Newcastle United Football Club

[:utakt]

Dette er jo Ashley.

[Danielzu]

 

 

Null peil på spilleren, men money being spent!

[Snikpellik]

Ok spiss han, helt klart et talent men som stagnerte litt forrige sesong. Litt aggressiv type. 36 millioner pund var veldig mye for en som ikke garanterer noe, men sånn går det vel med forhandlingene når de kvitter seg med spisser før de kjøper inn.

[Reg2000]

Morsomt at klubben bruker mest penger på de dårligste managerne.

[Danielzu]

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Bruce har kontroll. Måtte han få bli i Newcastle i mange sesonger. Kan bli en helt legendarisk og meget morsom sesong.

Endret 11. august 2019 av """

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“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

 

I would like to start my first column for The Athletic with this quote from Confucius, the Chinese philosopher and politician.

 

People in Newcastle have been talking about my decision to move to China without knowing what happened behind the scenes during my three years at St James’ Park.

 

I haven’t wanted to say too much about that — I’ve encouraged supporters to get behind Steve Bruce and his new team — but I’ve been made aware of what Lee Charnley, Newcastle’s managing director, claimed in the club’s match programme last weekend and I think it’s important I address that.

 

Hopefully, it will be the last time I have to do so. In the future I want to write about football and nothing but football.

 

When I joined Newcastle in 2016, I did it with all my heart. I could feel the history and see the potential of the club and I wanted to be part of a project and to stay close to my family on Merseyside.

 

I tried to do my best every day, even staying when we went down to the Championship and saying no to other offers — bigger offers than the one I recently accepted with Dalian Yifang, by the way. If I was only interested in moving “for money”, as Charnley stated, I could have done it much earlier.

 

Over my long career, and especially in my time at Newcastle, I’ve always shown commitment to my club, its city and its community and I’ve done it with professionalism and honesty. I want to remember the good moments I spent in the north-east — and there were many of them — and not have to keep denying things about my time there or about my departure.

 

Newcastle’s board had a year to sort out my contract but, when we met after the end of last season, they didn’t make me an offer I could accept. They told me they didn’t want to invest in the academy or the training ground — if they like, I can explain the reason why Mike Ashley refused to do that. Their idea of a project was a policy of signing players under 24 and, in my opinion, the budget available was not enough to compete for the top 10.

 

After that meeting, I knew they would not come back with a serious offer and, when it arrived, 19 days later, it was for the same salary as three years earlier and with less control over signings. Charnley’s comments in the programme about having a deal agreed for Joelinton in February explains a lot that I couldn’t understand at that time.

 

After three years of unfulfilled promises, I didn’t trust them.

 

When we finished 10th in the Premier League in our first season back, all players and staff were paid a bonus — aside from my coaching team. That felt like a punishment for me not signing an extension.

 

So, by the end, I knew there would not be a proper offer and they knew I was not signing.

 

I couldn’t explain that in public because I was not allowed to talk to the press without their permission, so I was waiting until late June, like every fan, hoping there would be good news about Newcastle’s prospective takeover.

 

The time was passing and we were losing job opportunities in Europe. I couldn’t wait forever. I’m a family man and I have a responsibility to them, my staff, Paco, Antonio and Mikel, and their families, too. I don’t like to gamble with the future of my people.

 

In front of us we had three options: nothing serious from Newcastle, the hope of a possible takeover or a different project. Yes, it was a big offer in China — I have never denied that — but it was also another continent and another league, from a club giving us a lot of recognition and respect. That decision wasn’t easy, but it was clear.

 

So, here we are in the Chinese Super League with an ambitious club that has a big company in Wanda behind it.

 

At Dalian, we are trying to build something important in this massive, fascinating country. It is another level, another way of doing things, another culture, but they believe in us, they listen to us and their priority is not just to make a profit. They are investing big money in developing a new scouting department, they are building a new training ground for the academy, the under-23s and, obviously, the first team. And, yes, they are using our experience to guide them.

 

The CSL has 16 clubs so that means 30 league games plus the cup (we are in the semi-finals) and the Asian Champions League, if you qualify.

 

The Chinese Federation tries to promote young players, which means the top teams like Guangzhou Evergrande, who have had the best young Chinese players for years, can manage better than us. We can’t compete with them at the moment, but our target this year is to finish in the top 10 (we are sixth), and we are improving and growing. They expect us to leave a legacy, the basement on which to build something.

 

The whole experience is a challenge, none bigger than the language. I have worked in Spain, Italy and England, but this is very different. Here, you need a translator for everything: to transmit your thoughts in training sessions, team talks and to the media, down to working on computers. But there is a rich culture here; the city, the food, the life are all nice. And, as I say, we have been treated with nothing but respect.

 

Over the coming weeks, I will talk more about that and more about what’s happening in the Premier League but, as I have started with Newcastle, I will finish with them, too.

 

What can I say about them? Before their first game, I wished the players, fans and Steve Bruce all the best and I meant it sincerely, because they deserve it. Arsenal was their first match of the season and their first with a new manager, so we have to give them time.

