Minhosa Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Bowen looked better than all of them put togethr and he played out weide today ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 “If you get into the six-yard box often enough, you’ll get three or four goals from that position a season,” Shearer said. “Gayle offers a goal threat which Joelinton hasn’t been able to. Who cares if it’s two or three yards out? It’s a brilliant centre-forward’s goal.” Shearer on Gayle's goal yesterday, and it's so true. I feel like it's the exact sort of goal you'll never see Joelinton scoring that many of. Having the instinct to detect the opportunity and the wherewithal to actually gamble and execute the finish. Sprinting onto a cross across the box is one thing (anyone with enough pace can finish in those circumstances) - but identifying an uncertain chance takes a proper striker's intuition and Gayle summed up in one moment why, in spite of his limitations, he's a better option than Joe. Such a bad signing. Easily one of our worst ever given the price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Our strikeforce really is shite. Between Gayle, big Joe, Carroll and Muto there isn't anyone who will get 10 let alone 15-20 in the PL. Major surgery needed regardless of takeover. Gayle's had 3 since the restart, I'd think he'd get 10 in the current line up and formation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Assuming Gayle had played the minutes Joelinton had this season he'd be sat on 10-12 goals IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Goal scoring instinct and movement is a fairly basic quality any striker should have. You have to wonder why the chief scout who recommended we spend £40m on Joelinton hasn't been sacked then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Goal scoring instinct and movement is a fairly basic quality any striker should have. You have to wonder why the chief scout who recommended we spend £40m on Joelinton hasn't been sacked then. This is so true, you just don't see anything near a striker in him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Assuming Gayle had played the minutes Joelinton had this season he'd be sat on 10-12 goals IMO. ASM has spent a fair bit of the season injured, mind. We don't play well/attack when he isn't in the side. Think Gayle would have just-about matched his 6-goal return from 17-18. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamninator Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Falling over his own feet constantly. Fuck me. What is he? Not a centre forward, certainly not a wide forward nor a number ten. False nine? Never seen a man slip so many times while scoring goals before - he did it against Sheffield and i'm pretty sure he also ended up on his butt scoring 3 or 4 his 7 odd goals for Hoffenheim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Assuming Gayle had played the minutes Joelinton had this season he'd be sat on 10-12 goals IMO. ASM has spent a fair bit of the season injured, mind. We don't play well/attack when he isn't in the side. Think Gayle would have just-about matched his 6-goal return from 17-18. I'm thinking mainly of the crosses flashed across the 6-yard box or shots parried by keepers (even when ASM was out and we looked very poor). Joelinton stood on his heels yards away and not following in shots whereas Gayle would have; you can probably add 3 or 4 from just that and assume he'd have got another few from general play in the time afforded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Gayle was out injured for a lot of the season. I was beginning to think Joelinton's contract had a clause stipulating he must start every game he is fit for. I think yesterday was only the second time he wasn't started in the league. How Joelinton cost £40m is a mystery. That amount must have performance clauses built in? If it was a straight £40m, Hoffenheim have pulled off a miracle. I guess we'll know when the accounts come out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Gayle was out injured for a lot of the season. I was beginning to think Joelinton's contract had a clause stipulating he must start every game he is fit for. I think yesterday was only the second time he wasn't started in the league. How Joelinton cost £40m is a mystery. That amount must have performance clauses built in? If it was a straight £40m, Hoffenheim have pulled off a miracle. I guess we'll know when the accounts come out. It was £38M upfront. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 It was £38M upfront. It doesn't add up. It's not like NUFC were in a bidding war. It's not like his playing record justified anywhere near that price. Mike Ashley sanctioned paying that fee based purely on the possibility that Joelinton might turn into a world beater? The scout needs sacking but so does whoever agreed with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Holden Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 It was £38M upfront. It doesn't add up. It's not like NUFC were in a bidding war. It's not like his playing record justified anywhere near that price. Mike Ashley sanctioned paying that fee based purely on the possibility that Joelinton might turn into a world beater? The scout needs sacking but so does whoever agreed with him. So Ashley could turn around and say, "look, you wanted me to smash the transfer record and I did. And he was shit, I'm not doing it again." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 In a world where Iwobi costs £30m and Sigurdsson costs £45M, Joelinton for £38M is still overpriced. Joselu would've got more goals this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 There is something really dodgy about his deal, no one had even heard of him when we were first linked and to buy him with this price when he's clearly an average player at best is very strange Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 You'd struggle to make a Joelinton 2019/2020 season highlights video that lasted 1 minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Holden Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Somehow managed a more ineffective substitute appearance than Stephen Irelands v Blackpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 You'd struggle to make a Joelinton 2019/2020 season highlights video that lasted 1 minute. Im pretty certain he's spent more time on the bench than one minute? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 This guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest godzilla Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 He's totally and utterly shit, surely nobody can try and defend him now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 £40m Has to be one of the worst transfers ever, pound for pound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 He's totally and utterly shit, surely nobody can try and defend him now Kaka where you at? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 He's totally and utterly shit, surely nobody can try and defend him now I don't want to sound smug but I've been saying this since the first time he played for us. Yes, even when he scored that early goal against Spurs. He is one million miles away from being a centre forward/number 9. And don't give me that "but he's really a wide left player". The bloke is shit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 I never get why anyone would want to be smug about calling it right about someone being shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 He's a dud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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