Conjo Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, madras said: I meant Ritchie. Of course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 51 minutes ago, TBG said: With the need for a new stadium and players seemingly not moving their families, I wonder if we should be looking at building the stadium in the Midlands or further south Maybe Michael Owen’s helicopter is available? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 https://theathletic.com/3484338/2022/08/07/newcastle-st-james-park-nottingham-forest/ Quote Taylor’s camera is a thrum of clicks as Matt Ritchie walks past. As usual, Ritchie is early. “We have to be in for 1.20pm, but I like to take in what’s going on around the ground and visualise what part I’m going to play,” the winger says. “It’s really important to have that feeling of what it means to everyone. The overriding emotion is excitement. Matchday is what we do it for.” Ritchie joined Newcastle in 2016. He was a mainstay of their promotion season and pivotal in keeping them in the Premier League. It was a rocky spell for the club, but Ritchie was part of a staunch and honest squad. As the club flailed, they dug in, bridging eras. He was the tone-setter, the radgie. “The anger is still in there,” he says, laughing. “I can channel it.” “My role has changed,” he says. “I’m a realist. I’m 32. To have played the part I’ve played, I’m very proud. There were moments when it was hairy and it looked like we were going back to square one, but everyone together, pulling in the same direction, we managed to consolidate. All the other bits are falling into place.” Today, he is a substitute. Newcastle’s unity is still a novelty. For so long, the club was engaged in weary warfare with itself, fans against Ashley, fans against Steve Bruce, everybody sniping. “Together, anything is possible,” Richie says and he is right. “It wasn’t a fluke that last season went the way it did. It was a lot of hard work. But everyone bought into it.” This place, though, full and bouncing — and it soon will be — is an emotional assault. “You don’t get this everywhere,” Ritchie says. “When they roar, you feel that energy. Wor Flags deserve so much credit. The effect they’re having on the club — they’ll go down in history. This place will be famous as the stadium of flags. The noise, the hostility. They’re our tool.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Fucking love Ritchie, me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Last time we discussed him here was August last year and it really should've stayed that way, i hope this is the last time we see him in our colors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lish007 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Just now, Newcastle Fan said: Last time we discussed him here was August last year and it really should've stayed that way, i hope this is the last time we see him in our colors. Thought he was one of our better players tbf, went on a good winding run and deliveries were pretty good. Against league one thought he looked sharper than most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Played well. Offers way fucking more than Murphy...yet Murphy has been getting the sub appearances in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Let’s be honest. He should be nowhere near the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Thought he was actually okay but that's against my ridiculously low expectations. One of the final parts of the 2016-17 squad that should've been moved on in 2018 or 2019 but was kept on and on and on with bumper contracts so Ashley didn't have to fork out for an adequate upgrade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) You need to have an agenda to get pissy about tonight like. Comfortably one of our better players Edited January 7, 2023 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Was tidy on the ball tonight. Set pieces were good. Decent left peg and it was frustrating to see him blaze that one over near the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Maybe he should play more, assuming it's never at LB. Murphy was pretty bad today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 He was actually decent tonight by his standards but it’s plain to see he’s got nothing left in open play and he knows it too. Trippier’s set pieces were far better, but that’s a given. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Just now, Ronaldo said: He was actually decent tonight by his standards but it’s plain to see he’s got nothing left in open play and he knows it too. Trippier’s set pieces were far better, but that’s a given. I said in the match thread, but you can tell his technical side is still at a reasonable ability, it's just he doesn't have his legs anymore, which will always be his limiting factor. Thought he was probably our best player from the first 11 today tbh. When he does move on, he's probably the player from the Rafa Championship era, that I'll look back on the most fondly, the wee Scottish radge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 He was excellent in the Championship but that was over nearly 6 years ago. He symbolises the Ashley era perfectly unfortunately. Get back into / stay in the PL but who cares if it’s soulless, predictably uninspiring football that scrapes a place in the bottom half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I thought he was ok tonight. It’s a shame that there’s a few of these players who were given ludicrous contract extensions by Ashley - if Ritchie had left around 2018/2019 he’d have secured a warm fuzzy place in the memory banks - not as a great player, but one who worked his balls off, clearly cared and got the club back to somewhere approaching where it belongs. Instead, every passing season takes the sheen off that. I doubt he’s too bothered by that, but it matters to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Played pretty well and it would have been a nice moment had he not hideously ballooned that brilliant chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King HTT III Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 You can tell he is a hard trainer as he looked super sharp, but it’s really time we moved on from starting the likes of him even against a L1 side in a cup competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Think it's becoming more and more evident that this is the reason he tends to be be kept around, wouldn't surprise me if he becomes an Under-21 player coach like some clubs have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Good on Longstaff. It's pretty fucking disgraceful he was allowed to get into that state in the first place mind. Steve Bruce is a weapons grade cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 What he says on Howe; "We had conversations when we were sorting my contract and he was saying stuff I don’t think even I believed. He believed in me, and lots of what he said has come true." Keegan-esque. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Good old Matty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 It's so weird seeing him back in the team after what feels like forever. Radge bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I know he's well past his sell buy date at this point, and should rightly be moved on, but I still love this radge Scottish bastard, although part of me hopes he becomes the U-21 designated "Oldie" for the reserves similar to what Ashworth implemented at Brighton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, 54 said: I know he's well past his sell buy date at this point, and should rightly be moved on, but I still love this radge Scottish bastard, although part of me hopes he becomes the U-21 designated "Oldie" for the reserves similar to what Ashworth implemented at Brighton. Be ideal for it. Top pro and would keep the younguns standards up. Probably toughen them up as well Edited March 13, 2023 by jack j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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