Yorkie Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Cabella, Aarons, De Jong, Sissoko, Mitrovic, Perez, Cisse, Wijnaldum, Anita...Tiote, Colback. There's 11 players all with differing amounts of strengths who'll need to be blended into an efficient attacking unit. The talent is there but it needs a good manager to get the right balance. The defence is just a holocaust atm. Good summary. Assuming Mitrovic isn't serious class, the midfield/attack is decent atm. Potential to be very good, but we've no one with the quality of certain recent attackers gone by (Carroll, Ba, Remy, Cisse '12, Hatem). Like I say, as it stands, it's pretty solid. Aching for good coaching and a valid, coherent system. There's no guarantees and it's imbalanced, but if we behaved like a real club that tried to compete and wasn't itching to sell, you'd look at that part of the squad and see it as something we could really build on. There's no excuse for the state of the defense. Taylor and Willo starting games together - even in a friendly - is pretty disgraceful. Haidara and Dummett are varying degrees of meh, and Janmaat's okay. All things considered, the squad - like the entire mantra of the club - is in no state to be challenging the top 6. It could've been, because the ingredients to do so are simple - but it's not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Cabella, Aarons, De Jong, Sissoko, Mitrovic, Perez, Cisse, Wijnaldum, Anita...Tiote, Colback. There's 11 players all with differing amounts of strengths who'll need to be blended into an efficient attacking unit. The talent is there but it needs a good manager to get the right balance. The defence is just a holocaust atm. Good summary. Assuming Mitrovic isn't serious class, the midfield/attack is decent atm. Potential to be very good, but we've no one with the quality of certain recent attackers gone by (Carroll, Ba, Remy, Cisse '12, Hatem). Like I say, as it stands, it's pretty solid. Aching for good coaching and a valid, coherent system. There's no guarantees and it's imbalanced, but if we behaved like a real club that tried to compete and wasn't itching to sell, you'd look at that part of the squad and see it as something we could really build on. There's no excuse for the state of the defense. Taylor and Willo starting games together - even in a friendly - is pretty disgraceful. Haidara and Dummett are varying degrees of meh, and Janmaat's okay. All things considered, the squad - like the entire mantra of the club - is in no state to be challenging the top 6. It could've been, because the ingredients to do so are simple - but it's not. Those 11 players are probably competing for 6 places in the team. A few of them on the bench and a couple injured/suspended (it's inevitable). There's no need to play the likes of Gouffran, Obertan, Riviere either if that lot can stay fit and healthy. I've still got a bit of faith in Krul to get things back on track, he needs to refocus but he was very good a few years ago and a new coach and a fresh start could zip him back to the form he was in 3 season ago. I like Janmaat and I've got high hopes for Mbemba (he'll need time and patience obviously) but after that the back 5 look poor. Haidara and Darlow could push on, Dummett too but Colocinni, Williamson and Taylor are tear gas. Need 3 defenders in to replace this little lot but it could be done for around £15 - 20m. That's how far short we are of having a competitive squad imo. Just spend a little bit more on the back 4 and we're there or thereabouts for a push at top 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Forgot Riviere existed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Some people When Obertan was fit it was clear to see he was our most dangerous player. Was just unfortunate with his injury. Perez had a good first season. If I was to swap anyone it would have been Perez for Mitrovic because Perez would work tirelessly as a lone striker even though he lacks the muscle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Where is that from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Where is that from? Facebook group. "Newcastle United FC Supporters - Toon Army" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Where is that from? Facebook group. "Newcastle United FC Supporters - Toon Army" Enough said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Hoping Tiote gets the nod over Colback at DM, had a bit of a U-turn in thoughts about him and if McClaren can get him anywhere near back to what he was in that Man Utd game hes the best option we have in that position. Plus the longer he stay's the longer my username remains valid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Right now not sure what will happen to Tiote. Only time will tell if McClaren will be able to get Tiote to roll back the years, hindsight is Twente-Twente. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Right now not sure what will happen to Tiote. Only time will tell if McClaren will be able to get Tiote to roll back the years, hindsight is Twente-Twente. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Their team playing in Holland fwiw Stekelenburg, Caulker, Fonte ©, Yoshida, Martina, Wanyama, S. Davis, Ward-Prowse, Tadić, Mané, Pellè. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Their team playing in Holland fwiw Stekelenburg, Caulker, Fonte ©, Yoshida, Martina, Wanyama, S. Davis, Ward-Prowse, Tadić, Mané, Pellè. Full strength? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Not completely, there's 2 or 3 they could play instead but mainly yeah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nattfare Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 They had the advantage of still having the match tempo in their legs from earlier in the week. -Pardew logic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Losing Schneiderlin is a big blow for them. We should have a lot more success playing through that midfield. I thought Soares and Clasie would be starting for them. Maybe Long? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Losing Schneiderlin is a big blow for them. We should have a lot more success playing through that midfield. I thought Soares and Clasie would be starting for them. Maybe Long? Clasie is injured i think. So is Bertrand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Losing Schneiderlin is a big blow for them. We should have a lot more success playing through that midfield. I thought Soares and Clasie would be starting for them. Maybe Long? Clasie is injured i think. So is Bertrand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Their results started to drop off a bit towards the end of last season, hopefully we can be the start of the 'Second Season Syndrome' for Koeman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Forgot about Rodriguez too. Not sure where he is fitness wise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Forgot about Rodriguez too. Not sure where he is fitness wise. Koeman has said that he won't be back in time for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Feels good to look forward to the new season again, albeit tentatively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm looking forward to it tbh although i expect to hate everyone involved as soon as the team is announced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Yes the looking forward to it (and I'm feeling it too) is more a combination of withdrawal and false sense of hope. I'm sure once this team has played a couple of games, dread will be back completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapo Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 When was the last time our first game of the season was a 3pm Saturday game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Yes the looking forward to it (and I'm feeling it too) is more a combination of withdrawal and false sense of hope. I'm sure once this team has played a couple of games, dread will be back completely. I'm a bit excited for the weekend. If we lose and play shit I'll be right back to apathy, even though I know full well that we need to be patient. But a shit pre-season, not enough signings and a shite home defeat to kick things off will leave me very meh all over again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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