Awesome Xisco Returns
By Tyne-Talk
June 29 2010
Newcastle United's Spanish striker Xisco returns to the club next week in time for pre season training. The 24 year old who has spent the season at Racing Santander will join the rest of the squad, except for Danny Simpson who is nursing a tendon problem and Jonas Gutierrez who continues a successful World Cup campaign for Argentina.
Manager Chris Hughton said of his return;
"He's had a season in Spain and he's back with us next week. We'll see what sort of progress he's made."
Back in May Hughton told The Journal;
"We will talk to Xisco and Racing Santander and look at the options that we have but if nothing is sorted out, then he will return to us for pre-season.
We intend to do everything right and we will expect him back if for whatever reason a deal doesn't go through."
Xisco made 23 appearances last season and scored 3 goals. He had previously indicated that he was interested in making his loan deal at Racing Santander permanent, but that no longer seems to likely.
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Quote:Well it is like getting a new player, so they say! A new guy to warm the bench with his butt is more like it.waffles
This counts as a new signing, right?


Now what ryhmes with xisco?
Answers on a postcard, attached to an obliging blonde nimphomaniac and mailed to me please.
(Not the above mentioned nympho must be female, extra points will be awarded for twins)
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He's only lacking a song.
Now what ryhmes with xisco?
Answers on a postcard, attached to an obliging blonde nimphomaniac and mailed to me please.
(Not the above mentioned nympho must be female, extra points will be awarded for twins)
You'll get a naked Maradona and you'll like it!
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Cut him. Outright. Make a statement, and that statement is: "d-bags not welcome in this squad." Done.
The hypocrisy at not cutting Joey Barton would be unbearable.
We all wanted to lynch Butt (myself included) a while back.
Maybe he should be given another chance, it sticks in my throat but beggars cant be choosers.
You can't tell me he is better than Carroll, Lovernkrands, Shola or Ranger
he is probably the best striker I have ever seen.
Got a few rhymes now Dave - give us a poem


who went pulling in a disco
with a lass on his lap
he contracted the clap
and now he cant pisco.
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He's only lacking a song. Now what ryhmes with xisco?
Answers on a postcard, attached to an obliging blonde nimphomaniac and mailed to me please.
(Not the above mentioned nympho must be female, extra points will be awarded for twins)

Atleast now Ashley is looking at it, and saying no more big moves. Works on cr@p like Xisco but we could lose out on a great prospect coming through if we can't match wages of other clubs
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Joey Barton never publicly stated that he tricked the club because he didn't want to play. I don't see a clear analogy there at all. Whatever he's done off the field, when he's fit Joey gives 100%.
indulge me tunyc, this isnt completely serious, BUT, given the criticism people such as you were constantly throwing at the clubs ownership throughout 08/09 (in particular), could you understand a young player such as this guy, away from home, not wanted, not getting a game when all the other strikers are out, pulling a little stroke to get a loan move?
it was naive, it was unprofessional, it was wrong, but how bad was it in the grand scheme of things?
keegan didnt want him. kinnear didnt want him. neither hughton nor shearer appeared to want him on the short periods they ran the team. is it truly unforgivable, given the shambolic state of affairs that you mentioned hourly, that xisco did what he did?
Secondly, we should forgive him for what he did because the club was a shambles at that stage as stated above. Fast forward a bit and his come back to preseason and its a clean slate for everyone so he deserves to at least try and stake a claim for a first team place by being given some game time in the games ahead just like everyone else. If he does poorly, then get rid of him and he won't be missed but if he does well then why not use him. Hence I'll support him just as I would any other Newcastle player if the manager uses him.

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i kindof expect xisco to leave again regardless, but you can understand the pr angle in that hughton simply cannot afford to sound downbeat about one of his players at this point. if he leaves, ok, but if not, he cant start the season with a guy he clearly wanted to be rid of
and who would want him (potential new clubs) if we didnt look like he was at least useful?


point is, knock him for being rubbish, fine. make a stand cos of the soap opera nonsense that he played his part in, not so fine. why judge on that?
stuff him as a person, but like it or not he appears on the books as both an asset and an expense. whats the best way to deal with that, write off the asset while incurring the full expense, or make the best we can, whether in terms of loaning him out, selling him, or if all else fails making him fight for a place?
The other side is making the example and let him rot until we get an offer. It would be great as a club to say we are not p@ssing around anymore. But you then have to look at things and then say any more trouble with Barton, and he needs to get the same treatment. Carroll glassing or smacking somebody needs to be treated like a d@ckhead by the club. I couldn't see us doing that and I think we need to have the same rule for everybody if it then it turns into the blue eyed boy who can do what they want
the other side of this is whether kk was justified in screwing the club (leaving when he did, he made a bad situation worse), when he got a raw deal and was unable to do his job the way he would have liked, because of the people he was working for. may i draw a comparison, the main difference i see is that kk always banged on about it being HIS club, wheras xisco did no such thing?
i truly am so over the situation i have just dragged up (kk-gate), but there is something to compare, in how both men looked after themselves in the face of what they found to be unworkable circumstances.
but the reaction here to each is so very different?
For the record, I'm finished arguing about Keegan here. This discussion is about Xisco and his actions. To honor your suggestion to compare: Keegan was hired to be in charge of the squad. There was a dispute over what that entailed, precisely, and because of that he left. Xisco was contracted to play football for Newcastle United. He faked an injury so he didn't have to play and admitted it. There is no analogy.
maybe you could lighten up, and choose NOT to accept without question the version of events thrown up in some alleged interview after the event? was any disciplinary action ever taken, my memory fails me on this?
either way, to hang on to a grudge would be self defeating on hughtons behalf, no?
Can we just agree that, whatever the details, Xisco is a tool? (if nothing else for going by that name...)
and i do believe you once called me a contrarian!
"I'm happy to be back, I've got three years contract here and I am looking forward to it, he waffels on a bit more then contiues.
I had to go back to spain because of what was happening here (he doesn't state what, I am assuming it was relegation and not the well publishised loss of his pet rabitt fluffy) but I am really glad to be back."
He also says he is willing to play other positions for the team and is looking forward to the Manure game.
All in all it was a good interview, but personally I will wait until I have seen it. Then decide.
He could turn it around. I think Hughton just needs to keep him as a bit part. He isn't going to be a starting player (not through choice - perhaps through misfortune).
But if he can sit on the bench and make a decent contribution then so be it. We would be silly now to sell anyone without the possibility of bringing others in. So unless Hughton has an Ace up his sleeve Xisco stays and plays (though not too much).
if he stays, i hope he does well. a little bit hard to see that at this point, all the same
Even though I will probably be shot down, the bits Xisco has done recently has reminded of Kuyt over at Liverpool, both lacking abaility, but Xisco seems to be putting in a shift for the team
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ita wages again for me, like. if he stays he has an opportunity as a member of a premier league squad - so yes he can revive his career. i do think any offer which takes him and his salary away for the season (or for good) would be snapped up, we could use the cash saved to buy or borrow players who we want, rather than unwanted players inherited by the current manager.
if he stays, i hope he does well. a little bit hard to see that at this point, all the same
Are you under the impression he's on big wages? He was signed under Dekkas watch so wont be on over 25k. Bassong and Gutherie were both on 5k.
I think he's a decent player and makes a much better sub than Strola.
50k is the widely reported figure, though i accept completely that a lot of this is (often informed) guesswork by the media.
anyway, lets say it was 25k for the purposes of this thread, thats a hell of a lot of money!!
