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purplemonkey

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On Gordon, this was from a piece about him in The Athletic recently. Don Fabio’s certainly got a good eye:

“For a little while, however, it looked as if Tottenham were Newcastle’s main rivals. Director of football Fabio Paratici, noticing Gordon’s defiance in a 5-0 loss at Spurs in March, later described the winger in transfer discussions as his “favourite player in the Premier League”. Antonio Conte was also a fan, with multiple discussions taking place between both clubs and Gordon’s representatives.”
 

thebenjamin

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Jul 1, 2008
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Every time I watch Isak play it makes me sad. He was sitting there with a 54m release clause that we could've activated at any time but we bought Richarlison instead. If we had Isak we'd win the title this season.
 

rossdapep

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Aug 25, 2011
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when i watch kovacic all i'm seeing is harry winks. #8, shirt tucked in, lots of tidy but largely ineffective play.
I like him but he really doesnt fill Gundogan's shoes.

Felt like City were actually a little unsure in the market or maybe couldnt afford the outlay on a better Target so just took him for this season until they can do better.
 

wspur

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Every time I watch Isak play it makes me sad. He was sitting there with a 54m release clause that we could've activated at any time but we bought Richarlison instead. If we had Isak we'd win the title this season.
At the time Richarlison was the more established player. You win some you loose some, we can't get every transfer to be perfect.
 

ajspurs

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Jul 7, 2007
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Looking at Gordon's and Isak's finishes, I feel that's what we need a bit more of, that sort of quality. Only Son is really capable of that right now in our front line. I feel like Kulusevski and more so Johnson are a bit short of that sort of quality in front of goal.

Hopefully Werner add a bit of quality in that regard, even with some of his past struggles in mind.
 

mano-obe

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Mar 2, 2005
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On Gordon, this was from a piece about him in The Athletic recently. Don Fabio’s certainly got a good eye:

“For a little while, however, it looked as if Tottenham were Newcastle’s main rivals. Director of football Fabio Paratici, noticing Gordon’s defiance in a 5-0 loss at Spurs in March, later described the winger in transfer discussions as his “favourite player in the Premier League”. Antonio Conte was also a fan, with multiple discussions taking place between both clubs and Gordon’s representatives.”
Huge fan of Gordon's. He always gives 110%, great engine and not afraid to run forwards at any opportunity.

He would have loved it under Ange but looks like the lad enjoys his football there anyway
 

spurmin

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Feb 8, 2005
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Huge fan of Gordon's. He always gives 110%, great engine and not afraid to run forwards at any opportunity.

He would have loved it under Ange but looks like the lad enjoys his football there anyway
I’d rather have Sonny
 

Kirito

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May 22, 2013
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As a Newcastle player did almost exactly the same a few mins before and didn’t get a yellow.

so it’s the lack of consistency
For consistency we need refs to be AI based. Obviously I don’t want that but while we have human refs, it will never be consistent
 

Kingellesar

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May 2, 2005
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This is the best chance we will have at going for the title.

City stumbling all over the place and struggling with injuries, Arsenal aren’t anywhere near what they were last season. Only team I think that look like they could run away is Liverpool.
 
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