Ritchie is a radge... And he knows it

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

Great article on Ritchie's competitiveness, hatred of corner flags and importance to the team. Including an interview where he is asked if he's happy to be described as a radge.

[Toondes]

I’m not subscribed so it would be good if you could paste ? Pleeeeeaase

[bodacious benny]

I’m not subscribed so it would be good if you could paste ? Pleeeeeaase

This

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

From the interview part

A few gentle questions out of the way, this is the end of our conversation.

The Athletic: “Are you aware of the Geordie word radge and what it means?

Matt Ritchie: “Radge? Yes. I believe it means a bit of a toe-rag, is that correct?”

TA: “Well, an angry person maybe.”

MR: “An angry wee bastard?”

TA: “So you’re aware of the word?”

MR: “I am, yes.”

TA: “It’s used about you a lot.”

MR: “Right.”

TA: “But it’s used with a lot of affection and love.”

MR: “That’s nice.”

TA: “Do you take pride in having that role in the team? There are great clips of you on Twitter kicking team-mates up the backside after doing something good.”

MR: “It’s just my character. I don’t… it’s my character. I am who I am. I can’t be something I’m not. I’m not a calm person. I’m an all-or-nothing sort of man. Yeah. It’s just me.”

TA: “You’re not angry off the pitch, are you?”

MR: “I can be angry. Definitely, over the years — especially in the last two or three years — I have calmed down a lot, yeah. But I think that’s with having children. It changes you.”

TA: “Have you ever had team-mates say to you, ‘Why the f*** have you just kicked me up the backside?’ or ‘Why are you hitting me?’”

MR: “(Laughs) Yeah, yeah. Matty (Longstaff) said to me tonight actually, ‘Matt, man, why are you hitting my head? It hurts’. But I love it. I love the feeling of winning, of succeeding, that togetherness. When you win it’s so good.”

[bodacious benny]

We definitely missed Ritchie in games like Villa away.

[Toondes]

We definitely missed Ritchie in games like Villa away.

We’ve definitely missed his crossing even though it’s inconsistent. There’s literally nobody else in our team who can put a cross in . Yedlin , Atsu , Manquillo , Almirom , Dummet are all hopeless

[bodacious benny]

We definitely missed Ritchie in games like Villa away.

We’ve definitely missed his crossing even though it’s inconsistent. There’s literally nobody else in our team who can put a cross in . Yedlin , Atsu , Manquillo , Almirom , Dummet are all hopeless

Haha true. Tho I don’t really want Almiron crossing, want him being the one picking balls up and going for goal. Manquillo has improved a lot and sent in some decent deliveries, but overall I agree. Bring back Nobby!

[Remember Colo]

I've always had a soft spot for him. He's never been as productive as he was with the cherries, but I thought he's been underrated by a lot of our fans and he was pretty key to promotion and staying up since.

[Somebodys pinched my sombrero]

There’s a clip of Richie giving Matty a slap on the head after he scored last night, only I’m not clever enough to post it.
Anyone seen it who can put it on here? Poor Matty looked horrified!

[bodacious benny]

There’s a clip of Richie giving Matty a slap on the head after he scored last night, only I’m not clever enough to post it.
Anyone seen it who can put it on here? Poor Matty looked horrified!

I used to sit next to a girl who slapped the back of my head every time she came into the office in the morning...kind of liked it

[Somebodys pinched my sombrero]

There’s a clip of Richie giving Matty a slap on the head after he scored last night, only I’m not clever enough to post it.
Anyone seen it who can put it on here? Poor Matty looked horrified!

I used to sit next to a girl who slapped the back of my head every time she came into the office in the morning...kind of liked it

Have you seen that video? If you have put it on here. I’m afraid I’m a Luddite with phones. Haven’t had an avatar for two years

[Colly]

We definitely missed Ritchie in games like Villa away.

We’ve definitely missed his crossing even though it’s inconsistent. There’s literally nobody else in our team who can put a cross in . Yedlin , Atsu , Manquillo , Almirom , Dummet are all hopeless

Willems seems reasonable, got a couple of assists so far and can take a crossed free kick.

[bodacious benny]

I used to sit next to a girl who slapped the back of my head every time she came into the office in the morning...kind of liked it

Have you seen that video? If you have put it on here. I’m afraid I’m a Luddite with phones. Haven’t had an avatar for two years

Haven’t seen it mate.

[Somebodys pinched my sombrero]

It’s on Newcastle fans fc on fb but I can’t copy it.

[Somebodys pinched my sombrero]

It’s on Newcastle fans fc on fb but I can’t copy it.

[bodacious benny]

I’m not on Facebook

[Don Sholeone]

[Somebodys pinched my sombrero]

Cheers

[ALF]

Longstaff looks in genuine pain

[Somebodys pinched my sombrero]

He looked concerned Lascelles was gonna slap him as well.