Raconteur Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Would be great if Houghton brought him on for the last 5 minutes this afternoon, and claimed ignorance if he was questioned by the gestapo of our upper management about it. mackems.gif Was thinking exactly this when he came on - I could just imagine Ashley storming into the triumphant changerooms after the game to tear strips off Hughton... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Can't believe anyone is buying this "we got to pay them 2.7m after a number of games" crap. Its like when people said Alan Smith has a clause in his contract in his clause that says he's must play when he's fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Can't believe anyone is buying this "we got to pay them 2.7m after a number of games" crap. Its like when people said Alan Smith has a clause in his contract in his clause that says he's must play when he's fit. Happens all the time (people believing these rumours). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Can't believe anyone is buying this "we got to pay them 2.7m after a number of games" crap. Its like when people said Alan Smith has a clause in his contract in his clause that says he's must play when he's fit. Happens all the time (people believing these rumours). We believe what suits us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Can't believe anyone is buying this "we got to pay them 2.7m after a number of games" crap. Its like when people said Alan Smith has a clause in his contract in his clause that says he's must play when he's fit. Happens all the time (people believing these rumours). We believe what suits us. Only if its a negative these days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Can't believe anyone is buying this "we got to pay them 2.7m after a number of games" crap. Its like when people said Alan Smith has a clause in his contract in his clause that says he's must play when he's fit. Happens all the time (people believing these rumours). We believe what suits us. Only if its a negative these days Of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 In the starting XI for the reserves alongside Cacapa and Smith. Ranger has dropped down to the bench. With away clearly Houghtons having a fiddle! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diddimz Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Can't believe anyone is buying this "we got to pay them 2.7m after a number of games" crap. Its like when people said Alan Smith has a clause in his contract in his clause that says he's must play when he's fit. Yeh but with Smith, that was the only possible explanation, that or the manager had no clue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Feel for Xisco. He's got to be confused to no end. Surely he is better than Shola? I've seen Shola hoof so many chances this year that I could have bagged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 If its not too late, maybe he'll get a chance next season if Kinnear doesn't stay on (and we haven't been relegated). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think Xisco has shown anything in his time at Newcastle (and granted his performances have been few) to suggest he would do better than what Ameobi has done this year. I can't abide all this "surely he must be better" nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think Xisco has shown anything in his time at Newcastle (and granted his performances have been few) to suggest he would do better than what Ameobi has done this year. I can't abide all this "surely he must be better" nonsense. If you're going to spend money on someone you may aswell give them a chance before deciding they're shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think Xisco has shown anything in his time at Newcastle (and granted his performances have been few) to suggest he would do better than what Ameobi has done this year. I can't abide all this "surely he must be better" nonsense. So youre saying that you've seen nothing in the 3 matches at most games he's played for us to suggest he's better than 50 goals in 9 seasons Shola Ameobi? You're right, neither have I. Isn't that the whole point? That he isn't getting a fair crack at trying to prove he can be? 50 goals in 9 seasons isn't exactly hard to beat if he's given a fair chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think Xisco has shown anything in his time at Newcastle (and granted his performances have been few) to suggest he would do better than what Ameobi has done this year. I can't abide all this "surely he must be better" nonsense. So youre saying that you've seen nothing in the 3 matches at most games he's played for us to suggest he's better than 50 goals in 9 seasons Shola Ameobi? You're right, neither have I. Isn't that the whole point? That he isn't getting a fair crack at trying to prove he can be? 50 goals in 9 seasons isn't exactly hard to beat if he's given a fair chance. No i dont think he's been given a fair chance. My point was that its daft to say "he would have to be better than Ameobi" because we've seen no evidence to suggest that, so why say it. It's a baseless arguement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 You'd think a £6 million price tag would be a reasonable base for the argument, and his record prior to signing for us. I know that doesn't always work that way with the player coming into a new league but its still a base of some kind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think the price tag can be used to suggest how good a player might be. Just look at Luque for a painful example. What was he £9million? Where is he now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think the price tag can be used to suggest how good a player might be. Just look at Luque for a painful example. What was he £9million? Where is he now? Which is exactly why I said that I know it doesn't always work that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think the price tag can be used to suggest how good a player might be. Just look at Luque for a painful example. What was he £9million? Where is he now? Bert Luque is a goal machine for Malaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hope the lad scores a hat trick and forces his way into the starting line-up. Good luck Xisco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think the price tag can be used to suggest how good a player might be. Just look at Luque for a painful example. What was he £9million? Where is he now? Luque was a painful example indeed, basically because i saw the whole reserves team start ahead of him, even saw Shola Ameobi play as a left winger for 5 or so games, that was one the most painfull things i've ever had the misfortune of seeing! Didn't Luque score twice for the reserves against a very strong Liverpool side and was still left out afterwards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Trying to stay away from the whole Luque thing because there were stories of Luque being lazy in training, plus he had a big injury and did have some shit performances. I personally think he should have played at times, most notably ahead of Shola on the left wing and Matty Pattison. Xisco hasn't even been able to prove to the people that will be on his back straight away that hes not good enough. Thats how little time he's had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Luque Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think the price tag can be used to suggest how good a player might be. Just look at Luque for a painful example. What was he £9million? Where is he now? Luque was a painful example indeed, basically because i saw the whole reserves team start ahead of him, even saw Shola Ameobi play as a left winger for 5 or so games, that was one the most painfull things i've ever had the misfortune of seeing! Didn't Luque score twice for the reserves against a very strong Liverpool side and was still left out afterwards? 2 crackin 30+ yarders too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I dont think the price tag can be used to suggest how good a player might be. Just look at Luque for a painful example. What was he £9million? Where is he now? Luque was a painful example indeed, basically because i saw the whole reserves team start ahead of him, even saw Shola Ameobi play as a left winger for 5 or so games, that was one the most painfull things i've ever had the misfortune of seeing! Didn't Luque score twice for the reserves against a very strong Liverpool side and was still left out afterwards? 2 crackin 30+ yarders too Remember those, it didn't make a difference. Roeder clearly just didn't fancy him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hope he has a stormer tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Xisco scored to make it 3-0. Let's hope he gets a first team chance now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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