adios 717 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) 40 minutes ago, David Kelly said: I see Slimani is out for another two weeks. Brilliant! Edited February 23, 2018 by adios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 @Ant , why do some emoticons not "take" when you put them in the editor? :jesuswept: for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30645 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Apparently I just need to type faster than Grammarly can process it! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21959 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, David Kelly said: It was in the national press yesterday too. Not sure whether that makes it any more reliable like. Ability wise, I don't think he's that great a player, but he's giving us a lot more than his ability suggests he's capable of. I'd be very disappointed to see him go for any amount of money, especially as Ashley would be the only one to benefit from it. ability wise, you mean on the ball? i don't mind that too much. in fact, i'd go as far as saying i love him, he's an excellent defender, probably the best centre half in that respect we've had in years, and a very good organiser - we went to shit when he was injured for that reason. good in the air. the jury is still out on lejeune, so i don't know if he's that player or not, but lascelles would do brilliantly along a more cultured ball-playing, sweeper type centre back. future england international tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, trooper said: Salami out for another 2 weeks i'm quite impressed we sold a striker to loan a striker who may not even play a game for us this season. Mitrovic: 3 appearances for Fulham ...... 1 goal. Slimani: 0 appearances and none in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21959 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 salami has still had as many games as mitro would have if we hadn't let him go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: ability wise, you mean on the ball? i don't mind that too much. in fact, i'd go as far as saying i love him, he's an excellent defender, probably the best centre half in that respect we've had in years, and a very good organiser - we went to shit when he was injured for that reason. good in the air. the jury is still out on lejeune, so i don't know if he's that player or not, but lascelles would do brilliantly along a more cultured ball-playing, sweeper type centre back. future england international tbh. Not just on the ball. I still think he's a limited player defensively as well. I suppose I'm comparing him to someone like Woodgate who just seemed to defend almost perfectly every time. He didn't make a lot of sliding tackles because his positioning was so good. Lascelles is playing to his strengths though and that's definitely a good thing. Plenty of players over the years haven't been what you would call technically brilliant but have been superb players. I totally agree his organising is excellent and it makes such a big difference to us. I'd possibly say that he hadn't had that spell out we might now be sitting a lot more pretty ahead of Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21959 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 he strikes me as the type who just loves defending. i love that. bit like dummet. both limited players technically, but no nonsense and if you were an attacking player, you wouldn't fancy being marked by either of them. he's not in woodgate's class, don't think he ever will be, but he could prove to be a far more important player for us if we can keep him fit. he's still a kid too really, as far as centre halves go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 28 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: salami has still had as many games as mitro would have if we hadn't let him go That's probably true, but at least Mitro would have been available if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21959 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 rafa would have probably rather played his mam up front man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: rafa would have probably rather played his mam up front man Is she signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 “Slimani had a setback so he will not be available and will be (out for) at least a couple of weeks. “He had an injury when he came, (now) a setback in training, and we will have to deal with that. “When you go to deadline day, it is always a risk. “We did it and we have to manage the situation in the best way possible. “Islam Slimani was positive and training really well but he felt this problem again. “We have to make sure he is ok (before he plays). “For teams at the bottom, every game is like a final. For us, for Bournemouth, it is a big test. “We have to be sure that this one is an opportunity to get three points. “As soon as you win a couple of games you go three or four places up the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToony 41 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Dubravka Yedlin Lejeune Lascelles Dummett Diame Shelvey Ritchie Kenedy Perez Rafa's Mam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20210 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7034 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 So that’s a max of 8 games we get out of Slimani now? £2mil fee and £100kpw wasn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 6 hours ago, LooneyToony said: Dubravka Yedlin Lejeune Lascelles Dummett Diame Shelvey Ritchie Kenedy Perez Rafa's Mam So she is signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30645 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: So that’s a max of 8 games we get out of Slimani now? £2mil fee and £100kpw wasn’t it? Seven matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14012 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 18 hours ago, trooper said: Salami out for another 2 weeks i'm quite impressed we sold a striker to loan a striker who may not even play a game for us this season. Mitrovic is on loan too, so all in all it's not really a drastic change of affairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Tom said: Mitrovic is on loan too, so all in all it's not really a drastic change of affairs. So he is Tom my bad even so, the main area we needed strengthened appears to have been weakned for X number of games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14012 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30645 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Quote Newcastle will try to land Chelsea winger Kenedy on a permanent deal. Rafa Benitez will have to pay up to £15m for the Brazilian who has helped lift United away from relegation trouble. Kenedy scored twice against Southampton at the weekend and has made six league starts – more than he made in two and a half years at Chelsea. The 22-year-old has admitted he is open to the prospect of staying on Tyneside long term if they stay in the Premier League. Get him signed up. Never doubted him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20210 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Would be chuffed if we got him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21959 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 he looks a big upgrade on atsu, could be a star for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35100 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 29 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: he looks a big upgrade on atsu, could be a star for us I think both Atsu and Ritchie have suffered at times by the lack of options, so they've played even when struggling for form. Wide players' form is always going to be a bit mercurial anyway, it's the nature of the position. With Murphy looking better all the time and if we could sign Kenedy it would mean we were starting to have some good options on the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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