2022/23 Demarai Gray

[davek]

Turn it in, I know he was signed by your hero but he is an absolute Championship bum. £1.7m and nobody else interested for good reason.

Went past 3 players last night and cut back a tap in for Iwobi...who watched it go by him.

He cant be made responsible for a lack of finishing.

Gray carried our attacking threat almost single handedly last night. And Mykolenko offers f.a. by way of support.

 

[Eggs]

Went past 3 players last night and cut back a tap in for Iwobi...who watched it go by him.

He cant be made responsible for a lack of finishing.

Gray carried our attacking threat almost single handedly last night. And Mykolenko offers f.a. by way of support.

…he’s probably carried more threat than any other attacker this season but he’s a complicated footballer who must be difficult to play alongside.

Its so important for a wide player to blend with his FB & I’m seeing no evidence of that on either flank, even with the introduction of Patterson.

If we can get real potency in wide areas, Gray might be most effective coming off the bench.

 

[LocalNative]

I still think he's probably our best attacker, which is tragic.

Criminal that our wide players for this year are Gray, Gordon, McNeil and Townsend.

 

[IrishBlue2022]

Can't stand him, but thought he was our best, or maybe second best player last night. His defensive tracking was excellent, and he provided the only bits of decent attacking play. I know that says a lot about our team, as like I say, I think he's sh i t e, but still better than most others, including Gordon.

Rewatch the goal if you think his defensive tracking was excellent.

 

[IrishBlue2022]

Can't stand him, but thought he was our best, or maybe second best player last night. His defensive tracking was excellent, and he provided the only bits of decent attacking play. I know that says a lot about our team, as like I say, I think he's sh i t e, but still better than most others, including Gordon.

He's walking the opposite direction. If he tracked back Almiron doesn't have a free shot.

 

[LocalNative]

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He's walking the opposite direction. If he tracked back Almiron doesn't have a free shot.

Not great that. Look how narrow Gordon is compared to Gray here.

However, if Onana was there he'd have covered that avenue off too.

 

[Furey1878]

Don't think him and Gordon should be starting together right now. Pick one.

 

[MikeH72]

Don't think him and Gordon should be starting together right now. Pick one.

Can I pick neither?

 

[IrishBlue2022]

Not great that. Look how narrow Gordon is compared to Gray here.

However, if Onana was there he'd have covered that avenue off too.

I agree Onana is another culprit for not tracking back effectively here and have noticed that creep into his game the last few matches.

 

[Furey1878]

Can I pick neither?

I wish haha. Doing so means we are playing McNeil and Iwobi as our 2 wide men.

 

[Furey1878]

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He's walking the opposite direction. If he tracked back Almiron doesn't have a free shot.

In fairness in a 433 the onus is more on the midfield to track back

 

[RomanReigns]

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He's walking the opposite direction. If he tracked back Almiron doesn't have a free shot.

why are the centre halves stood so far away from the newcastle players

one thing i noticed about newcastle is that they are literally on you as soon as you get the ball, give you no time on the ball

we sit off far too much and wait for danger to be created instead of stopping it from the outset

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Demarai Gray always looks stoned to me.

He's that bad, in some cultures he probably would be.........

 

[Colonel Getafe]

How many other teams in the league would he get in?

How many would he start week in, week out?

<insert gif/meme of Leo DiCaprio saying "absolutely fecking none" here>

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Championship player, kills attacks, utter useless

Sell as a priority

To whom?? We must be the only club who could buy someone for £1.7m and make it look overpriced. I honestly don't know who'd be interested enough to pay money for him. Forest maybe, but that's only because they had signed 18324 players and even then, Gray wasn't a thought.