Dubs is our no1 now. He’s earned it, proven he’s more stable at the back than Pope. I can literally feel the terror in our back four when they pass back to Pope.
That’s terrible. I’m so sorry you literally shit yourself. Awful thing to happen. I figuratively shit myself sometimes but never literally do it. Sorry for you troubles, mate. Could it be something you ate?
Maybe dubravka gives the defenders more confidence with his foot control compared to pope that’s my thinking that’s why there’s be a massive improvement in the overall team performances lately.
Dubravka has done really well I think we will play bruno if he's available on Sunday, I agree with your other's for sunday, there's player's that need minutes in there legs
All of this is assuming we reach the final, remember it’s only half time in the semi final. There’s lots of things up in the air right now regarding this transfer so he could walk away for nothing in the summer regardless of the situation now. Personally I’d keep him and more to the point play him as I’ve been concerned with Nick pope’s keeping all season and he hasn’t been right since his shoulder injury. He looks very nervous, doesn’t command his box as well as he did before and that’s all without the distribution with his feet which hasn’t been the best either. I suppose it’s now can we convince him to stay until then or more to the point does he want to stay until??. It’s a difficult conundrum for him so hopefully he can have a think about it over the weekend and the board come up with something that suits all parties which isn’t easy
We should get James Trafford in, he will be our number one keeper next season or the season after. He is 22 years old and can become a amazing keeper under this club. Has so much potential and will be a England number one in the future. Our keepers are ageing and we need a decent young keeper what Trafford is.
We have a keep in Pope that we know can make important stops. We don’t quite know the form he’ll return in though so it would be a risk to our form to bring him back as number 1 at the minute. We have a keeper in Dubs that’s playing very well and whose superior distribution is helping our great run of form. Trafford might end up being our number 1 and a great long term keeper but right now in our current situation letting Dubs go and bringing in Trafford would be a gamble as it’s very unlikely the introduction of a 22 year old keeper would be seemless, even more so when he’s new to the club, it would take time for the defence to get to know him and become confident. It just doesn’t seem the right move to make given where we are. The correct footballing decision would be to try and convince Dubs to stay and to continue to play Dubs, if he finishes the season without his form dipping then great, if his form dips then you bring Pope back in. If we can afford Trafford now then bring him in, if we needed to let Dubs go to sign Trafford now then it might be a deal for the summer
We need to keep dub till the end of the season. Pope will have to prove he is number one to go back in goal. Dubs is Newcastles number one and proven it
No Isak. Please!! ‘League 2 defender breaks prem stars ankle’ isn’t what I want to read in the papers on Monday. Osula, Barnes and Miggy up front. Bruno with Longy and Willock. Not Miley but he’ll come on? Trips, Target, Kelly and Schar at the back and then Vlach? I think Eddie will want some ‘experience’ in the starters hence Fabs and Bruno.
@phiIip488I just think that to Bromley it’ll be the highlight of their season and they’ll play out of their skins. To us it’s a come down from Man Utd, spuds and AFC. When you make a lot of changes you lose cohesion and continuity and players start trying to do it all themselves and you end up with a total turd of a performance - disjointed and blunt. So, put a few of the core in there, especially in the spine. Burn would be a good shout if he really didn’t need a rest ‘cos he’s not going to let anyone lack off.
No reason for any of the lads who have been starting over Christmas to be playing. We’ll end up running them into the ground. Will be pissed if Isak, Bruno, Tonali, Hall, Tino, Gordon, Joe, Murphy are playing. Plenty of experience in Tripps, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff even the Greek is a International goalkeeper who’s played in Champions League!
I think everyone is carried away with md, he is good but not great, look back at the arsenal game he was good but he flapped at three crosses, he is getting more help from the defense, midfield these days, He is 36 and out of contact, when we get another goalkeeper he will be left fighting for a place, Getting 6 million for him is a no brainer
The problem being Dubs will just think Howe will drop him soon as Pope is fit. Its happened before. Dubs gives the back 4 so much more confidence even for just his footwork alone. He's been outstanding. Back call if he's dropped for second leg etc if pope was fit
Why would they pay him anything to stay only until the summer? He is contracted until then, if Newcastle wanted they could just refuse sale in January.
