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At least we found out he was a mercenary c*** early on and got our money back. No harm done, now we can focus on bringing players here who understand what this football club is about and want to be part of something great.

 

Is this serious? LOL what an awful post.

 

It's from my perspective as a Newcastle fan, obviously being a Palace fan yourself you may view differently.

You can only understand things from your own perspective?

 

He's a mercenary cunt because he's joined a fairly established PL club?

 

Out of all our signings in recent years few seem to genuinely work as hard and understand what this club is about then Townsend.  I believe he joined us in the first place as he felt we should be able to stay up, he could get back into the England squad and we would be a fantastic club for him going forward. 

 

We've been relegated.  He's in the prime of his career.  He did his best to keep us here.  He deserves to play in the PL this season. 

 

Comments like yours feed into this notion that football fans but especially Newcastle fans are fickle. 

 

If a good player leaves to play at a higher level or for a bigger club = mercenary cunt. 

 

Grow up mate.

Especially?

 

Nah.

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Lush Vlad

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Maybe not as well put as that.  But I'm sure a lot of players come out with similar comments when they leave?

 

I feel a bit 'meh' about his message to the fans.  He does come across as a stand up guy, from the little I have seen and heard from him.  But if he genuinely believes that stuff, why has he left?  To go and play under Pardew's tutelage, of all people?  I'm sure from staying up here for a short while, he would have heard some odd things about Pardew?  Maybe like Cabaye, he thinks he'll get an easy ride? 

 

I think it boils down to more money and being back in London, personally.  He must realise there is quite a high chance we could get promoted and Palace could go down?

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I realise that this is nothing new, but I'm slightly concerned at the number of players we are going to have to buy and then bed into our team before the season starts.  It's quite conceivable that we will lose Cisse, Tiote, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Janmaat, Coloccini, Townsend, Krul and Thauvin at a bare minimum and might struggle to keep hold of Perez and Mbemba.

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Lush Vlad

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Another player who was superb at free kicks leaves us.

 

Is Matt Ritchie any good at set pieces?

 

Far better than Townsend.  His delivery is brilliant.

 

EDIT: I mean his set pieces and crossing are.  I don't mean he is a far better player.

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Another player who was superb at free kicks leaves us.

 

Is Matt Ritchie any good at set pieces?

 

Yes, his are very good. Saw a clip of his for Bournemouth's promotion season, and his delivery is fantastic.

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I realise that this is nothing new, but I'm slightly concerned at the number of players we are going to have to buy and then bed into our team before the season starts.  It's quite conceivable that we will lose Cisse, Tiote, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Janmaat, Coloccini, Townsend, Krul and Thauvin at a bare minimum and might struggle to keep hold of Perez and Mbemba.

 

I suppose it is a bit of a concern.  But towards the end of the season, are back 5 looked pretty solid.  So Krul, Colo and Janmaat leaving, would hardly be the end of the world.  They either didn't feature, or the team improved when they were missing. 

 

Tiote is a strange one.  As he has been in and out the side for a long while and only seems to turn up in certain game situations or when he feels like it.  With him always being absent, I don't think it would be a huge loss. 

 

Cisse, see Tiote. 

 

Thauvin barely played, not really a loss. 

 

Sissoko and Wijnaldum are arguably our most talented players.  Yet last season, plenty were saying they should have been dropped.  With their attitudes, perhaps we would be btter served replacing them? 

 

It's a shitter we're losing Townsend, but it's not massively unexpected.  Plus, he had only been here 6 months.  So he would have had his own bedding in period. 

 

I think if we were to keep most the back 4 together, and 4-5 more advanced players, even only 2-3 starters.  Then I don't think it will be a huge issue.  Especially if we get a lot of players in early and have a full pre-season under Rafa.  Think how much he changed under his tenure, after only a few games.  With the same group of failures that McClaren was working with? 

 

I'm sure he'll be alright getting some new players to gel, after working with them before the season even starts  O0 

 

If we end up with 9 new starters come August, then I might be a bit worried.

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He's made the worst choice by moving to Palace.

 

Not particularly mad, cos he will realise himself what a daft move it was within 6 months.

 

Absolutely nailed it.

 

Agreed.

 

I'm not upset either, just surprised he thinks that's a good career move.

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I think he'd have had more of a chance of getting into the England 11 by being the stand-out player of the Championship, rather than Zaha's stand-in at Palace, who look like they're going down next year on recent form.

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Ankles Bennett

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So townsend says the only reason he left was his desire to be in the EPL.  What about the fans.  Does he think we want to be in the f***ing Championship?  We don't have the option of being in the EPL.  If he truly thought so much of the fans and the club he would have stayed.  He is just another money grabbing mercenary who never had the slightest intention of staying as was evidenced by the insertion of the relegation clause because he and his agent knew they could have a bumper payday due to the mega TV money on offer.

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So townsend says the only reason he left was his desire to be in the EPL.  What about the fans.  Does he think we want to be in the f***ing Championship?  We don't have the option of being in the EPL.  If he truly thought so much of the fans and the club he would have stayed.  He is just another money grabbing mercenary who never had the slightest intention of staying as was evidenced by the insertion of the relegation clause because he and his agent knew they could have a bumper payday due to the mega TV money on offer.

 

Don't particularly think he's a money grabber and tbh whether we want to be in the champo or not is pretty irrelevant to a footballer not from the area and of Premier League standard

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