Ex Players - They used to play for us

[Hitesh]

23 hours ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

I had no idea Iheanacho was back in the Championship with Middlesbrough

Don't think Iheanacho had any idea he is back in the Championship with Middlesbrough 

[baldeagle]

Funny how things can charge so quickly .  Ben Chilwell Chelsea captain for a while  now on loan at Palace and permanently on the bench . 

Edited 13 April by baldeagle

[MPH]

2 hours ago, baldeagle said:

Funny how things can charge so quickly .  Ben Chilwell Chelsea captain for a while  now on loan at Palace and on permanently on the bench . 

[lfu]

goal and an assist for Ayoze against Betis, the first match Betis have lost in over 2 months

[Sly]

11 hours ago, lfu said:

goal and an assist for Ayoze against Betis, the first match Betis have lost in over 2 months

He’s done really well back in Spain since leaving us. 20 goals and assists this season in 25 games.

You’d argue that of all the big players that have left us recently, he’s achieved the most, having won the European Championship with Spain last year.

 

Look at it though….

Perez - European Cup

Barnes - League cup

Tielemans - 4th in Prem / UCL Qtr Final

Maddison - 5th in Prem / largely injured 

 

[K789]

On 12/04/2025 at 08:42, Hitesh said:

Don't think Iheanacho had any idea he is back in the Championship with Middlesbrough 

Hes certainly enjoyed the Spanish diet by the looks of it

[baldeagle]

1 hour ago, Sly said:

He’s done really well back in Spain since leaving us. 20 goals and assists this season in 25 games.

You’d argue that of all the big players that have left us recently, he’s achieved the most, having won the European Championship with Spain last year.

 

Look at it though….

Perez - European Cup

Barnes - League cup

Tielemans - 4th in Prem / UCL Qtr Final

Maddison - 5th in Prem / largely injured 

 

Barnes hasn’t  been a roaring success though , my  mate who supports them recons he’s had about 3-4 good games max . 

[studentofthegame]

10 minutes ago, baldeagle said:

Barnes hasn’t  been a roaring success though , my  mate who supports them recons he’s had about 3-4 good games max . 

8 goals 3 assists in 1100 minutes now this season, the lack of minutes obviously precludes him from being considered a massive success but that's a great return in the minutes he has had 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

He’s done really well back in Spain since leaving us. 20 goals and assists this season in 25 games.

You’d argue that of all the big players that have left us recently, he’s achieved the most, having won the European Championship with Spain last year.

 

Look at it though….

Perez - European Cup

Barnes - League cup

Tielemans - 4th in Prem / UCL Qtr Final

Maddison - 5th in Prem / largely injured 

 

That's a bit of a reach isn't it, he played 12 minutes in total in 1 game.

[Sly]

3 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

That's a bit of a reach isn't it, he played 12 minutes in total in 1 game.

Who? Perez? 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

4 minutes ago, Sly said:

Who? Perez? 

Yeah. 

[Sly]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Yeah. 

I still think we should have kept him around in 22/23, as he at least worked hard and had some ability.

 

That entire midfield that have now left (and Ndidi) shouldn’t have been performing to the standard they were. 
 

That team that got relegated was every bit as good as the Newcastle and West Ham teams that went down (that shouldn’t have). 

[when_you're_smiling]

Who said he couldn’t score?

[SouthStandUpperTier]

8 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Who said he couldn’t score?

He's got more wives (3) than PL goals for us (2).

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Thought about putting this in the snooker thread, but after the first few minutes they don't talk much about snooker. Some interesting conversation nonetheless...

 

 

[lfu]

9 hours ago, baldeagle said:

Barnes hasn’t  been a roaring success though , my  mate who supports them recons he’s had about 3-4 good games max . 

Harvey has always been a streaky player though, he goes on runs of excellent form and follows it up with 5 or 6 games where he's anonymous.

With Anthony Gordon being injured, Barnes has come back into the fold and gotten good returns. Three goals and two assists in the last 4 PL games, I've read plenty of Toon fans saying he's made a claim to still be starting when Gordon returns

edit: for context Harvey has 8 goals and 3 assists in only 1167 league minutes, Gordon has 6 goals and 6 assists in 2136 minutes (almost twice as many)

Edited 14 April by lfu

[floz]

15 minutes ago, lfu said:

Harvey has always been a streaky player though, he goes on runs of excellent form and follows it up with 5 or 6 games where he's anonymous.

With Anthony Gordon being injured, Barnes has come back into the fold and gotten good returns. Three goals and two assists in the last 4 PL games, I've read plenty of Toon fans saying he's made a claim to still be starting when Gordon returns

edit: for context Harvey has 8 goals and 3 assists in only 1167 league minutes, Gordon has 6 goals and 6 assists in 2136 minutes (almost twice as many)

It was strange that Newcastle threw so much money at 2 similar players who play in the same position when PSR has stopped them strengthening in other areas, and they might even have to sell a major asset in the Summer. 

[baldeagle]

1 hour ago, lfu said:

Harvey has always been a streaky player though, he goes on runs of excellent form and follows it up with 5 or 6 games where he's anonymous.

With Anthony Gordon being injured, Barnes has come back into the fold and gotten good returns. Three goals and two assists in the last 4 PL games, I've read plenty of Toon fans saying he's made a claim to still be starting when Gordon returns

edit: for context Harvey has 8 goals and 3 assists in only 1167 league minutes, Gordon has 6 goals and 6 assists in 2136 minutes (almost twice as many)

Yeo this was the conversation I was having with him . . He messaged me about him scoring two goals  to wind me up . I replied with yeah but how many good games has he had for you . With  which he replied 3-4 . , his numbers might look good but  some of those games he scored but  done absolutely nothing else .. 

[South Shire Fox]

5 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Who said he couldn’t score?

Im guessing the first wife is used for housework while he cracks on with the other two

[davieG]

Former Leeds United defender Patrick Kisnorbo has been appointed interim manager of Japanese outfit Yokohama F. Marinos.

The 44-year-old was a revered figure at Elland Road in his playing days, having endeared himself to supporters with his full-blooded approach.

Injury limited him to 58 appearances for the Whites, but he played a key role in the club’s League One promotion-winning 2009/10 campaign.

 

 

He also starred as the Whites knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup in January 2010.

 

 

[RobHawk]

Just reading about riza being sacked at Cardiff and noticed the goalkeeping coach there is non other than former city GK Gavin ward

[murphy]

21 minutes ago, RobHawk said:

Just reading about riza being sacked at Cardiff and noticed the goalkeeping coach there is non other than former city GK Gavin ward

The best goalkeeper named 'Ward' we ever had.

[boots60]

5 hours ago, davieG said:

Former Leeds United defender Patrick Kisnorbo has been appointed interim manager of Japanese outfit Yokohama F. Marinos.

The 44-year-old was a revered figure at Elland Road in his playing days, having endeared himself to supporters with his full-blooded approach.

Injury limited him to 58 appearances for the Whites, but he played a key role in the club’s League One promotion-winning 2009/10 campaign.

 

 

He also starred as the Whites knocked Manchester United out of the FA Cup in January 2010.

 

 

We used to think you're shite 

But now he's dynamite

[Noahfence]

Is this the lad that had quite a few negative things to say about how he was treated after he left? 

[David Hankey]

There will be a few more players to be added to this topic next season, however, the operative words will be "played for us".