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Geordie_once_removed

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  1. 21 minutes ago, Rod said:

    This might look like I'm piling into Trippier but I honestly thought he was terrible at left back for England at the Euros.  Not all his fault though (Southgate).

    I felt he was terrible for the team without being terrible himself if you know what I mean. He was solid defensively and tried to offer an outlet. He was always trying to make himself available. However as many, many others have said the combination of him at left back and a LWF who always sought to cut in ruined our width on that side. Also that he is so one footed (I hadn't noticed this before) killed our momentum so many times. Again as others have said none of this was his fault but the manager's who set up the team like this.

  2. I'm a big Muphy fan and fully see him being an important part of the squad. However his style of play is a bit too one dimensional for him to be a regular starter and not be a bit of a weakness to the team as if you know he's going to start you can nullify him.  In particular when teams sit back he can be totally ineffectual as he can't get behind the fullback and whip balls in which is one of his greatest strengths.  He's a bit like Gillespie in that way.

  3. Guehi also looks to both partner Botman and our overall playing style really well. That's worth paying a premium for.

  4. This injury means he now surely leaves on a free next summer.

     

    On a positive note as others have mentioned when fit his strike rate is excellent. Those 10 or so goal could easily mean 3 places in the League, plus potentially European football.  The League places alone would be worth almost 10 million. So him staying now we have another back up striker it far from a disaster.

  5. 2 hours ago, gbandit said:

    It's such bizarre copy, I like Caulkin's writing as well

    I'm not a fan of his style at all but that piece doesn't read like him at all. Very bizarre.

     

    Re: Caulkin, I think him moving to The Athletic ruined him for me. His style was refreshing and different when you would get one piece on Newcastle every couple of months. But I find it quite grating when you have an article a week. Also his celebrating not know tactics and statistics etc. also annoys me given sports writing, where this is part and parcel, is literally his job. You can choose not to focus on it but to celebrate your ignorance annoys me.

  6. Hmmmmmm delicious nostalgia.  I bet people will be able to guess my age from this.

     

    Given

     

    Trippier - Albert - Woodgate - Beresford 

     

    Solano - Speed - Bruno - Ginola

     

    Sir Les - Shearer 

  7. We should pull a Ratface on this one. Howe should go on live TV and say the taxpayer should pay for his transfer as if they did 3 out the 4 of England's backline for the next 5 years plus could be playing together week in week out for one club. Imagine what that would do for England's prospects of winning a something. He could call it the 'Great Defence of the North'.

  8. Given the circumstances (Wilson injured and no obvious suitors for him and a PSR limited budget) this looks like an excellent transfer in theory. Fingers crossed Howe can work his magic, which I feel confident he will, and we have picked up a gem for the next few years for what is peanuts for a striker these days.

  9. I bought some Storsint wine glass from IKEA the other week.  One literally cracked while sitting untouched on the counter and another while being gently dried.  Some people have crystalware, I have wilsonware.

  10. 4 hours ago, Aiston said:

    Yeah, no one going to buy him are they.

    I still maintain he's perfect for the Saudi League. The less intense pace should help reduce injuries and he's still a big enough name to be attractive to them. It's less than 2 years since he was in the England squad for Qatar.

  11. 2 hours ago, madras said:

    Ginola, Albert, Ferdinand, Barton 

    Joey Barton has a lot to answer for. I read that list several times and thought "But Barton didn't sign until much later". I can't believe that gobshite made me temporarily forget one of my favourite players growing up! How could I allow that halfwitted bigot make me forget Warren 'Centre Parting' Barton! Wasn't he then most expensive defender ever for a time, £5 million sticks in my head.

  12. At the start and even halfway through last season I really wanted him to stay on and terrorise tired defences after he came on to replace the shiny new RW we bought.  I felt would be a perfect squad player. Then he had his injury and he didn't seem the same player.

     

    It's the right time to move him (and a couple of others) on.  I've supported Newcastle since I started following football in the 1992/93 season. Thinking back on all of those players in that time, I'd put him in my Legends of Newcastle squad, hell he might even start. Not because of his ability but because I love his energy, enthusiasm and general Miggyness.

  13. If his main position was anything other than RW I would be very happy with this. However as his main position is the weakest in our current squad and he looked a great prospect it does leave a bitter taste.

     

    I felt his signing showed real planning for the future with a more established RW signed and then the two of them pushing each other, while older players like Almiron and Murphy moved on.

  14. This is a real shame but as others have said perhaps the best for all parties. At us I feel his versatility would have always been a challenge to him fully developing. As he would be seen as a good back up option in too many positions but never being stand out good enough to nail down a regular starting role, resulting in him becoming a bit of a Jack of all trades but master of none.  Hopefully at Forest there is a clear plan and position that suits him and he develops into a better player as a result.

     

    His injury this season really screwed his future with us. £35 million is pretty great business, even though I am sure there is some PSR shithousery going on, he wasn't even called up for the Scotland team fir the Euros.  £35 million for a guy who doesn't make the Scotland squad, that's insane.

  15. He seems perfect for the Saudi league. Still a big name, he went to Qatar with England after all, so attractive to them. I don't think his injury record would be such an issue there either as the pace of the league is slower so he'd likely have fewer injuries. Kante was almost permanently injured for his last couple of seasons in the Premier League, he went to Saudi and he looks a player reborn in the Euros. 

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