janpawel Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 3 hours ago, Shearergol said: Yeah agreed. Bellingham and Foden are elite, then you've got Saka, then Palmer's another level down imo. I'd rather have Saka over Foden imo Not sure how to rate Bellingham, this season he's played as good as any attacking midfielder could play, will he keep this insane rate up, or will it be seen more of a purple patch once they sign an Mbappe etc. Gonna be one of the GOATS if this is just the start and he only gets better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Saka is really extremely good, should be starting. Foden is very good but not as consistent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Agree with those saying we need 2 strikers and not 3, our problems seem down to - Both have been ridiculously injury prone this season Our 3rd choice happens to be our LW and player of the season so far We have no decent 18 year old to take out the Academy to give it a go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 2 minutes ago, janpawel said: Agree with those saying we need 2 strikers and not 3, our problems seem down to - Both have been ridiculously injury prone this season Our 3rd choice happens to be our LW and player of the season so far We have no decent 18 year old to take out the Academy to give it a go Even that would have been fine if we'd not been without our other LW for 3/4s of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Just now, Optimistic Nut said: Even that would have been fine if we'd not been without our other LW for 3/4s of the season. Aye exactly, Barnes, Willock and Joelinton all out. Nothing you can do about that really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsays Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Anthony Gordon as a third choice striker is easily good enough, and is a better third option than most other teams in the league IMO. The issue is that we have had about 40% of the first team squad missing for large parts of the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Two strikers are fine if one of them isn’t Callum Wilson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 It's not strikers necessarily, what I wanted was a Joao Pedro type who could play as a CF (Gordon plays there but not the role) and be equally effective on the right. FWIW I dont see Isak as a Wilson type through the middle CF, he can drop into those middling positions between the lines a lot more or drift to the wings, think of 2 or 3 being able to dovetail higher up like Willock/Joelinton were doing in the middle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 3 hours ago, madras said: It's not strikers necessarily, what I wanted was a Joao Pedro type who could play as a CF (Gordon plays there but not the role) and be equally effective on the right. FWIW I dont see Isak as a Wilson type through the middle CF, he can drop into those middling positions between the lines a lot more or drift to the wings, think of 2 or 3 being able to dovetail higher up like Willock/Joelinton were doing in the middle. I'd absolutely love it if FFP enabled us to get Pedro when we got Isak, both could seamlessly rotate and Pedro wouldn't mind being on the bench at first, can also cover the front 3...if only Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 10 hours ago, janpawel said: I'd absolutely love it if FFP enabled us to get Pedro when we got Isak, both could seamlessly rotate and Pedro wouldn't mind being on the bench at first, can also cover the front 3...if only Pedro was signed nearly a year after Isak..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 27 minutes ago, Fezzle said: Pedro was signed nearly a year after Isak..... But we were after him the summer we bought Isak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 6 minutes ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: But we were after him the summer we bought Isak Whats that got to do with FFP reasons? We decided against one(if thats even true) and got Isak due to an injury. The decision not to buy both had zero relevance to FFP as we had Wilson/Isak/Wood here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 15 hours ago, Menace said: The data looked shite for Gordon at Everton- yet he's got great numbers for us this season despite not even being fully fit. I'd even ague he's probably been our player of the season alongside Bruno. There is no guarantee Palmer would've had the same success he's having at Chelsea for us.. Because Gordon has improved as a player and is playing ina better team. Even today his underlying statistics aren't phenomenal but they are good for goalscoring and he looks a very tidy finisher. Where his underlying stats are weak (creativity, ball progression, chance creation) - he makes up for with winning fouls and penalties. When he does create they tend to be quality chances too. And it backs the eye test - he's a good player technically but he's not particularly creative. Palmer had minimal data before his Chelsea move. But his underlying data (and I just don't mean goals and assists) suggests he's a v. talented player. Again, i'm not talking goals or assists. He gets on the ball, he progresses the ball, he creates chances, he beats players. But more than anything the lad plays the game beautifully. Like how Bruno, Schar & Isak are beautiful footballers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, Fezzle said: Whats that got to do with FFP reasons? We decided against one(if thats even true) and got Isak due to an injury. The decision not to buy both had zero relevance to FFP as we had Wilson/Isak/Wood here True, in that case I'd have loved it if we flogged Wood and bought Pedro then ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Newcastle United and Tottenham are keen on 25-year-old Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush, an Egypt international who has scored 10 goals in 18 Bundesliga games this season. (Bild via Shields Gazette) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Leif Davis from Ipswich https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/newcastle-united-and-west-ham-eye-ipswich-town-leif-davis/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo123 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, SteV said: Leif Davis from Ipswich https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/newcastle-united-and-west-ham-eye-ipswich-town-leif-davis/ Pretty sure he's a Geordie, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, Pablo123 said: Pretty sure he's a Geordie, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo123 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 3 minutes ago, SteV said: I'd literally just checked myself. Ipswich fans seem to rate him highly, but they think he's worth double the price quoted in the article. We could do with another full back who could chip in with assists, like Liverpool have with TAA and Robertson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhaircut Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Spoke to my mate who works for Ipswich (more than high up enough to know) and he says nowt happening there. Will likely be on the move somewhere if they don’t go up though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelinton7 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 44 minutes ago, SteV said: Leif Davis from Ipswich https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/newcastle-united-and-west-ham-eye-ipswich-town-leif-davis/ Prob Dummett’s replacement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Just now, Joelinton7 said: Prob Dummett’s replacement Hope he knows who to contact for tickets to the darts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, captainhaircut said: Spoke to my mate who works for Ipswich (more than high up enough to know) and he says nowt happening there. Will likely be on the move somewhere if they don’t go up though. so he means that there might be something happening there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhaircut Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Sorry, meant as in they have had direct contact with either club. Generally if a club was interested they would hear either directly or by a scout constantly being there. Nothing from us on either front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Quote Sources have told 90min that INEOS are admirers of Livramento and there have questions why he was not considered last summer. Livramento left Southampton following their relegation from the Premier League and joined Newcastle for an initial £32m fee plus a further £8m in add-ons. https://www.90min.com/posts/ineos-surprised-man-utd-didnt-consider-signing-tino-livramento Feels like Ratcliffe and INEOS are going to go a long way to making me remember why I used to hate Man United more than Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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