Give him a bonus contract that would bump his wage and trophy bonus with release clause after this season. I think we will never be able to match what Saudi offers. Deep down inside,I think there’s a guilt inside Dubravka with his loan move and us botching the cup final. This would be a chance for him to be the one that bring us trophy. After all he just showed everyone what he can d.
Dubs contract expires in the summer. We do not have to sell him this month if we don't want to. He can sign a contract with the Saudi club to join in the summer.
Dubravka is still under contract until the summer, isn't he? So regardless of him agreeing personal terms with AL whatever, NUFC don't have to sanction the transfer, nor should they. I can't for the life of me understand why they would even consider selling him at this point. No sign of Pope's return, the second leg of a cup semi-final at the start of next month, but before that four league games against Wolves, Bournemouth, Southampton and Fulham, three of which are at home! It would be madness to let him go now, for the sake of a few quid that won't even dent PSR.
I lost faith in Pope that time he handled the ball and got a red card. I couldn't quite believe what he was doing. As for Dubs I would stay until the final and see what Newcastle offered me but ultimately I would not blame him for taking the Saudi offer.
And why does it feel like the ksa clubs are not in alignment with us, I know officially they can't be, but come on, we did a dodgy psr deal with the forest, and other pl clubs have done the same. It all seems like we have lost direction for transfers, rest of the club, on and off the pitch is great, but transfers?
I have to say that I'd be happy for Dubs to remain between the posts. No disrespect to NP, but he's been more convincing for me. Is he the better of the 2 , this season he has been. I understand his wife wanted to move tho?
GK Greek RB Tripps CB Schar, Kelly LB Targett CM Longstaff, Miley, Willock RW Murph ST Osula Would rather see Parkinson, Sanusi, Alex Murphy, Shahar, Harrison given minutes from U21s but doubt Howe will be that bold.
Anyone hesitating on a New Stadium need have a good think. We can double our revenue from a new stadiumThe Cartel are so jealous and so worried that we have a New stadium and double the revenue that even the supporters of the cartel are calling in on Radio stations saying we should stay at St James" park..What interest could they have for our well-being ? NONE !.. The Cartel are putting rules in place so we can't get near them and they are saying HA HA HA you got all that money but we won't let you spend it as they change the rules to suit the cartel and vote for themselves constantly..Disgusting . ..Why ? other than they are scared of our potential and our massive support , The cartel have kept us down since our New owners arrived with new rules only brought in to kill Newcastle United off and stop them challenging them..The Saudi people do not do things by Half and Any Stadium they build will be the *th wonder of the world and something we Geordies can all be so so proud of . Even if its Gosforth park it will be fine as fast matchday shuttles out of the city taking 5 mins to the New Stadium. I feel privileged and honoured that the Saudi People are giving us this amazing Chance of a New Stadium,,we are so lucky to have them with us all the way. If we announce a 80 thousand seat stadium then Man Utd will announce a 90 thousand seat stadium just so s they can call themselves the top team, the biggest Team In the North ..Lets get ahead of them and Build the biggest and the best. the 8th wonder of the world. St James park in 20 years time will not be fit for purpose Grey, cheesy, old, dated, and most of all problems seriously LOW TECH ..not fit for todays digital world and multi stadium use. A New stadium is the only way and extending a Stand is just not the future.
WTF is going on, did they have a verbal agreement with dubs to let him go? It reminds me of the last window, I want to think that howe and Mitchell are working together, but things like this give me doubts
Why the overreaction? And why does any of this means that there seems to be division between Howe and Mitchell? Howe said that is Dubs wanted to leave he wouldn’t stand in his way but wanted him to stay. Mitchell initially was willing to let him go for business reasons but after his fantastic reintroduction agreed with Howe that any financial benefit wasn’t worth losing him this month given his form. They are trying to convince him to stay, what’s wrong with that? If after those conversations he says he still wants to go because he doesn’t want to lose the opportunity of a last big pay check then I’d imagine they’ll honour his opinion. At the end of the day all of the reports say they are trying to convince him, they are not just saying ‘you’re staying’. They don’t want an unhappy player that might cause a little unrest so are discussing it with him and hoping he’ll decide to stay. If anything this shows that Howe and Mitchell are on the same page, Howe has said multiple times that he wants Dubs to stay but if he decides he wants to leave the club will honour that. Mitchell is doing everything he can to try and convince Dubs to stay even going as far as offering him a few million as a bonus, considering the PSR restrictions we have that’s a huge sign that Mitchell is doing his very best to resolve this for Howe.
