Matty Longstaff (now playing for Toronto FC)

[TRon]

I haven't seen him as much as some of you but I wouldn't say he lacks pace, he's very agile and good on the turn as well

 

He's got a short stride which means he won't cover ground as quick as some. That was a huge problem with Colback, but unlike Jack, Matty is a very willing runner into space and that is gold in itself.

[samptime29]

His finishing is actually quite decent. All 3 of his goals have been taken well tbf.

[TBG]

Will be a conflicting one when he leaves and returns to play against us. On one hand he left us for a more ambitious club therefore deserves the Perez treatment, on the other hand he's a Geordie.

[Anderson]

TA: “Have you ever had team-mates say to you, ‘Why the fuck have you just kicked me up the backside?’ or ‘Why are you hitting me?’”

 

MR: “(Laughs) Yeah, yeah. Matty (Longstaff) said to me tonight actually, ‘Matt, man, why are you hitting my head? It hurts’. But I love it. I love the feeling of winning, of succeeding, that togetherness. When you win it’s so good.”

 

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

If you watch the video, Ritchie gives Matty a whack on the head after scoring.

[Darth Crooks]

TA: “Have you ever had team-mates say to you, ‘Why the fuck have you just kicked me up the backside?’ or ‘Why are you hitting me?’”

 

MR: “(Laughs) Yeah, yeah. Matty (Longstaff) said to me tonight actually, ‘Matt, man, why are you hitting my head? It hurts’. But I love it. I love the feeling of winning, of succeeding, that togetherness. When you win it’s so good.”

 

 

 

[HawK]

By any measure, he's an amazing prospect and the sky's the limit at the moment with this young lad. Been so very impressed with him. No doubt having his big brother at the same club and that sibling rivalry has pushed him and will keep pushing him (/Rafa). Keeping both together is going to be good for their development.

 

It almost seemed a lazy comparison with Scholes, after his first goal, and I think it was premature. But if there was one thing that Scholes had that this lad seems to also have, it's that fantastic off-the-ball awareness, to be in the right places at the right time to get those goals.

 

Combine that with a great engine, I never see the lad stop running, and he's going to be very important. Ideally, I'd like to see him running less with the more experience he gets. The best players don't need to run, they are just where they need to be nearly all of the time. Like when Dummett had that crazy top speed stat a few years ago, because he has to sprint like a mad-man to recover his position if he over-extends. If he had a better footballing brain, he'd not need to do that.

[Kanj]

I would love for him to sign a long term contract with his boyhood club but would absolutely be celebrating if he got a deal at someone like Dortmund or something that will develop him into a class footballer.

[Beren]

Out of contract in the summer and on less than a grand a week apparently. Seems a bit mad we haven't offered him a new contract yet

 

WHAT

[Sho Time]

Can hear Shelvey calling him a 'peasant' in training every day.

[Guest]

When I saw the goal I thought it was an amazing piece of skill, didn’t realise he kicked it against the defender’s face.

[Boo Boy]

Out of contract in the summer and on less than a grand a week apparently. Seems a bit mad we haven't offered him a new contract yet

 

WHAT

 

He is still on £850 a week. his contract has never been updated since he was an under 23 player. The club are still trying to get him on he cheap rather than pay the going rate for a premier league player

[The College Dropout]

If he’s smart he’ll string the club along all spring then decide what he wants to do in the summer.  This club is going nowhere fast.  If we are still in the PL it’s worth staying awhile as we won’t pay for more first team CMs than needed. 

[steve_69]

Out of contract in the summer and on less than a grand a week apparently. Seems a bit mad we haven't offered him a new contract yet

 

WHAT

 

He is still on £850 a week. his contract has never been updated since he was an under 23 player. The club are still trying to get him on he cheap rather than pay the going rate for a premier league player

 

Sean hasn't had his contract extended either. He's still on the same deal he was on before he broke into the first team.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

NUFC have a history over the Ashley era of signing young players who have made a good impression in the short term to long contracts with high wages. They've been burned by this quite a few times. Maybe they are trying to take a more considered approach with the Longstaff brothers?

[LV]

Or maybe they just don’t know what they fuck they are doing.

[Guest]

Vuckic & Ranger are two examples mind.

[joeyt]

Aarons too

[Disco]

Unconfirmed but I'm hearing you don't need to always offer players a 6 year deal.

[Guest]

5.5 year deal at this stage surely.

[xLiaaamx]

Sterry's still stinking the place up.

 

Barlaser too, but that's harsh as he actually looks like a footballer unlike Sterry and I actually thought he'd get a shot before the Longstaffs.

[Kanj]

they gave long term deals to those guys who never actually showed much of a stink of promise in the first team.

[Disco]

Sterry's still stinking the place up.

 

Barlaser too, but that's harsh as he actually looks like a footballer unlike Sterry and I actually thought he'd get a shot before the Longstaffs.

 

Craig Hope was on about Barlaser this morning, saying he'd been decent at wherever he's at.

[xLiaaamx]

Sterry's still stinking the place up.

 

Barlaser too, but that's harsh as he actually looks like a footballer unlike Sterry and I actually thought he'd get a shot before the Longstaffs.

 

Craig Hope was on about Barlaser this morning, saying he'd been decent at wherever he's at.

 

Rotherham's fans love him, Accrington's did last year too.

[Disco]

Aye, looked canny the couple of times I saw him play last season. Probably get a crack at a lower Championship club you'd imagine next season, particularly if Rotherham go up.