nemtizz Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Lovely delivery for Lamaal's goal. Love how this guy is consistent What? Really? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Lovely delivery for Lamaal's goal. Love how this guy is consistent What? Who's Lamaal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Love this guy. Also refreshing to see a player in a Newcastle shirt give a fuck about playing for the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Shelvey you beautiful baldy bastard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Dancer Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Fantastic assist last night for Scotland. Inch perfect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Fantastic assist last night for Scotland. Inch perfect. Aye he was brilliant, but for us so far playing on the right he has to check back on to his left foot. I wish Rafa would play him on the left so he can deliver like he did last night on the run. No pausing or cutting back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 He looked miles better against Fulham on the right than he did on the left, and Rafa has rightly played him there since. He's played absolutely loads more games on the right wing than on the left because it's his best position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Fantastic assist last night for Scotland. Inch perfect. Aye he was brilliant, but for us so far playing on the right he has to check back on to his left foot. I wish Rafa would play him on the left so he can deliver like he did last night on the run. No pausing or cutting back. Given he played on the right the majority of the time at Bournemouth I'm thinking he prefers to play there. Plus he was ineffective on the left against Fulham, total different player second half when switched to the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Agree with Joey and Magpie. Also worth pointing out, he was playing against Malta. He would have looked decent on either side, or as a 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 He can play both absolutely fine by the looks of things. With Mitrovic and Murphy he might get more joy down the left. No defence on the planet was stopping that cross yesterday though, it was disgusting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Just doesn't make any sense playing our best player out of his best position Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Just doesn't make any sense playing our best player out of his best position It makes perfect sense that our best player can play both positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 He's miles more involved and effective on the right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Didn't he play almost exclusively for Bournemouth on the right? No idea who regularly played on the left for them, but I doubt he was stopping Ritchie from playing there. Not saying he can't do a job on the other side. But I'd keep him in his preferred position, on the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Didn't he play almost exclusively for Bournemouth on the right? No idea who regularly played on the left for them, but I doubt he was stopping Ritchie from playing there. Not saying he can't do a job on the other side. But I'd keep him in his preferred position, on the right. Me too, if that is his preferred position. But isn't it wonderful that he CAN play on the left also, you know a little bit of versatility. Our problem, for a long time, has always been no plan B, Ritchie is a whole plan B just on his own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Marc Pugh played on the left for Bournemouth. We've had Ben Arfa and Townsend who can play on the left but they were much more effective on the right by creating and scoring chances. Doesn't make sense to shift Ritchie to the left when he's playing so well on the right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Marc Pugh played on the left for Bournemouth. We've had Ben Arfa and Townsend who can play on the left but they were much more effective on the right by creating and scoring chances We might end up playing a 4312 with our FB acquisitions, and limited winger options. Ritchie with a free role could be effective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 We might end up playing that system but I'd be surprised if Rafa has ever played it and if we have 2 up front he'd likely want our best crosser of the ball playing predominantly on the wing. I was mainly objecting to bimpy saying that Rafa should start playing Ritchie on the left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie Smuggler Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 He might have been playing on the right due to our lone striker being Dwight Gayle. Now that we have the option of Mitro/Murphy up front, Rafa may see getting good quality early delivery into the box as a priority so may try him on the left, we shall see. He's class on both flanks so a nice problem to have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 We might end up playing that system but I'd be surprised if Rafa has ever played it and if we have 2 up front he'd likely want our best crosser of the ball playing predominantly on the wing. I was mainly objecting to bimpy saying that Rafa should start playing Ritchie on the left. If there is no argument that's his favoured position then definitely. If teams are prepared to leave space he'll be better running into that space from the right. But if teams are going to sit back then he can get a quick ball in from the left that either of our forwards could benefit from. He's a real asset to our chances this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 With us probably moving towards full backs who can overlap, I don't think it will matter much which side he plays. I'm not even sure which foot he favours, but he'll probably be used in a way which suits him cutting inside for shots on goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 With us probably moving towards full backs who can overlap, I don't think it will matter much which side he plays. I'm not even sure which foot he favours, but he'll probably be used in a way which suits him cutting inside for shots on goal. Really? He's very obviously left footed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Without a target man up until now he was always going to play on the right because he's so dangerous cutting in to link play or take a shot, with Mitro and to a lesser extent Murphy in the middle I think we'll see him switching to the left to knock some crosses in, more of a free role than touch line hogging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 With us probably moving towards full backs who can overlap, I don't think it will matter much which side he plays. I'm not even sure which foot he favours, but he'll probably be used in a way which suits him cutting inside for shots on goal. Really? He's very obviously left footed In which case there might be times he switches to the left if we go 4-4-2 or need service to Mitro or Murphy, but in Rafa's preferred formation he'll probably be used mostly on the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Was sure he'd been injured when this got bumped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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