Started 36 games and 2 sub apperances in the league. Decent that.
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Started 36 games and 2 sub apperances in the league. Decent that.
http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/07/wijnaldum-set-liverpool-medical-reports-newcastle-united/Wijnaldum set for Liverpool medical – Reports
Gini Wijnaldum is expected at Anfield for a medical according to new reports on Monday lunchtime.
- See more at: http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/07/wij...eports-newcastle-united/#sthash.LN4kIqrz.dpuf
Gini Wijnaldum is expected at Anfield for a medical according to new reports on Monday lunchtime.
- See more at: http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/07/wij...eports-newcastle-united/#sthash.LN4kIqrz.dpuf
He's a lazy, ill-disciplined fat cunt, though
I saw Drenthe in a friendly against us years ago and he was absolutely brilliant. Best player on the pitch by a mile. He also nearly got twatted by Gerrard who had to be dragged away from him after Drenthe went straight through him with a terrible tackle.
Then he went to Real Madrid far too early.
Then he went to Real Madrid far too early.
And then Everton far too early
Reminds me of that match against Arsenal when they started Frimpong.
Neither, he is an AM
I'm surprised we didn't buy him.
Wijnaldum's league goals by season:
2015/16: 11 in 38 games (EPL)
2014/15: 14 in 33 (Eredivisie)
2013/14: 4 in 11 (Eredivisie)
2012/13: 14 in 33 (Eredivisie)
2011/12: 8 in 32 (Eredivisie)
2010/11: 14 in 34 (Eredivisie)
BTW in his last season in Holland, out of his 14 league goals 9 were away from home. So the total absence of away goals with Newcastle must have more to do with Newcastle than with him.
2015/16: 11 in 38 games (EPL)
2014/15: 14 in 33 (Eredivisie)
2013/14: 4 in 11 (Eredivisie)
2012/13: 14 in 33 (Eredivisie)
2011/12: 8 in 32 (Eredivisie)
2010/11: 14 in 34 (Eredivisie)
BTW in his last season in Holland, out of his 14 league goals 9 were away from home. So the total absence of away goals with Newcastle must have more to do with Newcastle than with him.
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We sent Ayre to sign him and he came back with a bottle of absinthe.
I want to know where he scored many of his goals from though. In both leagues. Was it DM or LAM/CAM.
He seems a good athlete and has a goalscoring instinct (take not Henderson). He's a slight upgrade on what we have but for the price we are paying, I'm not sure whether the money couldn't be spent elsewhere on a bigger upgrade in a position (or player profile) we lack.
Like LB or a Modric type midfielder.
He seems a good athlete and has a goalscoring instinct (take not Henderson). He's a slight upgrade on what we have but for the price we are paying, I'm not sure whether the money couldn't be spent elsewhere on a bigger upgrade in a position (or player profile) we lack.
Like LB or a Modric type midfielder.
That stuff gives you really bad wind BTW, like a motorbike starting up. Hence the saying: "Absinthe makes the fart go Honda".
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I'll tee 'em up and you knock 'em out of the park, JJ
Is it really true though that goal threat from midfield is a luxury, but a playmaker is a necessity? Last season we our biggest problem wasn't passing the ball through midfield or creating chances, it was lack of cutting edge. I think this is what the signings of Mane and Wijnaldum (if it happens) are designed to address.
As for our top-class "Modric" type, we might have to wait another year.
Maybe Klopp's budget distribution was to spend a lot of money on Dahoud (30 million plus) and get Zielinski and Chilwell on the cheap ( less than 12-13 million). Since none of these are happening and especially as he realized Dahoud may happen only next summer, he decided to go for plan B which has Wijnaldum. Maybe Wijnaldum was not a target initially as the budget didnt allow it after accounting for Dahoud.
That's a good guess. This will not stop the media from "reporting" that we switched to Wijnaldum because we couldn't get Zielinski, which makes no fucking sense.
Sure, I mean it makes no sense to make it sound like Wijnaldum was 2nd or 3rd choice behind Zielinski, when we are willing to pay twice as much for him.
And he is quite different type of midfielder to Dahoud, so it's probably not the case of rating one player over the other, but either budget constraints or maybe not wanting to buy too many new players at once. Once it was clear that Dahoud transfer will have to wait, we were free to strengthen another position that was going to be strengthened anyway, but maybe further down the line in the original plan.
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Wijnaldum has been born in Holland, but like so many Dutch players he is of Afro-Surinamese ancestry. I know the likes of Seedorf and Rijkaard were Surinamese, but didn't realize the list was THAT long or illustrious until I looked it up:
Ruud Gullit
Frank Rijkaard
Edgar Davids
Clarence Seedorf
Patrick Kluivert
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Michael Reiziger (Barca full-back in the 90's, CL winner with Ajax)
Mario Melchiot (Chelsea and Wigan full-back)
Winston Bogarde (Barca CB who ended his career in controversy with Chelsea)
For a nation of under half a million, that's fucking incredible – some of the absolute elite of European football of the 80's and 90's. There have been a few more who showed early promise, but didn't quite make it at the very top level, like our own Ryan Babel, Royston Drenthe or Eljero Elija. If Wijnaldum has a career anywhere near the first 5 on that list, we're in luck.
Ruud Gullit
Frank Rijkaard
Edgar Davids
Clarence Seedorf
Patrick Kluivert
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Michael Reiziger (Barca full-back in the 90's, CL winner with Ajax)
Mario Melchiot (Chelsea and Wigan full-back)
Winston Bogarde (Barca CB who ended his career in controversy with Chelsea)
For a nation of under half a million, that's fucking incredible – some of the absolute elite of European football of the 80's and 90's. There have been a few more who showed early promise, but didn't quite make it at the very top level, like our own Ryan Babel, Royston Drenthe or Eljero Elija. If Wijnaldum has a career anywhere near the first 5 on that list, we're in luck.
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