Zero Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 So are you guys expecting a dig at the team or management or even sth like "I am not going to make it / this season is going to be a relegation fight" etc? What do you expect honestly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yes of course I do. Injuries were a valid excuse though, as was the fixture list with our tiny squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yes of course I do. Injuries were a valid excuse though, as was the fixture list with our tiny squad. What about the two epic games at home where we totally collapsed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Smaller squad than most When will this myth that we have a tiny squad ever end Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Smaller squad than most When will this myth that we have a tiny squad ever end Senior Strikers. 1. Cisse 2. Ameobi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Smaller squad than most When will this myth that we have a tiny squad ever end Senior Strikers. 1. Cisse 2. Ameobi Gouffran Campbell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Gouffran generally plays out wide. Is Campbell a senior striker? Really? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Gouffran generally plays out wide. Is Campbell a senior striker? Really? Wasn't suggesting he was..just added it to the list. As he was promoted to the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Smaller squad than most When will this myth that we have a tiny squad ever end Senior Strikers. 1. Cisse 2. Ameobi There was me thinking a squad consists of goalkeepers, defenders and midfielders not just strikers. My mistake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Gouffran generally plays out wide. Is Campbell a senior striker? Really? How is Gouffran not a senior striker? Just because we play him somewhere else. Where was he playing when we played Bordeaux? On the wing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Bearing in mind Cisse can rarely finish from 6 yards - it's a pathetically weak forward line up, unless your expectations have been dampened, significantly, by a fat man.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 How many teams in and around where we fonished could boast more then 2 or 3 strikers?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Gouffran generally plays out wide. Is Campbell a senior striker? Really? How is Gouffran not a senior striker? Just because we play him somewhere else. Where was he playing when we played Bordeaux? On the wing? Aye generally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Smaller squad than most When will this myth that we have a tiny squad ever end Senior Strikers. 1. Cisse 2. Ameobi There was me thinking a squad consists of goalkeepers, defenders and midfielders not just strikers. My mistake It does. The midfield was piss weak till january as was the defence. Every journalist said it at the start of the season. ''Newcastle wont cope with that squad'' and we didn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 How many teams in and around where we fonished could boast more then 2 or 3 strikers?? but we only have 1 in reality since Gouffran hasn't played up front for us iirc Shola's Shola and Campbell is 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 “So I’m somebody who works very much on the facts - and not the myth.” “Last year I couldn’t have had any more turmoil put in front of me with injuries and the Europa League" He's back, folks. Kinnear shuts up then this fraud starts up. We can't win. Last year we had more injuries in quantity and duration than any other team in the division, we also had a smaller squad than most and more games to play than most. Aaaaall Parjeewss faault maan, we shuda won tha leeeaaguu We were also absolutely shit every single week with one or two exceptions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Does that mean injuries aren't a valid excuse? I'm failing to see your logic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 How many teams in and around where we fonished could boast more then 2 or 3 strikers?? Maybe that's why they finished so low Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Maybe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Gouffran is a striker because he plays outwide doesn't mean anything other than speaking volume for his versatility. That is like saying if we bought Remy and played him outwide he isn't a striker anymore Besides everyone knows we lack depth up front but that doesn't mean the squad is small. And it is nowhere near one of the smallest in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 What did you make of the rest, Venky? In those quotes? He's talking without saying anything imo, the transfer setup sounds the same, 'our performances need to be better' doesn't really mean anything. I hate his attitude and him saying that he couldn't possibly have experienced any more adversity than he did last season is a typical thing for him to say. He's a blithering little excuse merchant, and he was the main cause of the adversity we faced at the club last season. Fair play. I meant the quotes that have been released as a whole, really. I was just laughing because that one was picked out by you. Reads quite positively, for me, like. Seems to have accepted what we weren't doing last year, but, as usual, stops short of giving himself the blame for that. Gives me the tiniest bit of confidence that we'll see an improvement in our mentality and general play this season. Of course, that's pretty dependent on us getting the players we need. I hadn't read anything else, I just went to nufc.com with the intention of reading through it and offering an opinion. I stopped after two or three questions because it just bored me. My faith in him wore out so long ago and so completely that he'd have to get the team playing superbly for a while for me to give him any credence. I just think he's totally shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Does that mean injuries aren't a valid excuse? I'm failing to see your logic. That's exactly what it means. No amount of injuries can excuse how bad we were last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Does that mean injuries aren't a valid excuse? I'm failing to see your logic. That's exactly what it means. No amount of injuries can excuse how bad we were last season. Has anybody ever said they do? They're just one important factor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 He had the choice to play Shola on the wing against reading. He made that. No injuries forced his hand. Injuries don't make you hoof the ball. We were shit when we had a full team out We were bad when the season started and we had most fit, we were bad when we lost a couple, we were bad when fixtures piled up, we were just as bad when they didn't as has been mentioned on here plenty. He's the common denominator. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Did he just say the midfield was p*ss weak before January? The same midfield that had Tiote, Cabaye, Anita, Bigi, Jonas, HBA, Marveaux and Obertan? This guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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