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Lifelong NUFC sufferer ⚫⚪ Founder of the Obertan Fan Club 🤝
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England Katılım Temmuz 2025
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@Nufc2Everything It's 2026, every serious club already knows others are using data driven recruitment and AI assisted analysis.. This really isn't groundbreaking stuff
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Great recruitment strategy stuck straight in the papers and online so other clubs can see what we are doing.
Villa will have this in a months time
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Mark Douglas@MsiDouglas
🚨 Exclusive: #nufc hire Silicon Valley AI expert to help reshape recruitment. ⚫️ New hire started work last wk - ANOTHER to follow ⚪️ Part of new #nufc data 'vision' ⚫️ Algorithms & Toon version of ChatGPT What it all means. Read £1 for 3 months 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/football…
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@Nufc2Everything £340m plus the £320m piracy settlement with BEIN, countless cash injections because the club runs at a £2m per week loss, players transfers getting close to 1 billion and massive wages - yeah I'm sure Ashley is devastated.
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Newcastle was bought for £340m by PIF they are selling 25% stake for £300m
Oh Mike Ashley what you could of had son. You fat cockney bastard.
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So my bother just picked up sanusi dad in the taxi. Totally forgot about that lad wonder if howe will use him in the absence of gordon when he leaves? His dad said he doesnt want to go on loan also. #nufc
@Mouthy_Geordie
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🚨 BREAKING: Newcastle United chief scout Steve Nickson has identified Yan Diomande as marquee signing for the summer transfer window.
Eddie Howe and Andy Howe prefer Omari Hutchinson who has vast premeir league experience and are ready to pay £55m for the winger.
#NUFC

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@Magpie24_7 8 paragraphs of AI written slop to say Elanga is shit is crazy work
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Anthony Elanga: The 'Temu Obertan?' 🇸🇪🤔
The conversation around Anthony Elanga can't keep getting ignored, and my question is: are we only holding back our criticism of him because the team’s collective form is so poor that it’s masking his individual struggles somewhat?
It’s impossible to ignore the frustration right now. The recent defeat against Bournemouth was another grim chapter in a season defined by inconsistency. Watching the team, there is a palpable sense of a side devoid of confidence, lacking the tactical sharpness and individual brilliance needed to turn the tide. When Elanga is on the pitch, that frustration often crystallizes around him—the sense that he’s drifting, lacking influence, and—appearing devoid of any confidence and skill, despite what we all watched at Forest!
We all desperately hoped that Elanga would kick on and make a real impact at St James' Park this season, but he hasn't. In fact, his displays have been so anonymous during some matches that it honestly looks like he’s never kicked a ball in his life, despite his HEAVY transfer fee. I've called him the 'Temu Obertan' reflecting the feeling that he is failing to provide the substance or influence we expected when he arrived. It is deeply frustrating because we have seen one or two TINY flashes of potential here and there, but on the whole, he looks absolutely nothing like the upgrade over Miguel Almirón that we were all led to believe.
It is a fair point that when the team is struggling to score or keep clean sheets, it is easier for individual poor performances to be swallowed up by the wider disappointment. But does that give him a free pass? Most fans would argue that in a crisis, you need your attackers to be the ones dragging the team out of the mud, rather than looking like passengers.
However, the problem runs deeper than any single player. I think Newcastle has fallen into the trap of signing too many "big, meaty boys"—physically dominant, tall players—along with a glut of athletes who simply love to run, and that's where Elanga falls. While physicality and running has its place, we seem to have neglected the need for pure, high-quality, technical footballers. It feels like we are missing that vital football intelligence on the pitch that can make the difference between a frustrating defeat and a win. This is the quality that unlocks tight defences and dictates the tempo of a match not just running or heading.
Looking ahead to the summer, regardless of who is in charge, the club absolutely must shift the focus toward recruiting high-quality, intelligent skillful footballers. We have enough pace and power; now we need the technical craft to actually use it effectively. Football intelligence can make all the difference in turning a defeat into a draw, or a draw into a win.
Elanga has shown rare flashes of talent, but we have to be honest about his tenure at Newcastle United so far—he has yet to truly find the consistency that defines a top-tier Premier League winger. Is this a temporary dip that he can work his way out of with a few big moments, or coaching, or is the system not playing to his strengths? Some might argue he’s being asked to play a role that doesn't suit his natural game, while others might say he simply hasn't met the physical or mental demands of the shirt. Either way we can't afford passengers, especially as the alternative currently is Jacob Murphy.
What do you think? Are we scapegoating him because it’s easier than looking at the broader failure, or is his lack of impact a primary reason the team’s attack has stalled? Let’s hear your take—is there any path back for Elanga to rediscover his form, or is it already time to look for alternatives?
#NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL

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@S0uthernGe0rdie Nothing about the way we operate suggests we'll be on the ball with this sadly. It took us a full year to hire a DOF
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My prediction for anyone who’s interested…
This week there will be a lot of media done behind the scenes
Get the Arsenal game out the way
Announce it next week Howe leaving
Yasir in toon for Bton game
Manager shortlist done (if not already)
Howe gets the send off
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@LucasGert_ Tbf our "senior football executive" agreed with him.. Not sure who that could be
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@DoylemMedia I'd add Willock to that. It really highlights how bad our recruitment is
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If he starts Murphy and Burn today, he plabs to keep both next season. Id be fine if they were 3rd,4th choice. But for aslong as those two are even in the building, Howe will start them or sub them on at 68 mins, cockblocking any good young prospects trying to get a break
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@NUFCLC Fucking wimp.
Imagine if you had even 5% of what Sunderland fans have had to endure.
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@MagpieMediaX Clearly wasnt a punch in the face 🤣 He tapped him on the back of the neck.
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Park Seung-soo is now punched in the face by a Manchester United player off the ball. Unpunished, of course. Still 2-0 to #NUFC but it could and should probably be more! 🙏🏽
Magpie Media@MagpieMediaX
#NUFC U21s denied a stonewall penalty for a clear shove on Neave. The Toon striker was clean through on goal…
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