I probably am, it just feels a bit of a mess, since dubs is contracted to us till the end of this season, that means he is not going anywhere unless we allow it, and that's what I don't understand, unless there was a verbal agreement with dubs to allow to leave if and when he wanted, whichni would find a little strange
@One of the reasons we have over-performed over the last few seasons is due to the dressing room atmosphere and the squads togetherness. Howe has said he only wants players who are 100’s committed so when Dubs was offered a huge deal from Saudi Howe said that if Dubs wanted to go he wouldn’t stand in his way. The club and Howe are completely within their rights to say “no, you’re still in contract so you’re staying here until the end of the season”. That might make Dubs angry and foster resentment between him, the club and other players, we don’t want that. Instead they are trying to convince him to stay but if he decides he still needs to leave then he’ll be allowed to. Rather than hinting that there’s a rift between Howe and Mitchell it shows they are on the same page, there’s no real financial benefit to the club to left Dubs leave now, if he left now it could jeopardise our league cup run and us getting top 4 so even though money is tight Mitchell is offering Dubs more to stay until the end of the season. Howe has clearly said that he wants Dubs to stay so hopes it can be resolved so there’s no gentleman’s agreement that he can move
There's way too much arrests to play at the back. Understand balls, balls played because the coach insists. Most players simply don't have the skill to play at thr back. Those that do play forward. Plus possession footbal is boring
Let's be honest about this. Dubravka is a better keeper with the ball at his feet, but I'd argue that he's not made one save that Nick Pope wouldn't have made. He's come in to the team at a point where the Defence has tightened itself up. So imo, Dubravka isn't a better keeper than Pope at all. But there us definitely an decision to be made on whether you go with the better shot stopper, or better distributor.
DUBRAVKA is literally stats wise much better than pope….. DUBRAVKA has a 100 Percent win rate. At this point we should start him till we loose. Who knows we might win the league if we win every game in the prem from now on
Everyone needs to chill out with this Dubravka patta. He’s better with ball at his feet and his starting position has obviously been worked on but he has had fuck all to do with 10 men behind the ball making blocks. We have let him run his contract down. He is not an elite keeper. Keep him until end of season if you want to. If you let him leave, go get Trafford. This revisionist shit cos of a purple patch where the whole team has been better is absolute nonsense. He goes with our best wishes but if we end up giving him an extension I will find out where Mitchell lives.
Pope has no footballing skills, he is a good shot stopper, no doubt but he makes the fans and the back four nervous when he receives the ball with his feet. Dubravka is a better around keeper
St James park in 20 years time will not be fit for purpose Grey, cheesy, old, dated, and most of all problems seriously LOW TECH ..not fit for todays digital world and multi stadium use. A New stadium is the only way and extending a Stand is just not the future.
Dubs is our no1 now. He’s earned it, proven he’s more stable at the back than Pope. I can literally feel the terror in our back four when they pass back to Pope.
Cant agree more
What do you feel when Will Osula comes on ?
@ what’s that got to do with goalkeepers?
He doesn't come on !!!!@@Baldnesz
@@Baldnesz nothing about goalkeeping that's for sure
When Pope has the ball at his feet, I literally shite myself. His hands are great, but his feet are an abomination!!
That’s terrible. I’m so sorry you literally shit yourself. Awful thing to happen. I figuratively shit myself sometimes but never literally do it. Sorry for you troubles, mate. Could it be something you ate?
Maybe dubravka gives the defenders more confidence with his foot control compared to pope that’s my thinking that’s why there’s be a massive improvement in the overall team performances lately.
Dubs is my pick at the moment and his form has been grown
Dubravka is our best keeper of all time
Agree your suggested lineup Keith
Dubravka has done really well I think we will play bruno if he's available on Sunday, I agree with your other's for sunday, there's player's that need minutes in there legs
Dubravka is the better keeper anyway, in my opinion.
The stars are aligning keith
All of this is assuming we reach the final, remember it’s only half time in the semi final.
