wykikitoon 20773 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Whilst listening to the wireless and TalkSport in particular this evening, there was talk of current sporting heroes, or the lack of them. I was wondering apart from Shay, there isnt anyone in the current squad that makes me smile and think, Yes he plays for us. Owen for me is a good but too injury prone. In the past we have had Shearer, Les, Pedro, Cole, Lee etc etc Some great players and even the likes of Albert, Ginola have made me think great stuff. So what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Alot of our squad have just arrived really so apart from Shay I don't think there is anyone else. I can certainly see the likes of Enrique, Rozehnal, Cacapa and Barton becoming 'heroes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Thought this was going to be about that fucking Chronicle promotion for those little card thingies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastlebroon 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Matty Pattison is a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Matty Pattison is a legend. He would've been if he kept his Avid Merrion hairstyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Owen Martins N'Zogbia Given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 we've got 2 world class players in my opinion. owen and given. i think barton will become very good if given the free role that nolan used to get under big sam, but i'm unsure he'll be a hero of mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 stevieintoon and acrossthepond deserve legend status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RlCO 0 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Whilst listening to the wireless and TalkSport in particular this evening, there was talk of current sporting heroes, or the lack of them. I was wondering apart from Shay, there isnt anyone in the current squad that makes me smile and think, Yes he plays for us. Owen for me is a good but too injury prone. In the past we have had Shearer, Les, Pedro, Cole, Lee etc etc Some great players and even the likes of Albert, Ginola have made me think great stuff. So what do you think? I think naturally Legend status goes hand in hand with periods of relative success, unless it's in recognition of proper genius (gascoine, beardo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3982 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Legends are made over time. Apart from Given no one has been here long enough / played enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 878 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Given, Martins, Solano. I know Solano's moved on but I think he spent long enough and certainly had enough fan support to be called a Toon hero. There's a player who had it all - skill, committment, rapport with the fans. A true Mag, Nobby Solano. If we could have a team full of players like him I'd accept wherever we ended up, be it 2nd 12th or 20th. (only half taking this piss here - serious about Solano.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3517 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Given and Harper are the only two in the current squad that deserve to come close to legend status. As much as I was a huge fan of Nobby's the way he engineered his move away and that shite club he chose to move to lost him all legend status imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14066 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Thought this was going to be about that fucking Chronicle promotion for those little card thingies. I've got Pattison, Ramage, Huntington, a quarter of the badge and Carr. How shit. It's the equivalent of buying footy stickers as a kid and getting all Coventry players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 stevieintoon deserves legend status. The term legend is often overused and chronically misused. On this occasion though I feel it's appropriate. Nar honestly though, you see the Masters, and they're billed as Newcastle Legends v Sunderland Legends, and you see the likes of Kevin Scott and Ian Bogie running aboot. To me Newcastle has three legends, although, I'd accept about another ten being loosely called legends. I'd say Peter, Wor Jackie, and Hughie Gallagher who many will tell you was the best player in the world at the time. Maybe I'm being pedantic not putting Shearer and Super Alk in. We might not have another genuine legend for 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 With the current squad, it seems a lot of fans turn against them. Taylor has gone from future hero, to billy big bollocks. Martins has gone from the player who kept us up last season to a donkey, Ameobi gets stick, Parker got stick, Carr gets abused, Boumsong and Dyer got loads of abuse, Owen is the current scape-goat. Barton could go either way, I'm not sure what the City fans thought of him, but the local press were sick of him there. It seems you'll only be a 'legend' if you're telling the fans how much you love the place in the Chronicle once per week, like Nobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawan 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Given is our current hero, but like Skol said I could see Enrique, Rozehnal, Cacapa and Barton becoming future heros. Not so much Cacapa, just because hes on the wrong side of 30 so i don't he will be here long enough to gain hero/legend status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22182 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 nobby was a legend and a bit of a cult hero. shearer and given. can't think of too many others in recent times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Bellamy was for a while. Bet he's gutted he isn't still here actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Im going to use the word 'legend' lightly here ok? Shearer Nobby Rob Lee (for me) Gary Speed (purely for the bullet header) Pedro Given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3517 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 stevieintoon deserves legend status. The term legend is often overused and chronically misused. On this occasion though I feel it's appropriate. Nar honestly though, you see the Masters, and they're billed as Newcastle Legends v Sunderland Legends, and you see the likes of Kevin Scott and Ian Bogie running aboot. To me Newcastle has three legends, although, I'd accept about another ten being loosely called legends. I'd say Peter, Wor Jackie, and Hughie Gallagher who many will tell you was the best player in the world at the time. Maybe I'm being pedantic not putting Shearer and Super Alk in. We might not have another genuine legend for 50 years. How the fuck do you not include Joe Harvey in that list? For someone who claims to know a lot about NUFC that's a huge omission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Emre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 stevieintoon and acrossthepond deserve legend status. Warrabootmelike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Big difference between Legend and Hero though isn't there. Going on the original question, which asked about heroes, I'd say Owen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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