back Honest Ahanor, on loan from Atalanta, a second Premier League start at Amex Stadium, but he was substituted after 53 minutes.

Axel Disasi replaced Ahanor for the Europa League fixture at Besiktas on Thursday night and while Palace's overall performance was much improved, they still conceded two goals and could not find a winner against 10 men.

First-choice goalkeeper Dean Henderson could feature for the first time since the 3-2 win at Fulham on 5 September after returning to training on Monday, but collective improvement will surely be needed if Palace are to follow up the 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest with another home victory.

Newcastle United have defensive issues of their own to address, having conceded four goals in each of their past two away matches during defeats at Leeds United and Coventry City. The Magpies have not done so in three successive away matches in 97 years.

Newcastle have lost three of their past four league matches, including a 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa at St James' Park last weekend when they also laboured in front of goal, recording 16 attempts but only one shot on target.

Yoane Wissa had seven shots without hitting the target against Unai Emery's side in another frustrating individual performance.

The DR Congo international has scored one goal from 18 shots so far this season, at a conversion rate of just 5.56%. Of all Premier League players to have found the net at least once, only two have a lower shot conversion rate than Wissa.

And Newcastle also have to contend with a poor record at Selhurst Park. They have won only one of their past 11 league matches at Palace (D6, L4), a 2-0 victory under Steve Bruce six years ago.

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Newcastle defender Malick Thiaw says what boss Matthias Jaissle wants from the players "is quite clear" and it is just a matter of them adapting to it over a period of time.

"The longer you work with someone the easier it is," said Thiaw to BBC Radio Newcastle. "It's getting easier with time."

Hear more from Thiaw below, or listen to the full interview here on BBC Sounds

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BBC Sport football reporter

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Last weekend's home loss to Aston Villa, which was greeted by a chorus of boos from the stands at the final whistle, means Newcastle head into Sunday's game at struggling Crystal Palace looking to end a run of three defeats in four games.

That sequence includes back-to-back 4-1 away defeats at Leeds United on 14 September and Coventry City on 12 October.

Alan Shearer predicted it three months ago.

"Speaking purely as a fan, I think we have to get ready for a tough season and some very challenging times ahead," the Newcastle legend told BBC Sport after Eddie Howe stepped down at the end of July.

Newcastle had already sold England forward Anthony Gordon to Barcelona in a deal worth more than £69m and midfielder Sandro Tonali to Tottenham in a deal worth up to £100m.

"You cannot keep on selling your best players and then hope to be in contention at the top of the table," added Newcastle's all-time leading goalscorer.

One week after Shearer's words, Bruno Guimaraes joined Arsenal for £75m.

Seven games into the Premier League season, Shearer's gloomy prediction is so far proving correct, with Newcastle on eight points after winning just two top-flight games, away at Tottenham and at home to newly promoted Hull City.

Newcastle paid Al-Ahli £9.5m in compensation, external to get Matthias Jaissle after he had led the Saudi club to consecutive Asian Champions League crowns.

Expectations were high when the former Red Bull Salzburg boss arrived on Tyneside shortly before the start of the season with a strong record of success at his previous clubs in Saudi Arabia and Austria.

Yet Jaissle, 38, is very much unproven in the Premier League.

Seventy-nine days into his reign, it is fair to say he is still trying to put his own stamp on the team after Howe's long tenure.

There is certainly no panic inside the club right now, with David Hopkinson, the CEO, and Ross Wilson, the sporting director, both applying an air of calm.

But for how much longer?

It has by no means been a terrible start by Jaissle, who is expected to be given time to get it right. That said, fans want to see an improvement in performances - starting on Sunday.

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Newcastle United boss Matthias Jaissle has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park (14:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Jaissle provided an update on Matias Fernandez-Pardo, who was forced off with an illness in last weekend's defeat by Aston Villa: "Matias has still some issues health-wise, so he can only train partially. Hopefully he can make it until the weekend."

• On Athony Elanga, who has missed the past four Premier League games with a knock: "For sure he's not able to play 90 minutes, but he trained and worked really hard in the rehab, so I count on him for sure as he's hopefully also ready now to at least be able to join the squad. Then maybe it's the first time that also he gets some minutes."

• Also providing and update on Jacob Ramsey, who has been out with an ankle problem, the Magpies boss said: "We're happy that he's back on the pitch. Also counts the same like the other lads who just returned that we need to take it step by step and have that load management. Really [so] that we're not taking too much risk."

• On the boos from the St James' Park crowd during and after the 1-0 defeat by Villa: "There were already positive signs in the start of the season. Now there's a setback at the moment, and you need to overcome that. The disappointment of the fans is a part of the game. They're passionate, especially our supporters, but they're great and then it's also normal that they show the disappointment."

• Asked whether he is feeling the pressure after consecutive defeats, Jaissle responded: "Well, first of all, I always said that it's a privilege to be the coach of Newcastle United. I would not say that's a huge pressure, I would use another word. It's a great and huge responsibility to take that job, to also lead them throughout the negative period. That was something we were aware of."

• Jaissle spoke about this week in training after the defeat last weekend: "It was a week where we were fully committed in the things we want to develop. I think we mentioned also our potential. We managed the things where we can do better clearly in the post-match analysis, and from there we took then the steps to work on these themes. Now it's Crystal Palace and we want to show another phase, another performance, to be able then to get a great result and that means three points."

• He was asked about 18-year-old midfielder Sean Steur, with the summer signing being an unused substitute in the past two league games: "We're all sure, the whole club, the whole coaching staff, and I think also the players, know what great potential Sean has. He also showed that there are up and downs already. Now it's time that he's getting that confidence, that matureness for a player who didn't have that experience in the Premier League. Also throughout the training sessions, throughout the training weeks, and we see that for sure as a long-term project."

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Football issues correspondent

Premier League referees' chief Howard Webb says Sven Botman's foul on Nicolas Jackson was a "high-end reckless challenge" but backed the video assistant referee's decision not to intervene for a red card.

Botman was shown a yellow card - the correct sanction for a reckless tackle - by referee Jarred Gillett for the Newcastle centre-back's 18th minute challenge on Aston Villa striker Nicolas Jackson on Saturday.

On Match Officials Mic'd Up, Webb said that "robust tackling" is "part of the English game" but that referee still had "a responsibility to ensure players' safety".

"The referee in the moment, on the ground, sees it as a reckless challenge - no doubt a high-end reckless challenge - as Botman comes in and gets a touch on the ball," Webb said.

"There's obviously some speed he comes in with. The VAR looks at that decision and tries to identify whether that was clearly wrong.

"We don't want the referee's decision to be re-refereed by the VAR. We want the referee to have ownership of the decision and the VAR to only step in when there's an element that's clearly wrong.

"So if the VAR had seen strong stud contact from Botman's extended leg into the ankle or shin of Jackson, or there had been a closing of the scissor, I think we'd have probably come out with a different outcome after the VAR had looked at it.

"But he doesn't see that. He realises it's subjective, and he allows it to stay on the field with the referee's call standing.

"Equally, if that had been a red card, for sure it would've been check complete by the VAR as well.

After seven rounds of Premier League games there have been 21 VAR interventions, with nine of those subjective. At the same point last season, there had been only three, with zero subjective.

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Newcastle United are keen on making a move for AC Milan defender Fikayo Tomori, with the 28-year-old becoming a free agent in the summer. (Football Insider), external

Manchester United are plotting a major defensive overhaul next summer. The club will revisit a deal for 22-year-old Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall, who is keen to move to Old Trafford. (i news), external

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