Kaizero

I wanted us up of course, but now that we are down, I want us to stay down until the fat c*** f***s off. If Raf stays... well I'm going to be seriously torn. I actually prefer the man over my entire club how f***ing daft is that. For me it's Rafa and his revolution or nothing. Mind unless the alternative was Keegan or Shearer or someone inspired then id be on board. Putting all my eggs in the NFL basket this fall and until Ashley sells up if Rafa goes tbh. There'd be no remnant of the NUFC I once knew and loved left.

Cisse had chances yesterday. Still 0-0. Cisse instead of Mitro on that chance alone with the keeper and the ball still wouldn't have come back down to earth.

"Other Sports" would be good for the forum. Aye I reckon so. NFL, NBA, baseball, darts, golf, MMA etc. There'd be plenty to fuel it. Yup...and boxing Put football in there as well, then lock it and delete it.

Really like Under Armour tbh. Wish we got them at some point.

If rumours of a movie are true I'm seeing: Donny Yen, Idris Elba, Mads Mikkelson and Andy Serkis. If you include Andy Serkis, they will ALL be played by Andy Serkis. Fuck Andy Serkis.

Although rarer, there are numerous examples of world class centre forwards who couldn't outrun Boris Johnson. Dzeko is a good ezample of that.

Not that it matters to anyone, but his conversion rate has been better than, for example, both Memphis Depay and Theo Walcott this season.

very much this. But we have been so poor in front goal all season, the question I would ask is why was Armstrong not recalled, he may have pinched a goal or two. Because that's just stupid, maybe? Why would putting Adam Armstrong on make you more confident of us scoring?

Again, he has scored more than the top goalscorers of a few mid-table teams. In any other scenario this would've been a great first season for a 21 year old PL import. You are judging his potential and skills based on the expectations you have of a 1st choice striker. Not of a 21 year old PL import. Which is wrong. This is the issue. He's not a 1st choice striker, and we fucked up by making him ours due to neglecting to buy a proven PL striker. That does not equate to this season having not been on par with what would've been expected of him if we had done so, though. A perfect example of this season being on par with the expectations we should have had is the poll in this thread, where the majority placed him in the 6-10 goal range - which is where he ended up.

A 1 in 2 striker can finish. And Mitro can finish. We've seen it on a few occasions. If we don't feed him, especially as he's fucking new in the PL, he will have issues. Yeah, he's fluffed chances. But he's not been given enough chances. Again, the issue here isn't his ability. It's the fact he should never have been our 1st choice striker. This is what people seem to be getting confused.

We need some squad fillers, though. We won't buy 15+ new players Hence why I also kept Elliot and Dummet.

The issue isn't that we should've had a more proven striker though. The issue is that people are writing Mitro off for no reason when he's had a decent season in any other aspect than as a 1st choice striker for Newcastle United. He shouldn't have been 1st choice, we know that. My issue is that people are blaming him when he's in all honesty had a decent 1st season in the PL in any other scenario than him being 1st choice striker, which we all know he shouldn't have been. So why the hatred directed at him?

I'd keep: Darlow, Elliot, Lascelles, Anita, Dummet, Aarons, Mbemba (but he'll likely leave), Haidara, Mbabu, Armstrong, Bigirimana, Perez & Mitrovic (though the last two might also leave).

