Dr Jinx

4 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

I think he would have happily come here if one of the cartel clubs hadn't come in for him. We just aren't allowed to compete with them under the current PL rules.

No not this summer.. I think the rule changes open things up for next summer though, especially if we get top 4.

Assuming we don’t have the same injuries we should be stronger to make that kind of challenge but we also need to replace what we’ve already lost (stating the obvious) as well as upgrading the squad in any way we can.

Howe needs to seriously improve on getting that consistency.

We’ve had dips mid season in both of his full seasons now, there should be enough data to see patterns now.

It’s not out of the question to suggest that without that mid season blip in 22/23, that we could have been challenging for the league by the end of it, given how strong we finished.

Kelly is only a 3 year deal because of the medical risk.

I would have assumed Tosin would have been offered a 4/5 year deal based on his profile.

There’s no way any signing comes in as one of the top earners straight off the bat.

Now one season in and he’s pulling up trees, the club would have renegotiated, but he’s taking a short term view and I suppose in the same position you’d take the job that’s offering the best pay/benefits but it’s still disappointing.

I don’t think we were ever close, maybe for as far as an offer and they’ve just taken that info and shopped him about.

I didn’t know an awful lot about him before he was linked and I’m happy enough to just let this one go.. it’s not the same as that Hugo chap and his arsehole agent.

Who writes this shit 

He always seemed to play much better at International level for Ireland but even that piss poor team has outgrown him.

My favourite bit during his time here was the way he’d rough up anyone who scored a goal during a celebration 🙂 some class photos of even Mitro looking well put out.

And quite publicly calling Steve Bruce out for the tramp that he is.

Brexit innit

ChatGPT…

(To the tune of "My Old Man's a Dustman")

🎵

He turned down Chelsea’s offer,
Said no to Man United too,
He came to wear the black and white,
He’s here for me and you,

Oh Tosin, oh Tosin,
You’re our Geordie pride,
You chose the mighty Toon Army,
And left the rest behind!

From Stamford Bridge to Old Trafford,
They all wanted you,
But Tosin saw the glory,
Of playing for the Toon!

Oh Tosin, oh Tosin,
You’re our Geordie pride,
You chose the mighty Toon Army,
And left the rest behind!

🎵

So they basically fabricated that whole story so we could have a nice song about how he’s turned down Chelsea and Man Utd? 🙂

Oh a match fit Joe Willock gets in the side ahead of pretty every midfielder bar Bruno.

His injury wasn’t just last season. He picked up the injury the season before towards the end vs Man Utd iirc. That was beginning of April 2023.

He’s been fucked ever since then. Like Shearer came back from an ACL in the 90’s quicker than it’s taken Willock now with the achilles issue.

Time will tell but this looks like something that they could have opted for with surgery but our good old medical team opted against.

1 hour ago, Kid Icarus said:

Your suggestions are mad like

Of course they are but doesn’t mean I’m wrong. I don’t see him regaining fitness here.

We all know he’s good enough to be in this side, the question is his fitness.

I think a 6 month loan would do him wonders.. build up his fitness in a side that doesn’t quite demand as much as here. Give his body a chance to adjust.

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Anyone know anything of note this guy has done in this role throughout his career ? Only thing I can find is he discovered Werner.

I know the multi club setup that 777 had (or have) saw him in a sort of “area manager” type role where local sporting directors would report into him and he would go about spending a few weeks with individual clubs, talking to staff and players.

This is much more of a hands on day to day role so in a sense it’s a step back from the high level he’s operating at currently.

My thoughts on it would be that the club will, in the near future be following a similar model and essentially letting him set up the blueprint for how the other clubs will operate based on what’s set up at Newcastle.

Then as things grow he’ll fall back into a similar role of what he had at 777 and individual clubs will have local people.

For what it’s worth I was more excited about the links to this guy than Freedman but time will tell. We really need that link between club and boardroom in as soon as possible.

If I remember correctly the general feeling when Pope signed was that he wasn’t a significant upgrade on Dubravka, this turned out to be nonsense. He’s a much much better shot stopper and positional sense around the box adds so much so our back line.

But he can’t kick. He’s got those skinny little legs that for whatever reason he never chose to work on.

Can we work with that for another season? Sure.. but it means holding possession we need to play out from the back at all times.

So he was sold on the vision for the club but then we just waited for other clubs to come in? Not exactly the most decisive.

Pics of them with Philip Green (Arcadia Group)

An odd statement to put out when there wasn’t all that much anger to begin with. Frustration at the cup final result yes, but that goes away after a few days.

The remark about a possible new Sponsor being discussed while in Monaco was a strange comment to throw out there. They go to the F1 frequently, she shouldn’t have to apologise for it.

The comment about management is telling, I think she may be officially a co-owner but effectively with their stake diminishing, they are at the behest of the Directors PIF have in place.

She’s a bit of a liability with her comments at times.. that Steve Bruce one was very misplaced even though it was probably true.

I thought the whole point of having Eales and other capable people in was so that she didn’t have to do things like this.

Players should steer clear of the sentimental shite and post more stuff like Bruno trying to bum Joelinton in front of his new bride. Less to read into and the world will be a happier place.

14 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Personally wouldn’t want or trust Krafth to be our back up RB all season. Personally think he is a really poor player.

He’s poor at RB for sure. He can be competent at CB in certain games but like a lot of players, he doesn’t do well with power and pace.. or either which is almost par for course in the Premier League now.

He’s not a saleable asset though and not on huge wages so he’s not really a candidate for moving on for the sake of it. He’s a part to play.

4 minutes ago, Menace said:

Kayode? Sounds Nigerian. Awaiting Kaka to tell us he's unreal.

Very fast, great engine, solid defender and is a threat going forward. He’d be a starter for sure which can only mean they’d be looking at playing Tino at left back?

5 minutes ago, ExiledGeordie said:

I want us to be less of a soft touch again away from home and I want to see us being more ruthless both in mentality and clinically. The Liverpool home game was a prime example. Not really knowing how to close it out and floundering then getting nervous. But that also comes down to personnel with someone like Miggy fluffing his lines with finishing or failing to put in the killer pass (from memory) to finish Liverpool off.

That Liverpool game set the stage for the season really. It exposed fatigue issues in the team even at that early stage. We wilted as they came on strong towards the end and lots of games went that way throughout the season.

Why? Not 100% sure, I suspect the pre season may not have been ideal or maybe we just weren’t rested enough after the heroics of season before where we were anything but vulnerable in latter stages of games.

Game management was spot on. We also stopped a lot of the shithousery, and again, not sure why as it was working for us.

With the lack of European football we can probably muster a strong league campaign but I don’t have confidence that we’ll be challenging for anything. Even with the players we have. 4th is probably the best that could happen.

I can be more than happy with that in relation to where we were only just a few short years ago but the side of me that wants that constant progress is more just concerned that we’re pretty much writing the coming season off to wait for the FFP rule changes for following season. Killing time essentially, but also fucking some of our players over too, like Bruno who deserves the best version of this club immediately.

5 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Would have to join the group to see it - what was it?

Joelinton dancing with his bride.. Bruno comes up behind and starts humping him.. Big Joe looking less than impressed ?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/nufctoonarmy/permalink/10162367020233072/
 

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I mean, for as bad as Man Utd have been and they have been rank for a good portion, they’ve still won 2 trophies with Ten Hag. It’s quite impressive given the gulf between them and the top teams in the league.