The Butcher Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Great news. Should've left ages ago. Best of luck to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 G’luck Teef Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Along with Ritchie he can be considered the main on-field reason that we went up in 16-17. An absolute diamond of a player at that level and a pleasure to watch. No idea if he'll be any good there now with it being well past time that he should have been moved on, but he leaves with his mark well and truly made and I hope he can carry on where he left off His hat trick Vs Norwich at home was honestly of my favourite experiences watching Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Good luck to Dwight! He turned out quite allright for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Ritchie next, I know he is a mental bastard and probably good for the dressing room but I'd rather play a kid than him. He has been a cracking servant to the club but he needs to be moved on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpersForGoalposts Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Professional player, did well in the Champo for us. Should have moved on for his own good years ago, but he's made a lot of money here, so understandable by him. Ashley's fault for offering ridiculous contracts to the wrong players, can understand why Gayle stayed. Best of luck to him and I hope he does well back in a division where he's played well. Better than rotting in the reserves at a PL club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Bit disappointed we didn't get any sort of fee for him tbh. He's basically guaranteed goals at that level therefore, even on a hefty salary, he'd surely be worth a few million? As it is, we're probably funding some of his wages too. Regardless, wish him well and he goes with plenty of good wishes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) As soon as you're subsiding wages (which we will be here) theres basically no chance of getting a fee. Otherwise the buying club may as well put that fee towards paying more of the wages. Edited July 20, 2022 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 minute ago, ponsaelius said: As soon as you're subsiding wages (which we will be here) theres basically no chance of getting a fee. Otherwise the buying club may as well put that fee towards paying more of the wages. Understand that completely but still feel we've been done over a bit tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 No disrespect to Gayle & the others that have left but how good is it to be getting rid of players that aren’t good enough to be playing for this club now. Under Ashley Hayden still starts, Clark and Gayle make the bench and Woodman is still touted as the future Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Speaks volumes of the recruitment policy that's been in operation for the last few years that we've amassed a standard of players that is literally worthless. Hayden, Clark, Hendrick, Gayle, Woodman have all left without bringing in a fucking bean. We've essentially given them away as no other club deems them even worthy of a nominal fee. Another example of Ashley being such a fantastic businessman - allowing a fucking moron to accumulate players who tank in value so much they literally worthless. Problem being is there are another 3 or 4 at least who are in a similar boat - worthless and unwanted, stuck on hefty contracts because they simply couldn't be fucking bothered to scout for better. It's fucking scandalous how they used to run the gaff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) Yup. There basically hasn't been a recruitment policy at all for a good few years. Just giving crap players long inflated contracts instead of selling them while they have worth and making new signings. Cashing in on an asset once a year to keep things ticking over. At least in the Graham Carr years there was some kind of methodology - flawed though it was. We're lucky we're able to shift some of these players on at all tbh. I think you can basically thank Rafa for generally recruiting good pros who remain desirable to Championship managers and who actually seemingly want to move on to play football - even if the ages and contracts at this stage mean their value is nil. Edited July 20, 2022 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Thanks for the 34 goals, DW. 23 in one Championship winning season 👏 11 in 88 Premier League games. Just checked, 11 is same total as Dabizas, Wijnaldum, Elliott, Watson, Maxi, Guoffran, Shelvey, Sissoko, and Rondon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Ciaran Clark's record probably isn't far off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Just now, Optimistic Nut said: Ciaran Clark's record probably isn't far off. 8 Prem goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpersForGoalposts Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Thanks for the 34 goals, DW. 23 in one Championship winning season 👏 11 in 88 Premier League games. Just checked, 11 is same total as Dabizas, Wijnaldum, Elliott, Watson, Maxi, Guoffran, Shelvey, Sissoko, and Rondon. Excellent Champo record, terrible PL record. Not through any lack of effort though. I always get the feeling he was kept as insurance in case we were relegated. Thankfully those days are gone and he can be let go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Was decent over 5 years ago. Worth nothing now. Seeya! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I think Ritchie staying is a shocking indictment of what Howe thinks of Lewis as a footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: I think Ritchie staying is a shocking indictment of what Howe thinks of Lewis as a footballer. There’s no guarantee he’s staying. Let’s see where we are at the end of the window. Ritchie won’t want another season of no first team football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Him, Ritchie and Clark were absolutely phenomenal signings like. Pissed me off no end when folk would slag off Rafa's signings. He built a team that won the league whilst certain other fat messes were spending in greater numbers to achieve bottom half finishes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 The going down going up celebration followed by the villa goal against Brighton was one of my favourite NUFC moments 😎 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 12 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Him, Ritchie and Clark were absolutely phenomenal signings like. Pissed me off no end when folk would slag off Rafa's signings. He built a team that won the league whilst certain other fat messes were spending in greater numbers to achieve bottom half finishes. Yeah but Lazaar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 He should have had a better return, i think that's on his teammates and decision makers above. We've been so bad for so long and so fucking negative, I'm worried about Mitrovic this year in terms of really exposing what could have been and we've been lucky in that we've had a buyout after 15 years of dirge. Does anyone think if he'd played in a more positive system he'd have been more productive? I always felt like he was both in the wrong place AND starved. As a poacher, bursting past the last man type he really chose the wrong club to come to. I'm sure he could have forced his way out of that comfortable wage and gone somewhere like Sheffield or something, whose to blame for that wasted time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I was never a fan but that's because he'd been touted as a possible signing under paedew so naturally I wanted nothing to do with him. Can't fault his early effort with us though. Best of luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: I think Ritchie staying is a shocking indictment of what Howe thinks of Lewis as a footballer. I dont think Howe at all sees Ritchie as a LB if he were ever to play minutes for us again. He can't, he's a smart man. It'd be giving goals away and Im sure Howe knows that. He came on for Almiron against Burnley for the one example we have. Edited July 20, 2022 by Super Duper Branko Strupar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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