afar Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Promising: CB's should have the best pass rating in any team, as most of their passing is fairly straightforward however you can see if this is true what is appealing to Rafa, he want's his team to bring the ball out and build from the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I seem to remember Williams being a great passer of the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I seem to remember Williams being a great passer of the ball. Who you on about son? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Have we not allegedly made an offer on this guy Ismaïla Sarr also? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 https://mobile.twitter.com/NUFCThreatLevel/status/870680776840368131 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Think this one's only a matter of time tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Think this one's only a matter of time tbh. Looks like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Think this one's only a matter of time tbh. CONFIRMED: Ranocchia signs 4 year deal with #NUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaron Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 latest news http://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/sporting/noticias/interior/newcastle-tem-semedo-na-mao-8529883.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 O Jogo: Newcastle have a £12m verbal agreement with Sporting for Ruben Semedo with the deal to be completed in the next few days. I bet that there's gonna be at least 7 new twists before it happens (if it does) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaron Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Where is his agent to deny it? :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I must admit that I have no feeling about this deal apart from trusting Rafa's judgement. Never heard of him, never mind seen him play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I must admit that I have no feeling about this deal apart from trusting Rafa's judgement. Never heard of him, never mind seen him play. Same here. Never heard of him either but if Rafa wants him it's good enough for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I must admit that I have no feeling about this deal apart from trusting Rafa's judgement. Never heard of him, never mind seen him play. It's the sort of deal I was hoping for precisely because we've got a manager who should know more about these unknown guys than your Graham Carrs or Dennis Wises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Dennis Wise yeah, but Semedo has all the hallmarks of the profile of player that Carr has scouted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 He can play it out from the back, looks strong, composed and has pace. Whatever attribute he's lacking, Rafa can sort out, like discipline, tactics and so on. Enough to get me excited /Wise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Good signs we're trying to do stuff early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Dennis Wise yeah, but Semedo has all the hallmarks of the profile of player that Carr has scouted. As long as Rafa agrees with Carr's assessment, I don't care. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Dennis Wise yeah, but Semedo has all the hallmarks of the profile of player that Carr has scouted. No doubt Carr won't get any credit for any decent signings, it will all be Rafa. The liberal NUFC elite have turned on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 People won't agree, but i firmly believe that if Rafa was here instead of Pardew during those years those players that were signed would have looked 100x better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 People won't agree, but i firmly believe that if Rafa was here instead of Pardew during those years those players that were signed would have looked 100x better. Totally agree, Mbiwa, Cabella and Thauvin (I know he was signed after Pardew left) are prime examples of players who had talent that Rafa would have extracted more from had he been in charge at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 People won't agree, but i firmly believe that if Rafa was here instead of Pardew during those years those players that were signed would have looked 100x better. We probably wouldn't have signed those players mind if Rafa was the manager, Rafa would have aimed higher but your point is fairly spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Carr's record is mixed, so let's not assume his 'type' are shite. And some of the flops have moved on to better things, showing how poisonous the club was at that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 People won't agree, but i firmly believe that if Rafa was here instead of Pardew during those years those players that were signed would have looked 100x better. Why wouldn't people agree that a better manager would get more from players - even poor ones - than a shite manager would? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 He can play it out from the back, looks strong, composed and has pace. Whatever attribute he's lacking, Rafa can sort out, like discipline, tactics and so on. Enough to get me excited /Wise This is by no means a criticism of Rafas coaching ability, but this constant claim that coaches can do this and that with players, make them better, make them stop making mistakes, make them concentrate, is by no means certain and frequently is obviously not the case. Titus was a supremely talented CB, physically imposing, good with both feet, but he constantly had a mistake in him and constantly lost concentration despite some excellent managers trying to improve him. Closer to home and more recently Lascelles has definitely not improved the weaknesses in his game nor has Dummett and I'm sure Rafa and everyone at NUFC have been trying to make them better players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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