A lot of Newcastle United fans have replied to a tweet from The Athletic’s Chris Waugh, who has relayed quotes made by Lee Charnley in his programme notes from the first game of the season.
Charnley claimed that a football team ‘is only as good as its strikers, and we’ve given ourselves strong options in that area’.
Waugh then stated that between the Toon’s three strikers, they have managed one Premier League goal.
This tweet from the Athletic reporter has attracted the attention of many Newcastle fans who are baffled by these comments from Charnley.
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Just re-reading Lee Charnley's programme notes from #NUFC's opening game. This part certainly hasn't aged well…
"A team is only as good as its strikers & we've given ourselves strong options in that area"
(#NUFC's 3 out-&-out strikers have 1 PL goal between them this season)
— Chris Waugh (@ChrisDHWaugh) May 4, 2020
The bloke is utterly clueless.
— Gary wakefield (@Garywakefield9) May 4, 2020
He’s a first class nugget that has not got a clue, Ashley’s cling on??
— Chris belchamber (@Chrisbelchambe1) May 4, 2020
I nearly chocked when I read that. Priceless.
— thereal andrew young (@temperamentalan) May 4, 2020
He should be sacked for this alone.
— Mouth of the Tyne ??? (@ToonMouthTyne) May 4, 2020
Absolutely ridiculous comment. He made a fool out of himself there.. He’s clueless. There you got evidence.
— Kunoglessi (@kunoglessi) May 4, 2020
Yet Bruce was happy. Absolute bonkers isn’t it
— NUFC 1980-1994 (@NUFC_1980_1994) May 4, 2020
What do we think?
Although Waugh claims that the Toon only have three strikers, it seems he is forgetting someone – as Transfermarkt claims that Newcastle have Joelinton, Yoshinori Muto, Andy Carroll and Dwight Gayle on their books.
However, Joelinton is the only one of these four to have scored a goal in the top flight, and his solitary strike came against Tottenham Hotspur in August.
Since then, the Brazilian has played 26 games in the league and failed to score a single goal.
It is therefore no wonder that many Toon fans are fuming with Charnley’s comments.