There’s lots of things up in the air right now regarding this transfer so he could walk away for nothing in the summer regardless of the situation now.
Personally I’d keep him and more to the point play him as I’ve been concerned with Nick pope’s keeping all season and he hasn’t been right since his shoulder injury. He looks very nervous, doesn’t command his box as well as he did before and that’s all without the distribution with his feet which hasn’t been the best either. I suppose it’s now can we convince him to stay until then or more to the point does he want to stay until??. It’s a difficult conundrum for him so hopefully he can have a think about it over the weekend and the board come up with something that suits all parties which isn’t easy
I can see Dubs being a trivia question if he wins two winners medals after leaving both clubs before they won. Get Trafford in.
We should get James Trafford in, he will be our number one keeper next season or the season after. He is 22 years old and can become a amazing keeper under this club. Has so much potential and will be a England number one in the future. Our keepers are ageing and we need a decent young keeper what Trafford is.
@@peterhyland586 nope, there’s never been a good 22 year old keeper
We have a keep in Pope that we know can make important stops. We don’t quite know the form he’ll return in though so it would be a risk to our form to bring him back as number 1 at the minute.
We have a keeper in Dubs that’s playing very well and whose superior distribution is helping our great run of form.
Trafford might end up being our number 1 and a great long term keeper but right now in our current situation letting Dubs go and bringing in Trafford would be a gamble as it’s very unlikely the introduction of a 22 year old keeper would be seemless, even more so when he’s new to the club, it would take time for the defence to get to know him and become confident. It just doesn’t seem the right move to make given where we are.
The correct footballing decision would be to try and convince Dubs to stay and to continue to play Dubs, if he finishes the season without his form dipping then great, if his form dips then you bring Pope back in.
If we can afford Trafford now then bring him in, if we needed to let Dubs go to sign Trafford now then it might be a deal for the summer
@phiIip488 Iker Casillas?...
@phiIip488aye ok 😂
He,s rubbish ask the burnley fans.
A na. but he has what he deserves a medal with us that's on Martin mind he's nas he can go after the season
Give Dubs a pay rise until the end of the season
We need to keep dub till the end of the season. Pope will have to prove he is number one to go back in goal. Dubs is Newcastles number one and proven it
Aye, u cant change anyone after yv had a run light this
So he's one of us all about the final first
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd rather have Dubravka in goal for the Semi than Pope
Why give him anything ? He has a contract which DOES NOT END until the summer
No Isak. Please!! ‘League 2 defender breaks prem stars ankle’ isn’t what I want to read in the papers on Monday. Osula, Barnes and Miggy up front. Bruno with Longy and Willock. Not Miley but he’ll come on? Trips, Target, Kelly and Schar at the back and then Vlach? I think Eddie will want some ‘experience’ in the starters hence Fabs and Bruno.
Why not rest Bruno and schar. It’s Bromley ffs
Cause Bruno didn’t play last game and schar missed last two
@phiIip488I just think that to Bromley it’ll be the highlight of their season and they’ll play out of their skins. To us it’s a come down from Man Utd, spuds and AFC. When you make a lot of changes you lose cohesion and continuity and players start trying to do it all themselves and you end up with a total turd of a performance - disjointed and blunt. So, put a few of the core in there, especially in the spine. Burn would be a good shout if he really didn’t need a rest ‘cos he’s not going to let anyone lack off.
No reason for any of the lads who have been starting over Christmas to be playing. We’ll end up running them into the ground.
Will be pissed if Isak, Bruno, Tonali, Hall, Tino, Gordon, Joe, Murphy are playing.
Plenty of experience in Tripps, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff even the Greek is a International goalkeeper who’s played in Champions League!
@@geordiedog1749No. Our third string should be able to see these off, performance of their lives or not.
I think everyone is carried away with md, he is good but not great, look back at the arsenal game he was good but he flapped at three crosses, he is getting more help from the defense, midfield these days,
He is 36 and out of contact, when we get another goalkeeper he will be left fighting for a place,
Getting 6 million for him is a no brainer
The problem being Dubs will just think Howe will drop him soon as Pope is fit. Its happened before. Dubs gives the back 4 so much more confidence even for just his footwork alone. He's been outstanding. Back call if he's dropped for second leg etc if pope was fit
It would be madness to sell Dubs now he is our number 1 now
Wilson back beginning of Feb, out again Valentines day 🤣
Rip Wilson
Why would they pay him anything to stay only until the summer? He is contracted until then, if Newcastle wanted they could just refuse sale in January.
