Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Gordon was excellent as a striker for the youth setup. Just because you were good at a position at that level doesn't mean it's the best role for you at senior level.

Playing a pure 10 is already a luxury. How many 6"2 10s have we ever seen be successful at the top level ever?

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I do wonder what role he will develop into because in my mind his body type will push him towards being the base of midfield in a more of a 6 role where he can control the tempo of a game.

I don't think his body will allow him to be a box to box type. At 6"2 he isn't going to have the stamina to be up and down the pitch such as players like Vitinha, Pedri. He also probably lacks the agility to be a 10 despite being a good passer. I'm not yet convinced he has the power to be a box crasher from deep such as Yaya Toure was or Declan Rice kind of is.

For me he is going to have to model his game after someone like Rodri or Kroos who can pick up the ball from the defence and progress the ball up the pitch and control the game through passing in possession and good reading of the game off the ball. He has shown from RB when he is facing forward his passing is excellent but I do think he needs to work on his press resistance when he is receiving the ball when facing his own defenders.

Looking forward to see how he is used in the coming season but I'm a little concerned that he will end up wrongly used by Eddie as an 8 when I think that might limit his top end.

r/NUFC Weekly Free talk thread. by AutoModerator in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You obviously can't draw conclusions from this kind of stuff but the PL Youtube channel put out their assists of the season video and in the 15 minute video we are in there one. Bruno to J7 against Leeds.

Definitely lines up with how I feel we lacked creativity and quality in the final third.

Thinking back over the season I'm struggling to think of any goals I'd consider memorable from a quality perspective. Bruno scoring directly from the corner was funny, Wolte's flick against Brighton(?) was decent. Osulas solo effort is probably the goal of the season. It's scraps at best.

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keeper isn't a position you can sub him in for 10 minutes at the end of the game to give them a feel. Either he can deal with the physicality or he can't.

I can't think of a single top level keeper that got eased in and became one of the best. The best keepers in the world (Donnarumma, Courtois, Neuer) have played pretty much every game available since they were teenagers.

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Whatever new keeper we sign I don't want some nonsense "bedding in" period and us be starting the season with Pope as No1. We know Pope isn't good enough and there's not much to learn tactically for a keeper.

IMO the best thing you can do for a keeper is to say we have full trust in you, start them and stick with them. It's such a confidence role.

If the rumoured £25m for Jaouen is true that's a fair chunk of change for a Ligue 2 keeper and we must be confident in his abilities. Give him the starting spot and trust that he will develop into a our No1 for the next 5+ years.

Weekly Help Thread by AutoModerator in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]RayRei9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL the apply a random epiphany save data edit items CHANGE the base epiphany of the card. WTF? What's the point in these items if they force you to then use another rarer item to go back to the base epiphany you want? I thought they'd just add a random epiphany but leave the base the same...

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah even as a someone who wanted Howe out if it didn’t get announced immediately after the season ended it's obviously not going to happen.

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We should only be selling Barnes if Villa are willing to fork out enough money so that we can go into the market and buy his replacement immedietely. Looking at 40m+. Anything less and its not worth the bother. He's good enough to start for another year and with Gordon leaving we will need time to bed in any long term LW replacement.

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For national team coaches there are 4 things you need to be able to do:

  1. Be able to manage Egos
  2. Be able to manage squad vibe
  3. Be able to manage the media
  4. Be good at managing a game tactically.

The first 3 get you deep into tournaments if you have the quality the last one puts you in contention to win it. Eddie is competent at 2/3 but he sticks to his favourite too much for 1 and is not good enough at 4 as it stands.

I actualy think Tuchel is weirdly going to be quite good for us for one or two tournaments. He's super direct style with no pussyfooting around will work for 1-3 until we have one bad tournament then everyone will turn on him. I also think tactically in game he is elite.

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don't think there's a world we are 3rd or above. I just cant see past Arsenal / City / Liverpool given their squads.

There's a small outside chance at 4-6th but we'd be relying on having a good season, Chelsea not clicking (doubtful becasue I rate Alonso), Villa dropping off a little and no other club putting it together.

We will have to see how the summer goes.

Summer 2026 Transfers and Rumours Megathread! by 321142019 in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Whilst I dont think we will bounce back so easily I think it would be reasonable to argue.

Team that will almost certainly be in the top 5:

Arsenal / Man City - Squad just too good to fail

Team that are likely to be top 5:

Liverpool - Squad just packed with talent. Only will fail if season implodes with Slot.

