Starting again in Newcastle's preseason game against a Korean league XI
Feels like hes been good in preseason for 3 years nowOriginally Posted by tetsujin1979
Its really not that complicated!!!
Pre-season can be misleading. Still remember Ryan Johansson starting for Bayern Munich in front of about 50,000 people in a pre-season game a few years back.
His loan spell in League 1 at Bolton last season is probably a more realistic pointer. He was in and out of the team as they missed the playoffs.
He is still a kid - he has time
Got a run out off the bench for Newcastle in their league cup game tonight as they have a bit of an injury crisis at left back. If he plays again in the league at the weekend he'll be back to where he was two years ago.
Is he any good or what's the craic?
Needs a decent loan within the upcoming window.
Was OK in League 1 with Bolton without excelling. Which was fine for a player his age. Doubt he'll ever be more than a stopgap at Newcastle but, if there was ever a chance for him to make a case to be more than that, the next week or two might be the time to do it. If not, he'll most likely need another loan - probably League 1 again.
came on late against Liverpool. funny to think he's still in and out of the 21s side. another mark on Jim's ledger
He seems to be in a bit of a similar situation to the one Kelleher was in at Liverpool. He's not good enough to start for Newcastle but is good enough to be kept around. Another loan is probably needed.
I'm not saying Alex has the same ceiling as CaoimhÃn but similar situation
Last edited by Buckett; 01/02/2026 at 1:56 PM.
Slightly different when it's an outfield player. If they felt he was going to be good enough longer term I think we'd see more of him for their first team than we do. He offers them a solid backup option in case of emergency, but he's probably not developing much as a result.
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