If everything goes as planned, Nick Pope will sign along the dotted line and become a Newcastle player sometime tomorrow, once he passes his medical.
There have been lots of discussions about whether he will be able to dislodge Newcastle’s current number one – 33-year-old 30 times capped Slovakian International Martin Dubravka, who was signed for just £4M from Sparta Prague three years ago.
Martin has played 130 times for Newcastle and seems to thrive on competition, so it will certainly be interesting to see who Eddie Howe picks as Newcastle goalkeeper for our first game at home to Nottingham Forest on August 6th.
30-year-old Nick Pope has played 155 times for the Burnley first team and 6 times for England.
So who would you choose as Newcastle’s number between the two 6ft 3ins tall International goalkeepers?
Loading ...Certainly, goalkeeper will not be a weak link for us next season, as it was at the beginning of last season – until Dubravka returned to action following injury.
In the first 14 games of last season that Dubravka missed, we had no wins and conceded 30 goals: in Dubravka’s first start at home to Burnley in our 15th game, we won 1-0 – our first win and first clean sheet of the season.
So two top goalkeepers fighting it out for who is between the sticks at Newcastle next season has to be (very) good for the side.
What do you think?
170 comments so far
Raj of Hailsley
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:05 PM
Comment #1Number one 😀
IrishRob
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:07 PM
Comment #2No.2
jane
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:07 PM
Comment #3yes but which one?
Raj of Hailsley
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:07 PM
Comment #4Ace50,
He hasn’t tweeted that himself though.
JohnJ
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:07 PM
Comment #5No 2
cleveleysbob
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:08 PM
Comment #6Number 2 😉
JohnJ
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:08 PM
Comment #7Ooops No 5
cleveleysbob
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:08 PM
Comment #8Haha where did those 4 come from ? 😀
jane
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:11 PM
Comment #9Yasir Al Rumayyan at 2 minutes 25 seconds re. sportswashing
“i’m really not sure about this terminology”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0ccwxb5/ros-atkins-on-saudi-arabias-2-billion-golf-series#xtor=CS8-1000-%5BFrontpage_Billboard%5D-%5BSport_Billboard%5D-%5BSport_Billboard%5D-%5BPS_IPLAYER~N~p0ccwxb5~P_RosAtkinsOnSaudiGolf%5D
geordie157
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:16 PM
Comment #10Eriksen talk is heating up
Nicky the ball tosser
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:19 PM
Comment #1150 mill for Ivan Toney, yikes! I always argue that it’s only 1 in 100 that can handle the giant gulf between the reserves and the 1st team, and so playing the kids just isn’t really on in the EPL, and particularly at Newcastle where the pressure is so intense, unless your academy is really top notch, but you’d have to say, we did get that one wrong.
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:23 PM
Comment #12Jail, I never said he tweeted it. He said it in a newspaper interview. It also says it will be difficult as other (‘bigger’) teams in for him.
I added the ‘bigger’, but that was the inference. It seems we are asking about these types of players which is good enough for me, as one or two might come through.
Raj of Hailsley
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:26 PM
Comment #13Ace50,
I know but very dubious when he’s not even mentioned it himself.
magicmac54
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:29 PM
Comment #14Christian Eriksen speculation definitely gaining some traction, watch this space HWTL
https://youtu.be/JRd2jNubEBY
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:30 PM
Comment #15I do find it a little ironic when a player someone on here likes, and then signs (or is looking likely to sign) for another club, they say something like, ‘We should have been in for him’, or ‘We have missed out there’. Who is to say we weren’t in for him? It’s quiet about transfers now because the club is so much more professional than previous and the ‘leaks’ have seemingly been plugged.
Ashingtoon62
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:31 PM
Comment #16Ashworth must be earning his corn right now,I would have loved to be a fly on the wall,when he picked up Dwight Gayles contract.. 😆
Bruce should have some of his severance pay taking off him,for this alone….
onmeedsun
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:31 PM
Comment #17From earlier.
Peter Pug
Your offer of funding a night out for Jail and Mund.
Wonderful gesture but please make sure they send you pictures that can be shared on the blog. Would make a great article for Ed/Neil!
