Not only is Tiote a ball-winner, he is also a very gifted technical midfielder with an eye for a pass and a terrific work ethic. If there is one small gripe with him however, it’s linked with his ball-winning style and the fact that simply by doing just that he can rack up the bookings which can lead to suspensions. In fact he has already sat out six games this season through suspension, which isn’t ideal.
Alan Pardew has recently said about how many bookings Tiote picks and says that it’s something that needs to be looking at, but for me it’s kind of a hazard of the job. If you are going to spend your time putting tackles in, then law of averages dictates that you will pick up more bookings as a result. If you change that then you change the player, which is why it’s nice to hear that Tiote has no plans to alter his game.
“To have got 11 bookings is maybe too much but I do my job and I have to tackle,” Tiote told The Journal.
“Maybe next season I will get less bookings. Maybe I tackle too much. The manager hasn’t said anything to me, because he knows if I don’t tackle, I’m not the same player. The referees are different in England. If you do something wrong they give you a yellow card straight away. I’ve had to learn that.”
The crux of it is that fans love to see a player putting in 100% and they love to see a player getting stuck in and chase a ball down from 30-40 yards away. You can hear the cheers when a tackle goes in and generally speaking it’s regarded as a sign of commitment to the cause. Being honest, it’s part of the reason why we love him. Tiote continued:
“You can hear the cheer when I get a tackle right. They love this type of player. There’s not too many players who do that but you need to work for the team, and if you do they recognise that. I’ve never played for fans like that.”
Tiote has been outstanding for us for this season. Who would have thought that when we signed the virtual unknown back in August? I know I certainly didn’t. His performances have left me feeling slightly annoyed that he hasn’t got the recognition I think he deserves.
Take the PFA Player of the Year award for example. Not a mention of Tiote. It was the same today when the Football Writers Association named their Player of the Year, with Scott Parker being the recipient followed by people saying how wonderful it is that the award has gone to a player outside of the top tier of clubs and how great it is to have a 100% effort player getting the reward they deserve.
Utter claptrap of course. Parker may be getting the plaudits at the moment, but is he really any better than Cheik Tiote? Not a chance. We, as Newcastle fans, have seen both of them close up so we are in the ideal position to judge.
Anyway, rant over about that. Hopefully next season Tiote will get the recognition he deserves.
I won’t hold my breath on that though!
Really glad he isn’t changing his ways.
One of our best signings in a long time.
Toby le Rhone(Quote)
He is the best newcastle player by far 🙂
georgeNUFCthompson(Quote)
Had a dream last night that we were playing at Old Trafford next season and Shola and Sigorthson? scored so it was 2-0 at half time. 😆
DJG(Quote)
**** it DJG wont come true now that you said it 😆
Johno Toon(Quote)
Good, we need him to stay exactly how he is!
Toonsy you must really want to beat me if your getting an Xbox 😉
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georgeNUFCthompson
Posted April 22, 2011 at 11:50 AM
He is the best newcastle player by far
yo wont be sayn that when ben arfa gets in his stride m8
Army69(Quote)
MM hows you mate,good i hope.
ime a bit suss of him,yes he was a good player but would like to see a bit more of him first but signs did look canny.
by the way your on wrong thread m8 😉
icedog(Quote)
Dan – It’s more so I can play more people 😉
toonsy(Quote)
“Blackpool v Newcastle”
“Expect a rarest of clean sheets and a much-needed win for the Seasiders.”
Thats based on what other than Andy Grays pathetic hatred of all things newcastle united… 🙄
CC(Quote)
Toonsy, you keep telling your self that 😉
Nah it will be decent if you get on like, am sure you’ll show Jobey and Spencer up 😆
dan4toon(Quote)
He’s an absolute monster of a player. I do wish he could reign in the tendency to pick up a yellow card in every game. I don’t know if that’s possible to do without impacting his overall play.
I’d also like to see him whack a few shots per game… given the fughing screamer against Arsenal. If he added 3-5 goals a season, man, what a superhero he’d be.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Keep thinking its Saturday and the game is today
Moreno(Quote)
Moreno, I keep losing track of what day it is like 💡
dan4toon(Quote)
:lol:*
dan4toon(Quote)
It’s because I am off graft with it being good Friday
Moreno(Quote)
Dan 😆 😆
I beat spencer 4 times yesterday, best scores were 5-0 and 4-0 😆 😆 😆
Jobey07(Quote)
Am sure he was pleased about that 😆
When toonsy gets an Xbox we should make a league with all of us in 😉
dan4toon(Quote)
He was getting a bit upset. 😆 😆
aye, i need to play you again, see if i’ve improved like 🙂
Jobey07(Quote)
Who ever comes bottom of the league will be getting a lot of stick I would imagine 😉
dan4toon(Quote)
x-boxes leave me cold – get yasels a life – gan oot an play 3 pots in or summat 😈
tattyheed(Quote)
As FSOTC said, if tiote could add five goals a season imagine the plaudits then 😯
toonsy(Quote)
He’d still get no credit, not while he plays in black and white 🙁
richietoon(Quote)
Hasn’t he missed 6 matches through suspension? 😉
jay jay(Quote)
Too hot for going out tatty. Even my laptop has given up because of the heat 😉
toonsy(Quote)
Too hot 😯
It’s really foggy here. Although that’s probably because I live right next to the sea 🙁
dan4toon(Quote)
Enjoy it mate 😆
jay jay(Quote)
well he will be doing his tackling at another club next season ,just ask leakybutt manc stu
batty(Quote)
jay@23 5 i think m8 😉
batty(Quote)
@batty
I’ll have a word with my source to see where Tiote is gannin.
Standby
Bobby Shinton number 9(Quote)
1 match ban for 5 yellows, 3 matches for his red card and a 2 match ban for 10 yellows I think 😉
jay jay(Quote)
sorry jay 😳
batty(Quote)
That’s if I’m right batty 😆
jay jay(Quote)
leaky stu must of gone oot too do abit of canvasing robbing the old peeps of there gold 😉
batty(Quote)
Finally got my laptop working. Wonder how long it will last for 😕
toonsy(Quote)
Just to let you all know, I’ll be having a chat with Ian Wright tomorrow 😉
toonsy(Quote)
On the radio I mean
toonsy(Quote)
toonsy can you tell him hes a c@nt off me 😉
batty(Quote)
Toonsy, what about? 😯
dan4toon(Quote)
Tell him I think he’s a **** please mate 🙂
jay jay(Quote)
Please forgive me,but i shall say this.
Scott Parker deserve the award. 😉
Everyone can see how bad west Ham is,and yet Parker the key for The players to have that drive not to give up.
He has been influential for West Ham.
AngelOfDeath(Quote)
AoD.
Has Nolan or Barton not been influential for us? Yes, and we arent battling relegation. Better goals/assists rate than Parker too.
Moreno(Quote)
Dan – Dunno. I just got a text from the radio station asking if I’d do a bit. I told them that I wasn’t writing for .org and they said no problem as it was me they wanted to speak to 😯
Must be my sexy voice 😆
They are going to phone me in a bit 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
And nobody #ff’d us on Twitter thus far 🙁
toonsy(Quote)
Toonsy, nice one 🙂
I #ff’d the ‘blog
dan4toon(Quote)
I see .org has a new *****? It’ll be Thump doing all the work now I take it??!?
toonsy(Quote)
New article up in a couple of minutes 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
I’m glad he’s under the radar. Helps to keep him off the scope of Champions League clubs, if he’s not ‘fashionable’.
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