A 1 in 2 striker at Anderlect and Partizan though. And if you check out some of his goals, you know he's capable of scoring. I maintain that we threw him in the deep end, and the mental stress of being the sole person capable of scoring goals in the team wasn't an easy burden to bear, which led to him questioning his abilities and a loss of confidence in front of goal that in turn led to him snatching at chances to try to get back on the horse. If he'd been eased in at the rate a normal club would have done, he'd probably never have dropped his head like he clearly has this season. It's a silly argument anyway. Perez has missed tons of sitters. Wini has missed tons of sitters. Cisse has missed a fuckton of sitters. They're all to blame. This is a failed unit, not a failed guy. Why praise Perez like a god when he's fucked up pretty much as many chances as Mitrovic? Would you seriously be more confident with Perez leading the line than Mitro? With Cisse? The thing is though, as mentioned beyond boredom, he shouldn't have been the one with all the pressure to perform. We should've had a more proven PL striker as first choice. This doesn't mean that they guy can't, in time, become that proven striker though. And he has shown enough glimpses this season to back that claim up. We just focus on his mistakes because we can't score goals for shit, which, again, isn't his problem, as he shouldn't be in the position as our 1st choice striker at this point regardless. The fuck up is not bringing in a proven striker, not Mitro having an ok-ish first season for a 21 year old import if places in any mid-table team. He has two more goals to his name than Bournemouths top scorer, even, and they're wanking themselves silly over King.

Would've wrecked his 0-0 bet tho.

For what? He's lumbering, cumbersome and whatever the opposite of clinical is. He was one of the highest rated prospects in Europe before joining us, and had been scoring for fun before, albeit in "lesser" leagues. If you'd look at the goals he scored at Anderlecht for instance, I think it becomes clear that the main issue is him not getting the service needed for him to find his feet in the PL. He shouldn't be leading the line for us, but that's not his fault. We should've had a more clinical striker, proven in the PL to survive. That doesn't mean this guy isn't a massive talent though. Just that we threw him into the deep end and told him to beat Michael Phelps at swimming before teaching him how to swim. "Massive talent" he certainly isn't, proven by some horrendous misses and the fact that he can barely run, for fucks sake. Horrendous misses from horrendous crosses/passes. You can't just fault one party for shitness, man. It's incredibly shortsighted. Only 23 more players have more goals than him in the PL this season. Not saying that is good by any stretch of the imagination, but it makes him about a 1 in 4 striker in the PL so far. Which isn't what we needed, granted. But with a proven striker leading the line, I'd 10 out of 10 times rather see Mitro on than Perez, for instance. The issue, again, is that he was thrown into the deep end. If we had players around him that could create chances, in a system that was suited to him (which McClarens definiately was not), it could very well have been a different season. Sure, he's missed some howlers. I'm not saying he hasn't. But the absolute bullshit blame being put on him is beyond ridiculous given we know which other players have been in charge of creating his chances. Put him in a functioning team that can create chances, and he'll do very well. He's 21 after all. Knowing the fact he gets one or two real chances in a match and knowing that he has to convert one of them because that's all there'll be this time around isn't the easiest thing to carry with him mentally going into games.

For what? He's lumbering, cumbersome and whatever the opposite of clinical is. He was one of the highest rated prospects in Europe before joining us, and had been scoring for fun before, albeit in "lesser" leagues. If you'd look at the goals he scored at Anderlecht for instance, I think it becomes clear that the main issue is him not getting the service needed for him to find his feet in the PL. He shouldn't be leading the line for us, but that's not his fault. We should've had a more clinical striker, proven in the PL to survive. That doesn't mean this guy isn't a massive talent though. Just that we threw him into the deep end and told him to beat Michael Phelps at swimming before teaching him how to swim.

I'm with hindu. Also highly rated by TKK, whose opinion I appreciate greatly. He clearly has the talent. We've just not been able to feed him. In this situation, sure, we should have had a more proven and profilic striker due to the few chances we've made. But, on the other hand, if we could actually create good chances more regularily, we'd see a higher goal tally from Mitro as well.

A Mackem school friend. Like I said, obsessed with us like most mackems are. Set his house on fire.

Lucifer in the flesh.

Get into it. You'll not regret it. Just don't be Beren and pick the best team because you're a gloryhunter.

NFL thread in season is the best thing on the Internet by far.

The sadness in my eyes.

Only thing that's keeping me on the NUFC, and football in general, bandwagon is the slim hope that Rafa might stay and the fact this place is amazing. If not for those two, and arguably the Euros, I'd be so fucking close to just fucking giving up football as an interest forever and go watch golf or some bullshit.