Best attemots to silence the critics.
During the game at St James’ Park, Best demonstrated why he is a quality player. He showed that he has an excellent touch and is one of the more skilful members of our squad. Best is not the standard of a world class striker but his performance against Fulham certainly showed that he is able to produce the goals for us. His second goal was one of very high quality, backheeling the ball so that he could turn and score to bag him a brace against the London side. If that was Rooney there would have been more attention paid to it.
The other thing that counts for Best on Sunday was that when the chances came they were scored. That’s what being a striker is about. When an opportunity arises you have to take it and that is certainly what the Republic of Ireland international did.
When Best had his run in the team during the last half of last season it certainly did his confidence the world of good. He was playing consistently in a team that was grinding out results to help us on our way to safety. He hit top gear for us as well as he managed to notch up a lot of goals before his season was curtailed by injury. During that period that Best has played in he managed to notch up six goals in ten starts. A very impressive stat for a player who had not previously managed to hit the target for Newcastle.
The other impressive thing that I noticed during the Fulham game was how he linked well with Demba Ba for his second goal. Ba knew where Best was and fed the ball perfectly to him for his second goal. The two of them linking together could be a very strong point for our team. If they continue to demonstrate that they understand how each other play then they could be a particularly strong duo up front.
I feel that if Best gets the opportunity to be consistently played I feel he will thrive on that and it will give a huge boost to his confidence. Playing every game would allow him to have a chance of bagging more goals and potentially help us on our way to finishing higher than our 12th placed finish last season.
Best may not be the solution to our striking problems but if he does continue to play regularly for the team then I feel he may be able to provide a number of goals for us this season. His goals for us have been top notch and he has certainly begun to show that he is a very good capable striker for Newcastle United.
If he gets a long run in the team this year then I certainly feel he will be able to deliver the goods for us. Do you?
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Yes he can and I hope he will.
I think Ba needs a run in the team, pre-season he looked alright with Ameobi and with Best against fulham, very unselfish player who apparently knows where the goal is.
Not totally sold on Best. I’m happy for him to be getting goals now, but i don’t see him as a starting striker. On the counter, his runs are very poor, and he doesn’t exactly have pace to burn.
However, he can do a job
The Legend of Best for No. 9
trouble is that players need a run of games to get up to speed, if we play them ad-hoc we’ll never get the best (pun) out of them
Best really does deserve a fair run in the team. He’s a top lad and he works hard. Just hope he can keep him self fit this season.
great thread zoe
yes best can hit 15 goals this season if he plays most matches!! hope so anyway
Jury may still be out on the boy, but I feel he’s earned a chance to start and see if he can keep it up.
Hope so. In terms of being in the right place at the right time, there is nobody better at the club.
El Toro ~
August 30, 2011 at 19:34
Hope so. In terms of being in the right place at the right time, there is nobody better at the club.
i agree
Finally!
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110830/newcastle-sign-davide-santon-_2281670_2436667
best sometimes does stuff that shocks me , like his 2nd goal on sunday!! he has alot of potential
Thanks Army
Fugh, Toonsy, you were uncannily close in your prediction on Lambiasshole’s quote:
Managing director Derek Llambias said: “The signing of Davide Santon is a real coup for this Club.
“It confirms our commitment to bringing quality players whose best years are ahead of them to St. James’ Park.”
On a slightly different tone, Maiga might not go through now as Gradel has apparently chosen to go to St Etienne.
Effective if unflattering. Needs, no deserves a run of games. I don’t think 15 goals would be too ambitious for him
I am shocked that we can poach Hatem Ben Arfa and Davide Santon yet the likes of Andy Carroll and Jose Enrique consider themseles too good for us. Insane.
Enrique wishes he had Santon’s potential.
See Van Arnolt asking Simmo if we still have a vacancy !
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@dannysimpson12 have nufc signed a left back yet …
Zoë Vicarage
August 30, 2011 at 19:36
Thanks Army
your very welcome
buzzing about santon!!! watched some vids and hes really fast!! cristiano ronaldo couldnt get by him and ronaldo is like lightning!!! soooooooo hope we bring maiga or cisse in with macheda on loan!!! if we only get macheda on loan then i will be dissapointed!!! haway ashley one more push and get 10m spent ( im dreaming again!! )
Are you joking ? How many sitters did he miss in the cup match ? His backward header from four yards out was mental one paced poor touch and championship class at best ( no pun )
He had one wrongly disallowed against Scunthorpe though, Danny. ANd one cleared off the line if memory serves.
