BillClinton Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Right, he shouldn't be playing in our first team but he needs to be playing somewhere. It's just frustrating seeing him stall after looking so promising last year (compared to our other youngsters) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Is Gosling at Blackpool until the end of the season? Even if we just bring him back in as the token 5th choice midfielder until his contract is up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Is Gosling at Blackpool until the end of the season? Even if we just bring him back in as the token 5th choice midfielder until his contract is up. was saying this in August, I guess with the saving in wages & bottom line financials involved thought this wasn't thought of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 If we loan him out, he'll probably end up playing at a lower level than where we got him given our recent history with this sort of thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Out of all of our "youngsters", he's got the most promise, imo. A fucking frustrating thought that we could be throwing it all away if we're not careful with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 If we loan him out, he'll probably end up playing at a lower level than where we got him given our recent history with this sort of thing. Yeah, Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo_11 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I saw him speak at an event a few months ago. He went to U20 World Cup in the summer and decided to represent England, but he came back and suffered an ankle injury. This stopped him going on loan and then Pardew decided he should stay rather than go out. I'm not sure why he didn't go out in January. He is extremely religious, so much so that so players use the term "freak" but respect his beliefs. There is a lot of religious players at the club so he likes the environment. Interestingly Obertan would speak with him a lot as he was frustrated at not playing, but then after speaking to Bigi he began to enjoy coming back to training and realised that it was out of his hands for selection. Coventry offered him a one year professional deal instead of three years initially which he rejected, then Man City became interested so they offered him a three year deal. A youth coach from Coventry joined Newcastle and told the club about him then we signed him. The story about him asking for a trial at Coventry, being told to go then called back after they saw him running home was true. He supports Arsenal and the hardest opponent he faced in Premier League was Scholes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Obertan the soothsayer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I guess the difference between him and the rest of the youngsters mind is that he's played first-team football in the Championship and here. Might not be the worst thing in the world if he stayed, trained daily learning from the likes of Cabaye & Anita then loan him out next season, or even the last couple of months to another club. Isn't the deadline something like March? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 How long is he out injured for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/mark-douglas-gaels-tale-should-6684677#.UvT1zNSpcK8.twitter "But since bursting onto the scene he has gone backwards. The last time I spoke to someone with influence at Newcastle they suggested it might never happen for him at the club, despite the obvious talent he had. When asked why, there was no real explanation." Jesus wept I'm glad we have coaches who seem to know what they are doing. Mental this, like. Actually irritated me reading that. Honestly thought we had a potential gem on our hands when we signed him. His attitude has always seemed first class as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 If we ever sorted out our fucking shit reserve/youth coaching we'd be getting somewhere. It's been clearly an afterthought for far, far too long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Not enough games on the right-wing versus Nicolas Gaitan is my diagnosis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Not enough games on the right-wing versus Nicolas Gaitan is my diagnosis. Jesus christ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/mark-douglas-gaels-tale-should-6684677#.UvT1zNSpcK8.twitter "But since bursting onto the scene he has gone backwards. The last time I spoke to someone with influence at Newcastle they suggested it might never happen for him at the club, despite the obvious talent he had. When asked why, there was no real explanation." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 This guy should be coming on regularly, as should Sammy, Tavernier (who got loaned out), Ferguson and Dummet. However, thanks to the way we play i.e. never being comfortable in any game, ever. We never have the luxury of giving them a run out. This guy can play, always like him when he's played. Doesn't play with any hesitancy or fear, and tries to make things happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Really like the look of Bigi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 They're all doing a shit job, and can then just come out and say so and so aren't good enough, but I'll never buy it. Our manager is a con artist, and so are all of his sidekicks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Maybe he's stagnated because he never plays professional football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Maybe he's stagnated because he never plays professional football. You and your crazy left field ideas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thought he'd been injured for ages? Or was it 'injured'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hasn't just been in the reserves all season, popping up in Sammys instagram videos? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Well now we've learned that we had a terrible Reserve team manager to go with our terrible first team manger and our terrible director of football. It's not that surprising that's he's stalled along with a few others.. Developing young players (so he can sell them later) should be in Ashley's best interest, it's the cheapest way to be competitive if they are developed right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 And if our reserve/youth coaches also happen to be massive racists, that can't have helped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 This guy should be coming on regularly, as should Sammy, Tavernier (who got loaned out), Ferguson and Dummet. However, thanks to the way we play i.e. never being comfortable in any game, ever. We never have the luxury of giving them a run out. This guy can play, always like him when he's played. Doesn't play with any hesitancy or fear, and tries to make things happen. These players are better out on loan playing competitive games than sitting on our bench (if they're lucky). I read that we tried to loan out Bigirimana but no Championship club wanted him and NUFC didn't want to loan him to a League 1 club. He currently has a foot/ankle injury according to: - http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php After regularly starting games at the beginning of Ferguson's loan to Birmingham City he now comes off the bench now and again. I would have thought NUFC would have recalled him if they thought he was being wasted by Birmingham. Maybe he's just not good enough? Tavernier seems to be doing well in League 1 but Vučkić doesn't seem to be doing that well. The ideal scenario with our young players would be to get them out on loan to other clubs as early as possible. NUFC need other clubs to want to loan them though. Armstrong will hopefully go out on loan next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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