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He mentioned something I think is a big deal for Newcastle.

 

We have a fairly old squad but it's a bit of an advantage. A lot of our squad players are older and proper good pros who want to be part of our success. Dubs has had his ups and downs but this season you can tell he has the bit between his teeth and his attitude has been phenomenal - he took his opportunity this season in a way he didn't last season. Lascelles, Krafth have both hit the ground running when brought into the side and seem like great figures in the dressing room. And then we've got the older regular players like Burn, Schar, Bruno etc. that set the level. There's a great culture for the likes of Hall and Osula to learn from and be a part of.

 

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1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

He mentioned something I think is a big deal for Newcastle.

 

We have a fairly old squad but it's a bit of an advantage. A lot of our squad players are older and proper good pros who want to be part of our success. Dubs has had his ups and downs but this season you can tell he has the bit between his teeth and his attitude has been phenomenal - he took his opportunity this season in a way he didn't last season. Lascelles, Krafth have both hit the ground running when brought into the side and seem like great figures in the dressing room. And then we've got the older regular players like Burn, Schar, Bruno etc. that set the level. There's a great culture for the likes of Hall and Osula to learn from and be a part of.

 

The latter part of that you said I also mentioned to my mates on Sunday night. One of the lads said how it was a bit unusual that Osula was like front and centre of a lot of the celebrations and I said that "for me it's to show him that even though he's not getting much game time yet, if he works hard, he can stay here, become a big name and win trophies."

 

Same applies to Dan Burn being in the England set up. Model pro. Sets the standard and above all else he's the greatest centre half the world has ever seen.

 

 

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10 hours ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Some nice content on England Youtube with his arrival, few Q&As etc. 

The Arrivals video was class, was more or less The Dan Burn Show 

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6 hours ago, Kanj said:

When he scores goals, they are epic roof collapsing goals. Leicester in the cup, Paris, Liverpool Sunday. Wow. 


Honestly think teams are wasting their time with all these corners to the back post and heading them back. Especially when you have a massive bloke who can out jump anyone. Just go for goal. 

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On 17/03/2025 at 10:03, The Butcher said:

It's close to impossible to put into words the love I have for this man.


Fucking hell I’ve only just noticed the ball crosses the line at 44:58, too perfect [emoji38]

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On 18/03/2025 at 13:02, Heron said:

The latter part of that you said I also mentioned to my mates on Sunday night. One of the lads said how it was a bit unusual that Osula was like front and centre of a lot of the celebrations and I said that "for me it's to show him that even though he's not getting much game time yet, if he works hard, he can stay here, become a big name and win trophies."

 

Same applies to Dan Burn being in the England set up. Model pro. Sets the standard and above all else he's the greatest centre half the world has ever seen.

 

 

 

Building on this point.

 

We've been talking about Phase 2 of our evolution. Replacing the last of the Ashley signings and first window signings - probably with younger players. Some of that is necessary but you don't want to fall into Spurs-ification with a lack of leadership.

 

This is where i'm glad we have Howe. He's very big on personality profiles. He's signed a bunch of leaders in Trippier, Burn, Bruno and Sandro and we were linked with Guehi - another leader and top professional. I think Maresca has spoken about Tosin's leadership qualities too. As we eventually have to phase the Dan Burn, Fab Schar etc. out having Howe being so big on personality is massive. Also I guess the style of football requires all-action from everyone. Hall had to learn the mentality - he didn't come with it.

 

Again without Howe I think you inevitably get Spurs-ification. A manager with little say in transfers, prioritising technical profiles over mental ones. Chelsea have become Spurs. Talented players but no bite.

 

We need to think about that when we talk about how few targets we seem to have. We had 3 known CB targets - 2 with top mentality from what we know minimum

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