I hear ya Danny. He missed lots of opportunities in the cup game, which worries me. He’s either on or off.
Personally think we should get Van the man in as cover, santon can then challenge simmo for right back
Leon Best for No. 9. Seriously.
ba , marveaux , cabaye , abeid , obertan , ben arfa , tiote , santon = 22-23 million!!! carr you bluddy legend!!! all them for the price of downing hahahahahahahahahaa
he has had more experiance playing in big games and winning titles and he has won champs league as well..well great buy..and ben arfa funnky spot on mate…what team apart from top 4 could attract them players then us…its the fans and the name…great…
Cannot believe we’ve signed Davide Santon. Mental. Proper superstar in the making!!! This is a HUGE coup for the Toon. Purely Belta man!!!
Stevep, at this point I would want an older head at fullback so that shane ferguson can take over there. I know a lot here see him as more of a winger than a fullback, but on the wing he is now competing against Marveaux, Jonas, Sameobi, and even Vuckic in that position. Why not train harder on the defensive part of the game and become a great attacking left back?!
We badly need a centre forward with pace who can play off one of the big lads ideally someone who can get fifteen to twenty goals who is direct and can get the fans on the edge of their seats…big ask and for me Besty is never going to be that man
http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110830/newcastle-sign-davide-santon-_2281670_2436667
FINALLY.
So glad that we have got Santon, he is going to be a very exciting prospect for us
GET THE FECK IN WE DIDNT GET WAYNE BRIDGE!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO
Whoooooop whooooooooooooooop
Army69 – that is a very good point .. was s hitting myself everytime that fughing rumour came out
Best is that man. History and stats for his time here prove me right and you all wrong.
Best has done no wrong at this club. His goals for £1m? Greatness.
Newcastle’s hopes of signing Modibo Maiga take a hit after Leeds midfielder Max Gradel opts to sign for Saint Etienne and not Sochaux.
Oh well….
How about a cheeky bid for Daniel Larusso now that Mr Miagi aint coming?
Obviously not as skillful or wise, but younger, cheaper and bags of potential…
Would definitely fit the mold of current signings.
suprised bendtner hasnt went anywhere yet!!
Finally something official to write about
wax on wax off indeed
i’ll just get me chop sticks … wheres that pesky fly
Army: I get the feeling that we may put a sneaky bid in for him. Don’t know why but it’s the sort of thing I could see us doing
Bestie is a quality championship striker. Ba just did what your former games teacher used to tell you to do…hit it hard and low. Landed at Bestie’s feet and he finished with unusual aplomb.
Hope everyone remembers how off the pace Enrique was for the first 6 months and give santoon a bit of slack. He’ll need a bit of time most likely. Watching sochaux s match this weekend. Maiga didn’t look interested but looks deceptively quick.
surely theres a good striker out there that can bang us 15-20 goals in for 5-10 million!! i stil think maiga will come , he is desperate and will know the deadline is 2mora night!!!
Who is larusso TC?
Would be chuffed to bring in another defender and a striker tomorrow.
Army, u make great points! No Bridge, and Arsenal haven’t sold Bendtner or Chamakh yet
ANDREWT are you joking .. you dont know what position Larusso plays + who he plays for?
Zoë Vicarage
August 30, 2011 at 20:15
Army: I get the feeling that we may put a sneaky bid in for him. Don’t know why but it’s the sort of thing I could see us doing
so do i!!! especially when arsenal have just bought that chinese or japanese player who ever he is lol!!
someone answer this???!!!! how the hell would we of signed nzogbia last window when we put a bid in half n hour to go cos surely he would have to come and do a medical and discuss personal terms !!! it would of been to late!!
andrew t
Army, u make great points! No Bridge, and Arsenal haven’t sold Bendtner or Chamakh yet
im on fire 2nyt mate
Army: i think if they had the papers in by 11 then it would of been ok. Not sure but I think that might be how it works
Excellent signing. I think I have been wrong all along about Ashley. It does look like we have a football plan and some ambition. I think if we do get a striker in (even in January) we will contest for the Europa league. If we actually get in next season that would be fantastic. All the supporters should be very proud of the team being built.
