Dwight Gayle (now playing for Hibernian)

[pinkeye]

Saw Dwight Gayle yesterday, he was in the car park at Newburn Leisure Centre when I arrived late morning for my sons match.  I asked him if it was OK to get a photo of my son and him together and he was more than happy to.  He was really quite nice, he gave two young kids who were hanging around some boots and shin pads out of his boot and stayed around for ages chatting to people.  Not at all in a hurry to get away or avoid people.  He must be pretty pissed off that even with Wilson injured that he is not getting anywhere near to playing....  don't get me wrong, I know he is limited but, he is a striker and definitely puts in more effort that Joelinton when given the chance.  Although I am equally sure that his salary cheque each week helps to ease that pain.....

[Lush Vlad]

There is no way the team could be any worse or any less threatening if you put Gayle in for Joelinton. 
 

For a start, it should mean returning to playing with a striker on the pitch and ASM back out wide where he belongs. 

[Menace]

Joelinton makes this guy look like Inzaghi

[AyeDubbleYoo]

There's no doubt he should be playing. However you rate him in terms of PL and Championship, we don't have anyone with anywhere near the goal threat. Idiotic not to involve him.

[Ed210]

2 hours ago, Menace said:

Joelinton makes this guy look like Inzaghi

 

Joe contributes far more in a game than Gayle. He might score the odd goal but he is anonymous 99% of the time. 

[Lush Vlad]

28 minutes ago, Ed210 said:

 

Joe contributes far more in a game than Gayle. He might score the odd goal but he is anonymous 99% of the time. 

 

I'm not even a Gayle fan and think he is just a good Championship player.  But I think 99% seems a bit extreme!  Especially when comparing him to such a poor player. 

 

What does Joelinton offer exactly?  Occasionally he shows the odd bit of skill and nice touches in tight areas.  But he never gets into the box or looks like scoring, he's slow, he's weak for his size, he doesn't seem to have a position and he's very rarely getting in behind or on the end of a cross.  He's just such a nothing player and seems like his confidence is shot to bits, or worse, he doesn't give a toss.  

 

[Ed210]

13 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

 

I'm not even a Gayle fan and think he is just a good Championship player.  But I think 99% seems a bit extreme!  Especially when comparing him to such a poor player. 

 

What does Joelinton offer exactly?  Occasionally he shows the odd bit of skill and nice touches in tight areas.  But he never gets into the box or looks like scoring, he's slow, he's weak for his size, he doesn't seem to have a position and he's very rarely getting in behind or on the end of a cross.  He's just such a nothing player and seems like his confidence is shot to bits, or worse, he doesn't give a toss.  

 

 

maybe it’s due to the fact we have only seen him whilst he has been managed by an imbecile?

[Guest neesy111]

Gayle scores more goals but he's absolutely hopeless in getting into games, needs service on a absolute plate.

[TRon]

"Dust ya'sel doon lad"

 

"like a new signing"

 

You know we are getting to that stage of the season. 

[huss9]

fall out with Jones reported.

[Guest]

On 13/09/2021 at 11:56, neesy111 said:

Gayle scores more goals but he's absolutely hopeless in getting into games, needs service on a absolute plate.

Even then he misses a decent number.

[jackyboy]

I'd imagine Gayle could have an argument with anyone at the moment. He is being treat like a leper by Bruce and must be royally pissed off

[AyeDubbleYoo]

He's still the best option we have by far, makes no sense not playing him. ASM is neutralised by not playing on the left, Joelinton is irrelevant to the game. You only have to be able to jog and kick to be a better option, it's idiotic.

[Shearergol]

40 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

He's still the best option we have by far, makes no sense not playing him. ASM is neutralised by not playing on the left, Joelinton is irrelevant to the game. You only have to be able to jog and kick to be a better option, it's idiotic.

 

"Which absolute dog shite striker can we pick today?"

 

What a time to be a Newcastle fan. 

[joeyt]

3 more years

[toontownman]

Have a hard time sympathizing with Gayle. He had ample opportunities to leave but turned moves down due to money.

 

He is just a part of two handfuls of players that would have been shipped out under rafa or a competent manager and are simply no better than premiership squad players at best.

 

 

[et tu brute]

It’s obvious that Bruce didn’t want him, but was overruled from above, who were/are looking for a transfer fee. Problem is the championship clubs are skint.

[Dr Jinx]

Dunno if anyone remembers last season when ASM was back after injury/covid, there was a video of training, and ASM being interviewed, Gayle jogs past and sarcastically mutters “The saviour of Newcastle”, thought he was an absolute bellend from that point.

 

I’ve no time for him, or sympathy. He’s seemed happy to pick up wages and not play the last 2 seasons, what should essentially be the peak of his career.

[sh74]

Has the look of a tranny.

 

[gjohnson]

On 13/09/2021 at 11:56, neesy111 said:

Gayle scores more goals but he's absolutely hopeless in getting into games, needs service on a absolute plate.

And Big Jo does better?

[AJ9]

The argument about Gayle being crap at getting into games is a fair point, but when all is said and done you need to score goals to win games. I don’t think it’s necessarily an argument of Joelinton vs Gayle tbh. If your second striker (Gayle) has a specific set of strengths and weaknesses that are different to your first choice, well then the system you use should be adapted to try and reduce the impact of the weaknesses and play to his strengths. It would require some form of plan which we clearly do not have. Gayle has to start games when Wilson is out. He is the only other striker we have that can finish chances. In fact we don’t even have another striker.

[Beth]

Despite his shitty attitude I'd have Gayle starting ahead of Linton every single game. The most tragic thing is we gave him an extended contract in the vain hope of getting a transfer fee for him rather than him fucking off on a free, which we will do in three years time anyway with him having scored maybe 10 more goals in total.

 

 

Edited September 18, 2021 by Beth

[TRon]

On 17/09/2021 at 07:44, Optimistic Nut said:

Even then he misses a decent number.

 

Yeah, when you don't do much else you need to be a pretty clinical finisher. But Gayle is a goal scorer, given our lack of them, then it's a surprise Bruce hasn't found a place for him. But then Bruce doesn't seem to have much of a clue in any area of the pitch. 

[Amir_9]

Joelinton has a better game outside the box and can somewhat contribute to overall team play but is dogshit in the box and in front of goal

 

Gayle is literally dogshit everywhere besides the odd goal and is not a stranger to missing sitters (Remember the Man City one from last year? Still haunts me).

 

Basically its like comparing whether you prefer a holiday with ISIS or Al Qaeda.

 

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Amir_9

[Kanj]

Became a completely different player after we came up to the PL. I really liked his attitude and style of play in the Championship under Rafa but has looked nothing but a moody, confidence lacking backup striker if I’ve ever seen one.