Holden McGroin 9890 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Hopefully Barnes gets a chance now. He has never really had a run in the team. I reckon Howe will play Joelinton there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14498 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 12 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: compounded by barnes being a waste of a player and the chook looking like he's gone in the sulks when he's taken away from the left side. FYP Basically got Barnes and Odyssey for Anderson and Minteh. Know who got the shitty end of that stick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28509 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 32 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: no, you're right. our single RW Jacob Murphy doesn't need to be upgraded and definitely hasn't reverted to type after his purple patch When we had Miggy there..............plus we have had Gordon & Barnes cover when drastically needed. Its a one player position. Where's the CB's is two players. Where we have FUCK ALL depth at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28509 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 6 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: Hopefully Barnes gets a chance now. He has never really had a run in the team. I reckon Howe will play Joelinton there though. I would start Big Joe v little TAA in the final. Smash the cunt early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 19 minutes ago, Alex said: Agree it’s somewhere we need to strengthen but it’s less of a priority. Could argue Joelinton, Murphy, Osula and Barnes can cover the wing positions. I’ve pretty much written off Barnes beyond being a super sub but still. I’d be disappointed if we didn’t get a first teamer at both RW and RCB this summer though. barnes has been such an underwhelming signing. one of the few transfer since the takeover to disappoint. he's got a massive opportunity these next few games now gordon is out and i hope he takes it. he must think he has a point to prove and has the chance to become a club legend in the final 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 minute ago, wykikitoon said: When we had Miggy there..............plus we have had Gordon & Barnes cover when drastically needed. Its a one player position. Where's the CB's is two players. Where we have FUCK ALL depth at all. when everyone is fit we have plenty of depth at CB - we literality have one player who seems comfortable at RW and he was signed by rafa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ayatollah Hermione 17238 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I wouldn’t rushing to start Barnes since, as much as I’ve give him stick, Willock is showing some signs of life again and I always liked him and Joelinton interchanging down the left. You’d hope that Barnes has rediscovered his touch off the bench though, just in case 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 4188 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 41 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: barnes has been such an underwhelming signing. one of the few transfer since the takeover to disappoint. he's got a massive opportunity these next few games now gordon is out and i hope he takes it. he must think he has a point to prove and has the chance to become a club legend in the final Yeah, that's never good as it'll most likely mean he'll have tunnel vision when we're on the attack and go for goal himself regardless of whether there's a player better placed to lay it off to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 4167 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 4 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: if we’re allowed to spend again those times could return. That season we qualified for champions league was driven by a smattering of investment and the pure feelgood vibes in the ground after years of neglect under Ashley. PSR applied the breaks BRAKES on and off the pitch but if we can find a way to invest properly we’ll start dreaming again. We’re not a million miles away now. We have a core of good players. If only we were allowed to spend the owners’ money we could turn a half decent team into a squad that can compete. But this being Newcastle, you have to price in some form of crisis before that ever happens. Fuck me, I thought you were a journo?!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 4167 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: barnes has been such an underwhelming signing. one of the few transfer since the takeover to disappoint. he's got a massive opportunity these next few games now gordon is out and i hope he takes it. he must think he has a point to prove and has the chance to become a club legend in the final Barnes was a strange signing, it was like the club needed to buy some chairs because they had a bunch of brand new tables but then some other table became available and they bought those and then had no where to put them and still needed chairs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 9 minutes ago, sammynb said: Fuck me, I thought you were a journo?!?? Everybody needs an editor. You’d be amazed if I showed you some of the raw copy I’ve received over the years. Lee Ryder is apparently a journalist and my nine year old can write better than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 3 minutes ago, sammynb said: Barnes was a strange signing, it was like the club needed to buy some chairs because they had a bunch of brand new tables but then some other table became available and they bought those and then had no where to put them and still needed chairs. It’s a strange one in hindsight. One of those opportunistic signings, I suppose, in the sense that a player became available and the recruitment team liked him rather than him being the player in an area of the squad that actually needed to be improved. The problem with that strategy is we we were then prevented from strengthening the areas that needed improvement by PSR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28509 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bmi6mafAH/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42142 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 22 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bmi6mafAH/ Saw that the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 5996 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Botman staying fit might be critical for a CL push. We've talked about the fact we cant keep poession despite Tonali and Bruno, well our CBs and Tino are a big part of that right now. I like Tino and he's got so many great aspects to his game but posession and passing are where he needs to develop. Less said about the CB pairing in that respect the better. I get that Schar was always slow and he's aged a ton this season but he was a fantastic passer of the ball and you dont suddenly lose that over a couple of months so I've no idea whats happened to him. Burn's having a brilliant season in honesty but its heart in mouth stuff when he's trying to play short balls around our box, especially if freaking Pope is around too. Botman will make a big difference, suddenly balls into midfield will flow a lot more smoothly. I hope to hell he's not going to be the next Woodgate though with the injuries. Howe has managed to pull this lot back from poor form on previous occasions. Around the cup final two years ago when things seemed to be unravelling. And then last season of course finishing 7th with that horrendous injury crisis was nothing short of a miracle. So you'd think he's got it in him to come up with something again. It can only happen so many times though and this little period when we're trying to salvage CL place should be the absolute last time Howe is required to work miracles with this squad. The utter numpties questioning his position again ffs I know its only social media mostly but deciding what bread to buy is the limit of the decision making autonomy these people should have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28509 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2gve0z8vgo Two games and £70k for that. Fucking laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39193 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 He should have been taken out and shot at dawn. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14498 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 12 hours ago, wykikitoon said: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bmi6mafAH/ Pope doesn't need to go that far to kick it over the line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Infantino is such a fucking whopper. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 11889 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 On 04/03/2025 at 14:29, wykikitoon said: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bmi6mafAH/ There is loads of funny stuff Mayer did. Really funny bloke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 2 hours ago, Gemmill said: Infantino is such a fucking whopper. Good news for the half time receipts at the bar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 17238 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 The Americans who have paid a billion dollars for a ticket to the final will lap that shit up though. In between wondering why Messi isn’t playing in the game between Spain and France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 10574 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 On 04/03/2025 at 22:19, RobinRobin said: FYP Basically got Barnes and Odyssey for Anderson and Minteh. Know who got the shitty end of that stick. Anderson still wouldn't be playing much for us though IMO, he's behind Bruno, Tonali and Joelinton. Minteh would be playing loads though. People quickly forget that despite his limited minutes due to multiple injuries Barnes still has 10 goals (many of them key ones) and 4 assists. Hopefully one day we get to see his consistent best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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