Yeah, I think he would be a killer there, considering how direct Newcastle usually play and how often their wingers end up in huge open spaces.
Having to move from London to the north east 
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Yeah, thatās what I think. Gallagher was the same. These lads are too used to London.
Funny thing is Madueke left London for Netherlands at a young age.
I do think your status changes things a lot though. Being rich in London is different than being a young up and comer.
Teams are really not giving Newcastle the same space this season though. Check their pass map vs Wolves. Itās a horse shoe of death even we would be proud of.
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I think heās been good, nice to see an Arsenal player capable of taking on his man and almost always beating them - like others, his final pass/final play has been underwhelming but hopefully the backroom staff can help him improve that.
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No team has solved the low block.
https://x.com/optajoe/status/2012901165290160441?s=46&t=eJpgg6uHWRsStnASv-OePg
Surely at some point you just have to start whipping it in the box. Thereās literally no point passing it around to get 0 shots on target.
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Certainly no needle mover. Tendency to overdo things on the wing, but no great output on the end of it. As far as Chav imports go, heās middle to upper end of the pack. Still bedding in.
I didnāt mention that point stylistically to be honest.
I think they would have been a decent club for him to get some spotlight.
Yep. I saw some stat recently showing multiple stars in the Prem going on long goal droughts.
Erling was the only outlier and even him has had a bad run recently for his standards.
A lot of folks donāt want to hear it but the way to absolutely undermine these low block cuntsā¦is set pieces.
Arteta realised this a while back and we can score goals where a low block, packed box means fuck all.
Opening the scoring from a corner with a shit, deflected header against a bottom 8, cave-dwelling side away from homeā¦
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100% agree. We were dropping points against teams deploying this tactic by trying to play open and attacking football. Arteta realised that we need to use everything at our disposal to win games.
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The flexibility of this team is its greatest quality really.
You want to park the bus, weāll overload you with balls into the box and you better pray weāre not clinical because at some point a couple of them will land in a very dangerous spot.
You decide to open up and play us head on(often happening in the CL) and we could undo you like we did PSV.
I donāt think youāll find a more flexible side than us, not just this season but across multiple seasons now.
Arteta is obsessed with maximising his teamās capacity in every facet of the game. Itās whatāll get him right to the top.
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You just get a clinical striker and you are set.
If only we had a Harry Kane or lewandowski at peak.
We would be unstoppable
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Do you think Havertz has the ability to be that guy for us when fit?
Not sure what to expect
Or just peppering shots at the goal. Something these pros should be able to pull out of the bag if theyāre facing a low block. Bobble it up and fucking hammer it.
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Better at the approach play stuff, but his heading isnāt exceptional. And thatās the type of chances we tend to generate. You need someone strong aerially to covert from the Saka crosses.
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Arteta would sub them off
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Chelsea got us on this deal.
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Highly frustrating cameo
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