Fenham Mag Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/3rdParties/FordClassicsUCL/01/73/99/22/1739922_w2.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1125000/images/_1127511_asprilla300.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Didn't Shearer have a bit of a fall out with him once? something about him pretending to be hit in the face and clearly was faking it? Still, what a player mind. Could do anything with the ball, was pretty consistent as well. Over-shadowed by Ronaldo really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 *That* hattrick against Valencia Possibly one of the best single performances by a player in our shirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Read on wikipedia that Barca paid 4000 million pesetas for him. Pesetas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I remember us linked to him during the WC2002 and Sir Bobby trying to play the link down but with a glint in his eye and a cheeky grin in the ITV studio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 *That* hattrick against Valencia Possibly one of the best single performances by a player in our shirt. He needed to as well, you's had to win to qualify for the Champions League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/20/article-0-014DA29C0000044D-404_468x584.jpg Patrick Stephan Kluivert. Bit of a weird one for me. Can't make my mind up on really how good he was, whether he was one of the greatest strikers of the past 20 years or not really all that at all. Thoughts? Topical one for a NUFC forum as well, of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The old Balotelli potentially, time will tell. Unplayable on his day, unfortunately his day was too few and far between to be classed among the upper echelons of the footballing greats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/20/article-0-014DA29C0000044D-404_468x584.jpg Patrick Stephan Kluivert. Bit of a weird one for me. Can't make my mind up on really how good he was, whether he was one of the greatest strikers of the past 20 years or not really all that at all. Thoughts? Topical one for a NUFC forum as well, of course. He was unfit when he arrived with us but I was confident SBR could have brought back some of his old silky skills...SBR left and I think Souness gave him some chances but as souey would say "not a proper player" Overall, a class finisher and great on his day. Could have been even better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Great player who should've signed off his career in style at NUFC. Oozed class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 One of my favourite players of all time (outside of nufc players) Maybe not very consistent, but was lovely to watch on his day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Best first touch I think I've ever seen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I can see what Disco is saying because he did have capabilities to go from the ridiculous to the sublime rather quickly..... But i don't think Balotelli has even half the talent Kluivert had and as i mentioned before i loved his partnership with Rivaldo. Great player none the less though, just a little bit below some of the best of his time due to consistency issues. I also felt he didn't get a fair go at it for us he could have been so much more for us but Souness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Best first touch I think I've ever seen In our shirt I can't think of too many better. That goal on his full debut against Villa, man. Class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 What's up with picking up Barça players for this? I like it, mind... Kluivert was a puzzler. He had it all. Size to play the big man role coupled with uncanny technique and vision, plus a fierce shot. Yet it never quite clicked. He was good for us, mind, but he never had that one *great* season, just a bunch of good ones, and always seemed to miss too many goals for a #9. Switching him for Eto'o was one of the keys to our success; a much more limited player but that was just better at putting it on the back of the net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Get's far too much criticism for his 1 season at NUFC, he was decent and scored 13 goals. Him and Bellamy were by far our best partnership that season, except we had Graeme Souness in charge ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 definatly one of the players i'm proud to say played for my club. he may of been unfit and overweight when he came he, but you could still see the huge amount of ability he had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 What's up with picking up Barça players for this? I like it, mind... Face it man if there's been a great player he's probably played for you at one point in time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Get's far too much criticism for his 1 season at NUFC, he was decent and scored 13 goals. Him and Bellamy were by far our best partnership that season, except we had Graeme Souness in charge ffs. Bobby was past his best by that point but we could've achieved something with Kluivert and Bellamy up front like he wanted it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I never understood the Kluivert criticisms when he was here. In my childhood naivity, he always seemed mint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Since Keegan times, there's only a small percentage of strikers that we have favourable memories of, beyond question. Dismissing 'cult hero status', the likes of Martins, Sibierski, Gallagher, Shola, Chopra, Ferguson, Lua Lua, Cort - whilst popular in some quarters - don't fall into that percentage. We've also had some talented strikers, whose memories have been tarnished by the circumstances in which they left - namely Owen and Carroll. Imo, none of these strikers fall into a category whereby we look back that fondly. That also goes for the likes of Kluivert and Viduka, neither of whom left a particularly sour taste and were even brilliant on their day. However, the circumstances of the club (or the minor impact they had), render them fairly forgettable. Until just recently, i'd actually say that up front has been a problem position, particularly since Shearer's departure and the Owen fiasco. You could argue that the only strikers who have a defined "yep, they were brilliant, no question"-label are Shearer and Bellamy (and now maybe/probably Ba and Cisse). I liked Kluivert when he was on the pitch; he and Bellamy had real potential as a pairing. A skilful, all-round striker, who was prone to injury and whose passion for the game had largely dissipated by the time he came to Newcastle. There was the Souness factor, too, who insisted on playing a Shearer who had lost a lot of ability by that point. It was a shame Sir Bobby couldn't have signed Kluivert sooner, because he would have been extremely useful during Bellamy's prolonged absences in 03 and 04. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Some of our players thought he was so advanced/had such a great footballing brain that they didn't understand his level of play sometimes and what he was going to create. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Where's GhoeberX when you need him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Some of our players thought he was so advanced/had such a great footballing brain that they didn't understand his level of play sometimes and what he was going to create. Aye he was a different wave length to those around him.... when ever i watched Ginola after he left us for the likes of Spurs and Villa etc etc i got the same feeling like they didn't have a clue what he was going to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Loved that header against Chelsea. Probably my favourite game under Souness; i can remember making a cringeworthy Freewebs at full-time called "We Did It!!!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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