The Fish 8950 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Just wish people would hold people like this to account; him, Merson, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 boumsong and bramble was a proper laurel and hardy centre back partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
247 597 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 3 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: boumsong and bramble was a proper laurel and hardy centre back partnership. He signed Owen, Luque and Boumsong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 2068 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, 247 said: He signed Owen, Luque and Boumsong £9 million for Boumsong, unbelievable ! he must have got a bung for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 He was quite open about signing him to try and help Rangers out after he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Some peope have very short memories. Boumsong had a hell of a lot going on off the field and was commuting to France every week. Labelling him an epic flop isn't really fair. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/2357874/souey-lay-off-boumsong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, 247 said: He signed Owen, Luque and Boumsong I remember thinking Luque looked awesome for Spain then he put on a Newcastle shirt and transformed into a donkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 2068 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 11 minutes ago, Phil said: Some peope have very short memories. Boumsong had a hell of a lot going on off the field and was commuting to France every week. Labelling him an epic flop isn't really fair. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/2357874/souey-lay-off-boumsong I never knew or i forgot that he had those personal problems. But a flop he was for sure, never worth £9 million, the whole deal looked like a fiddle, especially as Rangers got him for next to nowt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 7 hours ago, ewerk said: What chance have you got with a club looking to buy players that you like? Absolutely oblivious to the fact that he made the same mistake twice more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 2068 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, 247 said: He signed Owen, Luque and Boumsong I remember so happy when we signed Owen, I can't blame Souness for that. I've never been so wrong in my life, I've never hated a Newcastle player past or present more than M.Fucking Owen. He makes Graham Oates look like a saint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Bellamy's up there personality-wise but at least he produced results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 2068 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Bellamy was and still is a proper obnoxious bloke, but you're right he did produce. The 3-2 win at Feyenoord and his two goals are in my all time fucking class NUFC moments Owen took the piss. Graham Oates or M. Owen ? M. Owen, hate him the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 32 minutes ago, Tdansmith said: The 3-2 win at Feyenoord and his two goals are in my all time fucking class NUFC moments Same here, though I only remember the second goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30257 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: boumsong and bramble was a proper laurel and hardy centre back partnership. They started off pretty well but I think that was purely down to Bramble having one of his purple patches. He was playing that well that Boumsong was able to coast along. Actually Boumsong also had a couple of good games marking Henry. Nee good if you can't handle the physical presence of your average PL target man though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Souness mainly seems to bang on about what he wasn't responsible for. So what did he actually do? When you take away transfers, team prep and match prep/tactics, what's left? Dancing & vibes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26192 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 9 hours ago, Phil said: Some peope have very short memories. Boumsong had a hell of a lot going on off the field and was commuting to France every week. Labelling him an epic flop isn't really fair. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/2357874/souey-lay-off-boumsong Why isn't it fair? He was bought for big money and was shite. Seems like a fair definition of a flop to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 8 hours ago, Alex said: They started off pretty well but I think that was purely down to Bramble having one of his purple patches. He was playing that well that Boumsong was able to coast along. Actually Boumsong also had a couple of good games marking Henry. Nee good if you can't handle the physical presence of your average PL target man though. Bramble was a funny one. He seemingly had all the attributes: quick, strong, could ping a long raking pass. But his decision making, fuck me. I think it was largely down to him being thick as pig shit. Proper knuckles dragging on the floor/brain hurts sort of player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) 16 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: I remember thinking Luque looked awesome for Spain then he put on a Newcastle shirt and transformed into a donkey I can remember that overhead kick he scored for Deportivo, the lad had massive potential. He scored at the Stadium of Shite but that doesn't make up for how poor he was the rest of the time. Edit: Edited October 25, 2017 by Anorthernsoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Souness played a huge part in Newcastle becoming a relic of the club we should be. I was delighted when he was shown the door. The only time I didn't show any emotion at a Newcastle goal, was when Lee Clark put a last minute equaliser against Boro giving that twat another week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19744 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Oi Oi, Stevie! How’s the napper? agreed about souness, the useless fucking Scottish fuckpig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 8 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Oi Oi, Stevie! How’s the napper? It's like that Cypriot holiday resort some mornings. Ayia Napa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 9 hours ago, McFaul said: Souness played a huge part in Newcastle becoming a relic of the club we should be. I was delighted when he was shown the door. The only time I didn't show any emotion at a Newcastle goal, was when Lee Clark put a last minute equaliser against Boro giving that twat another week. Utterly useless and destructive manager. As everyone except Shepherd expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerbarton 24 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) What he's talking about this passage in the Souness/Samuel interview: 'Everything is statistics-based these days,' he says. 'I was doing a Brighton game recently and we had figures on Pascal Gross, the German guy who plays in midfield. 'The statistic was he had created 95 chances for Ingolstadt last season, the most in the Bundesliga. And four assists. How the f*** is that possible? 'I hear fans talking. How did we not win today, we had 64 per cent possession? Yes, but 44 per cent of it was in your own half. They're all kidding. 'Expected goals. High press and a low press. What the f***'s a low press? A couple of years back we had figures on who had completed the highest rate of passes of any Premier League player. 'It turned out to be Per Mertesacker. Five yards this way, five yards that way. So what? Edited October 26, 2017 by rogerbarton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 He's old school. Like a dinosaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Hates stats based judgement, hates the idea of signing players who he sees and rates himself based on his gut feeling, hates scouting the opposition. Who are you supposed to sign if he's your manager? What the hell are you supposed to do if you play for him? No wonder he was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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