Guest Brazilianbob Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pont-toon Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall I was only a nippa but remember Gowling as gash in a Shola kind of way. Certainly didnt bang them in like Andy Cole and dont think he was signed from Man Utd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall He only scored 30 goals in total for us according to Wikipedia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Gowling was a clumsy, gangling type of player, but he was paired with Supermac up front by Gordon Lee in 75-76. They proved to be a devastating partnership and took us to the LCF that season as well as the QFs of the FAC. Gowling got our first goal very early on after beating the o/s trap in the home leg of the SF of the LC against Spurs and frankly, there is little comparison with Nolan. Nolan was more of a poacher than Gowling who was an out and out CF when playing for us...he was awkward for defenders because of his tall gangling body . Nolan's type of role in the 76 team was held by Geoff Nulty, the skipper who made runs from m/f and got quite a few goals that way. Nulty's absence, through flu, probably cost us the LC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall He only scored 30 goals in total for us according to Wikipedia. Yes, he and Supermac got over 50 between them that season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall I was only a nippa but remember Gowling as gash in a Shola kind of way. Certainly didnt bang them in like Andy Cole and dont think he was signed from Man Utd He was at least twice the players Shola is.....he looked awkward but was far more effective, but Cole was a far more dangerous striker over several seasons during his career...Gowling never bettered his goals return at NUFC anywhere else during his career, either after or before he joined us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall I was only a nippa but remember Gowling as gash in a Shola kind of way. Certainly didnt bang them in like Andy Cole and dont think he was signed from Man Utd He was at least twice the players Shola is.....he looked awkward but was far more effective, but Cole was a far more dangerous striker over several seasons during his career...Gowling never bettered his goals return at NUFC anywhere else during his career, either after or before he joined us. My memory of Gowling is that you could always rely on him for 100% effort, and to at least try and make all the right decisions on the pitch. Unfortunately, he didn't have much in the way of talent - though what he had, he stretched to the limit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Given you would really have to be at least 45 to have seen him regularly and Jack Flash is going off a description someone else gave is it really beyond belief? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The other thing I can remember about Gowling was that in the 1960s he actually played for Man United when he was still a University student and was registered as an amateur. Not something that's likely to happen today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I remember his Football 77 or 78 sticker. You wouldn't want to share a sandwich with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I remember alan gowlings every movement being awkward. he made carlton palmer look frictionless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Given you would really have to be at least 45 to have seen him regularly and Jack Flash is going off a description someone else gave is it really beyond belief? The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Given you would really have to be at least 45 to have seen him regularly and Jack Flash is going off a description someone else gave is it really beyond belief? Nobody should take anyone else's view on a player as correct unless they have also seen the player for themselves...its like me trying to give my opinion on Hughie Gallacher when I was far too young to know what he was like - I wouldn't even though others have said he was brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Given you would really have to be at least 45 to have seen him regularly and Jack Flash is going off a description someone else gave is it really beyond belief? The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Given you would really have to be at least 45 to have seen him regularly and Jack Flash is going off a description someone else gave is it really beyond belief? Nobody should take anyone else's view on a player as correct unless they have also seen the player for themselves...its like me trying to give my opinion on Hughie Gallacher when I was far too young to know what he was like - I wouldn't even though others have said he was brilliant. All he said was "Sounds like Nolan" ffs. It's not like he was making out he knew what that player was all about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brazilianbob Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 The best I can think of as a poacher at Newcastle was Alan Gowling, he was lifting as a player. He did nothing but steal into the box and get on the end of another players work but contributed nothing to our game. Sounds like Nolan. A midfield poacher is rare. How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall Given you would really have to be at least 45 to have seen him regularly and Jack Flash is going off a description someone else gave is it really beyond belief? . Well I am 62 and was a season ticket holder so yes i did see a lot of Alan Gowling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mick Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 How on earth anyone can liken Alan Gowling to Nolan is beyond belief. Granted when we signed Gowling from Man U, he was a reserve midfielder, but we converted him to a striker and he scored a phenomenal number of goals in fact only Andy Cole beat his record of scoring more than 40 goals in one season, as I recall That post has so much wrong with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Yes, he and Supermac got over 50 between them that season. Gowling was shite man, he had one season of living off Macdonald then reverted to type once Macdonald left for Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Even if we bid for Gowling and OAPs United accept, we probably won't pay his wages. Another fake bid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Even if we bid for Gowling and OAPs United accept, we probably won't pay his wages. Another fake bid. Who have we bid for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-must-pay-7m-6109991 I doubt we would pay £7m for a forward, never mind a goalkeeper! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 We'd only pay that for him if we got more than double for Krul and he was his replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andybiotics Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Always does my head in when we get linked with keepers. We've had great keepers, and decent back up ever since I've followed the toon. We DON'T need a goalkeeper!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 We'd only pay that for him if we got more than double for Krul and he was his replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Always does my head in when we get linked with keepers. We've had great keepers, and decent back up ever since I've followed the toon. We DON'T need a goalkeeper!! Unless of course we expect interest in Krul, which isn't a silly assumption. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Krul is my last hope for the loyal footballer. If he wants out I will probably cry! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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