LooneyToonArmy Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 very harsh to say Acuna was a failure. Very underrated player that chipped in with important goals, didn`t complain and tbh I don`t remember him having a particularly bad game Newcastle United's new Argentine winger Jonas Gutierrez joins a list of South Americans to have made the switch to Tyneside. Argentines, Brazilians, Columbians, Chileans, Peruvians and Paraguayans have all pulled on the black and white jersey, admittedly with differing results. BBC Sport takes a look back at some of the hits and misses from the Western Hemisphere. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7485663.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Surprised they left out Daniel Cordone. A terrible haircut - centre parting, mullet & pony-tail held on with a piece of string http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files_football/CORDONE_D_20000820_NF_L.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Acuna was decent at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Surprised they left out Daniel Cordone. A terrible haircut - centre parting, mullet & pony-tail held on with a piece of string Most Argies sport the mullet/long hair look....don`t know why loads of them are stuck in the 80`s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 cordone (not gonna reproduce the pic) had soldered in ear studs which now and again refs would ask him to take out...but he physically couldnt take them out .only actually remember him from that boro away game we won 3-1 when skywere saying it was the highest amount of possession by an away team in the prem....he laid on the 3rd for dyer i think, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 cordone (not gonna reproduce the pic) had soldered in ear studs which now and again refs would ask him to take out...but he physically couldnt take them out .only actually remember him from that boro away game we won 3-1 when skywere saying it was the highest amount of possession by an away team in the prem....he laid on the 3rd for dyer i think, he was a hit with the ladies apparently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 cordone (not gonna reproduce the pic) had soldered in ear studs which now and again refs would ask him to take out...but he physically couldnt take them out .only actually remember him from that boro away game we won 3-1 when skywere saying it was the highest amount of possession by an away team in the prem....he laid on the 3rd for dyer i think, he was a hit with the ladies apparently would account for girl 2's swarthy looks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Sands Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Personally I can't believe that the BBC can't spell Colombia properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Personally I can't believe that the BBC can't spell Colombia properly. Personally, I can't believe you couldn't put a comma after "Personally". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Sands Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Personally, I can't believe you couldn't put a comma after "Personally". I was too angry to punctuate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Acuna was a hit - they don't know what they are talking about. Unlike the others on that list there was no fanfare when he signed (he was completing a years suspension for testing positive for speed and was signed after a trial where SBR thought he was one of the hardest working blokess he'd seen in ages) and he was purchased for a modest sum (less than 1m IIRC). He left because his mother was dying of cancer and he asked to get out of his contract and play in Chile to be closer to her - hardly the heartless mercenary type. His best game Leeds away. He only played when SBR's illegitamate son Dyer was injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 very harsh to say Acuna was a failure. it's not harsh, it's bullshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Acuna was a hit - they don't know what they are talking about. Unlike the others on that list there was no fanfare when he signed (he was completing a years suspension for testing positive for speed and was signed after a trial where SBR thought he was one of the hardest working blokess he'd seen in ages) and he was purchased for a modest sum (less than 1m IIRC). He left because his mother was dying of cancer and he asked to get out of his contract and play in Chile to be closer to her - hardly the heartless mercenary type. His best game Leeds away. He only played when SBR's illegitamate son Dyer was injured. Absolutely, really liked Acuna, shame circumstance took him away from us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Will be shot down for this, but I always preferred Acuna to Speed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Will be shot down for this, but I always preferred Acuna to Speed. i don't disagree, but Speed for us was a bit more defensive whereas Acuna had the ability to burst forward. on balance Speed was probably a better partner for Dyer, but i think it was a mistake by Robson to not utilise him more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Tiiiiiiinoo-ooooh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Will be shot down for this, but I always preferred Acuna to Speed. I agree. Acuna was under-rated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Tino was sort of a hit and a miss both at the same time. Agree that Acuña was aalreet. And he looked like an extra from Tintin and the Prisoners of the Sun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicsfingeredmong Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Acuna was a hit - they don't know what they are talking about. Unlike the others on that list there was no fanfare when he signed (he was completing a years suspension for testing positive for speed and was signed after a trial where SBR thought he was one of the hardest working blokess he'd seen in ages) and he was purchased for a modest sum (less than 1m IIRC). He left because his mother was dying of cancer and he asked to get out of his contract and play in Chile to be closer to her - hardly the heartless mercenary type. His best game Leeds away. He only played when SBR's illegitamate son Dyer was injured. Far better player, as a defensive midfielder who used the ball instinctively as well as being efficient, as opposed to the highly praised '6m: Captain Scott Parker' who was often a w*** material source for a number of BBC pundits & commentators. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkeye Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Mirandina, Nobby, Acuna all great players and played an important role in the history of the club. My dad will tell me that teh Robledo (sp) brothers were very special as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 i liked acuna, i thought he did well but as stated circumstance took him away. he did look like a furby though hehehe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Far better player, as a defensive midfielder who used the ball instinctively as well as being efficient, as opposed to the highly praised '6m: Captain Scott Parker' who was often a w*** material source for a number of BBC pundits & commentators. That's a funny comparison actually... no brainer really too. Acuna was indeed better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Acuna was excellent for us. Bloody hard worker and chipped in with a few goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I thought little clarence was class. I've got his autograph inside the front cover of a dilbert book somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 What i'd give to have Clarence Acuna in our midfield now. His passing game would have suited the modern game alot more these days than it did then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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