Foluwashola Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That first goal was a ridiculous angle. Naughty boy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Are the highlights anywhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Normally Sky Sports website. Edit: http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10712506/newcastle-3-1-nottm-forest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Lovely finish for his first, last night. I agree in that if you can get the lad the right support (ala a Peter Beardsley type player), this lad will score plenty in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Knew his first was going in from the moment he swung his leg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Are the highlights anywhere? sign up free to nufc.co.uk for extended highlights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NEEJ Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Tried to sign up for that new customer offer from Coral on nufc.com through the link where you can get 6/1 on him being the Championship top scorer. Funnily enough, for both myself and my mate who tried it, they let us sign up through the link, deposit cash and the bet was nowhere to be seen. Text chat support say I signed up with an offer of free bets if I bet a fiver or something, which is funny because I'd never seen that signup page until they linked me to it and I distinctly remember Gayle's toothy grin on my sign-up page. Just to save anyone else bothering with it. Similar to me at the start of the season. They offered enhanced odds on us winning the Championship then the offer was nowhere after signing up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Coral are the worst bookies out there, avoid at all costs. Don't sign up through other websites either, no matter how tempting the offer is. .com earn commission for every deposit you make on Coral after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Think he'll get 30 this season? I think he will, especially if we get another striker to ease the pressure on him in January. He's just been exactly what we hoped he'd be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 30 will be straightforward if he plays every game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Think he'll get 30 this season? I think he will, especially if we get another striker to ease the pressure on him in January. He's just been exactly what we hoped he'd be. Surely more chance of him getting more goals if he's the main man all season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Coral are the worst bookies out there, avoid at all costs. Don't sign up through other websites either, no matter how tempting the offer is. .com earn commission for every deposit you make on Coral after. Is that bad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 If we sign more creative midfielders to deal with injuries and suspensions, and he stays fit, I can see him getting near 40. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 If he didn't reach 30 from this point it would be pretty disappointing. His target has to be to finish ahead of Glen Murray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Good interview in the Times today with Martin Hardy but it's behind a paywall. Great title for the article as well, 'Gayle force wins'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Fingers crossed he's fit for tomorrow's match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Gayle force wins Dwight Gayle has brought goals to Newcastle, who have given him a home There was a wedding and there was a huge Newcastle United flag at its entrance. It was the summer and in the plush Hilton Hotel, on the banks of the River Tyne, three new Newcastle players bore a nervous curiosity as they walked past. Dwight Gayle, Matt Ritchie and Matz Sels had been signed for a total of £27million by Rafa Benitez to lead a charge back to the Premier League. A second relegation in seven years had to be repaired; more damage, more rebuilding. For Gayle there would be the added burden of the No 9 shirt, following a timeline that in the modern era had ran from Andy Cole, Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer through to Andy Carroll and Papiss Cisse. Goals and pedigree everywhere. Six years previously Gayle had been getting lifts in the taxi of a friend’s dad for games in the Essex Senior League with Stansted. His was the biggest leap of faith; he was called personally by Benitez. Shunned by Tyneside’s old guard in Alan Pardew, then welcomed by the new, and invited into a wedding party. “I was staying at the Hilton until I found somewhere to live,” said Gayle . “There was a wedding downstairs; they had a massive Newcastle flag. A few of us were staying there at the time. We walked past and they were going mental! They welcomed us in. Everyone wanted photographs and it was their wedding. It was a bit weird but it was a sign of things to come. It gave me an early insight. It is different here. The fans are a lot more connected to the club. “In London everyone has their own stuff and things they want to be doing. There’s ten or 15 clubs so a lot of the time people leave you to it and they don’t notice you. At Newcastle, there’s one club. Everyone is a Newcastle fan and everyone cares about the club and everyone loves the club. It’s different. It’s unique. “There was me, Matty and Matz Sels. We were looking after each other. We sat down that