Ketsbaia Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 He said we're 100% safe with a win today. So maybe this week could see developments on Enrique and Barton's contracts. It might be in vain for Jose, but at least we're in there early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Alan Pardew concerned at NUFC squad size Apr 11 2011 ALAN PARDEW refused to tear into his players after the lacklustre showing at Aston Villa – but the Londoner did express his concern at the depth of his squad in the aftermath of defeat Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/#ixzz1JEe7F4Tx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Good spot Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Sharp as a dart, wor Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Someone needed to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Yeah, we've really missed Routledge's scintilating Premier League performances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Yeah, we've really missed Routledge's scintilating Premier League performances. With more minutes on the pitch he might have got back some of his confidence and would have been a real asset to our side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Irrelevant. Routledge would most likely have started a decent percentage of games since he went out on loan and would have featured in an even higher percentage. We've been crying out for a bit of pace late in a number of games. I only need to go back 24 hours to think of one such game. At least he would have been something for the opposition to think about. Pardew was saying that he basically had no one else to bring on at the weekend, he could have had Routledge (and even Xisco). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Yeah, we've really missed Routledge's scintilating Premier League performances. With more minutes on the pitch he might have got back some of his confidence and would have been a real asset to our side. Horseplop. The guy's been hopeless at every club he's been at in the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Yeah, we've really missed Routledge's scintilating Premier League performances. With more minutes on the pitch he might have got back some of his confidence and would have been a real asset to our side. Horseplop. The guy's been hopeless at every club he's been at in the Premier League. Would rather have Routledge to bring on than no one. A player with a bit of pace could have lead to us killing the game at the Stadium of Light, getting something against Everton, Villa and Fulham and beating Bolton and Blackburn. Obviously I am not saying that all those results would have been affected but those are just the games I can think of off the top of my head that were crying out for someone with the assets Routledge has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Yeah, we've really missed Routledge's scintilating Premier League performances. With more minutes on the pitch he might have got back some of his confidence and would have been a real asset to our side. Horseplop. The guy's been hopeless at every club he's been at in the Premier League. He is less hopeless than Ryan Taylor tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Officially a one point improvement on Hughton over 16 league games. WAHEY ASHLEY - THE GAMBLE PAID OFF! :celb: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Yeah, we've really missed Routledge's scintilating Premier League performances. With more minutes on the pitch he might have got back some of his confidence and would have been a real asset to our side. Horseplop. The guy's been hopeless at every club he's been at in the Premier League. Would rather have Routledge to bring on than no one. A player with a bit of pace could have lead to us killing the game at the Stadium of Light, getting something against Everton, Villa and Fulham and beating Bolton and Blackburn. Obviously I am not saying that all those results would have been affected but those are just the games I can think of off the top of my head that were crying out for someone with the assets Routledge has. He never once showed those "assets" this season though. Nor at Spurs, Villa, Fulham etc. Why would he suddenly become a terrific game changing player when there's very little evidence to support that theory? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 and without Carroll and quite alot other players through injurys/suspensions. Me being serious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 and without Carroll and quite alot other players through injurys/suspensions. Me being serious. Its a fair point to raise though. Injuries have been a lot harsher on Pardew than Hughton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Officially a one point improvement on Hughton over 16 league games. WAHEY ASHLEY - THE GAMBLE PAID OFF! :celb: Impossible to compare the two. Thin squad= more injuries as the season develops. That burden fell on Pards and not CH. And if I remember correctly Pards has been trough a tougher schedule. We cannot judge Pards before next season imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 The old "he's hopeless" excuse doesn't really cut it when you take a look at our bench yesterday - in fact when you take a look at the fact we had to play our best centre half in midfield because of a lack of options. Routledge clearly has a lot of talent, we've seen it and QPR are seeing it now, it's a case of getting him to use it at the top level, not just taking one look and hoying him out the window. Passing the buck and saying "well sorry, I can't do anything with this bloke", when he clearly has the assets to be an... asset is rank bad management. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Routledge was our best player at Wolves and also played well against Villa and Everton,off the top of my head that is.To suggest he'd done nothing this season for us is frankly bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 and without Carroll and quite alot other players through injurys/suspensions. Me being serious. Its a fair point to raise though. Injuries have been a lot harsher on Pardew than Hughton. Hughton's performance in the transfer window last January was outstanding. He also kept his players fit via clearly good training over more games but I know he's not allowed to take credit for any of this. Pardew's January was appalling and casts a very deep dark shadow over next season imo. I think the summer is going to be devastating for all of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 At least we haven't got anyone out on loan that could have had significant first team minutes since january.... Yeah, we've really missed Routledge's scintilating Premier League performances. With more minutes on the pitch he might have got back some of his confidence and would have been a real asset to our side. Horseplop. The guy's been hopeless at every club he's been at in the Premier League. Would rather have Routledge to bring on than no one. A player with a bit of pace could have lead to us killing the game at the Stadium of Light, getting something against Everton, Villa and Fulham and beating Bolton and Blackburn. Obviously I am not saying that all those results would have been affected but those are just the games I can think of off the top of my head that were crying out for someone with the assets Routledge has. He never once showed those "assets" this season though. Nor at Spurs, Villa, Fulham etc. Why would he suddenly become a terrific game changing player when there's very little evidence to support that theory? I'm not trying to assert that Routledge is necessarily a premiership quality player. What I am saying is that I would much rather have had him here as at least an option. He may not produce week in week out, but I certainly wouldn't write him off and he is fine as a back up winger. In one of his last games he came on against Wigan when we were 1-0 up and was at least a threat. That was at a time when they were trying to push for an equaliser and he used his pace a couple of times to get in behind them. At least it gives the opposition something to think about. For example at the SofL we had no outlet ball, no one that could hurt them on the break so they were able to pile bodies forward and cause havoc in the box. If a player with pace like Routledge on is on the pitch then teams have to either decide to keep someone back to mark him or push up and risk getting caught on the break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It's quite a lot easier to find good players to play in the championship for a club like Newcastle than it is finding good ones for the PL tbh. Just saying, im not by any means trying to defend the non action during january window that was, insanity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It's quite a lot easier to find good players to play in the championship for a club like Newcastle than it is finding good ones for the PL tbh. Just saying, im not by any means trying to defend the non action during january window that was, insanity. Never said it wasn't but signing nobody (apart from Ireland, don't laugh) and selling off others is appalling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 and without Carroll and quite alot other players through injurys/suspensions. Me being serious. Its a fair point to raise though. Injuries have been a lot harsher on Pardew than Hughton. Hughton's performance in the transfer window last January was outstanding. He also kept his players fit via clearly good training over more games but I know he's not allowed to take credit for any of this. Pardew's January was appalling and casts a very deep dark shadow over next season imo. I think the summer is going to be devastating for all of us. I can see why you think that, absolutely, but it's worth pointing out that the January window and the summer window are completely different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It's quite a lot easier to find good players to play in the championship for a club like Newcastle than it is finding good ones for the PL tbh. Just saying, im not by any means trying to defend the non action during january window that was, insanity. Never said it wasn't but signing nobody (apart from Ireland, don't laugh) and selling off others is appalling. Never said that you said so But i agree with you, appalling to say at least. We needed a striker even before we sold Carroll, but other areas as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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