 

The signings we made to take us from the Championship have more experience in the Premier League now. I think the combination of “our” young players, like Jamaal Lascelles, Isaac Hayden, DeAndre Yedlin and Javier Manquillo, the new squad members like Miguel Almiron and Sean Longstaff, together with the experience of Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Martin Dubravka, Fabian Schar, Florian Lejeune, Federico Fernandez, Jonjo Shelvey, Ki Sung-yeung, Ciaran Clark, Karl Darlow and Christian Atsu will be enough to stay up.

 

The new players will have to make the difference if they want to finish better than 10th, but they will need — and they will have — support from the fans, even if they are not happy with how things have been done, because they know the club is bigger than anyone. They have to be United; Newcastle United.

 

On Sunday morning, I switched on my television in Dalian and there was a documentary about Alan Shearer being shown. Can you believe that? It’s true.

 

I saw joy in the faces of Newcastle fans after every goal. I didn’t need the reminder, because I was there so recently, there with all my heart, but it made me think again about that history and potential. And it made me consider something else: what would an 18-year-old Newcastle supporter think about his club now?

 

Best wishes from China,

 

Rafa*

 

 

 

For en mann!

[:utakt]

Så utrolig patetisk forestilling mot Brighton. Hvor mye possession hadde de i første 45, var det 75% eller noe? Brighton skal ikke være særlig bedre enn oss, det er lag vi skal slå hjemme. Jesus Maria dette blir en traurig sesong.

[Fresh Prince]

Er ikke noe annet å forvente med Steve Bruce.

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Steve Bruce mener at Newcastle gjorde en OK figur, men at de må ta sjansene sine.

 

 

Fabian Schar derimot:
 

“We played a s… game – what can I say?

“We were lucky to get a point.

“We played a bad game – that is it.

“We need to play much better.

“Today was a really bad game for ourselves and that’s all I can really say.”

 

 

 

 

 

«United's own game plan seemed to be stumping some of the Toon players with Fabian Schar clearly rattled early on.

During a break in play he raced over to the bench and appeared to ask: "What's his position supposed to be?"

Amidst the madness of a game in full flow it's difficult to know which team-mate he was referring to but he appeared to be pointing to the right-hand side of the field.»

«Isaac Hayden also made a foray to the side of the pitch and appeared to mouth: "This isn't working."

It resulted in a reshuffle by Bruce with the head coach switching to 4-5-1 and shoving Jetro Willems into the centre of midfield in a bid to absorb Brighton's possesion.»

 

 

Fantastisk!

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Interessant å se Longstaff om dagen. Var rett og slett pur klasse under Rafa, men ser ut som en league 2-spiller under Bruce. Komisk forvandling.

[Danielzu]

Kan man nesten si om alle på Newcastle

[Reg2000]

Kan man nesten si om alle på Newcastle

 

Det er nesten trist å se hvor stor forandring det har blitt. Det blir nok en tøff kamp mellom Newcastle og Watford om å bli sesongens dårligste lag.

 

Hvorfor de betalte £40m for Joelinton er et mysterium.

Endret 29. september 2019 av Reg2000

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Joelinton er en av få som faktisk har sett ganske bra ut så langt i sesongen, situasjonen tatt i betraktning. Ville nok vært meget, meget god under en habil manager med bittelitt taktiske egenskaper. Men når Steve Bruce isolerer han på topp i kamp etter kamp blir det vanskelig å utrette veldig mye. For la oss være ærlige her, hverken Messi, Mane, Salah, Neymar eller Ronaldo ville sett veldig gode ut under Steve Bruce i Newcastle.

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Unner Ayoze Perez det her da. Håper han topper det her med et mål eller to.   

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Det her er kunst. 

[:utakt]

0-5 ja, artig artig! Håper Sunderland rykker opp, så får vi lokaloppgjør igjen neste sesong.

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https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-uniteds-early-season-struggle-17006491

Det er her må ein berre lese. Interessant og skremmande! Har limt inn noko av det under.


"Fewest shots of ANY Premier League team"

"Lowest possession of any side in the top flight"
-"They’ve got an average possession of 33.9% across their seven matches – and three of their game feature in the lowest possession in English football this season."

"There is no more damning attacking stat than this. They have touched the ball just 65 times in the opposition box this season across seven matches – a risible figure made even worse by the fact that the nearest team to them is Sheffield United, who have had 92 touches in the opposition box."

"Last season under Rafa Benitez, United only conceded three or more goals four times across the whole 38 games season. This season it has happened three times in just seven games."

"Lowest expected goals (5.42 all season)"
- "It’s seen as the industry standard in terms of measuring how creative a team is – and Newcastle are bang last. Their expected goals are 5.42."

"Bruce sinks to lowest Premier League win rate (and three of the six are ex-NUFC managers)"
-"His win ratio of 27.8% is less than Tony Pulis and Joe Kinnear, who is third. Sam Allardyce is sixth, given Newcastle the unwelcome distinction of having employed three of those with the lowest win ratio."

"Fewest ‘progressive passes’
These are passes looking to move the ball, and possession, forward. United are the lowest in the division"

 

 

 

[oOF]

Det er vel ikke noen overraskelse når det kommer til Steve Bruce. Jeg vil nok anse Rafa som en betydelig bedre trener enn Steve Bruce og det vises vel på resultatene også.

[Danielzu]