night and talked about it. Everyone there knew who we were and what was going on. The publicity that is given to this club and what it means to everyone stood out. “It was a bit overwhelming at first but you knew the expectation. It was a good sign though, experiencing the passion is different to being told about it. You can’t really explain it until you feel it. “People said to me ‘You’ll love it up there, the fans are mental’ but you take it with a pinch of salt. Then you come here, you notice, and you say to the person who told you, ‘Yeah, you was right, it’s absolutely crazy and it’s great’.” Gayle, 26, cost Newcastle £10m, and if photographed at the party he did not become national news. He needed to hit the ground running and scored four in his first four Championship games. There has also been a run of seven in four, so he’s the division’s top scorer with 19 goals in 20 appearances. He is a quiet and shy man, who talks down into his tracksuit top but smiles when the conversation turns to goals. He has brought them back to Tyneside but at 13 he was rejected by Arsenal, and it has been a long road to return to the brightest of lights. “For me it released a lot of stress,” he adds of Arsenal’s decision. “For a lot of boys at 16 they’ve been working like it’s a job for five or six years. “I remember finding out. I was a bit surprised. I wasn’t expecting it. It was a letter and it asked us to go in and have a conversation with the coaches. I let my parents go, because I was a bit upset. I was a bit embarrassed. I didn’t really want to show my face. “When my mates used to come into school and talk about their game on a Sunday or stuff, I would be like ‘Why can’t I play with you? It sounds so good’. You had to stop a lot more of your school work. You can’t be going out. You have to focus a lot more on football. It can slow down other things in your life. I do remember thinking, ‘I don’t want to be going training’.” Gayle’s life took a different path. He never thought it would return to professional football and worked with his dad as a carpenter from turning 16. “I would get up for about half five,” he adds. “Most of the work was in central London so I would get the train at about half six. It would still be dark in winter; it was horrible.” The goals came for Stamsted. His dad, Devon, had also been a centre-forward, and then came a move to Dagenham & Redbridge in 2011, when more choices had to be made. “Yeah, it felt like a big step when I couldn’t do the day job any more.” he says. “My dad pushed me towards it. At the time Dagenham offered me a lot less than I was earning at work. I was like, ‘I won’t take it dad, it’s not really worth it’. He said, ‘Just do it, I’ll give you the extra money’. He pushed me. I thank him for that.” Gayle went on loan to Bishop’s Stortford, scored goals, then did the same for Dagenham. “I remember rumours when I was first at Dagenham that Peterborough had put in a bid of £300,000 and never thought anyone would pay that for me.” He went for £500,000, and within a year cost Premier League Crystal Palace £5m, scoring 26 goals over three years before joining Newcastle. “I thought [benitez] could add to my game,” says Gayle. “He works with me in training. Tactically he’s so aware of what we need to be doing to allow space in other areas. That’s one of his main attributes. I hope this is a Premier League club in waiting. Signing for Newcastle was a no-brainer. I knew the club I was coming to was fighting to get back up. We have shown that but we have to keep going.” He has breezed into the role of a city’s hero, but it is still not enough for his father. “The funny thing is I scored a fricking hat-trick against Birmingham and we were driving home and he was moaning about me holding the ball up,” said Gayle. “I was like, ‘Dad, are you sure?’” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Love that bit about Rafa working with him in training. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Comes across as a really down to Earth and nice guy. He was nice when I met him too, I get the shy bit as well - he always has a bit of a worried look about him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Tried to sign up for that new customer offer from Coral on nufc.com through the link where you can get 6/1 on him being the Championship top scorer. Funnily enough, for both myself and my mate who tried it, they let us sign up through the link, deposit cash and the bet was nowhere to be seen. Text chat support say I signed up with an offer of free bets if I bet a fiver or something, which is funny because I'd never seen that signup page until they linked me to it and I distinctly remember Gayle's toothy grin on my sign-up page. Just to save anyone else bothering with it. Same thing happened to me a few weeks back on another bet/link from .com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Even with his goal scoring record i really don't think he's premier league quality, always bottles it at tough games like today, its very easy to score at this division at a team like ours when we are battering shit sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Service to him is absolutely shite mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Didn't think much of him today tbh. Didn't bring others into play much, didn't run into space, thought he was very ordinary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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