Jayson

It was Shola

Benny finding his stride now like, confidence up again you can see it

much better

come on

jesus man

Better play when Marv's involved

Oh Shola

Liking Sissoko & Anita so far

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Not the best freekick

How did Diame have so much space? Wd Debuchy

COME ON! Win on the board would be so important, Howay

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Shola wants to play for Nigeria man, hes going to be mint. Every game is now his training session for the world cup.

Barely linked up with Cisse last week, not his fault as such just the way we played. Couldnt get Cisse near the ball without being outmuscled last week, so Shola. Joking aren't you, Gouffran was far better than Cisse last week. But Cisse is seen as the better striker whos potential we need to unleash. So he's unlikely to be dropped very often, till Remys back anyway.

Barely linked up with Cisse last week, not his fault as such just the way we played. Couldnt get Cisse near the ball without being outmuscled last week, so Shola.

We expect a bidding war/desperate move to happen towards the end of the window id expect. We're showing hes an option for those interested.

Im proper looking forward to the game.

Marv was class on that left wing when he first joined, would like a repeat of that.

Happy with Barfa, Marv & Anita in midfield.

Marveaux! Be nice to see a winger who can cross & run at players, create and stuff. Please please please make the most of it. Assuming Crumpy is itk & not just posting his best guess*

Outside of Wenger/Pardew we are following Arsenals model tbf to him. Sell our best players, buy & scout youngsters, fill the side with french players & struggle with transfers we dont see as being the perfect deal. He's just overlooked the whole not having Wenger part. His quote on Keegans outlook is interesting. "Kevin himself is very particular on who he wants, to use his words they have to have the right heart for Newcastle United." "We want players with the right heart & passion to play for Newcastle United & its supporters, Kevin doesnt stop emphasizing that". Think we're missing a bit of that with our recent transfers really.

But is this Ayew guy a threat from the left? He's also being played as a striker. Plus Ben Arfa would be scoring more if our movement around the area allowed a winger to cut in and find space to shoot atm, he barely gets any room. I think creativity + someone like a Gomis is more needed due to how we're playing.

Know nowt about him but doesnt seem to get many assists? Just 5/6 in the league from his last 90+ games. We could do with some creativity, we already have a strong finisher we cant get near the ball.

Under current management? We probably are. Its just limiting expectations isnt it. If he mentions the potential for Cabaye to be off 7 times during the window & someone finally bids as a fanbase we're more accepting of it due to the expectation in comparison to it being a shock. Ashley wants his money back but he also wants his asset to keep a good status so he can get a good price in future, so we buy decent players for cheap, increase their status over here, sell them for big amounts, then reinvest part of the cash in similar replacements who he thinks can follow the same pattern. Hopeful outcome being we always do decently & he always makes a profit on who we bring in. All he needs then is a manager who will buy into letting his better players go, whilst also trying to get supporters to do the same. By having such a poor manager we don't really show this though. Clubs such as Porto and Lyon have the exact same strategy but they manage to entertain their fans and compete at the same time. Last year we didnt nope, id imagine Pardew has a limited period of time to prove he can keep doing this while also keeping Newcastle's performances close to the season before. Ashley needs our players to do well for him to see any profit on them, so it doesnt make any sense for him to try to purposely limit our ability. Obviously though he needs managers who are ok with the model, losing your best players can affect how you look as a manager & your own career. Keegan certainly wasnt willing to accept it when Milner was moved on etc. Plus im not sure he trusts his own judgement of what a good manager is anyway, he just gets close contacts in in recent times.