England’s Anthony Gordon

[huss9]

2 hours ago, Newcastle Fan said:

He seemed more interested in rolling around the floor and diving today than actually playing football, really poor performance from him after waiting a while to start.

that one early on was embarrassing.

jumped up and sprinted once tonali has scored.

[PauloGeordio]

 

[TRon]

3 hours ago, Kilcline said:

Thought he was top drawer off the ball today, in the first half in particular, was always moving to block the pass to Palmer 

 

 

Just said in the Barnes thread that I was surprised Gordon was the one substituted. He was giving them some real headaches with his direct running and pace.

[M4]

His flopping routine is horrific. Whatever the contact, it's drop, bend knees up and squirm about.

 

Really embarrassing that he isn't at all interested in cutting that out his game.

[80]

5 hours ago, TRon said:

 

 

Just said in the Barnes thread that I was surprised Gordon was the one substituted. He was giving them some real headaches with his direct running and pace.

Thought he quietened down a lot in the second half, just think he was more tired.

[80]

4 hours ago, M4 said:

His flopping routine is horrific. Whatever the contact, it's drop, bend knees up and squirm about.

 

Really embarrassing that he isn't at all interested in cutting that out his game.

He did it more today than I think I can remember ever seeing. But fuck it, he was otherwise excellent today. Really helped set the tone.

 

It was the game I could see him having at a crucial time in our run in, much more like his old self. Just need him to return to putting that out consistently now.

[Sibierski]

Anyone got a replay of the challenge on him before the goal? Convinced it was a pen / foul because Caicedo was wrong side.

 

Think that’s the part of his game I enjoy, the hard running behind. Always from word go at home and opposition hate it, why his record is so impressive at home against the top sides. Needs to improve his overall end prospect (said it end of last season), where it’s the goals and shots. Gets into positions so often that if he had quality to whip a shot in, he could score so many. 

[khay]

I'm not going to defending his rolling after. but Caicedo went clear through him at least twice like.  

[Holloway]

Can't help thinking he'd benefit from bulking up a little bit, he had his top off the other week,he's like a fucking spelk 

[HayDen Traces]

He's brilliant at the dark arts. I'm pleased he's ours as I'd hate him if he was playing against us.

[Menace]

28 minutes ago, Holloway said:

Can't help thinking he'd benefit from bulking up a little bit, he had his top off the other week,he's like a fucking spelk 

 

Apparently got permission from the club not to do gym as it'll make him more injury prone or something

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Yeah, in his interview when he arrived he said he doesn’t do strength training. He might not mean literally none like, but it was interesting. 

 

 

Edited May 12 by AyeDubbleYoo

[Holloway]

41 minutes ago, Menace said:

 

Apparently got permission from the club not to do gym as it'll make him more injury prone or something

Oh didn't know that. Unusual

[nufcjmc]

32 minutes ago, Holloway said:

Oh didn't know that. Unusual

He spoke about his fitness regime in that the overlap interview you can watch it on YouTube i think. Nothing ground breaking what others have said he prefers to stay out of the gym. 

[The College Dropout]

1 hour ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Yeah, in his interview when he arrived he said he doesn’t do strength training. He might not mean literally none like, but it was interesting. 

 

 

 

Looks like he does none.

 

Common thought is *some* strength training will help prevent injuries. Will literally give you stronger ligaments and connective tissues etc. but if he thinks it will increase his injury record then it will increase his injury record.

 

There's a sprinter. Who was world class that never did weights. He finally started lifting in his mid 30's... then started getting PBs at a time when he should've started slowing down.... and it was attributed to the weights. Think it's Kim Collins. He hardly hulked up either. Might be PEDs.

 

 

Edited May 12 by The College Dropout

[Lotus]

Maybe he does a lot of body weight stuff or resistance bands. Would find it hard to believe he does NO strength and conditioning, like. 
Fwiw, I think I remember Mike Tyson only did body weight stuff when he was in his prime. Very different genetics, obvs!!

[Nucasol]

55 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Looks like he does none.

 

Common thought is *some* strength training will help prevent injuries. Will literally give you stronger ligaments and connective tissues etc. but if he thinks it will increase his injury record then it will increase his injury record.

 

There's a sprinter. Who was world class that never did weights. He finally started lifting in his mid 30's... then started getting PBs at a time when he should've started slowing down.... and it was attributed to the weights. Think it's Kim Collins. He hardly hulked up either. Might be PEDs.

He’ll have been juiced to the gills.

[The Butcher]

He's got to stop with the the diving and rolling around. It's embarrassing.

 

For the first goal he dived to win a pen, feigned an injury and then jumped straight up to celebrate with Tonali.

 

 

[duo]

Whilst his work rate is still there his end product hasn't been great this season. He had a little purple patch up to the Bournemouth game but since then he hasn't really kicked on.

[nemtizz]

Little bit more than a purple patch.

[MagPar]

11 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

He's got to stop with the the diving and rolling around. It's embarrassing.

 

For the first goal he dived to win a pen, feigned an injury and then jumped straight up to celebrate with Tonali.

 

 

EW should be fining players for these embarrassing actions. I for one don't want this cheating shit from any Newcastle player. It makes us look bad. 

[MagPar]

[Slim]

12 minutes ago, MagPar said:

EW should be fining players for these embarrassing actions. I for one don't want this cheating shit from any Newcastle player. It makes us look bad. 

Should we fine him for all the penalties he's won by diving since he joined us? 

[LFEE]

He’s definitely adapted his game for VAR. When he stays down he’s playing the averages to get VAR to look at it more closely. As we know that only increases the chances of getting a decision.

 

 

[Ellis H]

I love us diving and cheating. Other teams do it so why shouldn’t we? If Willock had been given the penalty against Brighton we’d be 2 points closer to the CL, all for a decision nobody would remember a week later.