Geordie Ahmed

Could do with an Anderson clean sheet for FPL, which means Leicester will win

3 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

You get a new wildcard, but I can’t see anything in the rules about unlimited transfers during the WC break. 
 

Can anyone point to it? 

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2667633

2 hours ago, JumpersForGoalposts said:

Fair point about the fingers in ears. Still disagree about him being an asset. A cursory look at Leicester forums show that they are clamouring to get him off their wage bill, with only a year left on his contract. 

What he has or hasn't done for Leicester is irrelevant to us

He was overall a decent player for us, especially considering how little we paid for him

I guess he wasn't concerned about ceilings when his club took Bobby Clark from our academy 

You get unlimited transfers during the WC break so why would you want to hold on to your WC? 

16 hours ago, huss9 said:

without Rafa there would have been no Howe.

 

 

 

Indeed

If a lot of reports are to be believed he is the one that first brought Staveley to the table, so even if people weren't keen on his playing style, how you can't adore the guy is beyond me

Saying Rafa lowered the expectations is one of the most mental takes I've read

The reason he didn't stick around was because the club was pointless. I still love his quote about us not being a stepping stone, sadly it's not something Ashley remotely supported him with 

That Barca defence is so poor, especially Eric Garcia, he's shite 

Gerrard is simply not on Howe's level and I don't think he ever will be 

2 hours ago, elbee909 said:

As always these days, it'll come down to the player - if one wants to go, they'll end up going. 

Kane wanted to go last summer 

I do reckon if he continues like this then in the summer there will be an improved contracted agreed with an additional year so everyone is happy 

7 hours ago, Skeletor said:

 

Will never understand those who try to re-write one of our bad managers' histories. Dalglish, Gullitt, Souness, Kinnear, Pardew, Schteve and Bruce can all get in the bin.

I can't bring myself to dislike Gullitt, granted he was shite for us but walking away without a pay off gets him a lot of credit in my eyes 

Stupid that from Luiz, lucky to get away with it 

16 hours ago, FloydianMag said:

The penny has dropped with some Villa fans re our takeover.

 

https://www.villatalk.com/topic/9228-lets-all-laugh-at-newcastle-again/page/530/

A couple of comments saying the flag display was cringe and small time, how bloody ironic coming from them 

1 hour ago, TRon said:

 

Nah mate, he was the one who took the low ground with the blood money jibe. If you go down that route then expect to be called out on it. That's not friendly rivalry any more.

I thought that was quite clearly a joke

I mean, what with Man-U having Saudi Telecom as a long standing commercial partner, it would be a ridiculous jibe if serious 

The yellow ticker for the Caulkin comment didn't quite work but the Simon Jordan and the giant surfer were superb 

5 minutes ago, tomlynnherrington said:

I had a quick check and it said Geordies were working in Hanwell when they formed Ebbsfleet.

Ebbsfleet is the other side of London to Hanwell

It was Geordies that formed Hanwell Town

15 hours ago, tomlynnherrington said:

Ebbsfleet United are now detested by the mackems.They’ve just found out,as I have to be honest,that they’re known as The Geordies because they were formed in 1920 by Geordies who were working in the area.By this time tomorrow,mackems will have formed them.

 

 

 

Wasn't aware of that about Ebbsfleet United, you sure you don't mean Hanwell Town?

8 hours ago, Nolberto Disco said:

Fraser never went on strike. Given his position, I respect his call - especially how his relationship remained in tact with Howe.

 

Honestly, no contract from Bournemouth, and the Covid situation at the time; I would have never played for Bournemouth again. The risk is too high, within seconds he could have a leg snapped.

 

You tell me what you'd do given that situation - risk losing losing millions when you needn't bother, or hold out for a new contract.  

 

Clinton Morrison hung out the back Bruce's daughter. His solution was to sell his top goalscorer. I'll still value Ritchie, Fraser and Wilson all the while Howe is here.

This is my stance on the situation, that he didn't have to continue playing and doing so whilst admirable would have been risky but the Bournemouth fan earlier suggested that wasn't the primary issue, apparently he admitted he didn't try during that season

If indeed that is the case then that is scumbag behaviour from Fraser and I totally understand why they don't like him

8 minutes ago, jackyboy said:

From where we were when Amanda took over it will take several years to build us up to be able to really compete with the top boys. We have taken giant steps since Eddie came in and brought in some good players. A lot of fans are whinging about why we didn't buy this one and that one but they don't seem to consider that the players we would like might not be available or their clubs prefer not to sell to us. When we get ASM, Wilson and Shelvey back we should be quite a threat

Aye plus it was never going to be something that's solved in 1 or 2 windows 

I look at the Jan/Summer windows as one really, if we weren't in such a dire situation I don't think we would have done much in January

The defence has largely been addressed, even managed to add a couple of players in attacking positions. 

Now the next few windows (not convinced we'll do a lot in Jan) will be about investing in the attack, so we aren't in a situation where an ASM injury can render us toothless.

People just need to show some patience.

Good finish from Maupay that

That was horrific, so stupid 

1 minute ago, NUFCDoog said:

Reading have had a decent season so far as well so annoyingly this is a reallt good performance and win for the Mackems, said it since the start of the season and stand by it - these will unfortunately be in the play offs at least come the end of the season and may well go up.

This time last year I was worried they'll go up and we'll be going down, then expected them to beat us twice however since the takeover what they do doesn't bother me

If they lose then obviously it's funny but I'm no longer concerned as we are and will be operating at a different level to them 

Triple sub from Pep, he's not happy like

Dortmund lead, Bellingham

1 minute ago, Kanji said:

What if this 200m all star kitty fed the homeless? Or supported building community centers to help underprivileged? What if this happened after the season ended and it was just a a very fun and light event at that? Place for kids and such to see their heros?  

 

Why does this always have to be so dramatic? Every suggestion met with such vitriol “you Americans don’t know anything about us!”
 

it’s a suggestion the silly weirdo made on some panel at some conference. Ain’t ever happening anyway! 

Let's be honest, they won't be feeding the homeless or help lower league clubs, they'll want it all for themselves. Their is no end up their greed (Btw, not referring to just American owners here)

I do like the general idea of a North-South game but not sure it's feasible due to clubs unlikely to want it to happen (certainly not for the better players at least) and with it not being competitive the intensity won't be there, which will then make it boring. 

For anyone that follows them, what are the all star games like in NBA/NFL? (Assuming they have them of course)