by lassassinblanc » Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:29 am
GK: Fraser Forster- Similar to Harper he had a better keeper ahead of him and had to go elsewhere to reach his potential (Unfortunately I can see the same happening to Woodman)
RB: Kevin Mbabu- like many said already has turned into a very good player, done well on his debut out of position but attitude got in his way
cb: Gary Caldwell- don't think he actually broke through to the first team for us, maybe on the bench perhaps, went on to have a decent enough career with Celtic and Wigan
cb: Titus Bramble- Bramble was one of those defenders who would be brilliant for 89 minutes and 50 seconds of a game but those 10 seconds would cost us many times. Think he would have been a better player had Sir Bobby stayed to nurture his talent.
lb : Robbie Elliot- I remember this lad was very exciting under Keegan and always thought he'd go onto great things, then Dalglish came in and sold him, another player who I feel with the right management would have been a star.
LW-Charles N'Zogbia- really liked this lad when he first came through the first real casualty of the Ashley era imo got too big for his boots.
CM - Jermaine Jenas- another youngster I think who would have blossomed if Sir Bobby had remained, very good on the ball and went on to have a decent spell at Spurs.
CM:Keiron Dyer- again very similar to Jenas, was very excited when we signing him but a mixture of injuries and falling outs with managers curtailed him
RW- Remy Cabella- Ok i know he was more a left handed side player but I had to get him in the team- Another player who I was very excited about, I remember seeing him play for France U21 team and thinking he was a class apart, was instrumental in Montpellier winning Ligue 1 alongside Giroud that time. Just didn't bring any form to the North-East.
CF- Luuk de Jong- Think if he had actually played as a stiker we would have seen the best of him
CF- Patrick Kluivert- Another player who falls into the if only Sir Bobby had stayed, I don't think he was the same player he had been in the past but think he done well for us at times and had he stayed beyond one season could have got a few more goals to push us into Europe.
Notable mentions
Albert Luque- Another who got me excited at least just didn't settle
James Milner- for what he has gone onto achieve I think he probably even merits a place in the starting XI. Bad management at Newcastle led to him becoming disgruntled don't blame him for leaving as we were a shitshow and relegation was coming
GK: Fraser Forster- Similar to Harper he had a better keeper ahead of him and had to go elsewhere to reach his potential (Unfortunately I can see the same happening to Woodman)
RB: Kevin Mbabu- like many said already has turned into a very good player, done well on his debut out of position but attitude got in his way
cb: Gary Caldwell- don't think he actually broke through to the first team for us, maybe on the bench perhaps, went on to have a decent enough career with Celtic and Wigan
cb: Titus Bramble- Bramble was one of those defenders who would be brilliant for 89 minutes and 50 seconds of a game but those 10 seconds would cost us many times. Think he would have been a better player had Sir Bobby stayed to nurture his talent.
lb : Robbie Elliot- I remember this lad was very exciting under Keegan and always thought he'd go onto great things, then Dalglish came in and sold him, another player who I feel with the right management would have been a star.
LW-Charles N'Zogbia- really liked this lad when he first came through the first real casualty of the Ashley era imo got too big for his boots.
CM - Jermaine Jenas- another youngster I think who would have blossomed if Sir Bobby had remained, very good on the ball and went on to have a decent spell at Spurs.
CM:Keiron Dyer- again very similar to Jenas, was very excited when we signing him but a mixture of injuries and falling outs with managers curtailed him
RW- Remy Cabella- Ok i know he was more a left handed side player but I had to get him in the team- Another player who I was very excited about, I remember seeing him play for France U21 team and thinking he was a class apart, was instrumental in Montpellier winning Ligue 1 alongside Giroud that time. Just didn't bring any form to the North-East.
CF- Luuk de Jong- Think if he had actually played as a stiker we would have seen the best of him
CF- Patrick Kluivert- Another player who falls into the if only Sir Bobby had stayed, I don't think he was the same player he had been in the past but think he done well for us at times and had he stayed beyond one season could have got a few more goals to push us into Europe.
Notable mentions
Albert Luque- Another who got me excited at least just didn't settle
James Milner- for what he has gone onto achieve I think he probably even merits a place in the starting XI. Bad management at Newcastle led to him becoming disgruntled don't blame him for leaving as we were a shitshow and relegation was coming
