Guest neesy111 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Shola's step-overs just make me laugh, always a sign of confidence in him though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Having one of the 'old guard' as our figurehead delays the professionalization of the squad. The one thing Newcastle United desperately needs is a change in the attitudes of its staff. Nice post, except for the bit quoted above Kevin Nolan is the radical change in attitude from the 'old guard' - he's not one of them. For far too long we've had a collection of individuals, only brought together by the fact that the same company pays their wages. Nolan may not have embraced the 'European lifestyle' but he epitomises someone who is a TEAM player. This is the point we've been alluding to/stating the obvious over the past couple of months. No, Nolan isn't one of our 10 'best' players (on an individual study) but, for all of his glaring deficiencies, he has untangibles that go unnoticed by the majority. Which is why I find him worthy of a place in our team and definitely the club captain. Long may he continue to score goals and shove two fingers up to the whingers. I'll be interested to see how he performs against Sunderland this weekend, because Nolan for me is similar to the players the Mackem team used to be full of when they were yo yo-ing between the leagues a few seasons back. That is, hard-working, honest grafters who couldn't compete with the quality teams but gave it 100%. Sunderland have moved on since then and their team looks faster and more athletic than ours under Bruce and they are getting good results against quality teams. I'm hoping that our great team spirit will give us the edge but I have a feeling they will end up looking the better team. If Nolan ends up bossing that game then I will be happy to give him the credit for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 BTW I have no doubts that Check Tiote will be able to match the scum midfield stride for stride and will hopefully kick them off the park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Nolan made the most successful passes in the West Ham game. 57. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Nolan made the most successful passes in the West Ham game. 57. shock as it was 53 for Jose and 50 for Tiote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Aye, and he had the most shots on target. 84. In fact, the only player in Europe with more shots on target this weekend was Lionel Messi, who managed a staggering 324 shots on target, scoring twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Aye, and he had the most shots on target. 84. In fact, the only player in Europe with more shots on target this weekend was Lionel Messi, who managed a staggering 324 shots on target, scoring twice. It's 1 point for a completed pass. More for other stuff, maybe you should actually check it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 :-| Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 300 shots on target would be impressive mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 300 shots on target would be impressive mind. even more so for the keeper who fkn saved them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I'll be interested to see how he performs against Sunderland this weekend, because Nolan for me is similar to the players the Mackem team used to be full of when they were yo yo-ing between the leagues a few seasons back. That is, hard-working, honest grafters who couldn't compete with the quality teams but gave it 100%. Sunderland have moved on since then and their team looks faster and more athletic than ours under Bruce and they are getting good results against quality teams. I'm hoping that our great team spirit will give us the edge but I have a feeling they will end up looking the better team. If Nolan ends up bossing that game then I will be happy to give him the credit for it. The only Sunderland player I'd even consider comparing Nolan to, was Don Hutchison during the 2000-1 season where he got into double figures and they finished 7th. I'd settle for that I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I'll be interested to see how he performs against Sunderland this weekend, because Nolan for me is similar to the players the Mackem team used to be full of when they were yo yo-ing between the leagues a few seasons back. That is, hard-working, honest grafters who couldn't compete with the quality teams but gave it 100%. Sunderland have moved on since then and their team looks faster and more athletic than ours under Bruce and they are getting good results against quality teams. I'm hoping that our great team spirit will give us the edge but I have a feeling they will end up looking the better team. If Nolan ends up bossing that game then I will be happy to give him the credit for it. The only Sunderland player I'd even consider comparing Nolan to, was Don Hutchison during the 2000-1 season where he got into double figures and they finished 7th. I'd settle for that I think. Dirty Don was actually a very good player 1999-2001 - in fact I would be tempted to say that he was better than Nolan is now. PLayed well for Scotland as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Don Hutchinson wasn't slow. I wasn't really comparing players styles in any case, just from what I've seen Bruce seems to have added a bit of athleticism into the Sunderland side, especially the forwards. No idea what their central midfield are like, Cattermole and Cana maybe are not much better than Nolan in this regard so we might have an interesting contest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Cana left in the summer mate. Riveros (Paraguayan) now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Cana left in the summer mate. Riveros (Paraguayan) now. What's he like then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 s**** according to me mate (mackum) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Cana left in the summer mate. Riveros (Paraguayan) now. What's he like then? When I've seen him he looked off the pace and slow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 What happened to that Angeleri that people were raving about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Has been playing poorly in the reserves by all accounts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Cana left in the summer mate. Riveros (Paraguayan) now. What's he like then? When I've seen him he looked off the pace and slow. Looked on the sunderland forum and didn't see his name mentioned in the team they expect to be starting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Has been playing poorly in the reserves by all accounts Thought you mean Nolan there, I thought fucking hell, no wonder he always looks knackered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Fucking anonymous tonight, Arsenal ran the midfield in the first half and I didn't see him put a challenge in. Needs to be droppped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 He was better than Enrique tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Fucking anonymous tonight, Arsenal ran the midfield in the first half and I didn't see him put a challenge in. Needs to be droppped. Funnily enough I thought Vucik showed exactly what we have been missing in our midfield area, strong running, pace and ability to link with the forwards. Our first chance in the early minutes when he raced from midfield to latch onto Ranger's superb hold up play was a prime example. Unfortunately their enthusiasm wasn't matched by Lovenkrands and Guthrie, and Smith despite his best efforts just isn't capable of keeping up with top level midfielders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Missed his willingness to pull the trigger tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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