Guest fraser Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Bassong and S. Taylor were both outstanding today for slightly different reasons, Enrique was excellent defensively and Colo did OK. Bassong is worth £squillions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Colo did well today. I thought Steven Taylor was dross personally - kept trying to be centre forward leaving Lovenkrands at right back for the entire second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 i expect Bassong to be sold in the summer for £5m and after that Lambias to say that we made a huge profit on this deal and that the money will be spend wisely but of course they will end up in Ashley's pocket,like it happened in January. Dear me.. Oh and drop Coloccini for Taylor Gallowgate? Why because Taylor's distribution is so great? Coloccini and Bassong are our two best central defenders, Coloccini has been out of form recently but he's still been solid, which is more then I can say for Taylor at centre back (he's been quite good at right back though IMO). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Here's an idea. Leave the fucking defence alone. Its doing well, why break it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 i expect Bassong to be sold in the summer for £5m and after that Lambias to say that we made a huge profit on this deal and that the money will be spend wisely but of course they will end up in Ashley's pocket,like it happened in January. Dear me.. Oh and drop Coloccini for Taylor Gallowgate? Why because Taylor's distribution is so great? Coloccini and Bassong are our two best central defenders, Coloccini has been out of form recently but he's still been solid, which is more then I can say for Taylor at centre back (he's been quite good at right back though IMO). Taylor would be a solid RB on one condition: he stopped playing up front. I brought my mate (Spurs fan) to the game today, and his comment was "Your right back doesn't seem to understand the 'back' part of his job description." I'm all for the RB making runs up front, but unlike Beye, he's too reluctant to go back. Too busy trying to be that Geordie hero. He needs to mature and realise it's a team game and he is not Kaka 2.0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 didn't see the whole game yesterday but most of the 2nd half...had to come on say how good bassong was again, if he keeps this up he'll be as good as woodgate was for us imo (taking into account fitness) great player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 didn't see the whole game yesterday but most of the 2nd half...had to come on say how good bassong was again, if he keeps this up he'll be as good as woodgate was for us imo (taking into account fitness) great player From what I've seen of him, I'd say he's been at least as good as Woodgate was for us, especially taking fitness into account. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 didn't see the whole game yesterday but most of the 2nd half...had to come on say how good bassong was again, if he keeps this up he'll be as good as woodgate was for us imo (taking into account fitness) great player From what I've seen of him, I'd say he's been at least as good as Woodgate was for us, especially taking fitness into account. i was half cut yesterday but there was a long punted ball up and he out muscled jo (i think) and was surrounded by a couple of players and he elected to take it on his chest and try and play it away reminded me of woodgate completely...fair enough the ball was nicked away from him but that he has the presence of mind and confidence to even try it says it all for me be devastated if he leaves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 he's been better than Woodgate tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 didn't see the whole game yesterday but most of the 2nd half...had to come on say how good bassong was again, if he keeps this up he'll be as good as woodgate was for us imo (taking into account fitness) great player From what I've seen of him, I'd say he's been at least as good as Woodgate was for us, especially taking fitness into account. i was half cut yesterday but there was a long punted ball up and he out muscled jo (i think) and was surrounded by a couple of players and he elected to take it on his chest and try and play it away reminded me of woodgate completely...fair enough the ball was nicked away from him but that he has the presence of mind and confidence to even try it says it all for me be devastated if he leaves Remember the situation, thought the exact same thing. Also another time towards the end, after Butt had made a good tackle in our box, the ball ended up with Bassong, facing our goal, with Saha putting pressure on him, and Bassong just completely outmuscled him to be able to turn and clear the danger. Lovely mixture of confidence, skill, power and awareness shown there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 he's been better than Woodgate tbh Gerraway man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 he's been better than Woodgate tbh Gerraway man. He's better than Woodgate at the moment. Woodgate (Spurs) is no where near as good as Woodgate (Us). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 he's been better than Woodgate tbh mackems.