HawK Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 A player that I certainly took for granted in his time at SJP. Pace and can cross, who can do that now in the Premiership? Skinned players for fun while planting inch perfect crosses on the heads of our number 9s. I saw his contribution in the Newcastle Barcelona match, not only did he pretty much single-handedly destroyed their back line, he was marking a certain Luis Felipe Figo, playing in his prime. How can it be so hard now with the amount of money going into academies and into football to produce players like this, to run and to cross a ball into the box. One of my favourite ever Newcastle players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Cant fight for shit though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 A player that I certainly took for granted in his time at SJP. Pace and can cross, who can do that now in the Premiership? Skinned players for fun while planting inch perfect crosses on the heads of our number 9s. I saw his contribution in the Newcastle Barcelona match, not only did he pretty much single-handedly destroyed their back line, he was marking a certain Luis Felipe Figo, playing in his prime. How can it be so hard now with the amount of money going into academies and into football to produce players like this, to run and to cross a ball into the box. One of my favourite ever Newcastle players. He wasn't marking anyone that night, he was giving their left back a right royal raping. Good player, unplayable on his day - far too few of those days though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Couldn't cross that consistently. Never fulfilled his potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 he was excellent with the right strikers to aim for. As much an out and out winger as you'll ever see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Fuck off Phil Neville you ork looking cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 "You glorify the past when the future dries up" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Apparently seems to be the 'cool thing' on this forum to have a pessimistic-sniper outlook. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 How can it be so hard now with the amount of money going into academies and into football to produce players like this, to run and to cross a ball into the box. Wondered that for a long time. It's even more pathetic that they can't do it from a dead ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The amount of players that cant cross a dead ball across the leagues is farcical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 A player that I certainly took for granted in his time at SJP. Pace and can cross, who can do that now in the Premiership? Skinned players for fun while planting inch perfect crosses on the heads of our number 9s. I saw his contribution in the Newcastle Barcelona match, not only did he pretty much single-handedly destroyed their back line, he was marking a certain Luis Felipe Figo, playing in his prime. How can it be so hard now with the amount of money going into academies and into football to produce players like this, to run and to cross a ball into the box. One of my favourite ever Newcastle players. very underrated player in that team of ours. Only Nobby has done better than he did since he left. He also played for a while up front through the middle when Shearer was out and Arsprilla was arse farting around doing nothing as was pretty normal for him, and Gillespie never got the credit he deserved for sticking it out and giving it his best shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Was always pretty much shit after he left us mind. Pure excitement on the wing when it was going for him, straight to the byline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Served him in the bookies a few times and he was an absolute cock muncher mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Served him in the bookies a few times and he was an absolute cock muncher mind. care to elaborate sir? Heard he liked a bet in his day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 No Rob Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikri Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Served him in the bookies a few times and he was an absolute cock muncher mind. care to elaborate sir? Heard he liked a bet in his day Ask anyone from the Gosforth area where you could find Keith when he wasn't in training. Used to see him go into Ladbrokes on Gosforth High Street and not surface again for 2-3 hours. He was an immense player on his day, but that day started to get fewer & further between throughout his career with us. Having seen how he could play against teams like Barcelona it was incredibly frustrating when he struggled to reach the same heights against less impressive opponents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 There's something about proper wingers like. Fantastic to watch with pace and dribbling ability. Too rare these days like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 too many teams basically play with 4 central midfielders. It started with teams like Chelsea and Arsenal playing all their football through the middle and of course the defenively minded managers like Souness who would justify it with stupid notions about football becoming more and more 'cat and mouse' and the need to build a 'solid foundation' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 f*** off Phil Neville you ork looking c***. This - was never the same player after Neville crocked him at OT in 95/96 ; poss even cost us the title with that tackle as we lost him for quite a while and he was moderate when he returned - the Barcelona game was a glorious swan-song of his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 F'ng loved Gillespie, one of my fav players at the toon for the all the reasons mentioned by the OP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaststar Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Ginola on the left and Gillespie on the right. Best wing combination ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 A player that I certainly took for granted in his time at SJP. Pace and can cross, who can do that now in the Premiership? Skinned players for fun while planting inch perfect crosses on the heads of our number 9s. I saw his contribution in the Newcastle Barcelona match, not only did he pretty much single-handedly destroyed their back line, he was marking a certain Luis Felipe Figo, playing in his prime. How can it be so hard now with the amount of money going into academies and into football to produce players like this, to run and to cross a ball into the box. One of my favourite ever Newcastle players. very underrated player in that team of ours. Only Nobby has done better than he did since he left. He also played for a while up front through the middle when Shearer was out and Arsprilla was arse farting around doing nothing as was pretty normal for him, and Gillespie never got the credit he deserved for sticking it out and giving it his best shot. the sentence in bold is the only reason you posted in this thread it's unlike you to actually join in when talking about football if it's nowt to do with shepherd and ashley as for Gillespie, I think he was underrated as he came in the deal that took Cole to Man U. At the time I felt cheated, and wasn't sure what value Gillespie would bring us. Totally changed my mind that season he, Ferdinand, Beardsley and Ginola ripped the league apart. ahhhhh those good old days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 A very average player, who sometimes could cross a decent ball when he felt like it. A NUFC great ? Hardly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 A very average player, who sometimes could cross a decent ball when he felt like it. A NUFC great ? Hardly. First six months before his major injury, he was a smashing winger. Extremely direct, good technique on the ball, fast runner and quick off the mark, very good crossing ability. Had he stayed fit, we'd have won the 95-96 title without a shadow of a doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Aye, I used to love him too. Remember his lobbed goal at Charlton methinks it was, *muah* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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