TRon Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 A regular starter for Nantes with almost 40 Int'l appearances wouldn't be able to help us? Bentaleb with nearly 100 appearances for Schalke and 35 int'l appearances didn't. We've seen both play in a Newcastle shirt though, with Abeid arguably being far superior? No idea what point you're trying to make Abeid's shit. "Far superior", wey aye. Both did fuckall here. Abeid didn't really get many starts, when he did, he played pretty well from what I remember. Not saying we should be signing him now mind, but I did like the few glimpses I saw at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Who was his competition at the time? Jenas, Dyer, Speed and McClen? Lee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Not sure if it was the same time [i'm sure it was] but I seem to remember Gouffran getting picked, ahead of him, in CM. That's a travesty. He had to leave the club if he wanted to develop. We've had a lot of talented youngsters that we'll never know how good they could have been, because we Pardewed them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 It was Gutierrez and Taylor picked ahead of him. Neither had played in about 2 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Good job we bid £5m below the asking price or we might have had to pay out. They will shit themselves if the bid was accepted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Good job we bid £5m below the asking price or we might have had to pay out. They will shit themselves if the bid was accepted. Been getting racially abused in Portugal so might welcome an escape.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Oh good a CB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 My marquee signing in FM20 Mobile, he’s been amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Oh good a CB He doesn't like Schaar and LeJeune at all. Both likely to be sold I think. Lascelles, Fernandez, Clark and Holding is what he is envisioning I presume. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Looking forward to the "Bruce set to sign FA Cup winner" headline from the Chronicle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Thank you top 6 team. It’s an absolute privilege to still be able to give your fringe players an opportunity to play. We know our place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 No forrins allowed. English and Irish only at Bruce's mags. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 It's a massive indictment of Bruce that he seemingly has no idea what to with our two most talented defenders - Lejeune and Schar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 My marquee signing in FM20 Mobile, he’s been amazing. He was probably featured in the general football thread from around a year ago. Walked off the pitch after having chairs thrown at him and racist abuse. I’d say Porto are desperate to sell which is why the low ball bid. He’s not a bad player at all. Strong, decent pace. Will miss his fair share of chances though. Overall better than what we have. He would certainly take the pressure off Joelinton in having to play a role that blatantly isn’t suited to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 My marquee signing in FM20 Mobile, he’s been amazing. He was probably featured in the general football thread from around a year ago. Walked off the pitch after having chairs thrown at him and racist abuse. I’d say Porto are desperate to sell which is why the low ball bid. He’s not a bad player at all. Strong, decent pace. Will miss his fair share of chances though. Overall better than what we have. He would certainly take the pressure off Joelinton in having to play a role that blatantly isn’t suited to him. Having a set of strikers that either can't stay fit or cannot score at least 1 in 4 going into the next season for anyone that still cares is asking for trouble. Marega if it is true which I struggle to believe but his stats seem to suggest he is head and shoulders above what we have. Issue with any striker we bring in is the style of play or lack their of and players they work alongside. Unless we buy someone that generates and scores their own chance I can see anyone struggling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Marega is the type of striker that would work for the way Bruce plays to be fair. He's got power and pace and although I wouldn't necessarily describe him as clinical, his style will make defences very uncomfortable and it will lead to chances out of nothing and goal scoring opportunities for the team on the whole. He should also get an okay number of goals himself as his record is solid in that regard. The overall effect is similar to what you might expect from adding the likes of Callum Wilson and Josh King who we have also been linked with, but Bournemouth are ridiculously asking for £30 million for each and so those are not happening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 His injury record also seems really good, which is something we should take into major account with any signings considering Bruce's penchant for accumulating injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I'm hoping for more Joelintons and less ASM's this close season. Proper footballers shouldn't have to play for a club that doesn't try. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 His injury record also seems really good, which is something we should take into major account with any signings considering Bruce's penchant for accumulating injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 It's a massive indictment of Bruce that he seemingly has no idea what to with our two most talented defenders - Lejeune and Schar He does know what to do with them. Get rid. Tbf, those type of defenders are not much use for his style of play, which will be cloggers at the back clogging, and big lads at the front barging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Elsewhere Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Rob Holding on loan apparently. British and loan so it makes sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Rob Holding on loan apparently. British, on loan and injury prone..so it makes sense Absolutely no idea why we wont get willems back. Seems like he will crawl over broken glass to get here and apparently his club is willing to let him go for free a year early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Rob Holding on loan apparently. British, on loan and injury prone..so it makes sense Absolutely no idea why we wont get willems back. Seems like he will crawl over broken glass to get here and apparently his club is willing to let him go for free a year early. Focus on the word 'British'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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