toon25 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 hour ago, The Prophet said: Steve and Steve confirmed as binned. Two of the most inept, clueless, fuckwits that have darkened our door in recent times. Both contributed the total sum of fuck all, and in the process dismantled a functioning tactical set up left by Rafa and his team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 We're getting there, slowly but surely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Kept Bruce’s gravy flask as a memento of happier times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) Nice quiet week needed, dramas all dying down now, time to get down to business. Love a drama free NUFC Edited November 16, 2021 by GWN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcnick Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 17 hours ago, GWN said: For half a second there I actually thought it was him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 As it seems that Eddie was in discussions with Amanda for a while before the takeover, I would imagine that he will have been watching the team and making plans for if he was offered the job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 20 hours ago, Nobody said: Is it Fantail or Joey Linton? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 19 hours ago, toon25 said: Two of the most inept, clueless, fuckwits that have darkened our door in recent times. Both contributed the total sum of fuck all, and in the process dismantled a functioning tactical set up left by Rafa and his team. We never knew what they really did. In terms of coaching and getting a team working it's very fair to say they aren't too good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Those 2 have followed Bruce about for years stealing the same living. They’ll be steeped in the same mediocrity that Bruce wallows in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 56 minutes ago, gjohnson said: We never knew what they really did. In terms of coaching and getting a team working it's very fair to say they aren't too good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, cosmic said: Like an U12 training camp with a shit, fat, smelly, inept, stupid cabbage head of a scout looking on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 It's only just occurred to me. That training camp was in Portugal, wasn't it? Where Brucey has his holiday home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, cosmic said: Christ. That's tragic. Quite literally, that fat cunt stands watching whilst his bootlickers make the players run around and play a bit of five a side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Just re-watched the first press conference from last week. Its an absolute credit to the bloke that he's been able to win so much enthusiasm and support from his positivity, words and actions in such a short space of time - particularly given the initial lukewarm reception his appointment received from some (me included). What a fucking difference it makes. Exciting times ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, cosmic said: This seems so casual and basic. No intensity and no real plan or direction. Just a general warm up session and then a bit of a kick about. Absolutely makes sense why we were so horrid under these lot man. In today's day and age they're probably running sessions no better than a secondary school P.E. teacher's football training. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 JT looks like he is about to kill someone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Dan Gleebals said: JT looks like he is about to kill someone Was just about to say that! If he says you're running laps you're fucking running laps!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Worst player in training on the day has to spend the rest of the afternoon in Tan UK with Tindall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-Cheshire-Toon Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, LFEE said: Caption time - JT (Shouts out loudly in no specific direction) - 'I'm coming for you boy.' ASM (Not making eye contact) - Says to himself - 'If I slowly walk away in this direction he'll go for someone else' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dan Gleebals said: JT looks like he is about to kill someone Probably just seen Shelvey being lazy for the hundredth time of the session Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Inside Eddie Howe's first week as Newcastle boss, as told by Callum Wilson (The Chronicle) Don't be fooled by incoming Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe's nice-guy persona - the current crop of Toon players have already witnessed major changes in training at Benton in his first week in charge. Too often during the Magpies' miserable win-less, the United defence parted like the Red Sea in Premier League defeats only for some players to walk straight back into the starting line-up the next week. That's not likely to happen under Howe and while the former AFC Bournemouth boss wants players to enjoy their work, they will know exactly where they stand. A blast of Howe's whistle on day one of training last week halted a session when the 43-year-old spotted something he didn't like before he assertively informed the players: "That's not a criticism, it's just a different type of training." Players were spotted taking an extra gasp of air as the new reality of the Howe era kicked in while some were pre-warned not to be spotted sitting on balls or trying to take a cheeky breather! A beep test had taken place before that in what looked like a scene from pre-season, Newcastle's season has essentially been rebooted during the international break. A weekend off during the World Cup qualifiers was scrapped too as players reported to St