The former Crystal Palace owner spoke at length about the problems Eddie Howe is currently facing
Newcastle United's St James' Park before the Champions League game against Athletic Bilbao
Newcastle United's St James' Park results have been good - but have the performances?
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The bare facts make for grim reading. In 2025, Newcastle United have picked up just four Premier League victories on the road, and two of them were against sides which went on to be relegated in Southampton and Leicester.
There have been successes in cup competitions, most notably the two Carabao Cup wins over Arsenal and Liverpool which made last season so memorable, as well as the 4-0 Champions League victory against Union Saint-Gilloise this season.
By contrast, Eddie Howe's side have won six of their last seven games on home soil in all competitions, and have only narrowly lost to Liverpool, Arsenal and Barcelona at St James' Park this term.
It's hardly the stuff of crisis, yet the narrative of that away form will only disappear once United finally end their dismal run. In the Premier League, United go to Everton next . . . and then it's that derby date with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on December 14.
The issue has caused plenty of debate in recent days, with talkSPORT's Simon Jordan and Martin Keown focusing on United's away form this week.
Former Palace owner Jordan insists the problems should not be overblown at this stage of the season, but stressed Howe must address the disparity between home and away performances.
"Let's not turn it into a crisis because they've just won the EFL game against Spurs," he said. "So, they're in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, the one they're defending, they're going reasonably well in the Champions League.
"They've got to get themselves together in the Premier League and I'm pretty sure that they will. You know, I made the observation last week that they've got a new centre forward and Isak's gone.
"They setting up in a different way now. The two wingers have got to start contributing a little bit more. Lo and behold, Harvey Barnes comes into the team and scores a great goal on the weekend.
"But it's the moment they seem to get adversity away from home, ie they get pegged back or they go behind that.
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"I think Eddie does a press conference in a really good way because he is critical, but he's not disparaging. He isn't individualizing the criticism. He's talking about the nature of the way that the team performs. So, I think he'll see his way through this.
"The main issue is why are they setting up differently away from home and causing themselves problems I would suspect that the crowd at St James' Park play a massive part in demanding Newcastle set up differently and play in a certain away and Eddie's got to square the circle in his mind and the players' minds that away results have got to be achieved.
"No one's going to say crisis are they if they turn around and see Newcastle get beat at home by Man City. It's when Newcastle go away and they get turned over 3-1 by a very poor West Ham side that's starting to reemerge under Nuno."
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Simon Jordan, speaking on talkSPORT(Image: talkSPORT/YouTube)
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When asked whether it was a case of a weak mentality on the road, Jordan added: "Well, I don't know. Maybe that's something that internally the manager is discussing right now.
"But flip it on its head. If you're playing in front of an expectant crowd that are demanding you to be a certain way. Is there as much pressure in that space as there is being away from home with a different set of pressures?
"Clearly the issue is not about the capability of this team to perform. It's about their capability to perform away from home. Not about their motivation turning up for individual games. It's about how they perform away from home because they can turn up at home.
"They can turn up in European Champions League games. They seem unable to turn up at away games. Why is that? And that's the question that how will unlock.
"If you're confident enough to play in front of a fully a packed St James's Park against European opposition, why would you not be confident to play away from home? With due respect to Brenford, they aren't the most passionate of fans. They aren't creating a cauldron for you to play in at Brenford, are they?"
It's a reasonable stance, but one which misses an alarming fact which Howe will no doubt be aware of.
Newcastle haven't been that good at home. No Champions League win should ever be sniffed at, but how would Benfica and Bilbao fare in the Premier League? Not well, I would wager, although it must be said the Basque side were shorn of several of their best players for last week's game.
United edged a 1-0 win over an abject Wolves side - and it could have been very different but for some excellent Nick Pope saves - and needed a last-minute winner to earn a 2-1 success over Fulham.
Nottingham Forest were in disarray when they came to Tyneside, but United struggled to break them down until Nick Woltemade's second-half penalty, and the game was in the balance until Bruno Guimaraes' late strike eased the tension.
They were second best throughout against Arsenal and although the second-half against Liverpool was hugely impressive, it came after they allowed Arne Slot's side to take a two-goal lead.
Sure the Carabao Cup successes have been convicincing, especially against Spurs, but League One Bradford played into United's hands and were far too open.
Winning when you're not playing that well is always a positive, but the levels will need to be significantly higher when Manchester City come to St James' after the international break.
Jordan is right about the away form - and the face that this is nowhere near a crisis yet. But it's wrong to focus too much on the away form.
Newcastle need to improve full stop. And then the confidence will come flooding back.