

The Prophet
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Newcastle United vs. Ipswich Town: 26/04/25 @ 15:00 (No UK TV)
The Prophet replied to HaydnNUFC's topic in Football
What we thinking tomorrow? Botman in for Schar, Gordon in for Barnes? -
DCL is a decent target man. Holds the ball up well and he's great in the air, but he's absolute bobbins in front of goal. Watched a game earlier this season where he fluffed a hattrick of one v ones. Could be a confidence issue of course.
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Hard to put an order on it, they're all pretty essential with European football guaranteed.
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PIF should be asking some very, VERY serious questions of Paul Mitchell.
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Ability wise, I have no issue with DCL, especially given Eddie gets an extra 20% out of everyone. But we've seen the issues of relying on a back-up with an unreliable fitness record, particularly with Isak not being the most robust himself. It feels like a risk rolling that dice again.
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I like the idea of having a target man option, where we can be a bit more direct, but I can't see us signing DCL. His injury record and availability v his wages wouldn't be worth the risk. Delap is more likely to join a club where he'd be first choice (Forest would be a good fit), but he'd still get plenty of game time here and the pathway to the England team is there for all to see. It'll probably end up being neither. I suppose it depends how much we intend to sink into the RCB and RW positions.
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Sounds like someone from Delap's camp has been busy briefing the media today.
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This chap doing the Lord's work.
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Pretty sure Heron's comment was tongue in cheek like.
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That's a fair point. With us seemingly looking at Europa League minimum, Delap should get plenty of minutes.
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Can't see Delap, but would be very happy with that