madras Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nolan is clearly a better player than Butt. Butts second touch is a tackle, and he has made about 5-6 penalties against us this season. I prefer Butt. Say what you want about him but he's definately a fighter who gives his all. People say the same about nolan but i really don't agree. He has a decent shot on him but other then that, he offers nothing else. He's also extremley slow and about a half a stone overweight. He's the sort of player that rarely gets involved in play but might come up with a decent shot on goal now and again, then go back to doing nothing. Barton is better than Nolan, but Butt is far worse than both. He's been a disgrace this season. Barton is 10 times the player Nolan is. Maybe i'm wrong about Butt and his performances this season but honestly speaking, if someone said that spurs were gonna sign either him or nolan, i'd go with Nicky (maybe it's because of the type of midfielder he is, i don't know). He's been motm the last couple of times we've played you at the Lane. barton was...he's done nothing on the pitch for us to live up to the good player he was at citeh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Really is funny, other people's interpretations of Butt. Understandable, obvioulsy - i don't expect other fans to watch all Newcastle games. But people cannot grasp what an utterly woeful 'footballer' Nicky Butt is. To think he was 'player of the season' for many squad members last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nolan will be a fantastic signing for us. Exactly what we need. HE puts in 100% all the time and will get more goals than an of our midfield. Rings a bell - see Joey Barton. Hope he will be a great signing but past experience tell me that playing for Newcastle usually means you become shit! How has Barton became shit? He's still a good player, he just never plays because he's either injured or in jail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The most frustrating thing is that any sensible person would have drawn a big red circle around Nicky Butt's name in the summer of 2007 or before and done something to replace him. We got so close to being rid of him when Souness shipped him off to Birmingham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nolan will be a fantastic signing for us. Exactly what we need. HE puts in 100% all the time and will get more goals than an of our midfield. Rings a bell - see Joey Barton. Hope he will be a great signing but past experience tell me that playing for Newcastle usually means you become shit! How has Barton became shit? He's still a good player, he just never plays because he's either injured or in jail. He's been a fucking disaster. Hardly pulled up trees when on the pitch as well, although to be fair to the psychopath he's probably never been 100% fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 The most frustrating thing is that any sensible person would have drawn a big red circle around Nicky Butt's name in the summer of 2007 or before and done something to replace him. We got so close to being rid of him when Souness shipped him off to Birmingham. most did, and i'm someone who don't think he's been as bad as some on here think,but in the summer most identified a new spine as being necessary for the team......centre forward,2 central midfielders and a centre half. where as the manager of the time wanted a left back and apparantly walked because his wide midfielder turned us down on deadline day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bolton Zulu Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Sorry to break this news guys. Nolan's not had a good game for eighteen months. He's been trading on his reputation - so the chances are he'll fit straight in at SJP. Having said that he'll probably play out of his skin for the next three months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nolan is clearly a better player than Butt. Butts second touch is a tackle, and he has made about 5-6 penalties against us this season. I prefer Butt. Say what you want about him but he's definately a fighter who gives his all. People say the same about nolan but i really don't agree. He has a decent shot on him but other then that, he offers nothing else. He's also extremley slow and about a half a stone overweight. He's the sort of player that rarely gets involved in play but might come up with a decent shot on goal now and again, then go back to doing nothing. Barton is better than Nolan, but Butt is far worse than both. He's been a disgrace this season. Barton is 10 times the player Nolan is. Maybe i'm wrong about Butt and his performances this season but honestly speaking, if someone said that spurs were gonna sign either him or nolan, i'd go with Nicky (maybe it's because of the type of midfielder he is, i don't know). He's been motm the last couple of times we've played you at the Lane. barton was...he's done nothing on the pitch for us to live up to the good player he was at citeh Exactly. He's falling into the Smith, Duff category for me. He has been a bit unlucky with injuries but his problems off the field have kept him out for even longer. Overpaid wasters. I think Viduka is now in this category too because he's just too injury prone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nolan is clearly a better player than Butt. Butts second touch is a tackle, and he has made about 5-6 penalties against us this season. I prefer Butt. Say what you want about him but he's definately a fighter who gives his all. People say the same about nolan but i really don't agree. He has a decent shot on him but other then that, he offers nothing else. He's also extremley slow and about a half a stone overweight. He's the sort of player that rarely gets involved in play but might come up with a decent shot on goal now and again, then go back to doing nothing. Amazing how someone outside of the club can sometimes see a player as absolutely nothing near the reality. When you were describing Nolan there I actually thought you were describing Butt for a minute.. minus having a good shot that is. He does nothing at all, he's slow and the only time he does really get involved he either gives the ball away trying some Hollywood pass he can't achieve or gives away a penalty trying to make a tackle he used to be able to make.. He has the odd extremely rare game where he rolls