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McDog

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Just now, LFEE said:

As his social media following grows he gets invites to podcasts (some will be paid) TV and Radio Slots (again paid) and the more he’s seen and heard on TV and Radio the more he’s seen as credible and therefore his followers/social media grows even bigger…and so on and so on… Pretty straightforward ?

 

 

 

He was interviewed by Sports Interactive last year in London when they announced the new "Deadline Day" feature in FM22.  Thought it was interesting is all.

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Kid Icarus

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26 minutes ago, LFEE said:

He’s well aware he’s seen as the villain since his Steve Bruce defence as do his piers who play along with it. So again claiming that they all find him insufferable is another binary/extreme conclusion. Seem to recall him getting the job of thanking Eddie Howe at the end of the season from the other journalists and him being thanked by the club for his level headed reporting etc.

 

Anyway. After listening to the majority of you on here I’m fully expecting Pedro to be holding up the shirt tonight after his medical etc is completed with the deal being fully agreed yesterday. Don’t let me down FR fanboys ?

 

:lol: I said I get the impression that they do, which I do - whether they're playing along with the joke or not is by-the-by, the point is that the dislike for Edwards isn't an exclusively N-O thing. 

 

No idea why you're simping for him tbh, I think many wouldn't have a problem with him if despite being personally unlikeable he was a professional with a good track record, but he also has a very poor track record (The takeover, Bruce, Botman, Elneny, Nketiah, looking like Joao Pedro) which gives his arrogance that extra undeserved edge to it and makes the defence of him look a bit odd.

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81 pages man. :lol:

 

Howe said "not entirely correct", in other words "its partially correct", which means we have pretty much agreed a deal.

 

Don't fucking worry, we will either sign him or we will move onto another target. There's only 9 days of this shit left, so don't worry it will be over soon.

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Just now, Thomson Mouse said:

Don’t really know of him but I’m confused reading this thread - is he being bought as a goal scorer or creator?

He's 20, so he's no where near the finished article, nor has he nailed down his "position", so to speak.

 

From what I've seen, he might be 20 but he's built like a man. Strong, quick, technical, plays between the lines but still quite rough around the edges and still quite inconsistent.

 

Natural comparisons would be with Richarlison or perhaps a more physical version of Ayoze Perez. Apparently his work rate is top drawer too, so he's right up Eddie's street.

 

In short, he can play anywhere across the front but he's not accomplished in any position yet but he's still probably going to offer more than Chris Wood.

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Just now, xLiaaamx said:

Richarlison is the wrong Brazilian to compare him to for me,

he's more Firmino style. 

They aren't a million miles from each other. Neither are traditional number 9s.

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5 minutes ago, STM said:

In short, he can play anywhere across the front but he's not accomplished in any position yet but he's still probably going to offer more than Chris Wood.

:lol: it'd be hard not to. And I don't even particularly dislike Wood, he's just Shola mk II.

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58 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

:lol: I said I get the impression that they do, which I do - whether they're playing along with the joke or not is by-the-by, the point is that the dislike for Edwards isn't an exclusively N-O thing. 

 

No idea why you're simping for him tbh, I think many wouldn't have a problem with him if despite being personally unlikeable he was a professional with a good track record, but he also has a very poor track record (The takeover, Bruce, Botman, Elneny, Nketiah, looking like Joao Pedro) which gives his arrogance that extra undeserved edge to it and makes the defence of him look a bit odd.

It’s simply because when I read his Tweets and articles I find them balanced. I am able for example to accept his original Tweet about our budget (£40-50m iirc) and then except his follow up Tweets a week or so later (that the budget had increased to £60-90m iirc) and the reasons for them both. Same as except him saying that his information was we were clearly in for Pedro but the deal was in play which until now unless I’ve missed anything it still is. Unfortunately we’ve a lot of fans can’t and I personally think they are thick because of it as does Edwards so I guess that’s where we align. I was reading on here only days ago about people banging on about him getting the budget wrong. 1hr is a long time in the transfer window never mind days and weeks. Things are changing all the time. I 

 

If you haven’t got the intelligence to realise in the transfer window that the goalposts are constantly changing, as are targets, as are demands, as are squad needs, as are other teams exact same goalposts which in turn affect our own then you are always going to struggle with reports from the media during a transfer window as they can be rendered out of date within minutes.

 

Fans who engage with him sensibly he’s fine with and usually bothers to engage back. Fans who are rude and attack him he enjoys winding up or blocking etc. Absolutely no problem with any of that.

