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6 minutes ago, jigen said:

Sell ASM for 25 and buy Barnes for 38 is a joke. Newcastle has weakened the team and also has lost money. Absurd. 

Finally someone brave enough to say it

Preach GIF

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20 minutes ago, TeddySAFC said:

Surprised on a few things here, The fact he's being sold, the fee involved and that he's going to Saudi, You would think a team in Europe would fancy him.

 

Doesn't Pulisic to Milan for 20m set a similar ceiling on a Maxi fee?

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26 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

If that's the final package, it seems pretty obvious he isn't being sold for FFP reasons.

 

This is Howe.. Great coach, but you never must built a team on the market following the coach. Chelsea made the same mistake last summer with Tuchel.

Newcastle had a top market last summer, but then spend 45m for an average player as Gordon and now this nonsense. 

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22 minutes ago, jigen said:

Sell ASM for 25 and buy Barnes for 38 is a joke. Newcastle has weakened the team and also has lost money. Absurd. 

 

Weakened the team by selling someone who made very little difference to our best season in years?

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For a luxury fringe player, who’s injury prone, and scored one goal all season, I don’t think we can complain about £30m. Take it, and move on.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Teslact said:

 

Doesn't Pulisic to Milan for 20m set a similar ceiling on a Maxi fee?

Pulisic is another who went cheaply but I think ASM is a better player than him, On his day he is unplayable.

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24 minutes ago, jigen said:

Sell ASM for 25 and buy Barnes for 38 is a joke. Newcastle has weakened the team and also has lost money. Absurd. 

Money absolutely isn't an issue for us - all that matters is FFP.  By selling Maxi we have got rid of a player who isnt fancied by the manager and enabled us to sign a few additional players in this window.  I'm not sure if you don't understand this or if you are being deliberately obtuse.

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4 minutes ago, jigen said:

 

This is Howe.. Great coach, but you never must built a team on the market following the coach. Chelsea made the same mistake last summer with Tuchel.

Newcastle had a top market last summer, but then spend 45m for an average player as Gordon and now this nonsense. 

 

Why is it nonsense? 

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1 minute ago, TeddySAFC said:

Pulisic is another who went cheaply but I think ASM is a better player than him, On his day he is unplayable.

 

Unfortunately that's probably twice a season.

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There is some slight truth in Gordon and Barnes not being quite the same calibre or having as high a ceiling as the likes of Bruno, Botman, Isak and Tonali. However we are building a squad, that has to include a number of English players who are good enough to contribute significantly, as they are. We can't go out and buy the likes of Grealish, Rice or Kane with the premium prices they attract so the level below that is where we have aimed. Add more world beaters from abroad and we're laughing.

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Maxi wasn't going to start for us, period. 

The elevation of his productivity is insane. Bloke spent more time on his arse than anything else. Canny dribbler but, then again, so am I on a night out. 

Get over yourselves ffs ?????

 

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5 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

Maxi wasn't going to start for us, period. 

The elevation of his productivity is insane. Bloke spent more time on his arse than anything else. Canny dribbler but, then again, so am I on a night out. 

Get over yourselves ffs ?????

 

But he was mint against Man City last season man, and in one or two other games, that's all that matters. Consistency and availability for selection is an optional requirement for some on here.

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53 minutes ago, jigen said:

Sell ASM for 25 and buy Barnes for 38 is a joke. Newcastle has weakened the team and also has lost money. Absurd. 


We haven’t weakened the team though have we, as ASM couldn’t get in the team. We don’t even know how Barnes is going to turn out either. If he ends up total gash, then fair enough, but what if he bangs in 15 goals next season and is a revelation. Let it play out first before saying we are weakened.

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14 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

Maxi wasn't going to start for us, period. 

The elevation of his productivity is insane. Bloke spent more time on his arse than anything else. Canny dribbler but, then again, so am I on a night out. 

Get over yourselves ffs ?????

 

In my 40 years of following NUFC he's one of the most overrated players I've encountered in a B&W shirt. The hysteria over this is absolutely mental. The gif below pretty much sums him up. Lots of fluff but not much end product.

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I think there’s a place to love the player but also acknowledge that he could be frustrating for the majority of the time.

 

The frustration is because we know what he could do and we have a high expectation of him.. well more wanting him to have that for himself.

 

Ultimately I think he’s a very good footballer trapped in the body of a rugby league player. The work rate expected of him is going to continually lead to injuries, for that reason he’s not reliable.. an average season for him is 25 games.

 

In terms of end product we have most definitely upgraded but I’m still sad to see him go.

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