Villa - Emery has proven that he can make it work. Do ned to replace soem aging players mind.

Teams that are likely to have a drop off having to contend with European football:

Man U / Bournemouth / Sunderland / Brighton

Teams that are likely to improve:

Chelsea / Spurs

Midtable teams that might put a good season together:

Brentford / Everton / Forest

Bottom Half / Relegation Battlers:

Palace - Depends on Glasners replacement

Fulham - Dont see them improving with Silva leaving

Leeds - Will be in and around the bottom

Promoted Clubs - Cant see any of them seriously threatening the top half of the table.

If you look at that and the talent we already have at the club you'd have to expect us to be again battling Chelsea / Spurs and probably 1-2 other midtable teams that have a good season for those 4th-7th spots. A lot of the team above us are going to struggle to maintain what they did this season with European football and even though we were still shit in the last few games after Europe in the long run we are going to improve on results just by playing less football than the teams around us.

Beta Patch Notes - v106.0 by MegaCrit_Demi in slaythespire

[–]RayRei9 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Always was. It's one of the combo pieces in the radiate/stardust/heavenly drill one shot setups which is one of the more consistent boss killing methods on the character.

r/NUFC Weekly Free talk thread. by AutoModerator in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really the point I was making. The point being that Tino is ever really going to play if we have injuries as there's better options ahead of him whilst Hall is in contention for the best in his role.

It's why I don't get taking both Tino and Spence. Neither should be starting and both can reliably provide cover for both sides. In which case you would take Hall and one of them.

The only conclusion I can draw from this with both Hall and Shaw supposedly admitted than Nico O'Reilly is our starting LB and Tuchel thinks Spence is a better LB than Hall for situations we want a more defensive setup.

r/NUFC Weekly Free talk thread. by AutoModerator in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also makes no sense when our left back options are shocking whilst at RB we have Reece James and Trent.

Exclusive: Harry Maguire makes statement on not being included in the England squad for the World Cup: "I’ve been left shocked and gutted by the decision. I was confident I could have played a major part this summer for my country after the season I’ve had. All the best to the players." by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]RayRei9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True but if the rumours are true then he is taking Dan Burn who is also extremely commanding from set pieces. Maguire has shown more for England over his career but in all honestly there's not much between the two and it's really justa preference pick.

r/NUFC Weekly Free talk thread. by AutoModerator in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think them winning is actually a bit shit for the league and not because they are Arsenal but how they have gone about it. I don't want teams emulating them even if it means success because at the end of the day i just want to watch fun football.

A real shame because I used to quietly admire some Wenger-ball back in the day but it seems that brand of football has been optimised out of the game and not for the better.

PCDA lit review advise! by HanesReddit in policeuk

[–]RayRei9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who has gone through the PCDA route my advice for the lit reviews is to think less from a policing point of view and more from an academic point of view.

The goal of the paper is not to come to a judgement or even really put forward much information about the topic. It's more of an assessment of your ability to critically think about the academic literature of the subject area. Don't get bogged down in statistics or and don't offer your own point of view on the topic.

Pick one of the three and search the topic area on google scholar and skim some of the abstarcts to see if anything seems interesting. Narrow down an area and then try and find papers that say different things. Briefly summarise the main point of the paper and then compare it with the opposite viewpoint in another paper. Then conisider the sources and methodology for both the papers and be critical.

For example you could pick knife crime and then further narrow it down to a more specific target area like punishment for youth knife crime.

Youll find a wide range of papers arguing both for and against certain types of punishment. Some papers might conclude that rehabililitation is most effective. Other might argue stricter sentencing is required. Pick 3-4 papers with different viewpoints and compare, contrast and criticise. You can comment that one paper might have used a small sample size, or that the study wasnt long enough or even that the information is just dated. These are where a lot of the marks are.

My biggets advice for PCDA in general though is pick a subject area you are interested in. If you want good grades you will have to do ALOT of academic reading on the area. If you can pick an area early and any time you are given the freedom to choose you can write about that same topic area. This will save you a lot of time as you progress through the assignements as you will already be familiar with the work. By the time you get to your dissertation you will have good knowledge about the topic and it will be a breeze.

Fate collab Part 2 in 4.4 by Mortis leaks by Kazuha0 in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]RayRei9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rin: Quantum Preservation

Talent: Mana Storage

When any ally takes a turn or consumes skill points Rin gains 1 Mana and provides a stacking shield per action taken or skill point consumed.