 

For the final time he let his friendship with Steve Bruce get the better of his professional judgment during his time here. I’ve never argued anything else but even then some of his Tweets are ridiculously twisted. For example there was nothing wrong with the Tweet someone posted on here recently by and large. The only point you could argue is the definition of a “good job” keeping us up for two year. Believe it or not but probably a lot of matching going fans think that also. Has he got a good promotion record? Yes. Can you see therefore why WBA would take a chance on him? Yes. Not sure how it’s a stick to beat Edwards with personally other than I would argue he did an average job at best at NUFC but then that was all that was demanded from him whilst MA tried to sell the club and cut costs further so there is an argument I dare if trying to be balanced. Which I always try to be on here. I hope FR is right. I hope we get Pedro. I personally think Edwards is right and it’s not agreed. Doesn’t mean it won’t be any minute, hour or day now. Edwards am sure if he gets wind of it being confirmed from his sources he’ll say so along with other journalists.
 

They are all right and all wrong most of the time. It’s the nature of the murky workings behind the scenes of football ?

 

 

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47 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said:

Richarlison is the wrong Brazilian to compare him to for me,

he's more Firmino style. 

 

My Watford supporting mate rates him higher than Richarlison at the same stage.

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6 minutes ago, LFEE said:

It’s simply because when I read his Tweets and articles I find them balanced. I am able for example to accept his original Tweet about our budget (£40-50m iirc) and then except his follow up Tweets a week or so later (that the budget had increased to £60-90m iirc) and the reasons for them both. Same as except him saying that his information was we were clearly in for Pedro but the deal was in play which until now unless I’ve missed anything it still is. Unfortunately we’ve a lot of fans can’t and I personally think they are thick because of it as does Edwards so I guess that’s where we align. I was reading on here only days ago about people banging on about him getting the budget wrong. 1hr is a long time in the transfer window never mind days and weeks. Things are changing all the time. I 

 

If you haven’t got the intelligence to realise in the transfer window that the goalposts are constantly changing, as are targets, as are demands, as are squad needs, as are other teams exact same goalposts which in turn affect our own then you are always going to struggle with reports from the media during a transfer window as they can be rendered out of date within minutes.

 

Fans who engage with him sensibly he’s fine with and usually bothers to engage back. Fans who are rude and attack him he enjoys winding up or blocking etc. Absolutely no problem with any of that.

 

For the final time he let his friendship with Steve Bruce get the better of his professional judgment during his time here. I’ve never argued anything else but even then some of his Tweets are ridiculously twisted. For example there was nothing wrong with the Tweet someone posted on here recently by and large. The only point you could argue is the definition of a “good job” keeping us up for two year. Believe it or not but probably a lot of matching going fans think that also. Has he got a good promotion record? Yes. Can you see therefore why WBA would take a chance on him? Yes. Not sure how it’s a stick to beat Edwards with personally other than I would argue he did an average job at best at NUFC but then that was all that was demanded from him whilst MA tried to sell the club and cut costs further so there is an argument I dare if trying to be balanced. Which I always try to be on here. I hope FR is right. I hope we get Pedro. I personally think Edwards is right and it’s not agreed. Doesn’t mean it won’t be any minute, hour or day now. Edwards am sure if he gets wind of it being confirmed from his sources he’ll say so along with other journalists.
 

They are all right and all wrong most of the time. It’s the nature of the murky workings behind the scenes of football ?

 

 

 

I think most have the intelligence to realise that the transfer market is fluid and everything can change with a phone call.

 

At the same time there are journalists who have reliable sources within certain clubs and those that don't. I'd suggest if a reporter is consistently wide of the mark, the latter applies.

 

That's fine, there are plenty who work in the media that don't have great sources at our club and they don't get grief, but Edwards goes put of his way to engage in a provocative and antagonising way. That's not to say he that he deserves abuse, but Twitter is full of nutters, if you poke a bee hive enough times, you'll get stung.

 

Coincidentally, when he's not reporting on Newcastle, he writes provocative and antagonistic pieces for the Telegraph. It's almost like he does it for social media clout.

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Kid Icarus

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13 minutes ago, LFEE said:

If you haven’t got the intelligence to realise in the transfer window that the goalposts are constantly changing, as are targets, as are demands, as are squad needs, as are other teams exact same goalposts which in turn affect our own then you are always going to struggle with reports from the media during a transfer window as they can be rendered out of date within minutes.

 

Who's arguing against that like? It's Edward's glaring lack of foresight that's put into focus with that scenario, not lack of fan awareness or intelligence as you put it. When he's for example arrogantly arguing to the back to teeth that the budget is X and people are saying he's naive, ridiculous, negative etc or they're coming up with justifiable reasons why he's wrong and the budget will be higher, he doesn't still get to keep claiming he was right all along by shrugging and saying 'things change' :lol: 

 

 

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