Give him a bonus contract that would bump his wage and trophy bonus with release clause after this season. I think we will never be able to match what Saudi offers. Deep down inside,I think there’s a guilt inside Dubravka with his loan move and us botching the cup final. This would be a chance for him to be the one that bring us trophy. After all he just showed everyone what he can d.
Dubs contract expires in the summer. We do not have to sell him this month if we don't want to. He can sign a contract with the Saudi club to join in the summer.
Like any other fans in the world, we tend to forget the good of all of our players! Sounds like hippos sadly
Dubs moves the ball quick with hands or feet and is accurate
Pope is not good with his feet the ball seems to go out a lot
Dubravka is still under contract until the summer, isn't he? So regardless of him agreeing personal terms with AL whatever, NUFC don't have to sanction the transfer, nor should they. I can't for the life of me understand why they would even consider selling him at this point. No sign of Pope's return, the second leg of a cup semi-final at the start of next month, but before that four league games against Wolves, Bournemouth, Southampton and Fulham, three of which are at home! It would be madness to let him go now, for the sake of a few quid that won't even dent PSR.
Is there a possibility to sell and then take Dubs back on loan for a few weeks if necessary
Can they buy him & loan him back until after the cup final?
I lost faith in Pope that time he handled the ball and got a red card. I couldn't quite believe what he was doing. As for Dubs I would stay until the final and see what Newcastle offered me but ultimately I would not blame him for taking the Saudi offer.
And why does it feel like the ksa clubs are not in alignment with us, I know officially they can't be, but come on, we did a dodgy psr deal with the forest, and other pl clubs have done the same. It all seems like we have lost direction for transfers, rest of the club, on and off the pitch is great, but transfers?
Callum Wilson approaching fitness again? Not really going to put much stock in the, the bloke's body is letting him down.
I have to say that I'd be happy for Dubs to remain between the posts. No disrespect to NP, but he's been more convincing for me. Is he the better of the 2 , this season he has been. I understand his wife wanted to move tho?
What's the Greek keeper like with his feet? I would sell Dubs now while we still can. He'll be back on the bench as soon as pope is fit.
GK Greek
RB Tripps
CB Schar, Kelly
LB Targett
CM Longstaff, Miley, Willock
RW Murph
ST Osula
Would rather see Parkinson, Sanusi, Alex Murphy, Shahar, Harrison given minutes from U21s but doubt Howe will be that bold.
Anyone hesitating on a New Stadium need have a good think. We can double our revenue from a new stadiumThe Cartel are so jealous and so worried that we have a New stadium and double the revenue that even the supporters of the cartel are calling in on Radio stations saying we should stay at St James" park..What interest could they have for our well-being ? NONE !.. The Cartel are putting rules in place so we can't get near them and they are saying HA HA HA you got all that money but we won't let you spend it as they change the rules to suit the cartel and vote for themselves constantly..Disgusting . ..Why ? other than they are scared of our potential and our massive support , The cartel have kept us down since our New owners arrived with new rules only brought in to kill Newcastle United off and stop them challenging them..The Saudi people do not do things by Half and Any Stadium they build will be the *th wonder of the world and something we Geordies can all be so so proud of . Even if its Gosforth park it will be fine as fast matchday shuttles out of the city taking 5 mins to the New Stadium. I feel privileged and honoured that the Saudi People are giving us this amazing Chance of a New Stadium,,we are so lucky to have them with us all the way. If we announce a 80 thousand seat stadium then Man Utd will announce a 90 thousand seat stadium just so s they can call themselves the top team, the biggest Team In the North ..Lets get ahead of them and Build the biggest and the best. the 8th wonder of the world. St James park in 20 years time will not be fit for purpose Grey, cheesy, old, dated, and most of all problems seriously LOW TECH ..not fit for todays digital world and multi stadium use. A New stadium is the only way and extending a Stand is just not the future.