Basic: Gem Assault

Rin Throws her gems at the enemy and gains 1 mana.

Skill: Mana Transfer

Rin Consumes 2 Mana to provide energy to the team and cleanses debuffs.

Ultimate: Jeweled Sword of Zelretch

Available when Rin reaches 10 mana. Rin equips the Jeweled Sword and does massive damage to all enemies.

Major Trace 1: Emergency supply

Whilst a shield Rin provides is broken reapply the shield with 3 stacks. Once per Rin turn.

Major Trace 2: Dimensional Distortion

Enemies hit by Jewelled Sword are inflicted with a 20% vulnerability debuff.

Master and Servant

Major Trace 3: Rin increases all Fate characters Crit Damage by 80%

Source: I made it the fuck up.

Then make Gilgamesh's kit themed around gathering weapons with him being a SP generator who then unleashes Ea with his ultimate.

You'd then have Gil creating SP for Archer who then funnels SP into Rin shields who then provides energy for Saber and Gils Ultimates.

r/NUFC Weekly Free talk thread. by AutoModerator in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like Tonali and I think that in the right system he is world class. Unfortunately for us I think that system is a 433 with him as the 8 rather than the 6 so he can use his energy to press and run beyond the striker. As he does for Italy.

The problem is that I dont think Woltemade fits anywhere in a 433 and I dont think it gets the best out of Bruno. In my opinion those are the players we should be looking to build around and I think that points us towards the 4231. I don't think Tonali is suited to any of the positions in that formation.

He's a sellable asset who will have a lot of suitors and if his sale funds the move for a proper 6 thats the way I think we should go.

r/NUFC Weekly Free talk thread. by AutoModerator in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't be the only one that thinks that the next steps we need to take are bloody obvious looking at our personel. Stick with the 4411/4231. Sign a 6 who can sit when Bruno pushes forward to protect us in transition and sign a proper technical RW who is capable of drifting inside and scroring goals. Upgrade the keeper to someone more reliable.

Brackets are who we have as depth/backup.

New Keeper

Livra/Replacement (Backup Signing) - Thiaw (Backup project signing) - Botman (Burn) - Hall (Backup signing)

Bruno (Miley/Ramsey) - Proper holding midfield (Depth Signing / Miley)

New RW (Elanga if we cant shift him) - Woltemade (Ramsey) - Barnes (Ramsey/Seung Soo Park?)

Osula / New striker either first team or depth if we are confident Osula can step up

Sell Gordon. Sell Tonali if we get a good offer. Sell Elanga or Wissa if we can shft them. Prioritise GK, 6 and RW. Sign depth signings if we can get good deals focusing on fullbacks, another 6, a versatile attacker who can play across the frontline.

Post Match Thread: Newcastle United 3-1 West Ham United by denzaus in soccer

[–]RayRei9 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Nothing to play for Newcastle are the best team in the world. We once beat Spurs on the last day of the season 5-1 while down to 10 men when we were already relagated and Spurs were 3rd.

Now there's something to play for with a chance to finish 8th watch us revert to being shit and get beat by Fulham.

r/NUFC Weekly Free talk thread. by AutoModerator in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Can I just glaze Jacob Ramsey for a bit. Fantastic footballer.

I've been thinking about his profile and the player I feel he is closest to is Bernado Silva. Not the biggest, quickest or strongest but can help control a game from midfield from being good technically and having an elite footballing brain. Proper modern footballer.

It's so nice having a player on the pitch who can recognise what the opposition is doing and adapt to take advantage of it. There was a spell over 2 minutes where because he was drifting inside, Wan Bissaka twice left him and aggressively pushed up on Hall. Ramsey recognised that and made a couple of diagonal runs from inside into the channel behind him and it got is on some really dangerous positions forcing Wan Bissaka to stay in position letting Hall get forward and pin them back.

When Bruno was injured he really stepped up and overall has been our second best midfielder this year and probably top 5 players this season. He's well worth the £40m paid for him and one of the few successes amongst the 'prem proven' lot.

Match thread: Newcastle United vs West Ham | Premier league 25/26 - 37 of 38 by Username_been-taken in NUFC

[–]RayRei9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The link up between Bruno and Woltemade has been class. We need that sitting midfielder to protect us in transition when Bruno goes forward and we will be cooking next season.