James' Park to get into the zone a week early for this weekend's clash with Brentford. The new regime may come as a surprise to some but with a new back-room line-up of Howe, Jason Tindall, Stephen Purches, Simon Weatherstone and sports science supremo Dan Hodges now on board, it was back into the swing of things for others like Callum Wilson, Matt Ritchie and Ryan Fraser. Not least hotshot Wilson who told Chronicle Live in an exclusive interview: "The test that we did, the bleep test, was just a six-minute one. "But that was to gauge where our fitness levels are. "We are obviously training with a lot more intensity now." From Saturday, Newcastle fans are set to see a new-look United team to an extent - one that will be on the front-foot again. For many Geordies, who have watched their team set up in defensive manner for what seems like an eternity now, that will be a sight for sore eyes. But Wilson knows the daily grind at Benton had to change in order for the new system to work. Wilson said: "To play a certain style of play you have to cope with the demands of that training. "And we want to play attacking football. "There will be a lot more pressure on the ball and we will be further up the pitch. "To do that, you need to train this way (intensely) and to train that way you have to improve your fitness levels. "For us, we have had a style of play where we have not had much of the ball and sat back more. "So you get to a certain level of fitness. "All of a sudden if you aren't working on that, week in, week out, day in, day out - you are going to drop off a little bit slightly. "For us, this has been a good time now to get some more high speed runs into our legs and more intensity into our legs. "Hopefully that will stand us in good stead for when the games start coming thick and fast." This has been a strange time for Newcastle players. From the moment the takeover went through to the conclusion of Steve Bruce's two-year stint in charge to rumours of Unai Emery, Roberto Martinez and Steven Gerrard. Ultimately, though, the job was handed to Howe, so how did Wilson feel when he was told it was his old manager? He said: "It was a good moment. "In football, you try to focus on your job but you do hear people talking about different managers coming in or getting messages from people saying: 'You could be getting reunited here'. "Things like that do get said on the circuit. "But you try to focus on your job. "Right now though the new owners see him as the perfect fit and it's been a great week. "The transition has been great with the new manager. "Training has a lot more intensity." Understandably, Wilson has much faith in Howe and can be described as a disciple to the man Bournemouth fans look to in the same way Man United fans view Sir Alex Ferguson or Liverpool supporters regard Bill Shankly. For Howe started it all at Bournemouth and the sweet taste of success in the Premier League was spearheaded by him. Scott Parker may be in charge now, but fans on the South Coast credit their table topping Championship status back to the Howe era in many ways due to the solid foundations of the club. Wilson was signed by Howe for just £3million from Coventry City and his 23 goal haul in the 2014/15 season helped seal the title. Wilson remains indebted to Howe and said: "It's been really good to be reunited. "When somebody has helped you so much in your career and gave you the platform in the past to go out and showcase your talent and perform you are grateful. "We have such a good relationship anyway, but strange things happen in football. "Our paths have crossed again. "And I am sure there will be more success as there was with Bournemouth. "With the manager, having worked with him in the past, when you are working together, you go on a journey. "In my experience with him you start somewhere and you work a certain way." The 29-year-old Newcastle number 9 went from an EFL striker to an England international under Howe. The Cherries legend speaks highly of the Howe effect, and why Newcastle fans have the right to be excited. Wilson said: "You get initial success, and then it is a positive spiral effect. "That leads on to everybody buying into that style of play, buying into the work ethic and buying into the culture. "Then it breeds more success. "That is what the manager has come up here to do." Training ground spats at Newcastle never seem to go unnoticed on Tyneside and while they have often been embellished, Wilson doesn't see his old boss putting up with any nonsense. Wilson added: "He will clamp down on any discipline and anything that needs to be done. "He will demand high standards and professionalism - all the things that you need to be to compete in the Premier League week in, week out. "If we have that it will ultimately bring a togetherness. "You go on to the pitch and you are running for each other, working for the manager and the team-mates. "That is the environment they are trying to create here. "It's not just each individual. "We are a team, a club and all United together." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Thanks for that @54, just tidied it up and added a credit at the top. Hope that's alreet! Decent read. "We are obviously training with a lot more intensity now." "Training has a lot more intensity." BRB, off to grief Alex Bruce a bit more on Twitter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Just now, Rich said: Thanks for that @54, just tidied it up and added a credit at the top. Hope that's alreet! Decent read. "We are obviously training with a lot more intensity now." "Training has a lot more intensity." BRB, off to grief Alex Bruce a bit more on Twitter. How very much dare you make this place look all tidy and pretty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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