Lush Vlad Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jul/29/newcastle-united-aleksander-mitrovic-diamond-striker sounds very promising. Modelling his game on Diego Costa So there will be a bit of racism (allegedly), spitting, throwing snot at people, elbowing, stamping and diving. Looking forward to it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Diego Costa's finishing is ruthless, emphatic and confident as fuck. The way he puts away rebounds or loose balls in the box is awesome (like cold blooded way of smacking the shit out of the ball into the back of the net with precision) - if Mitro plays that way, god bless him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Don't expect him to be anywhere near the finisher Costa is but if he can bring a similar attitude and be better in the build up (which isn't hard) then I'll be happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 just want to see him battering defenders out the way to score goals a la shearer and latterly ba he's going to be a star at our place like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I just hope he's a proper nasty bastard. Someone who defenders are going to hate playing against. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I just hope he's a proper nasty b******. Someone who defenders are going to hate playing against. Been a long time since we had a player who the opposition didn't like playing against physically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 CB's before playing us last season CB's facing us this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Some cunt is going to give him a 'welcome to the league' tackle, assuming he doesn't get a broken leg he'll flatten the bastard and get sent off, the press will be on his case ever after. This is Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Love to have a striker that CBs will know will be in their face all game. Hopefully not too many red cards mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prefabtoon Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 An article in the guardian on Aleksandar Mitrovic. Interesting reading. The encouraging statistic for Newcastle United fans is that their new signing Aleksandar Mitrovic scored 36 goals in his two seasons at Anderlecht. The worrying statistic is during that time he picked up two red cards and 13 yellows. He is big, explosive and talented but there is a streak of wildness. Perhaps it is only natural, given he is 20, but there are times when he can seem rather younger than that. If Mitrovic on the pitch is tough, passionate, committed and no stranger to controversy, off it he often seems as though he is on some sort of standby setting. He walks and talks slowly, and spends most of his time outside football with his family, his girlfriend, Kristina, or watching television. His regular changes of outlandish haircut – “life’s boring enough without always having the same hair,” he says – should not be taken as an indication he is some kind of peacock or playboy. The comparison to Mario Balotelli was made early in his career but it is one Mitrovic rejects. “Balotelli is not my role model,” he said. “I like him as a player very much and he is very talented. He could have been at the very top but my style does not have anything with him.” His models, rather, are Didier Drogba and, more recently, Diego Costa. “He runs, scores, defends, is passionate and is a team player,” Mitrovic said of the Spain international. “I want to be like that.” Effort certainly is not an issue. Mitrovic’s fitness coach, Andreja Milutinovic, who worked last season with Internazionale, describes him as one of the most professional players he has worked with, saying Mitrovic has never been late for training and has his own programme he follows outside of team practices. The Serbian journalist Aleksandar Stojanovic once joined him in training at Partizan and was struck by his silent concentration lifting weights and then in hill sprints in Kosutnjak forest in Belgrade. Despite that, there was a time when Mitrovic was accused of being overweight; the result, it turned out, of his mother’s cooking. More recently, he reportedly returned to Anderlecht from international duty apparently the worse for wear from, it was said, having stuffed himself with pizza. He has switched to natural shakes, introduced more fish to his diet and tries not to eat too late at night to keep his body fat down. The fact is, though, as he himself acknowledges, he likes to eat and, for all his efforts in the gym, he seems to be somebody who puts on weight easily. Eating aside, however, there is a single-mindedness about Mitrovic, a will to win perhaps best seen at the European Under-19 Championship in 2013 when Serbiabeat France in the final and he was named player of the tournament. “He is dedicated to the team,” said the then coach, Ljubinko Drulovic. “Did you see him in the final coming back to our penalty box when France were attacking – not a set piece but during open play? He is a team player. He likes to win. He even criticised some players for not doing their duties in defence, saying to one: ‘If you don’t follow your full-back again I’ll come and beat you up, understand?’” Alongside that there is a recklessness, a thoughtlessness, a hot-headedness that can get him into trouble. Mitrovic scored against Borussia Dortmund last December and celebrated by sticking his tongue between index and middle fingers, a gesture that was widely condemned for being sexually suggestive. “It’s personal,” he said. “I don’t want to talk about it but it’s not what they think. They should have asked me about it and now, as they did not, and they have accused me, I don’t want to speak about it.” It has been suggested that what he was actually miming was cutting the tongues of his critics. Not there have been too many of them. Belgian journalists seem to have regarded him with affection, as a big likable kid who occasionally does something a bit daft. In another Champions League game, against Paris Saint-Germain the previous season, Mitrovic and the midfielder Luka Milivojevic clashed with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. “He swore at us in Serbian,” Mitrovic said. “What did he think we were going to do? Back off?” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 "Life is boring enough without always having the same hair" I'm in love. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 He's going to get on well with Krul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 ‘If you don’t follow your full-back again I’ll come and beat you up, understand?’” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Wait till he sees Williamson play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannybagoftudor Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 ‘If you don’t follow your full-back again I’ll come and beat you up, understand?’” Oh yes this is what we need in spades - like the cut of his jib Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Aye, he's already my favourite player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Still have concerns this guy will be a good fit for us. How did he look last night? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 had loads of chances going from the game thread - chronicle article today thinks he will be great for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Still have concerns this guy will be a good fit for us. How did he look last night? He was a bit rusty but was getting on the end of (or very close to getting on the end of) the majority of balls into the box. Should have scored at least once, particularly with a chance from about 8 yards out in the second half. Had a couple of good moments where he managed to make something out of fairly aimless punts upfield as well, getting the ball down with his chest or knocking it down for someone. He seemed well up for it too, looks like a fighter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Still have concerns this guy will be a good fit for us. How did he look last night? He was a bit rusty but was getting on the end of (or very close to getting on the end of) the majority of balls into the box. Should have scored at least once, particularly with a chance from about 8 yards out in the second half. Had a couple of good moments where he managed to make something out of fairly aimless punts upfield as well, getting the ball down with his chest or knocking it down for someone. He seemed well up for it too, looks like a fighter. Sounds promising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Still have concerns this guy will be a good fit for us. How did he look last night? He was a bit rusty but was getting on the end of (or very close to getting on the end of) the majority of balls into the box. Should have scored at least once, particularly with a chance from about 8 yards out in the second half. Had a couple of good moments where he managed to make something out of fairly aimless punts upfield as well, getting the ball down with his chest or knocking it down for someone. He seemed well up for it too, looks like a fighter. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 ‘If you don’t follow your full-back again I’ll come and beat you up, understand?’” Where is this from? Did he say that? To who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 “I wanted to score and was doing everything to score but I was a little unlucky. Maybe it will happen on Saturday, or if not then against Southampton – that is the most important game and I am sure I will score in that one." Love this guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Love that confidence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Love this guy already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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