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:33 PM
Comment #18Not sure what you mean Jail. There are direct quotes in that link from Romano, as far as I can see. I am not spending all evening on it as my German isn’t that good 🙂
Just thought I would share as it looks like we are asking about those types of players. I think it’s low chances of getting him, but it’s good we are at least at the table.
Raj of Hailsley
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:43 PM
Comment #19Ace50,
Mein Deutch ist zehr slecht aus 😮
Raj of Hailsley
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:46 PM
Comment #20Ashingtoon62,
I hope to gawd we draw WBA at home on that carraboo cup like.
Ashingtoon62
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:47 PM
Comment #21Isn’t Romano just like Mun……………….?
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:47 PM
Comment #22🙂
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:48 PM
Comment #23He has a few more followers Ash 😉
Raj of Hailsley
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:49 PM
Comment #24Ha ha,
So is my German spelling 😀
“mein deutsch ist auch sehr schlecht:
Ashingtoon62
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:52 PM
Comment #25Jail
If Carlsberg did cup draws.. 😆
We beat them 5 nowt at home and in the post match presser,he hangs his players out to dry..
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:54 PM
Comment #26Playing with languages is funny. I remember us going on a family holiday to Spain and visibly looking through a English-Spanish translation book at a cafe. When they came over, we were asking if they played tennis and we have 10 cats and a giraffe. The looks we got 🙂
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:55 PM
Comment #27To be fair, Bruce would take credit for leaving such a strong Newcastle side
Ashingtoon62
Jun 22, 2022 at 10:57 PM
Comment #28Aces
That works anarl..
Munster Mag
Jun 22, 2022 at 11:09 PM
Comment #29Jail I’m not sure if I got that member number. Will check but can only do tomorrow / Friday. Not sure if son got one, probably not. My problem is that I’d always want two tickets not one…. Its all for the kid, not me.
Munster Mag
Jun 22, 2022 at 11:13 PM
Comment #30Ace 50, when I was in Italy in a restaurant I asked a bloke for his job, not the bill.
But I was very
Very
Drunk 🙂
Ace50
Jun 22, 2022 at 11:18 PM
Comment #31Haha Munster
The Last Jedi
Jun 22, 2022 at 11:27 PM
Comment #32Bale going to Cardiff
WLtoon
Jun 22, 2022 at 11:34 PM
Comment #33Thank fook for that
Ashingtoon62
Jun 22, 2022 at 11:37 PM
Comment #34I was in the Algarve in 2008 and I had bought a Sporting Club hat at the airport @ 4 euros and thought it looked really nice,,
The second day in to our holiday I took the whole family out for a meal,there was twelve of us.
So on entering the restaurant the owner came over to me,he was very polite and said he would take good care of us and serve us wonderful food.. “If I took that sheet off my head”
I was gobsmacked! He then went on to explain..
Apparently Sporting in the Algarve are Mackems? how the phook was I to know.. 😆
Munster Mag
Jun 22, 2022 at 11:53 PM
Comment #35Di Marzio saying Botman holding out for Milan. Not sure if true etc, just repeating it.
Ketsbaia9
Jun 23, 2022 at 1:08 AM
Comment #36Karl Darlow. I think he’ll be given another chance and will take it. Pope and Dubravka will be great back up.
Toon_Barmy
Jun 23, 2022 at 1:17 AM
Comment #37Shut up Kets you clown
Scythe
Jun 23, 2022 at 4:20 AM
Comment #38Kets
It’s not funny anymore, if it ever truly was in the first place. Give it a break, eh?
cyprus
Jun 23, 2022 at 5:02 AM
Comment #39Ed my good man,
You’re associating our winless first 14 games with Darlow in goal?!
That’s not how it played out, I can recall at least a couple of one on ones that our forwards missed.
We’re doing an injustice to Darlow, he’s done well for the club, including a player of the season award.
Given how much we’ve had to defend (and defend, and defend) in the last four five seasons, that’s good enough for staving off one relegation.
So, thanks monsieur Darlow if you read this stuff.
cyprus
Jun 23, 2022 at 5:03 AM
Comment #40But, you say, did we need a keeper upgrade?
Yes.