Mike Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, Moose said: Manager: You already know who 🥬   I honestly don't and that's amazing. Fucking hell what were we doing with our lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) 1 minute ago, Keefaz said: Can someone put together a way past their prime XI? I've got Sol Campbell, John Barnes, Ian Rush, Kluivert... who else?  Owen, Butt, Duff, Smith, Viduka  All played in the same relegation era of course Edited March 11 by Moose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 2 minutes ago, Moose said:  Owen, Butt, Duff, Smith, Viduka  All played in the same relegation era of course    There's some sad names there. Fucking hell. Obafemi Martins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 10 minutes ago, Keefaz said: Can someone put together a way past their prime XI? I've got Sol Campbell, John Barnes, Ian Rush, Kluivert... who else?  Carr Butt Bernard (second time) Alan Shitth (albeit a low bar to start) Fucking Shefki Kuqi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magorific Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, Moose said:  So there's heaven.  Here's hell:  Alnwick  Carr Boumsong Marcelino Babayaro  Obertan Faye Colback Luque  Riviere L. de Jong  Subs: Sels, Bramble, Caçapa, Saivet, Ireland, Xisco, Ranger  Manager: You already know who 🥬  *Edit: I forgot Jeff Hendrick exists, swap him for Colback    Geremi has to be in there. Lest we forget, Fumaca also played Premier League football for us (5 of the 55 games he played across a 13-year professional career). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 24 minutes ago, Keefaz said: Can someone put together a way past their prime XI? I've got Sol Campbell, John Barnes, Ian Rush, Kluivert... who else? Going off this season?  Possibly Trippier.  Though not when we first signed him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) Pearce was technically way past his prime (was a manager the season before), but was really good for us (actually a contender for best XI back four prior to the current era) Edited March 11 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 13 minutes ago, magorific said: Geremi has to be in there. Lest we forget, Fumaca also played Premier League football for us (5 of the 55 games he played across a 13-year professional career).  Fucking Ron Geremi, man  How the hell KK was able to get a tune out of him at all was a miracle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Ronny Jonsen has to feature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Bearing in mind that 'past their prime' doesn't necessarily mean shite (cause I would never speak ill of the great man) then our GK has to be Pav. Remember when Roeder brought back him for a season as cover? He played 2 games that season and retired as a Geordie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Given Trippier Hall Schar Burn Bruno Lee HBA Robert Pedro Shearer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Moose said: Bearing in mind that 'past their prime' doesn't necessarily mean shite (cause I would never speak ill of the great man) then our GK has to be Pav. Remember when Roeder brought back him for a season as cover? He played 2 games that season and retired as a Geordie. I thought Robbie Elliot came back too, ostensibly as fitness coach, but I'm sure he was a registered player. Can't find anything about it now. Might be a dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Given Trippier Hall Schar Burn Bruno Lee HBA Robert Pedro Shearer  at that layout. Truly vile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Updated in a 4-4-2 for me: Â Pope (pre-2025) Trippier Woodgate Burn Hall Beardsley Lee Bruno Robert Shearer Isak (with appropriate trigger warning) Â Five subs (nee keepers, so risking a Pope brain fart): Â Botman (pre-2025) Cabaye Batty HBA (pre-2013) Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I would play that crappy Amorim formation just so we can get both Beardsley and Ben Arfa as number 10s behind Shearer  Given  Coloccini Schar Woodgate  Solano (RWB) Hall (LWB)  Bruno Batty  Ben Arfa Beardsley  Shearer  Subs: Krul/Pope Burn/Botman Tino/Domi Cabaye/Tonali Ginola/ Robert Ba/Isak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 8 hours ago, Keefaz said: Can someone put together a way past their prime XI? I've got Sol Campbell, John Barnes, Ian Rush, Kluivert... who else?  A "great career but not at Newcastle" XI.  Forster (had to cheat there, otherwise Beasant) Carr Sansom Campbell Cacapa Thauvin Duff Wijnaldum Geremi Kluivert Owen  Honourable mentions to Tomasson, Huckerby, Rush, Saha... Edited March 12 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Always find it a bit baffling how Andy Cole gets nowhere near these XIs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just now, Sima said: Always find it a bit baffling how Andy Cole gets nowhere near these XIs  Would be in most I bet if not for Shearer, and I'd have Beardsley. I don't like shoehorning Beardsley in a CM as it's lazy or AM as you couldn't have wingers. (I like it to be a realistic XI) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 A "their best days were at Newcastle but pretty "meh" or shite elsewhere" XI. Â Krul Venison Bernard Howey Bassong Gillespie Dyer Guthrie Lee Isak Carroll (first spell) Â Â Â Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCOCOL Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 18/03/2025 at 20:44, jack j said: Cant argue with these Sandro another 6-9 months away from knocking batty out (not literally, only Joelinton out of our current squad is capable of that) Batty???  good player but and I know I’m a broken record his replacing of Clarkie was a critical part of our downfall and more so than the acquisition of Tino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I’d probably just name the League cup winning xi if I’m honest (but swapping the rat for Shearer). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 41 minutes ago, OCOCOL said: Batty???  good player but and I know I’m a broken record his replacing of Clarkie was a critical part of our downfall and more so than the acquisition of Tino Didn’t Batty win The Mag’s player of the season award that year despite signing in March?  He was our best player in the run-in.  We’d started falling apart well before he signed.  Loved Clarky, but Batty was comfortably a better footballer.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Sima said: Always find it a bit baffling how Andy Cole gets nowhere near these XIs Made by the players around him and the system as much as anything - we all loved Cole at the time, but the fact he never managed to score 20 league goals in a season for that Man Utd side tells a story of how good finisher he really was.  He wouldn’t be close to my all time XI in terms of talent; and if we’re talking favourites, he wouldn’t get ahead of his two predecessors in terms of sentiment (acting the cunt at Wembley, like a less talented Isak) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottlob Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Cole is fifth in the list of all-time Premier League goalscorers and second when you take away penalties. He was never the main man at Manchester United, a side which changed substantially a couple of times while he was there, but despite a slow start he developed his all-round game and was pretty crucial to their major successes of the late nineties. He then continued to score at a decent rate well into his thirties playing for middling clubs. Â I think if anything his game and the changes he made to it are underrated. His partnerships with Beardsley and then Yorke remain highly regarded and are certainly some of the best I've seen. And I think we have had few players more talented. It's always difficult to compare between generations, but next to Isak his burst of pace and all-around movement made him more of a persistent threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magorific Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 hours ago, OCOCOL said: Batty???  good player but and I know I’m a broken record his replacing of Clarkie was a critical part of our downfall and more so than the acquisition of Tino Couldn't disagree more. Our downfall was Sir Les losing his shooting boots (21 goals in first 23 games of the season, 4 in 14 after that) and Peter Schmeichel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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