MagPar Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 What a surprise, people picking on Nick again when the rest of the team were shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 1 minute ago, MagPar said: What a surprise, people picking on Nick again when the rest of the team were shite. There's currently a pool of fower Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) 7 minutes ago, MagPar said: What a surprise, people picking on Nick again when the rest of the team were shite. They were all shite, but Wolte was invisible. Edited March 1 by nufc123 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyUtd Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 8 minutes ago, MagPar said: What a surprise, people picking on Nick again when the rest of the team were shite. You're right but he was very poor like. He has been for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 2 minutes ago, nufc123 said: They were all shite, but Wolte was invisible. Nice edit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSelecta Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Sesko banging them in now along with JP and Ekitike - our list was decent but we may have gone one too far down it. Still can’t write him off until next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Pardew Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 5 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Oh it gets worse - the teams who put three past us in 12/13? Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool (and the Mackems - cheers, @Alan Pardew). The teams who’ve put three past us this season? Leeds, Bournemouth, Brentford, Everton … Lads we’ve been over this time and time again. We got 5th… I wanted to kick on and build from that. They brought in players like Vurnon Anita. We almost won the Europa League. See ya later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I remember how much NO loved Vurnon Anita. Absoute bobbins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 1 minute ago, Alan Pardew said: We almost won the Europa League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 We wanted,Ekitike ,Pedro,Sesko,All leads back to the Isak situation. 2 years running we havent got our business done early so players can be bedded in.Unfortunately Nick was a rush buy and not suited to Eddie's style of play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack14Bojangles Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) I'm incredibly frustrated now. I haven't written many comments lately. The first three or four months were thrilling, and Nick played so well. Then something must have happened for his form to decline so quickly. I don't know if it's because Eddie wanted to transform him into a different player than the one he was when he arrived. But it's just not working anymore. In his current tactical role, he'll continue to deteriorate and, more importantly, lose even more support from the fans. He's not an attacking midfielder, he's a striker, even as a second striker, not a midfielder, especially not in the Premier League. I can hardly stand to see him like this anymore. I'd rather have him rotating with Wissa up front than continue to get worse in midfield. He barely gets any more balls in midfield than he did as a striker. Either he's moving incorrectly between the lines, or his teammates simply don't see him. He's constantly signaling that he wants the ball short, but he's almost never passed to him. Things can't continue like this for him. Either coming in as a striker or from the bench. Sorry, but I'm frustrated. Edited March 1 by Jack14Bojangles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixx Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 8 hours ago, toon25 said: He's never in a million of years a number 8. Nor is he a #9. He needs to play in the hole, as a #10, as a second striker or what have you. It’s the only way his talents can be of use in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Given our league is virtually over would like to see something different other than 4-3-3. Guess we won't as we still want rhythm for the cup games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Jack14Bojangles said: I'm incredibly frustrated now. I haven't written many comments lately. The first three or four months were thrilling, and Nick played so well. Then something must have happened for his form to decline so quickly. I don't know if it's because Eddie wanted to transform him into a different player than the one he was when he arrived. But it's just not working anymore. In his current tactical role, he'll continue to deteriorate and, more importantly, lose even more support from the fans. He's not an attacking midfielder, he's a striker, even as a second striker, not a midfielder, especially not in the Premier League. I can hardly stand to see him like this anymore. I'd rather have him rotating with Wissa up front than continue to get worse in midfield. He barely gets any more balls in midfield than he did as a striker. Either he's moving incorrectly between the lines, or his teammates simply don't see him. He's constantly signaling that he wants the ball short, but he's almost never passed to him. Things can't continue like this for him. Either coming in as a striker or from the bench. Sorry, but I'm frustrated. Its seems to have been the rotation with Wissa (when he came back from the injury) that affected Wolte's form. Yes he wasn't scoring every game up to then, but his last really good performance was the Chelsea 2-2 where he scored two, and could/should have had three), but shortly after that game, he started getting rotated with Wissa... the two of them barely played together, and I think that affected his game, and gradually his confidence dipped, and now we are where we are. Edited March 1 by TK-421 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 9 hours ago, toon25 said: He's never in a million of years a number 8. Don't think anyone thinks he is TBH, it's more about finding a place in the team for him while we try to press with a faster forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) 17 hours ago, splinter said: We wanted,Ekitike ,Pedro,Sesko,All leads back to the Isak situation. 2 years running we havent got our business done early so players can be bedded in.Unfortunately Nick was a rush buy and not suited to Eddie's style of play. We did the business kind of late in the summer of 2023 aswell. Seems like we often end up trying to negotiate for a long time. It worked for us the first few windows, but not so much anymore. Edited March 2 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 17 hours ago, Pilko said: Don't get me wrong, he's a huge problem at the minute, but the amount of focus and heat he's getting in the media is annoying me a lot. If you want to talk about Newcastle, why not talk about us routinely conceding 2+ goals every fucking home game? Because that's a far bigger problem than Woltemade right now and doesn't seem to get a mention. That requires criticism of the likes of Pope & Burn which is sacrilege. Woltemade is a far easier target. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 7 hours ago, sixx said: Nor is he a #9. He needs to play in the hole, as a #10, as a second striker or what have you. It’s the only way his talents can be of use in the PL. Compare him to other PL-level ‘10s’. He is nowhere near the level required for that role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Just in terms of his strikers instinct, that goal against Wolves is what I expected more of TBH. Maybe I'm looking at it wrong but It's the most simple adjustment he can make to at least try and be more effective. When the ball is out wide, just go and stand or drift to the far post. He always just seems to be stuck in the middle of a crowd in the centre of the goal which is fine if you know what you are doing and know how to impose yourself but one or two games aside, he's often struggled to make any impact there. Plus it might have give our wingers something to aim for. Many times at the match me my mates are screaming 'why doesn't the cunt get himself at the far post'. The Wolves goal shows he's got the ability once he's in that position so not quite sure why he didn't try to make that more part of his game? I'm surprised Eddie hasn't instructed him to do this, or maybe he has and he's just wasn't doing it. With his size as well, he was bound to get a couple more goals or knockdowns / assists. Of course, this is not going to solve all his issues but I'd rather have two effective touches in the box than a hundred elsewhere. All the other caveats about his performances are valid but this is something I'm completely baffled by. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Nice to see our fan base almost universally telling Hope to fuck off here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMSIllustrious Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 German media only report that Bayern could possibly be interested if Kane leaves, which seems unlikely at best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, St1pe said: Nice to see our fan base almost universally telling Hope to fuck off here. He has been on a witch hunt with Woltemade since the start of the season. The fact that he has said that he doesn't support Newcastle now as it interferes with his 'journalist professionalism', tells you all you need to know about him as a person. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colos Short and Curlies Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 6 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said: Could be linking up in the Toon next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J7 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 The pile on from journalists, and ex-pros who should know better, is bizarre giving some of the tripe far more experienced players are serving up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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