Well played Leon Best! The lad plays with no fear and plays for the shirt. He’s not afraid of missing chances or making mistakes. As things stand he should be our main man up top.
zoe – ohhh i see lol , i was confused about that like lol!!
i would take any of these now
maiga
cisse
bendtner
maynard
macheda
its getting desperate but any of them would help our front line!!
I really hope we don’t try any more underhand s**t now Gradel’s move to Socheaux is no longer on. We should just leave it now as it’s unfair on Socheaux. Really don’t want our name dragged through the dirt anymore. Macheda it is…
Best may have missed some chances in the Cup game the other day, but at least he’s getting/creating chances. How many chances have Shola or Lovenkrands wasted in our four games this season? The only “sitter” I can think of is when Shola headed wide against Sunderland, and he was offside anyway.
santon has just been talking on ssn!!! in italian!! he seems chuffed hes here!!
When I was at the match I thought Best’s second goal was decent. But when I watched it again on Match of The Day I realised that it took a hell of a lot of composure and finess to put it away.
Neilfarrington Neil Farrington
#nufc fail with €10m bid for Freiburg’s Papiss Demba Cisse, according to a report in Germany.
here we go!!!
leon is our best striker .
Reckon Bendtner could do a job with a run as cf. Prem experience & wpuld hit the ground running. Shame he’s a total tool and like Joey thinks he’s twice as good as he is. If ambition is signing traore & anton Ferdinand thank god the toon have no ambition
Army: tomorrow will be a nervous/exciting day to see what happens on the last day and if we bring anyone in
Zoë Vicarage
August 30, 2011 at 20:31
Army: tomorrow will be a nervous/exciting day to see what happens on the last day and if we bring anyone in
i know exciting stuff!!
Great to see Santon excited and happy to be here. He really could become a crowd favourite. With tomorrow being Eid for us, tomorrow could be a terrific day should we get a signing or two!
Army: yeah I can’t wait for it
No to Macheda…hopeless imo
Doubt AF would let him go to a club who won’t promise game time…hopefully
Another signing that came practically out of nowhere. Was pieters a smoke screen? Was ashley the gambler bluffing all the time and then won the pot with this play?
Who cares this guy is a brilliant signing and none of the moaners is going to put a downer on this for me.
Sturridge or Bendtner now please owl heed.
RICHIE sorry forgot to ask, your lass get all her tests finished,how she go?
Best is a decent striker, we will only know how prolific he is after a decent run in the team. Santon is a terrific signing I’m sure Chelsea were looking at him a while back. hopefully we will get another striker who’s quick and nippy in and around the box. Great start to the season hopefully onwards and upwards.
To stay on topic. Bests 2nd goal was a demonstration of composure of cool in front of goal. I couldn’t see much of it as I was at the other end of the ground, but saw it later on tv and it was a very very good setup by ba and a good take by best.
He deserves to be taken off the transfer list. Do the right thing pards, owl heed, Ashley.
Best has a goal ratio of more than a goal every two games in PREMIER LEAGUE. He is a top flight striker.
We signed and got hard over Demba Ba for a worse goal record. Think people, stop sticking to pre-conceived judgements.
Happy we have a left back and don`t want to be a partypooper BUT, if he was such a protege and Mourinhio and Ronaldo rated him so highly, why is he not playing for REAL??
CT: he fell out with mourinhio when he was at Inter
Apparently the Mackems are trying to sell Gyan for £6million. They bought him for £13million!
I we could get Gyan would be well buzzed think hes class . .. must have seriously f uckked off brucie or done something wrong .. cant ustand this .. anyone know the inside story on this one?
I think Best is officially off the transfer list. I hope we can get rid of Ranger in some way. Total embarrassment, especially with this latest assault charge.
Army, I would love for that cisse rumor to be true, meaning that we’re testing them to sell. From what I’ve seen and some friends who are German footie fans, he’s top quality
ET, that would be hilarious!!
TP, they’re selling him cuz he isn’t that great! Wake up. He only has pace and that’s it
Toonpipes
Can’t stand Gyan. Unpredictable and far from clinical. He is Obafemi reincarnate. Not a fan of his at all.
Andrew
Reckon Ranger will join Blackpool or Birmingham tomorrow.
