December 2017 and Mo Diame was sarcastically cheered off at St James’ after a truly awful display, with several fans hoping this was to be his last with the January window looming.
Just a few months later and he’s being tipped by some to win our player of the season award, going from zero to hero amongst NUFC fans.
With this truly incredible turnaround in mind, we’ve fished out some tweets from fans from 2017 (when he was struggling in the Championship and at the start of our Premier League season) and from now in the 2018 (a few months on from his return to the side since the turn of the year).
NUFC fans in 2017
@CompleteNUFC – “Anyone defending Diame on here needs a slap. The bloke is one of the worst midfielders i’ve ever seen in Black & White.”
@TucJr82 – “He needs selling in Jan to get rid of his wage he absolutely doesn’t earn. He is lazy beyond belief, has no heart, determination, dedication and certainly no respect for the shirt, team, club, Rafa and the staff and also all of us fans. One of our worst buys ever.”
@NUFC_Index – “I think he’s absolutely s***e and one of the worst players ever to wear the shirt.”
@Bobc78 – “Diame is absolutely terrible. Even Colback was better!!”
@Seanio88 – “Diame (*angry emoji*) Annoying, unfit, disappointing, frustrating, awful, useless, rubbish, s**t, ****, worst of all..Sissoko was better.”
@GDawson7 – “How on earth does Diame get a game? Without doubt the worst footballer I’ve seen in a Newcastle shirt! Absolute fraud!”
@CompleteNUFC – “People whinging because Diame got booed. He gets paid a **** load of money to basically put in 0 effort every time he steps onto the pitch. Shows literally no commitment or willingness to attack or defend and has the worst work rate i have seen in a very long time. *****.”
Diame ? Annoying, Unfit, Disappointing, Frustrating, Awful, Useless, Rubbish, ****, ****, worst of all… Sissoko was better #Nufc
— ™ (@Seanio88) April 28, 2017
NUFC fans in 2018
Diame again man ?. Working is away into the player of the season nominations #NUFC
— BristolMagpie (@BristolMagpie) March 31, 2018
Diame is champions league quality! #nufc
— Chris (@magpieranger99) March 31, 2018
Diame's been a wall… his work rate had been fantastic lately… #Toon #Nufc
— Sean G. Tierney (@SeanGTierney) March 31, 2018
Mo Diame is fast becoming my player of the year. The change from utterly horrendous to one of the first names on the teamsheet is nothing short of a miracle #NUFC
— Andrew Clarkson (@Andrew_Clarkson) April 1, 2018
Diame just looks so cool in the middle #NUFC
— Ryan (@ryanbeard2012) March 31, 2018
Reckon we should get a Diame statue outside St James' Park. #NUFC
— BristolMagpie (@BristolMagpie) March 31, 2018
Not many things in the world make my bollocks tingle like seeing Mo Diame come crashing out of the line to take the ball off some chump #nufc
— Taylor Not Besty ⚽️ (@TaylorandBesty) April 15, 2018
What a contrast!
From one of the ‘worst’ players supporters had seen in black and white, a waste of space and one of the laziest players fans claimed to have seen, to a monster in midfield, full of energy and a genuine candidate for one of our players of the season.
An incredible turnaround and one that has made so many fans eat their words!
Hats off Mo! Brilliant stuff.
