Elliottman

Dennis wise school of scouting tells me he's got good movement in the box and a bit of a beast in the air.

I'm not sure excited is the word but I quite like this the more I read about him. Stoke fans are pissed which is always a good sign. Got a feeling he'll be decent.

God man. Are you real or is this place just full of robots. I never meet people like this in real life.

How on earth can you judge Hayden and Ritiche after 1 game against a class Spurs side? Ritchie has already proven he is quality in the Premiership at Bournemouth. Total knee-jerk nonsense to doubt them in this division today. Reading comprehension ? Try it! Ritchie played the bulk of his career in the lower leagues, he's had one full season in the PL, in a Newcastle shirt he still has to prove he's got the quality. People are all too quick to write Shelvey off as not being able to make the step up, yet he's played a hell of a lot more games in the top flight than Ritchie. Ritchie today did nothing and should have been sent off for what was a shocking tackle, I think had Shelvey not gone moments before he would have been shown the red card himself. Ritchie is going to be one of our most important players this season. His drive is what we're going to need if we're in the bottom 6 come February. He got 4 goals and 6 assists with Bournmouth, he gets a similar return this season and its a respectable return. Football isn't just about ability, drive and determination is a large part of it, especially when you're at the bottom. If we'd had more players like him two years ago we wouldn't have got relegated. You can't judge a right winger after 90 minutes vs spurs, 40 of which were played with 10 men, when our game plan seemed obviously to be exploit their right back through atsu. Only thing he did wrong was not making a run into the box when atsu put it across. That would have made it 1-0. FYI: http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,98837.msg6453923.html#msg6453923 So to recap: Thursday - Pundits are judging our players unfairly, these players have improved immensely under Rafa. Firmly believes we'll get beat, as Spurs are a class above us. Sunday - Judges Hayden and Ritchie after one match, they have it all to prove at this level. Panic stations about losing 2-0. Why are you quoting Louistoon, it's not his fault I'm a total spanner I was wrong and the pundits were right, at the minute, seriously dude don't take my words in any other form than concerned right now, I've been a little shocked in that performance that we are so far away from where I thought we were. That's all, I thought we would be comfortably safe this season and the pundits and those whinging on here were just over blowing things, now I've moved to a 6 so I'm more concerned that perhaps they were right and I was wrong. That's it, bi polar for sure but that's it, you can dispense with the stalking now Mate, we've just played one of.the best teams.in the league while suffering two injuries and a sending off, no idea what you were expecting. The team worked their bullocks off and while it might not have been great at times there were lots of positives. This game will not define our season. Go crack.open a can and relax.

Yeah, afar is having a mare. Compete meltdown.

replying to rafa in the press. I'm not even sure it was. He was banging on about previous managers. He didn't say anything of substance though. Completely pointless.

Nowt new. Not actually sure what the point of it was.

I don't think.so, we are all pissed off with him today but he's a far superior player to Hayden, let's not forget.

Pretty good, simple summary. Quite excited to see merino. Hopefully shelvey comes back stronger and him and merino could be quite a decent pairing. Unsure about the Rafa interview,.not sure if he couldn't be arsed.to talk about Ashley.

Buzzing Now. Feels like Christmas morning. Beer, Sun, town has a buzz. Love it. Even went and bought the new home top in my excitment ?

I'll be surprised if that's not the team unless Gayle fancies a game. I think merino will make the bench, not sure about dejong. Shows we have options though.

:lol: u ok hun? Top of the bill, looking forward to a cracking game today win lose or draw, few pints, glorious sunshine everythings good. I'll drink to that.

Can't wait ?

Very excited, hope the crowd create a cracking atmosphere.

Didn't Ben Arfa get his leg snapped after his third game?

Don't believe the truth. Plus I don't think you're supposed to wear them so shirt size is pretty much irrelevant.

We currently have 0 loans. I'm not including.merino due to the obligation to buy.

#wait What else can we do ?

Not sure we should get our knickers wet about one tweet, we know there's interest, let's see.

I really doubt that makes a difference, it's just an excuse. We'll hear the same crap next summer imo. An excuse? Its nearly £10million quid a year

On the brink.

Please be an awful joke. Hmm, we're starting with this craic even earlier than normal this season then. He's going to come back into the thread to confirm it was a joke, I know he is.

Please be an awful joke.

I love Rafa to bits, and I know the board are the problem here, but I'm getting a bit fed up with the negativity in all honesty. The PL starts this weekend, we should be being optimistic and looking forward to it, but because of all these sound bites and leaks from Rafa's camp everything feels doom and gloom. The players must surely pick up on that too. Obviously there are problems, but I'm not a fan of this "airing your dirty washing in public" thing. If the problems are big enough, walk away. If the problems are frustrating but you have no intention of walking away, don't put all that doubt into the supporters' minds. I'm not really sure what talking about it in the press really achieves, apart from getting in excuses early and giving the press plenty of fuel for the fires they love to create. The article isn't even that bad He's basically saying the big boys can buy the title and you don't need good managers ro do that and that to compete you need the right tools. Yeah, maybe there's a message being sent but it's not an article.about him spitting his dummy out and presenting doom and gloom.