Kid Icarus Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 Just hasn't been anywhere near the player we know so far this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 It’s easy to forget his journey into a makeshift midfielder to an absolute animal. Maybe it was the travelling this week but he’s looked off it for a while. He needs to come out of the team for sure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 I don’t want this to be the case but he is a player who relied heavily on physicality and he is right on the cusp of when that starts dropping off a bit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 Another victim of being dragged to the other side of the world to play cash money friendlies for Brazil. He’d have been better resting up than playing 60 minutes and travelling 6,000 miles across 8 time zones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 Time to spunk big wedge to bring Anderson home and slowly ease big Jo out of the side. He's easily one of the most likeable players in Newcastle's history and his contribution + turnaround in the last 4 seasons have been sensational, but on the ball he's simply not good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 6 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Another victim of being dragged to the other side of the world to play cash money friendlies for Brazil. He’d have been better resting up than playing 60 minutes and travelling 6,000 miles across 8 time zones. He's been shite all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 5 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Another victim of being dragged to the other side of the world to play cash money friendlies for Brazil. He’d have been better resting up than playing 60 minutes and travelling 6,000 miles across 8 time zones. I'd like to think its this, but for me, he's gave everything and more to be the player who he is, including putting so much on thee line physically, and now the body is returning the effort negatively. He's not as strong, mobile, fast or conditioned like he used to be, but he keeps playing like he is. Sitting him out whilst fit and just getting him repaired might actually work, but he's at that age now where every injury costs the body double, he really needs to stop the all action man style or we're never going to get him back to his best (but a change in styles may never see that) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearljam10 Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 Saudi next Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 He wasn’t great last season either let’s be honest. Had some very good games, but it was blended in with many games where he was chasing his touch again and getting many stupid yellows. We have comfortably seen the best of him, and this season may need to be his last. £150k pw bench option for what he brings, wouldn’t be good squad building. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 We need to start planning for life without him. He's 95% physicality but that can't last forever, and he usually gets a serious injury each season anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 37 minutes ago, Pearljam10 said: Saudi next Probably a high chance of this. He's been linked tenuously for a few years now and this summer would be prime time with him turning thirty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 Don’t think we need to start this guy against a Jose team. We are gonna need creativity from Ramsey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted October 18, 2025 Share Posted October 18, 2025 4 hours ago, Sibierski said: He wasn’t great last season either let’s be honest. Had some very good games, but it was blended in with many games where he was chasing his touch again and getting many stupid yellows. We have comfortably seen the best of him, and this season may need to be his last. £150k pw bench option for what he brings, wouldn’t be good squad building. he was a fucking beast in the cup final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 He's been a weak link so far this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 I love this man and would be in an alley fighting with and for him. he’s not the same player we had 2-3 seasons ago and needs to be a sub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 We all thought Trippier fell of a cliff and was finished a couple of years ago. Players go through form dips. It’s obvious he isn’t at peak fitness. It’s too early to write him off yet. But yeh one game a week might be good for him for a month or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 3 hours ago, aussiemag said: We all thought Trippier fell of a cliff and was finished a couple of years ago. Players go through form dips. It’s obvious he isn’t at peak fitness. It’s too early to write him off yet. But yeh one game a week might be good for him for a month or so. Well isn't this mostly true? Often a liability in defense and his offensive contributions are far from what they used to be. He has the odd good game sure.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 (edited) I think his form will return but he’s definitely not the player he was a few seasons ago. I can definitely see him moving on next summer I think as we need someone who is just better on the ball, e.g an Anderson transfer. Joelinton doesn’t have the skills to help us control games enough. Edited October 19, 2025 by ExiledGeordie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 He wasn’t fit imo. Couldn’t cover any ground and looked like he was limping for their 1st goal. Don’t think Eddie should have played him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 Thought he actually started off pretty well, he was evading the press better than a lot of our players, but he got more ragged as the game progressed. He feels like one of those players who needs to be upgraded for us to evolve, but it would probably cost a lot of money to actually get someone much better. Haven't seen enough of Ramsey to know if he's the answer, but hopefully he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 I Think this lad is not fit at all but seems to play no matter what. Still think he's got quality but when he's not 100% he's struggles to get around the pitch and his passing goes on the fritz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 19, 2025 Share Posted October 19, 2025 I think his fitness record going back to the start of 2023-24 is second worst only to Wilson’s. He’s missed about a whole season’s worth of football matches in that time up to now. Despite good performances here and there it’s been probably since the mackem cup game when he went off after 0-2 injured where the downturn in most of his performances have been. He’s not good enough in possession for where we want to be, though I’m unsure if Ramsey or Miley could be any form of replacement for him. Hindsight 20/20 but we probably should’ve gone for Ederson from Atalanta instead of giving the current contract he’s on. Can’t be a squad player on those wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wong989 Posted October 20, 2025 Share Posted October 20, 2025 It was obvious last year that in games where we needed composure and attacking threat thru the middle that he wasn’t the guy. We conceded a few and many moves broke down due to his lack of technical ability and consistently good decision making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon1984 Posted October 21, 2025 Share Posted October 21, 2025 There’s going to be a few people eating humble pie before this season is finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted October 21, 2025 Share Posted October 21, 2025 On 19/10/2025 at 12:43, HaydnNUFC said: Hindsight 20/20 but we probably should’ve gone for Ederson from Atalanta instead of giving the current contract he’s on. Can’t be a squad player on those wages. He was worth keeping for what was delivered in the end, and it was fitting he was an instrumental part of it having been part of the Bruce time. Gives even more of a connection to that final winning squad. Just we can’t let sentiment get in the way moving forward next summer. If a reasonable offer is there, we have to look at accepting. We’ve assembled a squad that got us a first trophy and really, fully cements us as a top 8 side. Now, we need to assemble one that goes from that to one that’s always pushing top 4 and that will mean tough decisions, but also being braver in the market which recently we haven’t been. Signing Elanga, Ramsey, Barnes, Wissa etc. that’s not being brave in the market IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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