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1 hour ago, The Prophet said:

What's he doing here then?

 

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Looks like he’s checking his cock oot - divvent worry Sandro ye have enough t’fill a pram son 

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It's not Sandro's fault by any stretch, but the midfield looked far more balanced with Ramsey on. The middle three flatten out when Tonali's on, frustrating as we seemed to crack the shape last season too.

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On 14/01/2026 at 07:53, The Prophet said:

It's not Sandro's fault by any stretch, but the midfield looked far more balanced with Ramsey on. The middle three flatten out when Tonali's on, frustrating as we seemed to crack the shape last season too.

 

Not convinced they've figured out how best to utilise Tonali yet.

 

Similarly, I thought we'd cracked it last season, but that seems such a long time ago now. He doesn't really take charge enough of getting on the ball in that position, when we're trying to play out from the back.

 

He usually looks great as the left sided 8 for Italy, but don't think he's ever been tried there at Newcastle. Perhaps having him and Bruno sitting alongside each other in midfield would give a better balance, but we haven't really tried that either.

 

Think it will continue to be a source of frustration going forward.

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Just now, The Prophet said:

 

Aye and unnamed Premier League clubs.

Can’t see Arsenal, Liverpool needing him or Chelsea breaking away from their model to buy him. Spurs isn’t exactly an upward move. Leaves Man Utd if they get UCL or City.

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Still invaluable off the ball work. But his sloppiness in possession is fucking us this season. Quite a lot of the basketball phases of play come from him losing it in bade areas with daft, blind passes. 
 

I think it took 10 minutes for Bruno to get fed up with him sitting deeper and not building anything. Before he came back and demanded the ball all the while. 

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Don't know what's up with him, but he needs taking out of the starting lineup for a bit. Can't find a teammate with the ball for toffee at the moment.

 

 

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He has never really been able to pass the ball well and has always given the ball away often even going back to last season when he was class, the problem is last season he was so good at everything else it didn't really matter but he's nowhere near that level now.

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The problem I think is he has a good footballing brain and is looking to get balls to players who aren’t understanding his game. 
 

Surrounded by elite players, ie Italian national team, he seems to play well.. and he’s probably in his preferred position also. 

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3 minutes ago, jemo96 said:

The problem I think is he has a good footballing brain and is looking to get balls to players who aren’t understanding his game. 
 

Surrounded by elite players, ie Italian national team, he seems to play well.. and he’s probably in his preferred position also. 

 

No idea why our average players aren't teleporting to his dreadful one touch passes.

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I think he’s getting picked at the moment because of his engine and defensive cover. Which is fair enough because we need it. But he has been very poor on the ball. 
 

FWIW the midfield approach where Bruno and Joe run forward into positions where they rarely get the ball is a bit odd. 

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7 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

 

No idea why our average players aren't teleporting to his dreadful one touch passes.

Just my own observation no biggie, although let’s face it none of them can string two passes together recently. 

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