Big Geordie Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I doubt we will see another Andy Cole at Newcastle, in our lifetime. His spell here was genuinely a one off and something truly special. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 17/12/2023 at 09:38, TheBrownBottle said: Yep - Barmby and Anderson in particular were absolute head-scratchers for me. Nowhere near that level. It usually helps when the England manager has the London football press at his Scribes nightclub for free drinkies on regular basis. Fewer questions get asked - you can even resign over mounting legal issues and they don’t say a peep. It was exactly this; spurs bias through and through. Barmby and Anderton (and Sheringham to a certain extent) are key examples but don't forget ian walker, competent but hardly the best goalkeeping choice at the time, even at spurs never mind England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 53 minutes ago, Big Geordie said: I doubt we will see another Andy Cole at Newcastle, in our lifetime. His spell here was genuinely a one off and something truly special. It was that. But here’s hoping… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Big Geordie said: I doubt we will see another Andy Cole at Newcastle, in our lifetime. His spell here was genuinely a one off and something truly special. papiss nearly got there but just fell away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, huss9 said: papiss nearly got there but just fell away. I’ve said this before. Ultimately it was only about a 15 game spell from January until the end of the season, but if you go back and the look at the variety of goals he scored, it was astonishing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 26 minutes ago, huss9 said: papiss nearly got there but just fell away. Again if there had been proper investment after achieving 5th he could have really been a legend. Instead consolidation meant he just languished until it was time to leave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, Pancrate1892 said: Again if there had been proper investment after achieving 5th he could have really been a legend. Instead consolidation meant he just languished until it was time to leave we got little vern didnt we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 42 minutes ago, Pancrate1892 said: Again if there had been proper investment after achieving 5th he could have really been a legend. Instead consolidation meant he just languished until it was time to leave Languished? He got stuck on the fucking wing so that Ba could play centrally after his strop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Chris_R said: Languished? He got stuck on the fucking wing so that Ba could play centrally after his strop. Yeah, if I recall the first time he played there he scored a header within about 5 mins and then never did anything there ever again. Cisse was a brilliant instinctive goalscorer, but wasn't particularly good at anything else. Edited December 19, 2023 by Checko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 It's difficult to know if a lot of the players of the Ashley era could have been absolutely class if we'd had half decent coaches. Cisse may have sustained his scoring with decent help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 33 minutes ago, Checko said: Yeah, if I recall the first time he played there he scored a header within about 5 mins and then never did anything there ever again. Cisse was a brilliant instinctive goalscorer, but wasn't particularly good at anything else. Excelled at being offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, sempuki said: Excelled at being offside. Yeah that's a fair point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Cisse was an excellent one touch or two touch instinctive striker, Pardew pushed him out wide and in one particular game had him covering his full back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverThere Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) Cole was unbelievable for us but Beardsley as provider was amazing during the same period. Everything Cole hit seemed to go in, incredible. Edited December 19, 2023 by OverThere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Chris_R said: Languished? He got stuck on the fucking wing so that Ba could play centrally after his strop. Yes languished - less effective, weaker, declined, because of a few reasons but ultimately.....languished ! And I'm sure it was Ba who first got pushed out wide on the left? Ben arfa right and cisse in the middle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 36 minutes ago, Pancrate1892 said: Yes languished - less effective, weaker, declined, because of a few reasons but ultimately.....languished ! And I'm sure it was Ba who first got pushed out wide on the left? Ben arfa right and cisse in the middle. It was, but the season after Pardew pushed Cisse wide to appease Ba, who then fucked off in the Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted Monday at 11:28 Share Posted Monday at 11:28 https://x.com/premierleague/status/1782364738602586519?s=46&t=FsEm6VC2ijNnTjHjyXU7DA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted Monday at 11:50 Share Posted Monday at 11:50 What a goalscorer man. Even in his later career at the likes of Blackburn, Fulham and City he was hitting 1 in 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted Monday at 12:01 Share Posted Monday at 12:01 10 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: What a goalscorer man. Even in his later career at the likes of Blackburn, Fulham and City he was hitting 1 in 3. Mental -never took pens as well! Albeit I recall him missing one for us I think away to Coventry? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted Monday at 12:10 Share Posted Monday at 12:10 Has he gotten over whatever he was so ungrateful towards us about? Loved him back in the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted Monday at 12:44 Share Posted Monday at 12:44 I saw this thread bumped and assumed he had scored a goal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted Tuesday at 16:16 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:16 On 22/04/2024 at 08:10, Skeletor said: Has he gotten over whatever he was so ungrateful towards us about? Loved him back in the day. Think that's just his personality. Was watching his PL Legends show the other day and he was saying something along the lines of "why does no one ever mention me in the best goal scorer in PL history conversation?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted Tuesday at 16:24 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:24 My first and biggest football heartbreak. He's got a point about not being mentioned, but that's the price he paid for going to Man United and being another cog in the machine. It's him and Beardsley never being brought up as the best PL partnership that's a travesty. They're the best there's been yet they're talked about, if at all, as a footnote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted Tuesday at 16:27 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:27 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: My first and biggest football heartbreak. He's got a point about not being mentioned, but that's the price he paid for going to Man United and being another cog in the machine. It's him and Beardsley never being brought up as the best PL partnership that's a travesty. They're the best there's been yet they're talked about, if at all, as a footnote. imre varadi for me. just a bit too young but i feel the supermac sale would have had me in tears. and rafa.... fuck me i was fuming. Edited Tuesday at 16:27 by huss9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaztoon Posted Tuesday at 16:29 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:29 Remember the news coming over the screen when I was watching wrestling on sky when man utd signed him.. Cried like a baby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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