Nick Woltemade

[La Parka]

Murphy-Bruno-Tonali-Barnes

                Woltemade

                    Wissa

 

 

I want to see this tried once. It's throwback as fuck but it would be amazing to see big man little man in 2025 😂 

[ElDiablo]

His vision and passing is excellent. Him in a freer role would really benefit our build up I think.

[Casey]

@Groundhog63 Can't really tell what your point/sentiment is just from a gif and you're likely just taking the piss, you've cut all the context in the way you've quoted me there.

 

Do you think we've solved how to get Nick properly involved yet? Would you agree we're somewhat in transition stylistically? Is there something else to it? 

 

Fwiw I wasn't being negative, as my post said he wasn't here for a proper preseason and now it's just game-after-game with nee training.

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

Going to write his name into Geordie folklore this time next week this big beautiful German machine 

[Groundhog63]

1 hour ago, Casey said:

@Groundhog63 Can't really tell what your point/sentiment is just from a gif and you're likely just taking the piss, you've cut all the context in the way you've quoted me there.

 

Do you think we've solved how to get Nick properly involved yet? Would you agree we're somewhat in transition stylistically? Is there something else to it? 

 

Fwiw I wasn't being negative, as my post said he wasn't here for a proper preseason and now it's just game-after-game with nee training.

Tbf, I did remove the context. The other two definitely questioned Eddie and his back room team of not having that clue, tho. I hoyed you into the mix because I like the 3 stooges gif so I needed another 

 

I was, as it goes, just joshing.

 

I think there's quite a bit they're thinking around atm. Change of tempo, style and content. Bedding players in and nursing players back. Add CL and Caraboa in the mix and it's a bit of a stew. I've absolutely no doubt, however, that Eddie fucking Howe grafts his nuts off and will work it out. 

[Mountain]

13 hours ago, La Parka said:

Murphy-Bruno-Tonali-Barnes

                Woltemade

                    Wissa

 

 

I want to see this tried once. It's throwback as fuck but it would be amazing to see big man little man in 2025 😂 

 

Peter Kraut and Jermain Wissa

[GideonShandy]

3 hours ago, Mountain said:

 

Peter Kraut and Jermain Wissa

Jermain DeFrog.

 

Sorry, that's awful.

[PauloGeordio]

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Some Sky Sports interview clips as well knocking about, admits he would lose an arm wrestle with BDB. 

[Benwell Lad]

9 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

 

 

That's a great line "you get direct feedback on what happens on the pitch".

Of course that also means periods of relative quietness when the game lulls as opposed to the German ultras non-stop, orchestrated singing.

I've spoken with a lot of Germans who prefer the English atmosphere that ebbs and flows with how the game is going and overall I agree with them.

[PENKAAA]

 

 

[Jack14Bojangles]

Article in today's Kicker, Germany's leading sports magazine:

 

For the first time since his move to Newcastle, Nick Woltemade will face a German team again. Ahead of the Champions League match in Leverkusen, the striker spoke about his bad memories of their upcoming opponent – and received special praise from his coach.

 

On the way to the press conference, Eddie Howe and Nick Woltemade apparently had a lot of fun. "I just had the pleasure of spending half an hour with him," Newcastle's coach said on Tuesday afternoon in Leverkusen. He asked his striker about the Bundesliga and the German mentality, Howe said – but above all, they had a good laugh. "He has a great sense of British humor," the Englishman praised the Bremen native. "That was one of the first things I noticed about him. He came to us and immediately felt at home with his unique sense of humor. He makes people laugh here."

 

Woltemade later called it "the nicest compliment you can get." He wanted to be an "entertainer on the pitch," the new signing from Stuttgart explained before Wednesday's Champions League match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9 p.m. CET, LIVE! on kicker). "What makes me happiest is when people are happy to see me play." After his phenomenal months at VfB Stuttgart, Woltemade has now achieved that in Newcastle as well. He has scored six goals in all competitions for his new club so far – and if it were up to coach Howe, there could have been more. But that's not down to Woltemade himself.

 

"We need to create more for him," he demanded of his team. "He's been very good with the chances he's had. Now we need to be better as a team." Woltemade, he added, "has much more to offer" than what he's shown so far. "He's good with the ball at his feet, and has quick feet for such a fast player."

 

However, there are still some aspects of the interplay between Woltemade and the rest of the team that are still developing. "As a team, we still need to get used to how he likes to receive the ball and what kind of runs he prefers to make," Howe explained. He therefore described it as "the only disappointment with him" that, due to Woltemade's late transfer and the team's many matches, the actual training sessions with the German striker have suffered over the past three months.

 

"My only disappointment with him is that I haven't been able to train with him as much as I would have liked," he explained. According to Howe, there are still some areas where they need to work with him. "That would be the fastest way to bring about the development in his game that we want. Until then, we're doing a lot of analysis with him and discussing things we can put in the back of his mind."

 

Woltemade himself saw his progress in other areas. "I've improved the most physically," he explained. "I can sprint more, get into more tackles, which is very important in the Premier League." Howe and the team also made him feel "that I can always score a goal, that the ball will come even if I don't touch it for a few minutes."

...

 

 

 

[Benwell Lad]

That interview was brilliant. What a lovely bloke.

But some of those questions from the (English) journalists were plain embarrassing.

[GideonShandy]

38 minutes ago, Benwell Lad said:

That interview was brilliant. What a lovely bloke.

But some of those questions from the (English) journalists were plain embarrassing.

Yes.

   "Can you tell us a joke?"

   "Have you got a girlfriend yet?"

 

Cringeworthy stuff.

