triggs Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Italy/Germany Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Don't think there's much between France & Italy these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Switzerland? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Exactly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Is rafa likely to see this as part of his raised budget- or did we still owe them and now its just paid itself off? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Italian press saying Roma have made a €30m bid for him. Looks like we fucked up big time here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 For goodness sake man. Can you imagine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/assets/steve-mcclaren-derby-newcastle-united-nufc-650x400.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 The player was wrote off far too early. Clearly had skill - would have liked to have seen him work under Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 He had the chance to work with him last summer but made it clear he didn't want to stay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 He should never have been signed in the first place, the cheeky buggar rejected us 3 or 4 times before OM told him they'd probably need to sell due to their shite finances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Only thing we've really done wrong is the seemingly low loan-to-buy obligation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Only thing we've really done wrong is the seemingly low loan-to-buy obligation. This, 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Only thing we've really done wrong is the seemingly low loan-to-buy obligation. This, 100% no-one knows what went on behind the scenes of course but i can't say how you could say we handled the lad anything other than poorly by any stretch of the imagination was surprised rafa binned him straight off mind, perhaps his head had just gone by then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Sure there was a quote from Rafa last season saying he wanted to keep him but he had his head on going back to Marseille. Was in the interview where he mentioned that he tried to sign him for Napoli. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 yeah i'm sure that's the case, prior to rafa the club was such a shitshow man...can't see how not adding a clause was the only thing we did wrong with the lad, we handled him disgracefully tbh that reminds me where's that memphis lad at now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 yeah i'm sure that's the case, prior to rafa the club was such a shitshow man...can't see how not adding a clause was the only thing we did wrong with the lad, we handled him disgracefully tbh that reminds me where's that memphis lad at now? Yeah exactly, we could have at least tried playing him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 yeah i'm sure that's the case, prior to rafa the club was such a shitshow man...can't see how not adding a clause was the only thing we did wrong with the lad, we handled him disgracefully tbh that reminds me where's that memphis lad at now? Yeah exactly, we could have at least tried playing him. they'll be along in a minute to tell us it was all tobin's fault and he shat his pants after some abuse at whatever game it was, doesn't excuse the club one iota...absolutely chronic handling of a young, foreign player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Only thing we've really done wrong is the seemingly low loan-to-buy obligation. This, 100% no-one knows what went on behind the scenes of course but i can't say how you could say we handled the lad anything other than poorly by any stretch of the imagination was surprised rafa binned him straight off mind, perhaps his head had just gone by then Sure there was a quote from Rafa last season saying he wanted to keep him but he had his head on going back to Marseille. Was in the interview where he mentioned that he tried to sign him for Napoli. Correct. Rafa wanted him to stay. Player wanted to leave. Actually never wanted to come. Eye catching full debut in Cup and promising cameo against Man Utd and gritty performance against Arsenal. Then fell off a cliff both in terms of performance and attitude coinciding with his girlfriend getting homesick. Club did well not to loose too much money on the deal all things considered. Some transfers work out some don't. End of story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 yeah i'm sure that's the case, prior to rafa the club was such a shitshow man...can't see how not adding a clause was the only thing we did wrong with the lad, we handled him disgracefully tbh that reminds me where's that memphis lad at now? Yeah exactly, we could have at least tried playing him. they'll be along in a minute to tell us it was all tobin's fault and he shat his pants after some abuse at whatever game it was, doesn't excuse the club one iota...absolutely chronic handling of a young, foreign player Aye I'm not convinced he would have made it here but we basically made it as difficult as possible for him then fucked him off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I love the thought of a Football Observatory like with ageing blokes in white coats walking round the place with walls covered with screens showing 24/7 football and whiteboards with formulae working all this out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Am I right in saying he's only the second World Cup winner (as a player) to have represented Newcastle after Guivarc'h or am I missing someone obvious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Am I right in saying he's only the second World Cup winner (as a player) to have represented Newcastle after Guivarc'h or am I missing someone obvious? George Eastham. We've been managed by Jack Charlton and Ossie Ardiles, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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