That was truly and utterly embarrassing. We didnt even try to go for a goal just to keep a clean sheet against a team that have lost 5 out of the last 6 games and have only won 3....
I totally agree with what you are saying above. But my question is, where is Gayle? Is he injured?
If you take Joelinton he gets 5 big chances and scores 0, Even Carroll shows more up than Gayle these days, but his legs are so gone that he wont get 5 big chances. So I would still play Gayle instead of those 2 because at the end of the day 3 out 5 is better than those two. Damn we are in a shitty position...
2007 Derby 1 - 0 Newcastle
Derby was looking really shit, they had lost 4-0 to Tottenham and 6-0 to Liverpool.
We had a new manager in Big Sam, had a very good first game against Bolton and had a few decent matches. This game was going to kickstart the season and get us flying with 3+ goal victory.. Instead we got glimps of how life would be under Big Sam.
Not sure anyone rates him, but no way is he a forward player for the way Bruce wants to play him.
KaKa does
I rate him, he makes other players feel like they are Messi. Seeing that 40M something sucking that hard has to give confidence to our 5M players.
Ba
The strikers I can recall we have signed since the fat guy signed us: Ba, Cisse, Gayle, Joselu, Mitrovic, Riviere, Perez, Kuqi, Best, xisco, and Løvenkrands. Then you can argue if they where goalscoring strikers...