Cheick Tioté (1986-2017)

[Ronaldo]

if only he would have been here when bob was, instead of butt

 

robert tiote speed solano

 

Butt played something like 4 games under Bobby.

[Dave]

Typical Man Utd fan tbh.

[eaststar]

Looks like amdy Faye - but 1000000x the player he was. Absolutely brilliant. Where were ya Scott Parker?

[Hanshithispantz]

sexy as fuck

[tmonkey]

Starting to think he's a bit of a freak of nature. Doesn't look that physically big or imposing compared to others on the same pitch, but when you see him move, it's like he's the offspring of a Terminator and a kangaroo or something - the strength and relentless stamina of a machine combined with the springy movement of a big, fast land mammal.

[Zero]

My only concern is his foul rate.  Yellow card seems to be a minimum charge each match.

[cubaricho]

Can't wait until he gets his first goal, I'll go mental.

 

If it weren't for a deflection it looked like he was going to get one today.  Has a fierce shot.

[Guest Loven11]

He was class yesterday again, I love him. Fantastic Signing.

 

[EthiGeordie]

Pound to pound the best signing this club made for very long time.

[Chase]

I love the amount of times yesterday he was under pressure and managed tos top and turn with the ball leaving the opponent struggling to catch up..

[Guest]

There was one moment where he had one crazy style of running to get to the ball on the touchline.

[Hughesy]

But was amazingly quick when doing it...!! Maybe we should get Nolan to use Tiote's running style?

[madras]

There was one moment where he had one crazy style of running to get to the ball on the touchline.

aye, we copied it in the pub then several times going from pub to pub.

 

 

MotM yesterday by a country mile, immense, dominated the centre of midfield on his own.

 

 

 

[wormy]

Can't wait until he gets his first goal, I'll go mental.

 

If it weren't for a deflection it looked like he was going to get one today.  Has a fierce shot.

 

When I saw him trying to find space I was just sat there thinking 'he's not going to surely' and then when that ball rocketed off his foot I was sure it was going in!

[Guest]

When Andy Gray singles him out for praise during the match, rare for him to do that with Newcastle, you know you've got a player.

[Lazy]

Starting to think he's a bit of a freak of nature. Doesn't look that physically big or imposing compared to others on the same pitch, but when you see him move, it's like he's the offspring of a Terminator and a kangaroo or something - the strength and relentless stamina of a machine combined with the springy movement of a big, fast land mammal.

 

I love this post!

[TRon]

Pound to pound the best signing this club made for very long time.

 

Easily. Does he ever lose the ball? It doesn't seem to matter how many people are flying into him he still comes out with it at his feet. Pure quality.

[summerof69]

If he does this consistently we imo will be able to call him world class.

[summerof69]

shouldn't that be imbo-in medias bias opinion ?

[Troll]

He reminds me of one of those tumbler dolls, you can't knock him over at all.  The one time he went to the ground, he just rolled back onto his feet!

[Nobody]

He reminds me of one of Ann Veal, you can't knock him over at all.  The one time he went to the ground, he just rolled back onto his feet!

[Colocho]

What a player we have on own hands here, credit to Hughton/whoever scouted him.

 

Looks very assured on the ball, a strong passer, however does need to get a bit more stuck in.

[NEEJ]

He reminds me of one of those tumbler dolls, you can't knock him over at all.  The one time he went to the ground, he just rolled back onto his feet!

Aye that was brilliant, i was thinking 'fuck, tiotes not the powerhouse we all thought he was' then he just springs back onto his feet! Makes the game look a lot easier than it should.

[Dr.Spaceman]

Ann Veal

[HongKongMag]

He's a fantastic asset to the team. It seems, at least for the moment that we're actually scouting players properly..as opposed to youtubing them..