How important is possession in top level football? Well, in the most simplistic terms, it is pretty difficult to score goals if you don’t have the ball. There are some…

The Premier League clubs are now close to the halfway point. A season like no other due to the impact of the virus but one that has allowed people to…

Possession isn’t everything in football but it helps. A new table has been published showing the overall possession stats for the first 12 Premier League matches. It measures Newcastle United…

In modern football, far more than years gone by, giving away possession is seen as a far bigger problem. As playing styles have changed, rather than play quickly switching from…

A new report studying 35 European Leagues so far this season, sees Newcastle United figuring highly when it comes to possession. Or rather, the lack of it. The report comes…

Why not, instead of playing the long ball game, give Janmaat, Sissoko, Wijnaldum and Perez more freedom to run with the ball?

Writer Dean Wilkins says that he never fails to be impressed by Alan Pardew’s ability to say things that have no basis in reality.

Is owning the ball vital for Newcastle United – In other words, is it essential to have a certain level of possession to get any kind of success.