wormy Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I think what I really enjoy most about Tiote is that he rarely goes to ground for a challenge, he's generally beating the opposition to balls, reading the game and making a challenge, or simply standing his man up and out-muscling him. Whatever. That just means he doesn't have the same dedication to the cause that ol' Smithy has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I think what I really enjoy most about Tiote is that he rarely goes to ground for a challenge, he's generally beating the opposition to balls, reading the game and making a challenge, or simply standing his man up and out-muscling him. Whatever. That just means he doesn't have the same dedication to the cause that ol' Smithy has. Haha! Very true, waht was I thinking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm253/nufcstu/rp1.jpg http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm253/nufcstu/rp2.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I think what I really enjoy most about Tiote is that he rarely goes to ground for a challenge, he's generally beating the opposition to balls, reading the game and making a challenge, or simply standing his man up and out-muscling him. Agreed - he rarely goes for the slide tackle, which I guess you dont really need to do if you have the awareness, positioning anf strength that he has Quality player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/AwesomePossum-AmericanOpossum.jpg http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/Smileys/Lots_O_Smileys/tiote.jpg http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/147/147331/14733129/jpg/active/729x.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Was just thinking, thank fuck there's no African Cup of Nations this year. Playing one in 2012 and then in 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Was just thinking, thank f*** there's no African Cup of Nations this year. Playing one in 2012 and then in 2013 Don't worry. By then Chel$ki or $hitty will have bought him for around £20 million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Was just thinking, thank f*** there's no African Cup of Nations this year. Playing one in 2012 and then in 2013 Don't worry. By then Chel$ki or $hitty will have bought him for around £20 million. Nah. Newcastle for life. Let's get him a french friend (Sow? or another talented guy) and he'll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 let's buy Gervinho. Everyone will be happy then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 let's buy Gervinho. Everyone will be happy then. Over the moon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We wouldn't be able to afford Gervinho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We wouldn't be able to afford Gervinho. Nope, but Ashley can afford it. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/12/16/mike-ashley-s-sports-direct-hits-record-profits-72703-27837432/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We wouldn't be able to afford Gervinho. Nope, but Ashley can afford it. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/12/16/mike-ashley-s-sports-direct-hits-record-profits-72703-27837432/ Ashley runs his businesses completely separate from each other, which is probably the sensible thing to do. Let's face it, he won't be spending £10m+ on one player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We wouldn't be able to afford Gervinho. Nope, but Ashley can afford it. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/12/16/mike-ashley-s-sports-direct-hits-record-profits-72703-27837432/ Ashley runs his businesses completely separate from each other, which is probably the sensible thing to do. Let's face it, he won't be spending £10m+ on one player. You're right, we can only dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We wouldn't be able to afford Gervinho. This is true. Expecting Ashley to fork over the cash for a player of his ilk is like putting your dick in a fan and hoping for the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 We wouldn't be able to afford Gervinho. This is true. Expecting Ashley to fork over the cash for a player of his ilk is like putting your dick in a fan and hoping for the best. Is it though, really? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 As a former putting-my-dick-in-a-fan enthusiast and grizzled veteran, I do see some striking similarities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 As a former putting-my-dick-in-a-fan enthusiast and grizzled veteran, I do see some striking similarities. what a line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 think of Russian Roulette, but replace your head with your dick, and a revolver with a fan that has a fussy motor. Must be why I support this club. Zip...I still hope for a player like Gervinho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I can't help but be reminded by Jay Jay Sea sometimes with this guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 IN JUST three months Cheik Tiote has proved himself one of the Premier League’s top midfielders. That’s not bad for a player who feared he couldn’t play football the first time he put on a pair of boots nine years ago. For Newcastle’s £3.5m buy fro m Dutch outfit FC Twente spent his formative years in the Ivory Coast playing the game barefoot. WIN A LUXURY CRUISE TRIP FOR TWO WORTH £2,500! Growing up in the dusty, crowded streets of Abidjan may have been a million miles away from his life today as a millionaire footballer. But Tiote’s was a happy childhood, until one day when he was 15 and he finally wore football boots for the first time. Suddenly the youngster who had stood out among his peers when they kicked a ball about wherever they could find the space to play, was filled with self-doubt. “I played for nearly five years barefoot,” he said. “I rarely even saw a pair of boots. I started playing when I was about 10 but there were a lot of basic materials lacking. “The pitches were basic and it was obviously very different to England. When I first started wearing boots, it felt very strange. But gradually I got used to them and was OK.” Tiote became so accustomed to his boots, he soon attracted Belgian scouts and left Africa bound for Brussels and a spell at Anderlecht. His big break came at Twente, where he helped the club, then managed by Steve McClaren, win the Eredivisie title. That feat earned Tiote his move to Newcastle and the former England coach a switch to Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg. These days, the 24-year-old owns so many pairs of boots, he sends many of them back to the Ivory Coast, so today’s kids don’t have to play barefoot. Not that Tiote regrets his upbringing. He added: “In a way I think playing in my bare feet helped me a lot. It teaches you how to control the ball and pass correctly. “If you are playing with the protection of a boot, sometimes you can get away with your mistakes. When playing just with your feet you can’t do that. You have to learn technique.” Tiote is proud of his roots and while he is not yet rivalling compatriot Didier Drogba for popularity – “he is even more important than the President!” – Toon shirts are becoming more prominent in Abidjan. “The lifestyle of a Premier League player is obviously very different to what I grew up with,” he said. “Then, I did not own a pair of boots and now I have at least 10 pairs. In fact, I have so many, I send some of them back home to my brother. I also send Newcastle shirts, shorts and socks, the type of stuff I’d love to have owned when I was growing up. It’s nice to be able to help the children back home.” Newcastle fans can vouch for Tiote’s superb technique. Since his debut at Everton in August, he has rivalled top scorer Andy Carroll as the club’s most impressive player. Tough in the tackle, composed in possession, full of energy, he has been compared to fellow Africans such as Claude Makelele, Patrick Vieira and Michael Essien. And there’s talk that a player first identified by former manager Chris Hughton two years ago is now attracting interest from Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. But Tiote insists he is settled at Newcastle, who today visit Birmingham for Alan Pardew’s first away game in charge, hoping to build on last week’s impressive 3-1 win over Liverpool when the Ivory Coast international was arguably the best player on the pitch. “Everything has been great since I arrived,” he said. “Apart from the cold, it is even more freezing than Holland.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Lies, does look like he bitches about the cold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 http://19foster92.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/snow-inside-st-james-park.jpg http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQEwBm6ftwBiPjnkMtxdcJqvAlpoAeQs5l4WO9VP9W-c5k4it3-aw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boosden Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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