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  • 2 months later...

Does Obafemi Martins never reference us / visit / have any affiliation with us anymore? A lot of our former players, especially strikers who got a decent number of goals talk very fondly of us but I never hear anything about or from Martins 

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23 hours ago, gbandit said:

Does Obafemi Martins never reference us / visit / have any affiliation with us anymore? A lot of our former players, especially strikers who got a decent number of goals talk very fondly of us but I never hear anything about or from Martins 

 

To be fair, Martins was here for three years and hardly did anything iconic during that time or went on to be remembered as an "iconic" ex-NUFC player, so him not actively referencing his time here or being "brought back" for anything in Newcastle doesn't feel weirder than us not bringing the likes of Sebastien Bassong or Xisco back for anything (or them not referencing their time at NUFC much in interviews).

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1 minute ago, Kaizero said:

 

To be fair, Martins was here for three years and hardly did anything iconic during that time or went on to be remembered as an "iconic" ex-NUFC player, so him not actively referencing his time here or being "brought back" for anything in Newcastle doesn't feel weirder than us not bringing the likes of Sebastien Bassong or Xisco back for anything (or them not referencing their time at NUFC much in interviews).

 

Sidenote: I just looked up the 08-09 season Wiki and went down a Wikihole of looking up what happened to the players we had that season (and those we let go). Did anyone else know that James fucking Troisi signed for Juventus in 2012, four years after leaving us without a single appereance? :lol: 

 

Has to be said that he went on to make exactly zero appearances for Juventus as well, but still... what the fuck? :lol:

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1 minute ago, Kaizero said:

 

Sidenote: I just looked up the 08-09 season Wiki and went down a Wikihole of looking up what happened to the players we had that season (and those we let go). Did anyone else know that James fucking Troisi signed for Juventus in 2012, four years after leaving us without a single appereance? :lol: 

 

Has to be said that he went on to make exactly zero appearances for Juventus as well, but still... what the fuck? :lol:


Aye. And I think (without googling) he ended up at Galatasaray too maybe?

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3 minutes ago, Kaizero said:

 

To be fair, Martins was here for three years and hardly did anything iconic during that time or went on to be remembered as an "iconic" ex-NUFC player, so him not actively referencing his time here or being "brought back" for anything in Newcastle doesn't feel weirder than us not bringing the likes of Sebastien Bassong or Xisco back for anything (or them not referencing their time at NUFC much in interviews).

 

Sidnote #2: Obafemi Martins has a 19 year old son named Kevin Martins that's currently on the books for Monza in the Serie A (though playing for their U19s). He goes by the nickname "King Kev" :lol: 

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What footballer has the best for being a footballer, for commentary purposes etc. 

 

As I was just watching the EFL highlights, and Rak-Sakyi is near enough perfect for whenever he smashes the ball into the back of the net :lol: 

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What are your favourite footballer nicknames?

 

A few I am fond of:

Fitz Hall - One Size

Lee Clark - Jigsaw (falls to pieces in the box)

Shola Ameobi - Carl Cort

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Fitz Hall is the best for sure. I often find other sports have better ones than football:

 

Billy Twelvetrees- 36 (twelve 3s)

Steve Waugh - Tugga (Tug of War)

Martin Offiah - Chariots

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I've got a question and maybe someone with better football knowledge than me can answer this:

 

What is Kai Havertz good at? Other than being a cunt.

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On 16/01/2025 at 00:08, Peppe said:

I've got a question and maybe someone with better football knowledge than me can answer this:

 

What is Kai Havertz good at? Other than being a cunt.

 

He's really good at manufacturing moves that will make him and his agent bank whilst being a dogshit striker.

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Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I don’t think Havertz is bad but I was mystified that Arsenal wanted him for so much money. Almost seemed like collusion to bail Chelsea out of their financial hole. 

 

He did a good job at end of last season, but the price was ridiculous. 

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14 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I don’t think Havertz is bad but I was mystified that Arsenal wanted him for so much money. Almost seemed like collusion to bail Chelsea out of their financial hole. 

Was 100% an Arteta-led vanity signing because the Lego One was convinced Rice-Odegaard-Havertz would be the new Rodri-De Bruyne-David Silva.

 

 

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Havertz is clearly a good footballer but sort of fits into that category of languid creative player who is neither here nor there position wise, so doesnt really fit into a system. Someone described him as a nine and a half, which isnt really any good.

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It's pretty obvious that, for example, a keeper dives to the left and tips a shot around the post then the corner is taken from that side. But if it's fairly central and he tips it over the bar then how is it decided which side do the attacking side take the corner from? Can they just pick which side themselves? 

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Just now, Stal said:

It's pretty obvious that, for example, a keeper dives to the left and tips a shot around the post then the corner is taken from that side. But if it's fairly central and he tips it over the bar then how is it decided which side do the attacking side take the corner from? Can they just pick which side themselves? 

 

The ref always points to which corner flag to take it from.

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22 minutes ago, Fak said:

 

The ref always points to which corner flag to take it from.

Aye I've never noticed it or even thought about it before, so thank you. I was just sat here and the thought crossed my mind so cheers for clearing that up, but has it ever been contested? I can just imagine some whinger like arteta arguing that they lost as they werent allowed to let their best corner taker take it from their preferred side.

 

 

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On 20/01/2025 at 14:38, Doctor Zaius said:

Havertz is clearly a good footballer but sort of fits into that category of languid creative player who is neither here nor there position wise, so doesnt really fit into a system. Someone described him as a nine and a half, which isnt really any good.

He’s not even particularly creative. 
 

He links up well but not a creative force imo. He’s has got ability but doesn’t deliver consistently.  He’s a supporting striker.  A poor man’s Eidur Gudjonson or a skinny Olivier Giroud. 
 

He’ll score some class goals.  Think he scored a banger against England. Excellent first touch and finish in Howe’s first season up against Burn.  
 

This season people have definitely given up on him. I thought he could be good for 15 PL goals but he won’t get that now.  Earning more than Saka is criminal.  

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