madras Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 He looks like a canny beefy motherfucker like. Happy days. He's proper slow apparently Reminds me a little of Woodgate in those respects. Not quick and he doesn't look "beefy" but strong, attributes that made Woodgate the defender he was as he made up for his lacks in ways that made him excellent........when he played. Here's hoping similar with this bloke. Woodgate not quick? Not really. You never saw him eat up ground to get back at someone, to be honest he never seemed to need to, just read things so well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 He looks like a canny beefy motherfucker like. Happy days. He's proper slow apparently Reminds me a little of Woodgate in those respects. Not quick and he doesn't look "beefy" but strong, attributes that made Woodgate the defender he was as he made up for his lacks in ways that made him excellent........when he played. Here's hoping similar with this bloke. Woodgate not quick? Not really. You never saw him eat up ground to get back at someone, to be honest he never seemed to need to, just read things so well. I disagree but kind of see what point your trying to make. I just remember him up against Drogba for Marseille and that tackle against Chelsea thinking he was quicker than I thought before we bought him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 He looks like a canny beefy motherfucker like. Happy days. He's proper slow apparently Reminds me a little of Woodgate in those respects. Not quick and he doesn't look "beefy" but strong, attributes that made Woodgate the defender he was as he made up for his lacks in ways that made him excellent........when he played. Here's hoping similar with this bloke. Woodgate not quick? Not really. You never saw him eat up ground to get back at someone, to be honest he never seemed to need to, just read things so well. I disagree but kind of see what point your trying to make. I just remember him up against Drogba for Marseille and that tackle against Chelsea thinking he was quicker than I thought before we bought him. Know what you mean, just seemed like speed wasn't part of his game too much if that makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Some of his passing looks like a very poor man's Boateng. That's a good thing surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Woodgate's speed helped him catch up to Gronkjaer against Chelsea to produce that fantastic tackle at SJP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Aye, Woodgate was no slouch; Colo and Lascelles on the other hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Lascelles looks just as big as this chap so it doesn't mean anything. Both are not the quickest, so can't see them playing together. Wouldn't be surprised if Clarke is the first name on the teamsheet this season. (unless we sign another defender) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Lascelles looks just as big as this chap so it doesn't mean anything. Both are not the quickest, so can't see them playing together. Wouldn't be surprised if Clarke is the first name on the teamsheet this season. (unless we sign another defender) I'm of the same thinking tbh, then I remember Lascelles is captain and for some reason I can't see Rafa changing that so.. he'll be a starter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Lascelles looks just as big as this chap so it doesn't mean anything. Both are not the quickest, so can't see them playing together. Wouldn't be surprised if Clarke is the first name on the teamsheet this season. (unless we sign another defender) I'm of the same thinking tbh, then I remember Lascelles is captain and for some reason I can't see Rafa changing that so.. he'll be a starter? Rafa would drop his own mother if it meant getting the right line-up to win a match. (no offence Mrs. B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 He looks like a canny beefy motherfucker like. Happy days. He's proper slow apparently Reminds me a little of Woodgate in those respects. Not quick and he doesn't look "beefy" but strong, attributes that made Woodgate the defender he was as he made up for his lacks in ways that made him excellent........when he played. Here's hoping similar with this bloke. Beefy / Strong Potayto / Potahto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Lascelles looks just as big as this chap so it doesn't mean anything. Both are not the quickest, so can't see them playing together. Wouldn't be surprised if Clarke is the first name on the teamsheet this season. (unless we sign another defender) Clark should be the first (defender) on the team sheet (unless we sign another!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Lascelles looks just as big as this chap so it doesn't mean anything. Both are not the quickest, so can't see them playing together. Wouldn't be surprised if Clarke is the first name on the teamsheet this season. (unless we sign another defender) Clark should be the first (defender) on the team sheet (unless we sign another!) Back 3 with wing backs would tick a lot of boxes with our squad as it stands right now imo... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 He looks like a canny beefy motherfucker like. Happy days. As others have said you can't take nothing from that, like. Boumsong looked like a fucking super athlete, until he had opponents to deal with. That Onyewu bloke too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Boumsong looked athletic but not exactly beefy in any way Imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I didn't say he did, he just looked like he absolutely wouldn't in about a billion years get outpaced and outmuscled by an old Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Boumsong actually had some decent games vs Henry iirc, he could follow a striker well but at actually defending he was hopeless for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/florian-lejeune-meets-the-press "How important was it that Rafa Benitez is the manager here in your decision?" 'It was really important' Rafa man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Boumsong actually had some decent games vs Henry iirc, he could follow a striker well but at actually defending he was hopeless for us. Boumsong is probably the most calamitous defender I've seen playing for us tbh. So bad that I felt sorry for him just as strongly as I wanted him out of the team. That penalty he gave away against Liverpool just summed his time with us up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Nah, he wasn't calamitous, he was just poor at pretty much everything. Bramble was calamitous, whilst being good at things he'd just kick fresh air randomly, or make a totally stupid decision every now and then. I think Bramble's good games far outweighed his poor games though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Brambles very average games far outweighed his decent ones. His good games were very rare. Boumsong couldn't handle the pressure either. Just shit himself every time. Unless he played Henry, bizarrely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/florian-lejeune-meets-the-press "How important was it that Rafa Benitez is the manager here in your decision?" 'It was really important' Rafa man To be fair, it's not like he'll answer a leading question like that in another way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 It's painful whenever the centre half discussion comes round like. God we've had some shite in that position. The current crop are areet, although that opinion is likely to change 5 games into the new season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/latest-videos/florian-lejeune-meets-the-press "How important was it that Rafa Benitez is the manager here in your decision?" 'It was really important' Rafa man To be fair, it's not like he'll answer a leading question like that in another way. Maybe people would respect a player more if he was 100% truthful. "I'd never even heard of Rafa Benitez before this week. My motivation to sign for Newcastle United was purely financial." ... maybe not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I'm of the opinion that at their worst all 4 of the current CBs are mid to lower table standard PL defenders, when you consider we had defenders who had no right to be playing for a PL club for years on end i'm pretty satisfied with what we have in the short term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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