ElT….Sunderland asking for bank guarantees before selling Gyan to Galatasaray or Trabzonspor at loss. Cost €15m, going for €6m + variables. #safc
Sameobi scored for the resies the neet
gonna be some player that lad
apparently Toon have 13million euro bid rejected for papiss cisse of freiburg today they want 15 million euro to deal
TP…he just isn’t suited to the prem league, the mackems have been slagging him for a while now
El Torro .. think he is unpredictable but, he can score goals and is dynamic .. think he could be harnessed and if can get at the right price .. then would be worth trying
Richietoon .. any idea what sort of thing they slagging him about? … seriously after world cup i was thinking would love him here .. any case, seems am wrong! ..
Toonpipes
Mackems call him lazy. Sometimes completely disinterested and not good enough in front of goal.
don’t want gyan and don’t want any of our players trying to copy his dance and looking like total fookin tit heads ala Zenden
BB, awesome news for Sammy! Keep bangin on that door lad!
Glad to have some good news finally.
Good article Zoe lass. I like Besty and think he deserves a good run of games to prove himself. Hope he stays injury free.
Dont like the sound of a loan deal for one of rudolphs kids.
Wouldn’t be surprised if we have to wait til January for a striker now.
Probably get Erdinc then after he not get a game for PSG by then.
He’ll come running with his tail between his legs lol
Has Asim been given a yellow card? or was it his bedtime.
Too much fizzy pop I think.
Toon Toon
Must be class this Santon. You don’t play in defense for Italian senior team 7 times if your not, considering they have some of the best defenders on the planet. If he kept Ronaldo quiet in champs league he must be up there in Enrique land.
Cheers El Toro . . whey lets pile in for Sturridge / cisse and van aanholt
Thanks BB
Army69@25…..I like that one….immense….
Gyan at six million isn’t much of a gamble. The SMB’s wouldn’t sell to us.
Manure would want assurances that Macheda would play most games. Tough on the lads there at present.
Maiga on or off?
Toonpipes if we brought those three in on five year deals before the end of the window, I’d be on the phone on Thursday morning getting a season ticket. I live 260 miles away from sjp, and I’d make sure I turned up every home game.
I think my money is safe
Anybody got a link to the goals from sunday?
Tut tut Zoe you should have included them in your article.
#86
Micky .. can you imagine buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I would love us to sign sturridge and van anholt, iwasnt having a downer or taking the p!ss out of toonpipes post btw.
Toonpipes…..as El Toro said
Reckon we could get Fernando Torres for a fiver like!
Sorry BB
Give the bindippers 5mill to bring judas back and let him off for being a tit
beardsleys boots just come down from my pills…cheers anyway for asking..fulham have bid 10.5 mil for some player..free agreed
Micky Toon, Sturridge on loan and Van anholt signed up, that would round of a brilliant transfer window…
Asim, some player.
Ruiz is class man.
Fulham agree fee for Bryan Ruiz. Wonder if that rules them out of Cisse then?
MM – aye, I’d settle for that.
Micky … such a belta when the neggers have to sit on their hands and moan + whing and groan to their misses instead of coming on here and doing me head in .. buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
must be selling clint demsey..where having the got that money from
Toonpipes@108…get yersel ower to .org mate if you’re missing some whingeing…they’re good at it ower there
Munich .. i recks its being pretty impressive already, got in a load of quality at good prices, got shot of bartoon who despite the fact that a good player was a total liability, got shot of lazy nolan (who missed him now weve seen cabaye) got shot of dickwas enrique who was WAY to big for his boots …… just need a BUZZY striker and it will be YABADABADOOOOOO
Ruiz for Fulham. That’s a good signing. Happy for them.
Asim, hasn’t the Egyptian at Fulham got some serious wedge ?
Asim – Just a guess but I reckon Fulham are getting their money from Al Fayed
SMB’s must be sick they said they were’ntselling Gyan at the start of the summer and that the rumours were mischief making by media. Hahahaha and now theyare trying to get shot of him lol. Welcome to being lied to byyour club you trampy scumbags #sadmackembastards
Munich . . thanks for the advice, i’ll steer well clear!!
Aye toonpipes, agree with that. Still reckon there’s something coming that no one has linked us with, like Stanton deal.
Micky .. agree, love to know who they thinkin of .. last piece in the jigsaw (for this window) mebs get a decent wad of cash out …coooooooome on
Your Father is your Brother. Your Sister is your Mother. You all shag each other. The mackem family!!
