Except everyone is calling bullshit and are angry either at the news or the asking price, not the owners or the board.
Your attempt to be smart has failed. Go look for numpties on the mirror.
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Except everyone is calling bullshit and are angry either at the news or the asking price, not the owners or the board.
Your attempt to be smart has failed. Go look for numpties on the mirror.
Great last name. Woodward must be salivating at the potential ED sponsorship ops.
Hmm, yeah about half a decade difference then. Does seem to me like there's a big difference between exploding on to the scene at 16 versus putting in several impressive performances at 21.
What qualities do you see in him that are going to make him one of the best? Game reading/tackling?
Ed Woodward is a Liverpool fan. I'm convinced of it.
He's broken into Newcastle's team at the age of 21. That's hardly anything special.
Fabregas was more Rooney in that regard.
Look if you don’t want to support him if we buy him then fair enough. He looks bloody good to me and all I’ve been told about him and he’s a midfielder so if your good in that area at such an age then you’ve got some thing special about you. If you don’t want to take the positives from it all then fine but buying mr fancy pants from abroad for 50m+ for the last few years hadn’t worked so I’d be more inclined to think this will
I'm honestly not having a pop, either at you or at him. I've barely seen the guy so just trying to work out what all the fuss is about, and I'd be very grateful for a bit of cause for excitement.
Do you subscribe to the idea that he plays like Carrick? From the little I've seen of him his skills seemed to be more slanted towards the destructive side than MC.
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Here's an article written by a Newcastle fan who watches Newcastle on a regular basis. Below is a excerpt from the article.
"At such a young age, Longstaff has already shown that he's not afraid of playing - and leading - on the big stage.
His heart and desire can't be questioned, his endurance is outstanding (the guy is like N'Golo Kante, he never stops running) and his passing and tackling, whilst still raw and in need of refinement, can help him become a future England international and one of the best defensive midfielders in the Premier League - that's not an exaggeration.
If United do buy him, they will have an outstanding young player on their hands, who if they mould and coach properly, can become one of the greats for the Red Devils. It pains me to write that, seeing that he's a boyhood Newcastle fan who worked his way up through the academy, but with the current situation at St James' Park, he deserves better."
"If you love someone, set them free"
https://www.90min.com/posts/6399565...-longstaff-from-a-newcastle-fan-s-perspective
Hmmm, interesting. So top marks for heart, desire and endurance; passing and tackling raw but with potential to improve.
A bit of me is a bit cautious about glowing reports from geordies, as I wonder if the standards required to stand out to Newcastle fans who have become accustomed to pretty poor football are the the same as the standards required at a team with aspirations of being back among the best.
Everybody is angry in every thread. Believing every bit of bull shit that comes out of the media. Nobody is angry with the owners and the way the club is run?
What am I going to find on the mirror?
Well it seems like the people at our club, who have possibly a whole report on him from his youth days agree, hence us trying to sign him.
Yeah, if we are really pursuing him then I guess some part of our scouting operation must value his qualities... though it's probably fair to say they've been more miss than hit in recent times.
Our scouts have been badly under utilised since Fergie retired as far as the first team is concerned.
I know.
Rooney was being hyped at 14 and broke into the side at 16. He is so great that he was unable to secure an England cap or get Newcastle games in hi career so far. He is like the next Jack Wilshere yeah? 9 league games for a shit team at 21 and he is the next big thing. Doesn't quite strike me as Cesc Fabregas here does he?
There was a player of Algerian descent who only left the French league at the age of 24 in the 90s and is regarded as one of the finest players of his generation.
There was a player of the rat guy who just left the French at the age of 25 in the 2010s and becomes one of the best DM in the world.
Leicester bought Ayoze for 30M from Newcastle while Longstaff who played 9 games in the league and will be coming back from a bad knee injury is apparently 50M?
Are you fecking kidding me.
Meanwhile, our neighbor who won the PL twice in a row with record points just signed Rodri for not too much more.
Are you fecking kidding me.
Meanwhile, our neighbor who won the PL twice in a row with record points just signed Rodri for not too much more.
There’s was a player of French decent that left the French league at 31 and became arguably Birmingham City’s greatest ever Premier League player.
Good Friends with that Algerian bloke too.
Good Friends with that Algerian bloke too.
Is he even going to be an improvement on ANY of our midfielders? I doubt it.
He'll be bought for 25m + bonuses, or less, or not at all. 50m that is truly hilarious. Maybe the transfer-fee + bonus combined with the initial wages, also including potential wage increases after 5 years he'll cost us 50m. So I guess the media will run with it
£50m?
Get fecked.
Get fecked.
If we pay that we are fecked £50m 
£50m I am confident he will not cost us £50m,think it's worth remembering that Palace slapped a £70m tag on AWB.
He won't cost that much.
50m for Longstaff. Football has truly gone mad
Stop believing everything you read you cnuts. No way will he go for 50m.
He is worth around 20m, we offer 30m I think that will be a deal.
Or look at what's available in the championship.
Is he any better than McTominay? Or does he have the potential to become so?
Never heard of this guy before tbh.
Never heard of this guy before tbh.
He's a different type of player so hard to compare despite apparent similarities. He's capable of becoming a controlling DM which I don't think you could say about Scott.
There was a player of Ivorian descent who only left the French league at the age of 26 in the mid 00's and then won EPL, FA Cup, League Cup, Champions League, and always scored against Arsenal.
They compliment each other perfectly. I can see Longstaff asking Scotty to beam him up.
I hear his abuse of hair lotions and gel got him bald nowadays.
...we are so fecked!
Yeah, similar but happier deeper. McTominay needs licence to go forwards to break up play more, I think.
I could see them playing well together in a team that sets up with a 4-4-1-1 defensive shape if pushed back, and attacks in a 4-1-4-1 (with a high press and deeper full backs working with the defensive midfielder to stop counter attacks and recycle the ball)
Ayoze's release clause was paid, hence the 30m fee. He's one of their 3 most important players and far better than Longstaff at this moment.
Longstaff is a good prospects but I think we need to calm down. He's only played 9 premier league games and people are saying he's way better than Rooney at 21 or current Matic? Come on.
He'd not be bought as a starter, that'd be insane.
Newcastle can really go feck themselves if they’re serious about £50m, when they’re selling one of their long standing starting players in Perez for £30m.
I know the argument of “it’s not our money so why care” but this alleged logic used by them just grates me.
I know the argument of “it’s not our money so why care” but this alleged logic used by them just grates me.
It is quite surprising how he seemed to go from lots of hair to almost nothing in a very short space of time.
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