WTF is going on, did they have a verbal agreement with dubs to let him go? It reminds me of the last window, I want to think that howe and Mitchell are working together, but things like this give me doubts
Why the overreaction? And why does any of this means that there seems to be division between Howe and Mitchell?
Howe said that is Dubs wanted to leave he wouldn’t stand in his way but wanted him to stay.
Mitchell initially was willing to let him go for business reasons but after his fantastic reintroduction agreed with Howe that any financial benefit wasn’t worth losing him this month given his form.
They are trying to convince him to stay, what’s wrong with that? If after those conversations he says he still wants to go because he doesn’t want to lose the opportunity of a last big pay check then I’d imagine they’ll honour his opinion.
At the end of the day all of the reports say they are trying to convince him, they are not just saying ‘you’re staying’. They don’t want an unhappy player that might cause a little unrest so are discussing it with him and hoping he’ll decide to stay.
If anything this shows that Howe and Mitchell are on the same page, Howe has said multiple times that he wants Dubs to stay but if he decides he wants to leave the club will honour that. Mitchell is doing everything he can to try and convince Dubs to stay even going as far as offering him a few million as a bonus, considering the PSR restrictions we have that’s a huge sign that Mitchell is doing his very best to resolve this for Howe.
I probably am, it just feels a bit of a mess, since dubs is contracted to us till the end of this season, that means he is not going anywhere unless we allow it, and that's what I don't understand, unless there was a verbal agreement with dubs to allow to leave if and when he wanted, whichni would find a little strange
@One of the reasons we have over-performed over the last few seasons is due to the dressing room atmosphere and the squads togetherness. Howe has said he only wants players who are 100’s committed so when Dubs was offered a huge deal from Saudi Howe said that if Dubs wanted to go he wouldn’t stand in his way. The club and Howe are completely within their rights to say “no, you’re still in contract so you’re staying here until the end of the season”. That might make Dubs angry and foster resentment between him, the club and other players, we don’t want that.
Instead they are trying to convince him to stay but if he decides he still needs to leave then he’ll be allowed to.
Rather than hinting that there’s a rift between Howe and Mitchell it shows they are on the same page, there’s no real financial benefit to the club to left Dubs leave now, if he left now it could jeopardise our league cup run and us getting top 4 so even though money is tight Mitchell is offering Dubs more to stay until the end of the season. Howe has clearly said that he wants Dubs to stay so hopes it can be resolved so there’s no gentleman’s agreement that he can move
There's way too much arrests to play at the back. Understand balls, balls played because the coach insists. Most players simply don't have the skill to play at thr back. Those that do play forward. Plus possession footbal is boring
Let's be honest about this. Dubravka is a better keeper with the ball at his feet, but I'd argue that he's not made one save that Nick Pope wouldn't have made. He's come in to the team at a point where the Defence has tightened itself up. So imo, Dubravka isn't a better keeper than Pope at all. But there us definitely an decision to be made on whether you go with the better shot stopper, or better distributor.
DUBRAVKA is literally stats wise much better than pope….. DUBRAVKA has a 100 Percent win rate. At this point we should start him till we loose. Who knows we might win the league if we win every game in the prem from now on
Over what period are you looking? He was god awful the last spell he was in goal and we were shipping goals
@ 7games
Everyone needs to chill out with this Dubravka patta. He’s better with ball at his feet and his starting position has obviously been worked on but he has had fuck all to do with 10 men behind the ball making blocks. We have let him run his contract down. He is not an elite keeper. Keep him until end of season if you want to. If you let him leave, go get Trafford. This revisionist shit cos of a purple patch where the whole team has been better is absolute nonsense. He goes with our best wishes but if we end up giving him an extension I will find out where Mitchell lives.
Totally agree. Also re watched the Arsenal match and Dubs was lost for the corners. Keep Dubs for this season and then try to bring in Trafford.
Pope has no footballing skills, he is a good shot stopper, no doubt but he makes the fans and the back four nervous when he receives the ball with his feet. Dubravka is a better around keeper
get kelleher
St James park in 20 years time will not be fit for purpose Grey, cheesy, old, dated, and most of all problems seriously LOW TECH ..not fit for todays digital world and multi stadium use. A New stadium is the only way and extending a Stand is just not the future.