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Went along to the u21s tonight. Don't like to knock the bairns but that Kemen looked fairly gash. Armstrong very lively, just lacked the finish. Boro had a couple of talented lads, quite embarrassing how their youth setup continues to be far superior than ours.

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Went along to the u21s tonight. Don't like to knock the bairns but that Kemen looked fairly gash. Armstrong very lively, just lacked the finish. Boro had a couple of talented lads, quite embarrassing how their youth setup continues to be far superior than ours.

We are at least consistent at being bad.
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Another good piece from http://www.nufc.com/

 

Loan move curtailed:

Armstrong misses out

on Trees/Trotters move

 

Latest quotes from John Carver:

 

"It’s very difficult, people want Adam Armstrong to play and it’s a difficult situation for Adam because he’s a young player developing.

 

"We had a situation with Adam Campbell+ not so long ago, where he got fast-tracked and he got thrown in and everybody thought he was going to be the next Franco Zola, or whatever, and he wasn’t.

 

"It affected him. I don’t want the same thing happening to Adam Armstrong.

 

"What Adam needs at this football club is to be out on loan – playing in the Championship or in League One for a good season – and we almost let him do that until Papiss (Cisse) got suspended.

 

"He was on his way to Bolton or Forest. He needs a good season out on loan, in the Championship, banging in goals, as part of his development.

 

"But because of the circumstances* we’ve had to keep hold of him, keep him in the squad, and use him sparingly."

 

* as well as Cisse's stupidity, those circumstances include: Siem De Jong's collapsed lung, Emmanuel Riviere's lack of quality and Facundo Ferreyra's inability to get match fit. 

 

+ regarding Adam Campbell, five substitute appearances totaling 54 minutes over ten months hardly counts as being fast-tracked.

 

By contrast, Armstrong has already racked up 17 outings since his debut in March 2014 and should have been loaned out last August - after featuring in seven first team pre-season fixtures.

 

Instead though, a flawed transfer policy that failed to compensate for the long-term absence of Cisse due to a knee injury from last April saw Armstrong stay at SJP.

 

To say that his current situation is due to Cisse's seven match ban is disingenuous, with yet another missed opportunity to bolster the forward line back in the January transfer window.

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Finished 4-0 :lol:

Carver was there.

 

Team: Woolston, Sterry (Gilliead 46), Laidler, Kemen, Newberry, Cameron, Ward (Longstaff 85), Ferreyra (Heardman 85), Armstrong, De Jong, Barlaser. 

Subs n/u: Harker, Roberts

 

Everything becomes clear.

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U 21's beat Blackburn u21's 4-2

 

Newcastle United Under-21s 4 (Armstrong 18, 40, Roberts 57, Kemen 69)

Blackburn Rovers Under-21s 2 (Carson 50, Mansell 66)

 

 

Aarons played 45 minutes.

 

 

Newcastle United (4-2-3-1): Freddie Woodman; Jamie Sterry, Callum Williams, Lubomir Satka ©, Adam Laidler; Olivier Kemen, Liam Smith (Dan Barlaser 66); Rolando Aarons (Callum Roberts 46), Facundo Ferreyra, Alex Gilliead; Adam Armstrong

Subs not used: Nathan Harker, Michael Newberry, Tom Heardman

 

 

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Four Newcastle players from the Academy have been offered professional contracts with United. Midfielder Liam Smith, forward Tom Heardman and defenders Jamie Sterry and Macaulay Gillesphey were offered the new deals this week In addition, goalkeeper Brendan Pearson and defenders Jamie Cobain, Kyle Cameron, Adam Laidler, Callum Williams and Liam Gibson have all been offered third year scholarships.

 

Released; Greg Olley, Ben Drennan, Ryan McKinnon, James Atkinson, Jordan Storey, Jonathyn Quinn, Joe Kerridge and Andy Hall.

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Our soccer 7s team is playing in the semi-final of the Hong Kong tournament against West Ham at 8.10am.  It's live on youtube if anyone is interested.

 

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