Happinesstan Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Did House of Fraser have a big wallpaper department? Can't imagine Ashley spending £40M on this lad, unless he had a huge stock Graham & Brown's Superfresco going stale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Would like to see him play on the left with Carroll up top at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 40M for a player who can't fucking kick a ball properly when is in front of goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Rafa was bang on with this fella he thought he was absolute shit and he really is 40 fucking million man on a striker who has no attributes a striker should have hes not even anywhere near as good as the Hoss or Shola We have to play Gayle or Muto up front as we simply cannot sustain this whole our forwards cant score model. Our defenders or midfielders cant keep bailing them out and it's likely our top scorer this season may only have 6 to 8 goals and not be a forward and that's unacceptable especially after spending 80m on 3 forwards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Would like to see him play on the left with Carroll up top at some point. Might see that this upcoming weekend with ASM likely out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Deffo agree with the Rivierre comparison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Would like to see him play on the left with Carroll up top at some point. Might see that this upcoming weekend with ASM likely out. Almiron left, Joelinton right? We all know it’s going to be a straight swap for Atsu though, Almiron still right wing-back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 We’ll be lucky to get half of the money back for him at this rate though. Guessing his wages will be higher than what the sort of clubs in Germany would pay too. Awful signing. When you think a replacement will cost £20-30m as well he’s been a massive let down. Should have just paid the £16m for Rondon, given Rafa the deal he wanted and backed him. Add 5-6k to the crowd, more shirt sales, etc we’d probably be similarly off financially and on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie john Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 We don't know the real transfer value - allegedly £40 but who knows? There is something seriously, seriously smelly about it though. Joe was a second rate striker in the Bundeslega with a poor goal scoring record. Why would Mike Ashley - who hates paying anything - pay this sort of money?? Apparently Rafa felt he wasn't good enough and worth a fraction of what we paid for him. Joe is blatantly a poor striker. 1 goal in how many games? His performances are little short of shocking. Why Bruce perseveres with him is beyond credibility. So my questions are: What did we REALLY pay for him? How much of this did agents get? Did any of it find its way back to Ashley? This transfer smells, and very badly..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Steve's friends at the Chronicle said it's legit. Steve saw how good Joelinton was and knew he couldn't waste an English second to authorise the move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Ashley has made sure the club have spent jack shit over his time here. Then all of a sudden a £40m outlay is handed out on one player?? The only way that deal went through is with some personal gain to Mike himself. The whole deal is dodgy as fuck and so out of sorts on how the club has been ran the last 12 years. It sticks out like a sore thumb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Why can't he do this for us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Ashley has made sure the club have spent jack shit over his time here. Then all of a sudden a £40m outlay is handed out on one player?? The only way that deal went through is with some personal gain to Mike himself. The whole deal is dodgy as fuck and so out of sorts on how the club has been ran the last 12 years. It sticks out like a sore thumb. Yep, I think this is obvious to just about everybody. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 He must have come free with 40m worth of SAP subscriptions. The deal is very very dubious. You dont pay 40m for a striker who cant shoot or score or do anything a striker does May as well have kept the Hoss as hes miles better than this spud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 20m for Maupay was the value buy like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 God anyone who is comparing him to Joselu, Riviere needs their heads examined. He's been shocking in front of goal but his general hold up play hasn't been too bad. There's clearly a player in there but he is NOT and never has been a striker, especially not a lone forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixx Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I've seen nothing to suggest he can be a useful winger. At least he has the physical attributes to be a powerful striker - other than that I have no clue what 40m was buying us. Dodgy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 It's frustrating to watch him run at 60/70% and then realize a second or two later that he needs to run faster only to be a bit too late or get caught. Didn't watch the Southampton match, but noticed it in a lot of his earlier games. Even against Sheffield United when he came on after 72 minutes. No excuse to conserve energy when you've only got 20 minutes to play. Just lazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Steve's friends at the Chronicle said it's legit. Steve saw how good Joelinton was and knew he couldn't waste an English second to authorise the move. Must be true then. If there was even the slightest whiff of money changing hands under the table, our local press have a fearsome reputation for hauling big shot kingpins over the coals. Ashley would have been begging for mercy once Ryder and Edwards started grilling him publicly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Why can't he do this for us? Goal #1 was what i was hoping i'd see more of, and when he's been on some breaks with the ball, i was really expecting him to actually drive with the ball and make a move and shoot. He takes like 3-4 too many touches or lets the defenders close in too easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Not giving up on this guy yet. Not until we have games where we control the match more and he's not spending most of the time closing down and then having to fight defenders in isolation to hold the ball up. We've hardly put together any decent play to create chances since he's been here. It's all such a shambles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 None of those clips is he facing a 50 yard long ball with at least one centre-half up his backside and a holding midfielder nibbling at his toes if he does manage to bring the ball down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie john Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Not giving up on this guy yet. Not until we have games where we control the match more and he's not spending most of the time closing down and then having to fight defenders in isolation to hold the ball up. We've hardly put together any decent play to create chances since he's been here. It's all such a shambles. It is a shambles and we have so far failed to control ANY match. We are unlikely to do so either. So after 16 games with a grand total of 1 goal, how much longer do you give him? He's paid to score goals. He doesn't. He doesn't even look like he's likely to either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 We’ll be lucky to get half of the money back for him at this rate though. Guessing his wages will be higher than what the sort of clubs in Germany would pay too. Awful signing. When you think a replacement will cost £20-30m as well he’s been a massive let down. Should have just paid the £16m for Rondon, given Rafa the deal he wanted and backed him. Add 5-6k to the crowd, more shirt sales, etc we’d probably be similarly off financially and on the pitch. I'll let you in on a secret...we didn't spend £40 million (or whatever was put out there) on this donkey. It's probably closer to £20 million. Still too much mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Why can't he do this for us? Stopped watching once I'd seen the first. That's one of his top 5 goals? Fucking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now