ohmelads 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 (edited) Official site: Coco Set For Start By Ian Willis POSSIBLE signing Francesco Coco is set for a run-out in Saturday's friendly with Yeading at St. James' Park. The Inter Milan full back, capped 17 times by the Azzuri, jetted into Tyneside on Thursday to discuss a move to The Magpies. The 28-year-old trained with United on Friday morning, and Graeme Souness told nufc.co.uk this morning that he is hoping to get the green light to include him in his squad tomorrow. "If we can get the permission, Francesco will be involved tomorrow," said Souness. "I think we feel we need to strengthen in that area, so we'll have a look at him. "It's a friendly game so we will be able to have a look at a few players and give them a run-out. They need games. "But I'm going into the game with next week in mind and I'm going to try and concentrate on what I think will be the 11 that will start at Highbury next weekend. "I want to give them as much football as possible. In some cases that will mean giving some of them 90 minutes. Souness added: "Kieron Dyer will be back, I'm hoping he will play in in this one and maybe another friendly if we can get one arranged next week. "I would like to think Kieron can play in two friendlies and be ready for Arsenal. "The team will be a little different to the one we put out the other night against Deportivo. Craig Moore will figure, though Lee Clark won't be involved." Edited August 5, 2005 by ohmelads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Well if he can handle dropping from Inter to playing Yeading he can handle anything IMHO.............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Good news about Dyer. Still undecided about Coco - he can't be any worse than Elliott, but his fitness concerns me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Good news about Dyer. Still undecided about Coco - he can't be any worse than Elliott, but his fitness concerns me. 7832[/snapback] Odds on him getting injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads 0 Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 The guy hasn't actually signed yet. Do you think this will be a trial game for him? To see if he plays shit/gets injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 The guy hasn't actually signed yet. Do you think this will be a trial game for him? To see if he plays shit/gets injured. 7836[/snapback] Spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9778 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 (edited) Good news about Dyer. Still undecided about Coco - he can't be any worse than Elliott, but his fitness concerns me. 7832[/snapback] I just spoke to some Italian guy who told me about comments from Coco in the Italian press. He blamed the physios and coaches from Inter saying for the wrong schedules. He also had a go at Mancini for his training. So basically he is injury prone, a moaner and makes regular appearances in the Italian gossip columns. Good thing that Newcastle are doing proper background checks nowadays when signing players... Edited August 6, 2005 by Isegrim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Good news about Dyer. Still undecided about Coco - he can't be any worse than Elliott, but his fitness concerns me. 7832[/snapback] I just spoke to some Italian guy who told me about comments from Coco in the Italian press. He blamed the physios and coaches from Inter saying for the wrong schedules. He also had a go at Mancini for his training. So basically he is injury prone, a moaner and makes regular appearances in the Italian gossip columns. Good think that Newcastle are doing proper background checks nowadays when signing players... 8284[/snapback] He sounds perfect ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 0 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 How did he play today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chip2388 0 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Reading other peoples post he had a good game abit out of position at times but thats proper lack of games and adapting to the english style but it was against Yeading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil K 0 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 I'm just waiting for the headlines - "Coco Flops !" "Coco tops !" Only a matter of time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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