back the years and does well, but the rest of the time he costs us dearly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Having said that he'll probably play out of his skin for the next three months. Thats all I wanted to read Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nolan is clearly a better player than Butt. Butts second touch is a tackle, and he has made about 5-6 penalties against us this season. I prefer Butt. Say what you want about him but he's definately a fighter who gives his all. People say the same about nolan but i really don't agree. He has a decent shot on him but other then that, he offers nothing else. He's also extremley slow and about a half a stone overweight. He's the sort of player that rarely gets involved in play but might come up with a decent shot on goal now and again, then go back to doing nothing. Barton is better than Nolan, but Butt is far worse than both. He's been a disgrace this season. Barton is 10 times the player Nolan is. Maybe i'm wrong about Butt and his performances this season but honestly speaking, if someone said that spurs were gonna sign either him or nolan, i'd go with Nicky (maybe it's because of the type of midfielder he is, i don't know). He's been motm the last couple of times we've played you at the Lane. Thought Butt was very far from motm last time at the lane, played pretty well though. He's honestly been bad beyond belief this season, can't put it into words. Can't pass, can't run, poor reading of the game in general. Occasionally a half decent performance, usually interspersed by concession of a pen. He's utter, utter wank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nolan will be a fantastic signing for us. Exactly what we need. HE puts in 100% all the time and will get more goals than an of our midfield. Rings a bell - see Joey Barton. Hope he will be a great signing but past experience tell me that playing for Newcastle usually means you become shit! How has Barton became shit? He's still a good player, he just never plays because he's either injured or in jail. He's been a fucking disaster. Hardly pulled up trees when on the pitch as well, although to be fair to the psychopath he's probably never been 100% fit. Bingo, he's been a disaster due to him being a fucking idiot off the pitch and his injuries on it, but he hasn't suddenly turned into a poor Footballer. When he's had a run of games he's started to look like the player he was at City, unfortunately its always been cut short, amazingly short this time around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 SSN now saying medical in the morning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 SSN now saying medical in the morning SSN now saying medical in the morning medical is brilliant, more like him and we'd be challenging for europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 No doubt he's played shit for years, but I've seen him score at least 1 good goal in those years. Therefore he's better than Smith/Geremi/Butt. If Bolton fans think otherwise, how about we give them all those players and we get Nolan. I'd accept that trade tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 SSN now saying medical in the morning Hope so, surely if its before noon then he can play in the derby? I'm unsure on how player registration works.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 SSN now saying medical in the morning SSN now saying medical in the morning medical is brilliant, more like him and we'd be challenging for europe. dunno about brilliant, i'd have him in over smithy though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Another body and a very capable player. Suprised Bolton are letting him go. A good buy for the price if correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Its sad that I am desperate for this to go through he will at the least be our third best central midfielder though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bolton Zulu Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 dunno about brilliant, i'd have him in over smithy though. What he said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sorry to break this news guys. Nolan's not had a good game for eighteen months. He's been trading on his reputation - so the chances are he'll fit straight in at SJP. Having said that he'll probably play out of his skin for the next three months. I don't rate him, but the bid in bold would make the signing worth it. I'm assuming that we are struggling to sign any other players, and our only fit CM at the moment is Nicky Butt, so to say that are desperate would be the understatement of the century. Also, Yorkie, you do know that Guthrie and Barton wont be injured forever, right? You've made your point, and it's a fair one for a few weeks, but surely you can accept the fact that "long" term, he will hopefully replace Butt, so discussing him partnering Guthrie or Barton shouldn't isn't strange or wrong at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sorry to break this news guys. Nolan's not had a good game for eighteen months. He's been trading on his reputation - so the chances are he'll fit straight in at SJP. Having said that he'll probably play out of his skin for the next three months. Now that's what I call hedging your bets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bolton Zulu Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sorry to break this news guys. Nolan's not had a good game for eighteen months. He's been trading on his reputation - so the chances are he'll fit straight in at SJP. Having said that he'll probably play out of his skin for the next three months. Now that's what I call hedging your bets. Not really. Happens a lot with a change of club. I think he's a great player, particularly his attitude. He's been bobbins for quite a while though. Lost his way a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sittingontheball Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 He's better than Colo or Cacapa in midfield for starters. I thought Allardyce would have brought him when he came. More bodies to come in, I hope. Has Barton scored for us from open play? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Has Barton scored for us from open play? He has scored the same amount from open play as Smith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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