[JLC]

Whoever asked that girlfriend question should be strung up. Christ sake. Cringe volcano

[Mazzy]

On 07/12/2025 at 10:19, La Parka said:

Murphy-Bruno-Tonali-Barnes

                Woltemade

                    Wissa

 

 

I want to see this tried once. It's throwback as fuck but it would be amazing to see big man little man in 2025 😂 

 

When we are one nil down in the 80th minute in our FA Cup game against Bournemouth......

[NG32]

10 hours ago, JLC said:

Whoever asked that girlfriend question should be strung up. Christ sake. Cringe volcano

Aye that was shocking that. 

[Jack14Bojangles]

Article in today's Kicker, Germany's leading sports magazine:

 

When Leverkusen host Newcastle, all eyes will be on Nick Woltemade. Coach Kasper Hjulmand and defender Jarell Quansah see the England striker as a key factor, especially since he creates situations that caused Bayer major problems in their 2-0 defeat in Augsburg.

 

When Bayer 04 host Newcastle United in the Champions League on Wednesday evening (9 p.m. CET, LIVE! on kicker), all eyes will naturally be on German international striker Nick Woltemade in the Magpies' ranks. This also applies to Leverkusen defender Jarell Quansah, for whom the duel with the former Stuttgart player represents a rematch from the summer, when he faced Woltemade and England in the final of the U-21 European Championship on June 28th.

 

The England international would like to follow up Wednesday's 3-2 victory in the final in Bratislava, Slovakia, with another win. This would open the door wide for him and Bayer 04 to the Champions League round of 16.

 

To achieve this, it will be crucial for him and his defensive teammates to limit Woltemade's freedom of movement. The 1.98-meter-tall striker is a key factor in Newcastle's game, especially because he is no ordinary striker.

 

"He's unorthodox, like Peter Crouch used to be a traditional striker. He's tall, can hold the ball well, and is strong in the penalty area," Quansah Woltemade lists his obvious qualities, but adds: "But I feel he has much more to offer than that. He's a really good player we need to watch out for."

 

Quansah's manager describes Woltemade's abilities and the resulting tactical possibilities for the Magpies with almost admiration. "I'm very impressed with him. You sometimes don't realize how technically gifted he is. He's technically better than he appears and is very dangerous in the penalty area," says Kasper Hjulmand, explaining why Woltemade is so difficult to contain: "He often drops back into midfield. He holds onto the ball well. And that creates space for the wingers to make a lot of runs behind him."

 

A tactical maneuver that, incidentally, caused the Werkself problems in a similar form on Saturday in their 0-2 defeat in Augsburg, when both goals were scored by Augsburg wing-back Dimitrios Giannoulis, who scored the first goal and assisted the second, cutting inside the Bayer defense on the right side. Only when Hjulmand brought on the speedy Quansah on the right side of the back three at halftime were Bayer able to contain this Augsburg tactic.

 

That Hjulmand's praise for the giant's ball skills isn't just a token gesture is demonstrated by the 53-year-old when he explicitly highlights Woltemade's ball dexterity once again. Like the former Liverpool striker and England international Crouch, who stands at an impressive 2.01 meters, Woltemade, at 1.98 meters, is lanky, but despite his physique, he possesses considerable finesse.

 

A quality that Hjulmand rates extremely highly. "I believe that at this height there aren't many players who also possess the technical skills he has," the former Danish national coach praises the Newcastle striker.

 

Bayer Leverkusen must prevent these opportunities from unfolding, as Quansah knows from his time as an U-21 international. "I also played against him at the European Championship this summer. Of course, we analyzed him extensively back then," says the 22-year-old, 1.90-meter-tall Quansah. "He's a player you have to keep an eye on because he has many qualities. A large part of Newcastle's game runs through him; he can massively influence matches."

 

Quansah, by the way, doesn't see any advantage in his experience against Woltemade from the U-21 European Championship final. "It's a completely different competition. And we're probably in two completely different situations now. As a young player, you improve quite a lot within five or six months, in my opinion. To say that he's the same player and I'm the same player wouldn't be fair to either of us," says Quansah, who has since become a full international. "It's a new challenge and something we're ready for."

 

The crucial point, from his perspective, is not to focus too much on the opponent. "Like any top team in the Champions League, you're up against top players," says Quansah. "It's not about concentrating too much on them, but on what we do. And that's exactly what we'll try to do on Wednesday." Without, of course, neglecting the unorthodox Woltemade.

[John P]

This massive bastard is scoring 2 tonight

[gbandit]

9 minutes ago, John P said:

This massive bastard is scoring 2 tonight

Stick another one on top, make it 3

[Coffee_Johnny]

56 minutes ago, John P said:

This massive bastard is scoring 2 tonight

Howay, he seems quite nice 😉

[1964]

17 hours ago, GideonShandy said:

Yes.

   "Can you tell us a joke?"

   "Have you got a girlfriend yet?"

 

Cringeworthy stuff.

My thoughts were that they were insinuating that because he has a male friend over from Germany that he was gay, the whole thing was utterly pathetic

[GideonShandy]

20 minutes ago, 1964 said:

My thoughts were that they were insinuating that because he has a male friend over from Germany that he was gay, the whole thing was utterly pathetic

Honestly never occurred to me. Naive on my part, no doubt.

[HMSIllustrious]

31 minutes ago, 1964 said:

My thoughts were that they were insinuating that because he has a male friend over from Germany that he was gay, the whole thing was utterly pathetic

I couldnt care less about his sexual preferences, and well, at his age I would have rather brought a friend with me for the adventure of living in a new country and exploring its nightlife.

[Holloway]

I hope Eddie and the coaching staff have plans for him and our new number 9 to have plenty minutes on the pitch together, rather than rotating them. Nick can become a more explosive Teddy Sheringham, Wissa we'll have to wait and see