Ronaldo Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Sissoko or Anita? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Selling our best CMone week before the season starts for a few million would be absolutely brilliant. Debatable, anyway rather I'd rather see Anita and Sissoko start. There is no way he should be sold especially at this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Sissoko or Anita? Anita probably. He's brilliant at making us tick. Neat and tidy too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 We need a player similar to Tiote in midfield, imo, and he would be missed if he left. Of course, this guy is not really the one I want given his propensities to make reckless tackles, lose the ball in dangerous areas, make overly ambitious passes, and be pulled out of defensive shape, but he is still a vital part of the team regardless. Obviously, we are not part of it, but he seems an important part of the dressing room as well. One of the longer serving players, an emotional disposition, and someone many of the new imports can look up to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 We need a player similar to Tiote in midfield, imo, and he would be missed if he left. Of course, this guy is not really the one I want given his propensities to make reckless tackles, lose the ball in dangerous areas, make overly ambitious passes, and be pulled out of defensive shape, but he is still a vital part of the team regardless. Obviously, we are not part of it, but he seems an important part of the dressing room as well. One of the longer serving players, an emotional disposition, and someone many of the new imports can look up to. He's not perfect but his presence and energy would be sorely missed. Also I don't think he does so many reckless tackles nor overly ambitious passes anymore. Losing the ball is the biggest problem, he's just over confident in the position he plays. We just simply look a worse team when he isn't playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 All fine and all but as usual for this club - if a player has an influence they have to be on the pitch 24x7 in Pardew's world and they can't be rotated or used in certain situations. But with Pardew, its all or nothing. And when its nothing, the player is treated like dog shit and essentially kicked out the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 We need a player similar to Tiote in midfield, imo, and he would be missed if he left. Of course, this guy is not really the one I want given his propensities to make reckless tackles, lose the ball in dangerous areas, make overly ambitious passes, and be pulled out of defensive shape, but he is still a vital part of the team regardless. Obviously, we are not part of it, but he seems an important part of the dressing room as well. One of the longer serving players, an emotional disposition, and someone many of the new imports can look up to. I am going to agree. It would be nice to have a more accomplished version of Tiote but he's the only player of his type we've got. Colback and Anita are better on the ball, but they lack physical presence and athleticism which he brings to the team. It's quite telling to me that his better games have been against the top sides where he can compete because of those qualities, I'm not sure the other two can live at that level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Wait, what? We might sell Tiote? Well I for one always hated the sellout prick. What a money-grabbing arsehole. Overrated anyway. Hope he crashes his car etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 We need a player similar to Tiote in midfield, imo, and he would be missed if he left. Of course, this guy is not really the one I want given his propensities to make reckless tackles, lose the ball in dangerous areas, make overly ambitious passes, and be pulled out of defensive shape, but he is still a vital part of the team regardless. Obviously, we are not part of it, but he seems an important part of the dressing room as well. One of the longer serving players, an emotional disposition, and someone many of the new imports can look up to. I am going to agree. It would be nice to have a more accomplished version of Tiote but he's the only player of his type we've got. Colback and Anita are better on the ball, but they lack physical presence and athleticism which he brings to the team. It's quite telling to me that his better games have been against the top sides where he can compete because of those qualities, I'm not sure the other two can live at that level. Yeah, I think he'll be difficult to replace. Anita doesn't look strong enough to me, and I'm not sure Colback is best used sitting in front of the back four. But he's not very secure in possession and his passing is poor. He often slows the momentum of an attack down by not releasing the ball early enough or positively enough. If we're going to really improve, we need someone better in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 We need a player similar to Tiote in midfield, imo, and he would be missed if he left. Of course, this guy is not really the one I want given his propensities to make reckless tackles, lose the ball in dangerous areas, make overly ambitious passes, and be pulled out of defensive shape, but he is still a vital part of the team regardless. Obviously, we are not part of it, but he seems an important part of the dressing room as well. One of the longer serving players, an emotional disposition, and someone many of the new imports can look up to. I am going to agree. It would be nice to have a more accomplished version of Tiote but he's the only player of his type we've got. Colback and Anita are better on the ball, but they lack physical presence and athleticism which he brings to the team. It's quite telling to me that his better games have been against the top sides where he can compete because of those qualities, I'm not sure the other two can live at that level. Yeah, I think he'll be difficult to replace. Anita doesn't look strong enough to me, and I'm not sure Colback is best used sitting in front of the back four. But he's not very secure in possession and his passing is poor. He often slows the momentum of an attack down by not releasing the ball early enough or positively enough. If we're going to really improve, we need someone better in there. That's a bit like saying we could do with an quality dominating CB as an upgrade on Taylor/Williamson or a proven striker. It would be nice to have all of them but they cost money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Without Tiote we might ship goals and get beat 3, 4, 5 nil. Oh, wait.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Can definitely see him going before the end of to he transfer window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Give me a break, man. A good manager would see him replaced in a second. This. Anything over £7m and we should sell and replace. Had an argument with that TF knacker Martin over it, he said the club will be trying to cash in big on Tiote this year, as if anyone would pay big for him or that we should mind if they did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Would be a shame to see him go to be honest. Even if he shouldn't be starting every match, he was beginning to return to form last season and when he's on form he is a good player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to flog him due to his age and lack of resale value if we keep him. All about the money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Colback will be 1st choice CM. Like Gosling towards the end of last season. Up Pardew's arse, that's where you need to be. We'll play Anita or Sissoko or Abeid next to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to flog him due to his age and lack of resale value if we keep him. All about the money. The player might also want out, wouldn't be too surprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpeth mag Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Anything near £10m we should sell and re-invest - ideally in Capoue or Grenier but someone who can pass and keep the ball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to flog him due to his age and lack of resale value if we keep him. All about the money. The player might also want out, wouldn't be too surprising. Absolutely - he has been here for every minute of Pardew's "reign". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Anything near £10m we should sell and re-invest - ideally in Capoue or Grenier but someone who can pass and keep the ball What's that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Anything near £10m we should sell and re-invest - ideally in Capoue or Grenier but someone who can pass and keep the ball What's that? It's adding to the 9 signings we've made so far. Got to say double figures and we need to move him on. His age, his limitations, his intelligence (or lack of) however he'd need replacing, Colback isn't good enough in that role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Anything near £10m we should sell and re-invest - ideally in Capoue or Grenier but someone who can pass and keep the ball What's that? It's adding to the 9 signings we've made so far. Got to say double figures and we need to move him on. His age, his limitations, his intelligence (or lack of) however he'd need replacing, Colback isn't good enough in that role. Doesn't matter as far as the club is concerned Colback will be starting weather we keep Tiote or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Can definitely see him going before the end of to he transfer window I can't see it. I don't think Tiote is good enough to play for a club any better than us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I wouldn't be against selling him if we got 10 million in return. Can easily find someone as effective as he is for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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