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Guybrush

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Absolutely rank this Longstaff pile on from a section of our 'fans' like. Proper weird behavior.

 

The lad is Newcastle through and through, never goes hiding, and always puts in a shift. Aye, he's probably not in the top 3 short list for the ballon d'or, but we could do far, far worse. It's like people forgot Jack Colback even existed [emoji38]

 

There are so many other players that have played for us that deserved this kind of criticism. Longstaff isn't one of them.

 

Baffled by people trolling player rating polls. It's pathetic. 

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Heron

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16 minutes ago, Guybrush said:

Absolutely rank this Longstaff pile on from a section of our 'fans' like. Proper weird behavior.

 

The lad is Newcastle through and through, never goes hiding, and always puts in a shift. Aye, he's probably not in the top 3 short list for the ballon d'or, but we could do far, far worse. It's like people forgot Jack Colback even existed [emoji38]

 

There are so many other players that have played for us that deserved this kind of criticism. Longstaff isn't one of them.

 

Baffled by people trolling player rating polls. It's pathetic. 

It's actually just bullying tbh on a mass scale.

 

You can have criticisms of a player but when they're giving their all and actually playing well, what the fuck is that all about, fucking whoppers.

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Conjo

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I do wonder what's happend to him physically (and maybe mentally?) though. Looking at older footage of him, he is noticeably slower and way less agile than he used to be. You never see him pull off some of those "easy" but effective dribbles to get away from his man anymore. He seems incapable of turning with the ball unless he's got like 3-4 seconds in order to pass forwards. It's like watching a completely different footballer

 

 

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midds

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He played his part today and did ok. I still think he's extremely limited but his weaknesses are amplified when he's on the ball and needs to do something creative and productive. We were under the cosh for an hour but he held firm, stuck it out, got a foot in when necessary and disrupted Spurs' attacks. When we're on the back foot and soaking it up then he always looks better. Ask him to bring it out or pass/create then he's out of his zone.

 

He did well enough today, solid 6 or 7 out of 10. The score on BBC is a joke

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Lotus

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I think he’s a decent enough footballer with a great attitude to running.

 

Reckon he’d probably play better football at a club where he’s not terrified of making mistakes. That’s a shame. I really like him.

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huss9

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Just now, Lotus said:

I think he’s a decent enough footballer with a great attitude to running.

 

Reckon he’d probably play better football at a club where he’s not terrified of making mistakes. That’s a shame. I really like him.

must be hard for him and miggy knowing they're invariably going to be made scapgoats.

think he mentioned it in a recent interview.

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Lotus

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1 minute ago, huss9 said:

must be hard for him and miggy knowing they're invariably going to be made scapgoats.

think he mentioned it in a recent interview.


That is very sad. Imagine a childhood dream becoming a nightmare in a team that’s doing alright ffs. 
I’d rather he was on the bench but I want him to stay if he’s happy. 

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huss9

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17 minutes ago, Lotus said:


That is very sad. Imagine a childhood dream becoming a nightmare in a team that’s doing alright ffs. 
I’d rather he was on the bench but I want him to stay if he’s happy. 

soon will be on the bench once tonali and (hopefully} willock get up to speed.

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Dr Jinx

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12 minutes ago, Conjo said:

I do wonder what's happend to him physically (and maybe mentally?) though. Looking at older footage of him, he is noticeably slower and way less agile than he used to be. You never see him pull off some of those "easy" but effective dribbles to get away from his man anymore. He seems incapable of turning with the ball unless he's got like 3-4 seconds in order to pass forwards. It's like watching a completely different footballer

 

 


He was relatively unknown then and teams either had totally underestimated him or hadn’t done any scouting on how to play against him.

 

He’s not a terrible player by any means.. he’s had some cracking games for us but he’s not brave enough on the ball at times and his speed of thought I believe is affected by confidence issues. He sometimes waits too long to play that pass.

 

I believe he’s just well scouted now and teams know how to stifle him.

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Lush Vlad

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Not a massive fan of his. I think he takes an age on the ball to make a decision and his passing is often woeful or at times, he just plays safe for no reason. 
 

However. I thought he was a bit better with the ball on Sunday. The ping out to Barnes was something I’d love to see more of from him. 
 

Can’t really question his off the ball work. He always puts a shift in and it’s probably why Howe loves him so much.
 

Some stats below to back up the eye test from this game. I know we didn’t have a lot of the ball. But the only NUFC player on there and he only played about an hour. So even more impressive. 

 

 

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Smal

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On 01/09/2024 at 23:03, Conjo said:

I do wonder what's happend to him physically (and maybe mentally?) though. Looking at older footage of him, he is noticeably slower and way less agile than he used to be. You never see him pull off some of those "easy" but effective dribbles to get away from his man anymore. He seems incapable of turning with the ball unless he's got like 3-4 seconds in order to pass forwards. It's like watching a completely different footballer

 

 

 

he's looked vastly improved physically this season compared to last imo. He's getting to challenges much quicker. The rest will follow hopefully. 

 

It's clear to me he was playing with a pretty bad injury last season. 

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TRon

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His contract is up at the end of the season. Tricky one as he's a useful squad player, but as a homegrown, any sale would be all profit which is gold for PSR purposes. He's 27 so you'd have thought he'd be getting more clubs sniffing around, but there haven't been a whole load of rumours.

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18 hours ago, TRon said:

His contract is up at the end of the season. Tricky one as he's a useful squad player, but as a homegrown, any sale would be all profit which is gold for PSR purposes. He's 27 so you'd have thought he'd be getting more clubs sniffing around, but there haven't been a whole load of rumours.

 

I think he'll end up leaving on a free and potentially going to one of the newly promoted sides

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