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If Matthias Jaissle was unsure what Newcastle fans thought of his team's latest error-strewn performance, he certainly knew at full-time after a second defeat by Everton inside a week.
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Despite another miserable showing by Jaissle's side, the Toon Army had stuck by the team from start to finish before a chorus of boos echoed around St James' Park at the final whistle.
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The frustration and anger from the stands came after a 1-0 defeat which included a goalkeeping howler by Lukas Hornicek, a red card for substitute Jacob Ramsey and another blunt attacking performance.
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"Big frustration, big disappointment," said Jaissle after a fourth defeat in six Premier League games.
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"After a performance like that I can understand the reaction from the fans.
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"We need to work on the things we need to improve and after today that is a lot."
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Newcastle's final game before the November international break is away to Fulham on Saturday, before facing Arsenal (home) and Brighton (away) when the Premier League resumes later in the month.
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"It's not my first time as a manager in this situation," added Jaissle, whose side were eliminated from the Carabao Cup by Everton on Thursday.
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"The only way is togetherness and showing unity."
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Will the German - who became the Premier League's second youngest coach in the summer - find the solutions to get Newcastle's season back on track, with fans starting to run out of patience?
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'I fear a little for Newcastle'
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No Premier League side has lost more home games in 2026 than Newcastle (7), while they have now lost 16 of their past 18 league games when conceding first.
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The Magpies have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their past 14 home league games - the longest run in their league history.
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It all points to worrying times, with Jaissle just three months into a four-year contract.
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"I fear a little for Newcastle," former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports.
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"They have a young manager and young players.
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You are always going to question the manager when the team is not winning.
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"I think it is going to be a tough season.
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At home, especially, it feels flat and boring, and I never expected to say about Jaissle's Newcastle.
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You expected it to be front-footed and exciting, coming from the Red Bull model.
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It was always going to be a period of transition following Eddie Howe's exit, after five years in charge, and the arrival of 38-year-old Jaissle, after successful spells in Saudi Arabia and Austria.
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In addition, Newcastle lost a number of key players in the summer including Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes.
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At the start of the year, Newcastle United's chief executive David Hopkinson said he could put them "in the debate about being the top club in the world" by 2030.
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That now seems a long way off amid suggestions the ambitions of the club's Saudi Arabian owners, the Public Investment Fund, are running out of steam.
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Jaissle was not helped on Monday by his goalkeeper, with Hornicek allowing a routine shot to squirm under his body for Thierno Barry to tap home the winner.
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The Newcastle boss claimed Barry's winner should have been disallowed for a foul on Fabian Schar in the build-up, but he conceded his players had struggled to show the bravery required to get back in the game.
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"It's almost like a negative spiral," he said.
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"Unfortunately we couldn't deliver actually over the whole 90 minutes.
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It was not our game and our style of playing.
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"That is something we are very frustrated and disappointed about.
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If you cannot deliver when it counts then you don't deserve to win.
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Jaissle admitted Newcastle are lacking belief in the midst of their miserable run.
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"There are certain moments with not too much confidence, not only with the young lads but also with the more experienced ones," he said.
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We also know you can only overcome that as a unit.
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We worked hard and it looked good but unfortunately we couldn't deliver.
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"We will analyse in detail and try and make things better against Fulham.
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'You can sense nerves in the ground'
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Newcastle have problems at both ends of the pitch.
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While they have managed just 12 goals in nine league games, they continue to struggle to keep clean sheets.
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They registered 17 attempts against Everton but only two of those were on target, and they have scored just once from their past 47 shots in all competitions.
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…and 10 more, not listed.
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