Kanj

We never paid the going rate for him, then he blew up, and now he's having a bad season.

Removed what I originally wrote b/c it made no sense. The state our club that we'd sign Lacazette for that sum, but balk at signing someone like Abdennour, Matip, Alderweireld at CB, or bringing back Cabaye to play CM...frustrating as fuck. Coming from someone who rates the striker heavily.

Courbis. :lol: People must have short memories:

You can bang on the English spine for sure, but until we sign your next John Stones or Delli Alli or heck, sign players of the quality of Shawcross or Lallana to play for us then the English spine thing can get fucked. Believe me, I'd be all for signing a guy like Nathan Redmond to play on our right side or Ryan Bertrand at LB but we've proven every time we aren't interested in doing that.

I bit on Deadspin

Someone yesterday made a good point about how in a way because he was so much better than the rest of the team, he actually had less of a license to try things and fail because the rest of the team wasn't good enough to regain possession. If we'd had a team that was good enough (or in our collective opinion, that was managed properly) he'd have been able to do more, more often and even the dumbest in our fanbase would probably see that he's worth playing every game. Think it's wishful thinking though, unless we get a manager who comes and completely transforms the club and the mindset of the fans in the way that Wenger did at Arsenal, we've essentially got no chance. They stumbled on an out of favor player that was available cheap. He turned out to be more than we could have ever imagined, but not enough to motivate the idiots in charge to build something worthwhile with him at the forefront. That's why this club will forever be irrelevant. Nothing is bigger than the plan to keep the billionaire rich. Football doesn't mean s*** here. Who cares if the product is garbage. As long as we stay up we're golden. In 50 years Ashley will definitely be long gone, we have time Michael. We'll get his spoiled, disinterested son that knows even less about running a football club though, obviously. Unless a Newcastle fan buys the club, or some oligarch looking for a way to play with his blood money nothing will ever change. There are more Ashleys out there. No there are far less Ashleys out there. Most people who spend that much money on a sporting team want said team to win something, or believe they can build something that could compete for a title or something.

Nah we're just loudly saying fuck off to Ryder in general, even if he's right or wrong, and to the club's supposed policy if true. Chill.

You should be fielding players and hiring managers who are up to the job and task regardless of region or nationality or "gets the area" - you think that Man City team full of different nationalities have all these players who fully get the area to succeed? No way. They are employed by a football club who wants to win trophies. If these players are not good enough to deliver these trophies, or the manager is unable to get the results that the club demands, then they replace the manager and the players with better ones, not this xenophobic lunacy about having these local area lads, esp ones who are fucking shit.

You're right, just pointing out the most recent chance or catalyst to fix it.

Lets not fix the left sided issue that everyone has seen since Haidara got hurt. Let's not do that.

Meanwhile every other player fucks up every week but our staff love to single out and drop players we like, it's fucking weird and creepy.

Should be signing him on a pre-contract then at this point, agree with whats been said - this player is tremendous going forward, literally has created more chances and more goals than any other fullback in Dutch football over the past 5 years or something. A man who can hit crosses all day long, on top of being a sound defender with good pace and strength. But nah, let's hold off lads - Paul's got this. While we ship goal after goal and attack exclusively down the right.

We got what 2-3 results and have not had a midfield look as solid as it did when Mehdi was playing the holding role? Was literally dictating tempo versus the likes of Yaya and Steven Gerrard and gets hurt and frozen out the team again?

5 touches, including the trap to beat 6 defenders.

Hatem's dribbling and take ons are unmatched in world football. When he does what he did last night in that fuck off fuck you manner not a player can do that at those speeds and change of pace. Frightening acceleration.

Sign him. Get KK back. And let's start this the right way.

That's never a simple pass in real time man, ffs he'd have had to roll that ball pretty slowly across the face of goal and hope that Mendy caught up to it and then he'd have had to hit across the goalie and a defender either on the line or sliding in too. In real time Mendy's at the top of the box and he's got a handful of defenders chasing back at him, 1 in his line of vision and a GK to beat. The closest Nice player to him is sandwiched between the defenders. He had to have a go at goal, that was the only option IMO. The variables and likelihood of misplacing the pass to his two teammates are far too high esp given the option at far post was their tiny DM.

was thinking...this fucking guy

defender put the game in disrepute Some time later... Hey Mole, way to copy my post(s) brah

I'd be pissed if he did pass it and 1) pass got intercepted or 2) some slack bloke missed the net

Maradona should have passed too

ones of color and varied ethnicity, like Hatem too

wtf have i missed Start here: http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,97034.msg5614238.html#msg5614238

Aye, was surprised to hear he'd been back 'home' to Merseyside over the Christmas break like. Imagine loving Liverpool that f***ing much Probably likes the breakfast at the Andaz Hotel or something

Unbelievable would be trying to punch the players of color in that video IMO