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 he's been better than Woodgate tbh mackems.gif It may be mildly over the top but its certainly not laughably over the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think he is a player Wenger will be looking for in the summer. Gallas is past it, Toure has been poor all season according to my Arsenal mate. He is young, he is french, and he is good. Calm on the ball, though he lacks a bit of quality in his distribution at times. Decent reading of the game, good in the air. Not to fast, but not slow either. And looks like a good leader. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He's been better than Woodagte this season, easily. He hasn't put a fucking foot wrong man wth the exception of the Blackburn game. Not saying he IS better than Woodgate, because 20 games at CB obviously isn't enough to judge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 We absolutely cannot and must not sell him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 We absolutely cannot and must not sell him. Only plus point is that the media are largely ignoring us so we might keep him a secret. Articles still talk about Nick Butt being our best player, probably because he's one of the only names on the teamsheet they recognise and they haven't watched him play for the last 3 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think we have been a bit "lucky" with the Given-saga, Barton and the Owen contract covering the headlines this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Seb's A Star Says Stopper Steve By Craig Hope MAGPIE stopper Steve Harper singled out defensive linchpin Sebastien Bassong for special praise after another flawless display at the heart of the United rearguard during Sunday's goalless draw with Everton. http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1567054,00.html AND :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Toon set to reward Bassong with bumper deal Feb 23 2009 by Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle NEWCASTLE UNITED will sit down with star defender Sebastien Bassong in the summer to talk about an improved contract. The French defender is currently a leading contender to pick up the player of the season award at St James’s Park this term and has been one of the few plus points for Toon fans this season. Bassong is currently tied down to Newcastle until 2011 but is only picking up a fraction of what some of his team-mates earn after joining from Metz as a squad player. And while United will be keen to keep his feet on the ground, part of their transfer blueprint is to protect the status of their top performers. The Paris-born ace has made rapid progress in the Newcastle first team and once again put in a sparkling display at the heart of the back four to earn a clean sheet against in-form Everton yesterday. The Chronicle understands that Bassong’s superb form this season has unsurprisingly caught the attention of a host of top clubs in Europe, meaning Newcastle may have revise his salary or risk losing their £1.5m bargain buy if the big guns come knocking. United’s managing director Derek Llambias went public on February 10 when he claimed Newcastle were “not a selling club” in light of criticism following the departures of James Milner, Charles N’Zogbia and Shay Given. Llambias also made it clear that 22-year-old Bassong would be going nowhere, with Newcastle hoping to build a team around stars like the former Metz defender and Argentine winger Jonas Gutierrez. Meanwhile weekend reports that Lancashire businessman Geoff Sheard is set to launch a Toon takeover bid have been dismissed by a United source. Sheard failed in a bid to take over Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday last year and has allegedly claimed to have financial backers who can buy out Toon tycoon Mike Ashley. However, a Newcastle insider said today: “We always get this type of story from time to time. “There’s no truth in it.” In a recent interview with the Chronicle, Llambias revealed that although there were several interested parties in buying Ashley out during the period in which the club was up for sale, none of them relayed a realistic bid to finance expert Keith Harris, who was looking after the sale of the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Get him signed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 S.Taylor over Colo in center defense? I'll have some of the stuff you're taking, Taylor is error prone one mistake and they're in, as people have said although Colo not been at his best we still keeping it solid in the back how many clear cut chances did they have yesterday? Keep Taylor RB hes doing quite well and is useful for set pieces defending and attacking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 he's been better than Woodgate tbh Wrong. On a side note didn't we only ever lose one game in which Woodgate appeared for us? Shame we don't have him to play alongside Seba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think he is a player Wenger will be looking for in the summer. Gallas is past it, Toure has been poor all season according to my Arsenal mate. He is young, he is french, and he is good. Calm on the ball, though he lacks a bit of quality in his distribution at times. Decent reading of the game, good in the air. Not to fast, but not slow either. And looks like a good leader. Does the basics well, the rest is all coachable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'd go as far as to say he's the best centre half of his age in the league, unless i have missed someone obvious. Personally, i think Coloccini has had a decent first season but Bassong has eclipsed him. I worry that Bassong will have second season syndrome next year, which young players sometimes do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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