Smal Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I’m not even sure he’s good enough for Bournemouth anymore tbh. 1 assist and 2 goals in the last two seasons in the league. Terrible numbers for someone whose game is all about end product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Runs around a lot, don’t mind him but he’s a championship player , move on from him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I think he was a average to good player for his first couple of seasons, but he's past his prime now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Championship player. I always wondered why Bournemouth let him go when they were in the Premier League after his first year here. As soon as we were promoted it was very easy to see the reason why. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 He never made sense for a team wanting to play on the counter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 would have him in our centre mid instead of shelvey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I’ve thought for a while he’d make a decent CM, but I think it has been tried once or twice and didn’t work out well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 not saying he'd be decent, just better than shelvey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Really hope he does go before he ends up having had more bad performances than good ones for us. If he'd left/been upgraded on in summer 2018 he'd literally have gone down as one of our best ever buys, tbh. Absolutely integral to promotion and consolidation, and useful in Rafa's last season too (though it was achingly clear at that point that we needed to replace him). Machine-like in his productivity in the Championship and that goal against ManU was an especially brilliant moment, the Man City penalty too. The equalising volley down at Bournemouth was pretty special too. Get yourself shot, Matt, and actually enjoy the last three or so years of your career. Don't wither away at this shitheap, you've earned yourself a good move. He should go with massive respect from the fanbase for his contribution in the Rafa years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 He never made sense for a team wanting to play on the counter. Absolutely, not sure he would make much sense for anyone in the Premier, but he's a good player for the championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Really hope he does go before he ends up having had more bad performances than good ones for us. If he'd left/been upgraded on in summer 2018 he'd literally have gone down as one of our best ever buys, tbh. Absolutely integral to promotion and consolidation, and useful in Rafa's last season too (though it was achingly clear at that point that we needed to replace him). Machine-like in his productivity in the Championship and that goal against ManU was an especially brilliant moment, the Man City penalty too. The equalising volley down at Bournemouth was pretty special too. Get yourself shot, Matt, and actually enjoy the last three or so years of your career. Don't wither away at this shitheap, you've earned yourself a good move. He should go with give respect from the fanbase for his contribution in the Rafa years. Pretty much my summation of him, hes probably been my favorite player of the last 3/4 years, and i'll always look back fondly at him, but he's in decline now, so is a good time to get rid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Ritchie has the work rate to do a job in midfield but his legs are. It's like he's running in two feet of mud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Really hope he does go before he ends up having had more bad performances than good ones for us. If he'd left/been upgraded on in summer 2018 he'd literally have gone down as one of our best ever buys, tbh. Absolutely integral to promotion and consolidation, and useful in Rafa's last season too (though it was achingly clear at that point that we needed to replace him). Machine-like in his productivity in the Championship and that goal against ManU was an especially brilliant moment, the Man City penalty too. The equalising volley down at Bournemouth was pretty special too. Get yourself shot, Matt, and actually enjoy the last three or so years of your career. Don't wither away at this shitheap, you've earned yourself a good move. He should go with massive respect from the fanbase for his contribution in the Rafa years. Fair comment, I’ve gone right off him recently but can’t argue against what he did under Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I will buy champagne the day this twat fucks off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I think Shelvey is a lot more damaging to Newcastle than Richie ever was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I will buy champagne the day this t*** f***s off. Harsh, his only problem here is not being good enough at premier League level. His work rate and commitment have been good and hardly his fault the manager and owner didn't see he isn't capable playing at Premier League standard. Rafa knew he couldn't play as a winger but found a position as wing back for him and have no doubt if he had a choice Ritchie, Shelvey and Gayle would have been moved on last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Really hope he does go before he ends up having had more bad performances than good ones for us. If he'd left/been upgraded on in summer 2018 he'd literally have gone down as one of our best ever buys, tbh. Absolutely integral to promotion and consolidation, and useful in Rafa's last season too (though it was achingly clear at that point that we needed to replace him). Machine-like in his productivity in the Championship and that goal against ManU was an especially brilliant moment, the Man City penalty too. The equalising volley down at Bournemouth was pretty special too. Get yourself shot, Matt, and actually enjoy the last three or so years of your career. Don't wither away at this shitheap, you've earned yourself a good move. He should go with massive respect from the fanbase for his contribution in the Rafa years. Great post and fully agree. I don't particularly enjoy watching him anymore and he's certainly past his best. But I don't understand some of the flak aimed his way from our fanbase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Really hope he does go before he ends up having had more bad performances than good ones for us. If he'd left/been upgraded on in summer 2018 he'd literally have gone down as one of our best ever buys, tbh. Absolutely integral to promotion and consolidation, and useful in Rafa's last season too (though it was achingly clear at that point that we needed to replace him). Machine-like in his productivity in the Championship and that goal against ManU was an especially brilliant moment, the Man City penalty too. The equalising volley down at Bournemouth was pretty special too. Get yourself shot, Matt, and actually enjoy the last three or so years of your career. Don't wither away at this shitheap, you've earned yourself a good move. He should go with massive respect from the fanbase for his contribution in the Rafa years. That's a great post but tbh, I've a feeling he'll be hated due to his comments after he leaves. He's got a lot to say about us, Ashley, expectations, fans etc. My money says he'll be booed should we play them after he's signed, not due to his performances for us but for his opinions thereafter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I think the likes of him, Gayle, Hayden, Clark etc are liked by the fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Great post Yorkie[/member] and agree with Minhosa[/member] as well. I’m a massive fan of his from his commitment to the cause under Rafa but it’s time to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I honestly don’t think he gets the credit he deserves for what he’s done here. Anyone who got to many games in our Championship season knows how much he carried us at times when no one else did. He also had some huge games in the Premier League for us in our first season back. That isn’t to say it isn’t time for him to move on though, his pace was letting him down when Rafa moved him to wing back and it seems to have dropped off a bit again. It was a very odd decision to give him a new deal. I’m massively grateful to our destroyer of corner flags though and anyone celebrating his sale wants their heads looking at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 He’s not good enough, but he deserves to be well thought of Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Should have been a David Kelly type figure. Help us up, maybe go one further and help us stay up, then thank you. Should never have still been here 4-5 years though and definitely not been given a new deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I was thinking he should have been Nolan #2 (before he became a huge Ashley apologist) - drag us up out the Championship with goals and his character, help us consolidate, move on and cheers for the efforts, remembered fondly. The fact he's still here is a joke, he's nowhere near good enough even as an occasional starter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 right click, convert to CM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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