Toonpipes, I agree mate, things are working out nicely. 5 million for an Italian International winger, still only 20…excellent news. Will also raise the toons profile in Italy too I would imagine……
Seriously….I’m not just saying this cos I hate Sunderland and their plastic makkem manager, but Bruce’s buying skills and choice of players is absolutely garbage
The makkems must be well peeved looking on and seeing how well wor lot are going about things …
Well done to Ashley and the toon management…
Think there is also maybe another one to come in before the window closes…
cant see him spending that money..without some 1 going out for near that money..come on ashley if he can so can u…we are 100 times bigger get your wedge out…
TOONSY ,how much would it cost too get your server sorted
Hearing there will be 2 or 3 arrivals tomorrow on top of Santon
OK so if he ‘s so class how come only £5M
Am I missing something
How come no other clubs wanted him then ?
Hmmmm!
Traore gone to QPR from arsenal! Looks like they are serious about staying up.
Bruce is suposedly after georgios samaras lol is that all they can get a celtic cast off he was shit for man city 6 years ago ffs hahahahaha
Yeap, and looks like we have decent coverage of all leagues, every angle covered .. striker striker striker
BB, you don’t rate Ben arfa then? You could say the same about him. Tiote too. Oh and bassong from a few years back.
Just sometimes a club gets a mega bargain and performs a coup while doing it.
Beardsleys Boots
How do you know they did’nt?
Roma wanted him but he wanted to come to England his agent said that yesterday!
Batty – A fair bit mate. I can’t get mates rates
so would be expensive for what this place needs. Top of the head, couple of hundred quid maybe?
Santon was available for cheap because the general consensus is that he simply cannot handle the pressures of being touted as the next big Italian defender. He needs someone to rebuild his confidence and Italians are notoriously harsh on their players; he has stagnated because of this. Hence why all the journalists/pundits(decent ones) think his arrival in England is great for both club and player.
Micky – never said I dont rate him. Dont put words in my mouth pal.
I just asked a question thats all.
It does make you wonder HOW we pulled this one off thats all.
As for HBA, well he seems to be made out of porcelain and needs wrapping in cotton wool incase he breaks. Juries out I’m afraid.
Stevey – clearly I dont.
Toonsy really? Tried 34sp? I used them years ago for a mates business I helped to get online, back when I knew what I was doing. They were reliable and cheap.
Thanks El T.
Wont be under much pressure here then
Wish people would stop calling HBA injury prone…He wasn’t until that pr*ck De Jong sliced him in two.
Beardsleys Boots
The pressure over here is minute to Italian internationals in Italy. Especially good looking poster boys like Santon. He has had a lucky escape getting out of there.
Charlton Goalie Eliot has complete move to NUFC SIGNING 5 YEAR DEAL
“…minute COMPARED to…”
Micky – http://www.34sp.com/dedicated-servers
Them ones. £80 a month or £120 a month
TOONSY well i reckon you should have a donate button ,seeing that the blog keeps goin doon ,ide drop 50 quid in straight away just like i did on org ,as long as you promise not too ban me
TOONSY TAKE HIS 50 AND BAN HIS ASSS
Batty –
You know I thought of that but I wouldn’t want to go down that route at all to be fair for some reason or another 
Toonsy ah, a bit expensive that.
Toonsy does it need to be dedicated? You know best like as you will know the traffic, CPU load etc..
Surprised at how much it costs per month. Amazon cloud no good then? I’m just throwing out ideas, probably all shite.
Micky – Ideally dedicated aye
TOONSY but if thats the only way ,and as long as you dont pay your BT bill with it
Well I do need internet Batty, and I have been using the internet on this place for 8 months now so that needs to come back somehow
Toonsy you hosting this place from your gaff?
then there were 3
All on the new thread batty. No one tell you?
micky
Batty – Just give Toonsy a few hot tips on the gee gee’s, that should just about cover what he needs.
I’m up for a donation if you want one Toonsy, but I was thinking more like a fiver.
Been taking lessons from Llamearse 
They say you have to be good to be lucky and Leon Best is a bit of both. When given the chance he has done the job. People have him typecast as a “championship” caliber squad player despite his performances. I’m not saying he’ll score 30 but given a consistent run in the side, the belief of his manager and the fans (along wit the right service of course), i’m sure he will do well.
i could live without another striker to be honest, would love someone miles ahead of what weve got but failing that we have enough strikers just not as good as would like,maiga doesnt really impress me, no idea whether ruiz would perform, not bothered by crouch, bendtner maybe, would love sturridge but that doesnt make it happen
unless we get someone that is at the next level i reckon play best as first choice
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