Jacob Ramsey

[GOTONEW]

That handball was baffling. A pro footballer doing that in the box? Wut! 

[Ronaldo]

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

He was a good player at Villa who will most likely come good, but if the last transfer window should have taught us anything, it's that it's not worth paying the premium for "PL ready".

100%. Especially when none of them (at their previous clubs) looked like they could take us to the next level.

[The Bonk]

Just now, GOTONEW said:

That handball was baffling. A pro footballer doing that in the box? Wut! 

Watched Ramsdale against Spurs and thought it was worth the risk.

[TRon]

35 minutes ago, Chris_R said:

Given how shit he is with his feet but good with his hands, and how shit Ramsdale is with his hands but good with his feet, well boy do I have a good idea for the next match.

 

 

 

[TRon]

28 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

He was a good player at Villa who will most likely come good, but if the last transfer window should have taught us anything, it's that it's not worth paying the premium for "PL ready".

 

 

Feels like we've spent big money on players who haven't improved the side. At least Thiaw and Woltemade look like decent investments so I guess you can't win them all. 

[Sibierski]

This guy was an opportunistic PSR buy  What price would he have cost without that? 

[Rocker]

Utterly shite today. Fingers crossed it's just ring rust. 😐

 

 

Edited December 6, 2025 by Rocker

[The Prophet]

2 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

Feels like we've spent big money on players who haven't improved the side. At least Thiaw and Woltemade look like decent investments so I guess you can't win them all. 

 

I guess we'll see in time. Many were saying the same thing about the 23/24 summer.

[localshop]

23 minutes ago, Rocker said:

Utterly shite today. Fingers crossed it's just ring rust. 😐

 

 

 

A course of strong antibiotics should sort that out.

[Newcastle Fan]

Almost every time i've seen him this season he looked so average. not physically strong or technically able, doesn't help the defense or attack and when you think of how much we've  paid for him that's really disappointing. Joe Willock looks a far more established player compared to him.

 

Hopefully he will grow into the team but like Elanga it's worrying as we are almost in the middle of the season.

[JonBez comesock]

Forgot he was playing in the second half ….until he gave the pen away 

[Holloway]

The upgrade we were looking for here isn't happening

[Keggy_Keagal]

Said in the match day thread I don't see it. Although I trust Eddie's ability to get the best out of a player. Hopefully patience will be rewarded but for me he's behind the main three as well as Miley and Willock at the moment. 

[Dr Venkman]

He’ll be fine, good player. He really needs a run of games. He was effective going forwards today I thought, his passing is nice and crisp on the break. I haven’t seen the handball as I was sat in the Gallowgate.

[JonBez comesock]

14 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

He’ll be fine, good player. He really needs a run of games. He was effective going forwards today I thought, his passing is nice and crisp on the break. I haven’t seen the handball as I was sat in the Gallowgate.

I don’t think he gets that run of games though 

[timeEd32]

He'll be 25 at season's end. We probably have an 18-24 month window where we could get back a good amount of what we paid from another PL club.

 

But Willock looks to be in better form than him, which is highly concerning.

[robbo_11]

19 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:

He'll be 25 at season's end. We probably have an 18-24 month window where we could get back a good amount of what we paid from another PL club.

 

But Willock looks to be in better form than him, which is highly concerning.

 

Is this partly Willock either playing for a contract extension or to secure a transfer elsewhere?

[Leemond]

He's the reason why we'll be shopping abroad next window 

[Disco]

Played fine

[Dr Venkman]

18 minutes ago, Disco said:

Played fine

I don’t know what he’s done to deserve this criticism so early but it’s really, really weird. 

[Heron]

5 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

I don’t know what he’s done to deserve this criticism so early but it’s really, really weird. 

Expectation...

[nufcjmc]

Both him and elanga came from the league and while every transfer is a gamble it could end up costing nearly 100m for the pair. People rightly or wrongly put a high level of expectation on them due to this. They arent 20 year old raw gambles from abroad they are tried and tested. 

 

Critique like "tidy" or "did ok" doesn’t feel good enough for where we want to be and the fee they came attached with. 

 

He never hid from the ball but seemed clumsy with it at times just feels like an opportunity missed for him in today's game. 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2025 by nufcjmc

[Holloway]

Fine is pushing it a bit, he's been just about ok,looks a bit short on confidence. Willock has earned his start today but I can't be saying the same for Ramsay.

 

[Wallsendmag]

7 minutes ago, Holloway said:

Fine is pushing it a bit, he's been just about ok,looks a bit short on confidence. Willock has earned his start today but I can't be saying the same for Ramsay.

 

 

Agree. If every player put in a level of performance the same as what he did today from now till the end of the season we'd lose a lot more than we'd win.

[TRon]

33 minutes ago, nufcjmc said:

Both him and elanga came from the league and while every transfer is a gamble it could end up costing nearly 100m for the pair. People rightly or wrongly put a high level of expectation on them due to this. They arent 20 year old raw gambles from abroad they are tried and tested. 

 

Critique like "tidy" or "did ok" doesn’t feel good enough for where we want to be and the fee they came attached with. 

 

He never hid from the ball but seemed clumsy with it at times just feels like an opportunity missed for him in today's game. 

 

 

 

 

While Elanga has looked a bit clumsy at times, there have been some electric moments where you could see he could win games. With Ramsey I just haven't seen anything that suggests he's a top player. He's a tidy player at the moment, but pretty anonymous mostly. He doesn't look a bad player, just not someone who improves us, so not really sure what the point of the signing.