A Word On Jermaine Jenas...
Two assists at the weekend capped off an alround impressive
display from Jermaine Jenas to give him a reasonable start to the
new campaign where much more is expected of him. We all know he has
the ability and in Souness he may have the right man to turn all that
potential into an end product and of late we are seeing encouraging
glimpses. Up against 1st Division folly is all good and well however.
Up against the Keane's, Lampard's, Gerrard's and Vieira's of this
world is where it counts and where we will need his talent to blossom
most.
The big remaining criticism of Jenas is that he is too soft, often
bullied or eased out of possession. Apparently he's a quiet lad and
wouldn't say boo to a goose in the dressing room. He needs a nasty
streak to compliment that undoubted potential of his. Instead of helping
up a player after challenging him, JJ needs to leave his man crumpled
on the deck. Instead of smiling at the opposition and joking with
them he needs to snarl at them, to intimidate them.
He needs that streak that Souness was famed for as a player and as
Dwight Yorke would say, now as a manager. Souness should sit him down
to watch a few tapes of himself in his pomp. I look at Jenas and see
an awful lot of potential and ability, but football is a tough game
where it gets even tougher at the top. If our No.7 wants to become
a top player he needs to toughen up.
A Great Way To Spend £2m
Manchester United PLC today revealed that Newcastle paid
them £2m for Nicky Butt. 7 games into his Toon career and that
small fee is already looking a huge bargain. Just to put the fee into
perspective, former Sunderland midfielder Gavin Mccann cost Aston
Villa £2.5m.
Newcastle-Online's August Player Of The Month
Slightly late, given how we are nearing the end of September,
but we are pleased to announce a new section to the website where
we award monthly gongs to those who have performed best based on our
own player ratings system. Find out who we rated as player of the
month for August, those who challenged for the title and the player
who performed the worst by clicking here
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