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Shearer refusing to accept Isak is the first Newcastle player to get back to back 20+ goals in the top flight. Had to have his entire Newcastle career read back to him, with Richards laughing in the background at some of his paltry returns during his later seasons.

He also clothes-lined Aaron Hughes in the build-up to one of the goals when they beat us 5-3. Horrible little arsewipe.

I just checked on youtube and there are various Man Utd fan channels glorifying it that's another few years of hatred banked for me.

Burn also, for age and price.

I didn't think he was as good as some made out at the beginning of his first season joining us, (early in the promotion year) but he just got better and the first couple of seasons up he was immense. (Helped he had quality alongside him, Bracewell rolled back the years, Venison later moved into midfield for a while and it was a real unit). KK had the knack of not only spotting which players were good but who could do other jobs really well, Howey had been experimenting with playing CB in training before KK, KK took one look and said stay as a striker and you've no future here, play as a CB and it's a different story. I'm pretty sure Lee played out more wide at Charlton and did so at the beginning but his engine and knack of scoring had him in the middle of the park getting up and down soon enough.

This man gets it

Murphy probably clear evidence of that.

While that's true, I still wonder if Howe's ability to develop players is what is taking high ceiling players and really making them the best versions of themselves.

I loved Tiote but the less said about Pardew trying to make him a more progressive passer when Cabaye left, the better God bless him for trying though

Look up "running through treacle" in the dictionary and there's a picture of Rob Lee at that exact moment, bless him. But absolutely, fuck Solskjaer (or "Sol-SHAHrah" as one of the old-school commentators used to call him for some inexplicable reason)

The success rate of the club in the transfer market since the takeover is fucking wild. Bruno, Tonali, Isak, Hall, Livramento, Botman. Ridiculous.

Looks like something off a Classic Albums episode centered around a Yes album

Probably not heinz spaghetti from a tin as it appears either

He looked poor because he couldn’t do it but he never hid. Showed his good character but limitations at the same time. He was neat and tidy in possession getting the ball off the back 4 but he absolutely needed a bit of creativity alongside him

The baby faced cunt

Rob Lee was absolutely class at his best bit he lost form the year we should’ve won the title in the run in. He wasn’t the only one and an error on KK’s part (in retrospect) imo was there weren’t enough players with the experience of having won things to get us across the line. Nerves crept in because of that. But Lee was pretty complete as a CM. Box to box, could put his foot in plus goals. And a great engine plus work ethic. Cabaye was a good player but I’d say he benefited from having Tiote alongside him. Tiote wasn’t creative but he covered so much ground. Tiote even allowed Nolan to look good in CM two. Nolan had an eye for goal but was not mobile. At Bolton they played a 3 to get the most out of him. Tiote was a fabulous athlete (with more to his game than just that).

Gordon.

Rob Lee was class by the way. Especially early on in his nufc career.

Cabaye looked good in a shit team. He lasted 2 years at PSG before he ended up at Palace. Tonali would get in most midfields in the world

likes spaghetti that much he can contort his arms.

It's AI as he's currently playing for Meelan after we sold him in Jan

Ipswich will go down but sheffield united, leeds and burnley (current top 3 in the championship) all are. Thing is that it would require american billionaires to work together and Im not sure theyre capable of that.

Where’s that sweet Caroline cunt when you need him?

Wood did his job as far as giving us a focal point during our relegation fight tbf. He was a stop gap and it worked. Targett is probably the only one I’d say hasn’t worked but even then, we were making a successful loan move permanent so it looked like a no-brainer. Fucking mental that we even made an instant profit on Kelly

Got tests back, got full works done, full blood count, thyroid, iron, Magnesium, B12 all look normal, so I don't have diabetes Inflammation (CRP and ESR both slightly elevated) about 12 and 15 but doc off today and not seen the results but back on Mon, so asked if she would give me a call. Could well be post viral fatigue / long covid if everything else looks normal. No real evidence of ME / MS / MND in the family so fairly confident it isnt that Was feeling grand with the wee man for the match on Weds, we walked 25k steps on Weds, stood most of the game in LWC L7 and 17k steps yesterday, absolutely fecked today mind you! Sleeping and eating well.

What I don't understand is this; Here's a great opportunity for the established elite to absolutely fucking hobble one of the upstarts, and an opportunity for the chasing pack to open up a spot in the CL spots, and an opportunity for the rest to kick a 'big club' in the nuts. Instead, they see Chelsea taking the absolute piss and just let them get on with it. pussy-oles

Aye they run out of assets eventually. But the fact that it's so far dug them out of hundreds of millions of overspending on transfers is fucking disgusting. I think they've cleared at least £300m of PSR trouble with hotels and the women's team so far. If they had a decent strategy they'd have the CL qualification sewn up for the foreseeable future. They still might if their current crop come to anything. It absolutely reeks.

One of many footballers who've been unlucky with injuries. Him coming in the team WITH Beresford, (although unpopular), with Ginola being dropped helped us get CL football as they just rotated positions with ease and Daveed by that time was in a bit of a huff that the Barcelona move fell through and Kenny wanted him to do a bit of graft.

It takes some doing to outperform a Russian gangster in the dodgy bastard leagues, but to give credit where it's due Boehly has done a great job 👏

I was too young to appreciate how good he was I suppose - just a kid so honestly didn't understand what made a player 'good' other than that they scored goals a lot. I still remember him firmly from that era though, he's one of the first 5 players I'd think of.

I just pinched the pic from WhatsApp, nowt to do with me! (Same as the song). Moretti is made in Burton on Trent I think?

Does Rob Lee get any credit with the younger generations? In contrast players like Warren Barton (who was absolute shite at best) is a cult hero and often finds his way into Top XI discussions.

Rob Lee stats. I’d have thought he might have scored more goals whilst he was here. Can’t see Sandro playing nearly 400 games for us tbh either. 50 assists isn’t too shabby…

Aye, wasn’t slating him. More the knacker manager. Then again, it’s not like Ashley was going to get him a proper replacement

He’s from Lombardy so it should be risotto

Didnt notice it at the time but Joelinton also gave Isak and absolute bollocking when he didn't pass to Barnes. Good to see.

Yeah I didn't believe that either but it seems to check out, Shearer never did it, Macdonald never did it, Milburn never did it.

I was just thinking the same thing. I really hope Flange doesn’t get fired.

Cabaye was a decent player but the pickings were slim around then.

https://bsky.app/profile/greyeyemagpie.bsky.social/post/3llwaekmnyk2l Good angle and little eyebrow raising from the Anglo-Italian fanny moistener.

Sent him on loan you mean.....

Contract extension