Allan Saint-Maximin (now playing for Al-Ahli)

Pretty sure lots of people learn English by watching American/British TV/movies and listening to the music. It is a more effective way than reading text books since it's basically how we learn our native language - Hearing and repeating.

When I was younger I watched lots of Scandinavian and German videos and never picked up a word .

 

Not sure porn is the best content to learn a language from.

A man of conscience

It’s disgustingly obscene how much I love this bloke.

https://twitter.com/asaintmaximin/status/1267795495721852930

He's absolutely class on and off the pitch tbf.

Brilliant this lad. Most exciting player we've had in years

Very good performance, lively.

He's absolutely class on and off the pitch tbf.

Would love to see him playing with some really top class players

What a fantastic player he is, makes things happen all the time and runs his socks off all game.

Best thing that's happened to us for yonks, hopefully overtaken by something else in the next few days.

Live this lad. Every time he gets the ball he looks like doing something.

Always had a feeling he'd do well post-lockdown. Players like him, with natural speed and dribbling, will make the most of the rust and space.

1. Ginola

2. Robert

3. ASM

4. HBA

Brilliant this lad. Most exciting player we've had in years

Every chance he could grow into a really top player, especially if we get a manager who can teach him about decision making. Although tbf, it hasn't looked too bad to date.

Looking at him when he was signed you'd have been forgiven for putting him in the "foreign fancy dan with floppy haircut" category but I think an underrated attribute of his is the strength he has on the ball, it's not often he gets muscled out of it 1-vs-1 and that really showed today I thought.

He's excellent and far too good for Ashley's NUFC. Would love to see what he could do in a side with a decent manager and a few quality additions because he's shone through in this extremely limited side despite Bruce's attempts to injure him at every given chance.

Looking at him when he was signed you'd have been forgiven for putting him in the "foreign fancy dan with floppy haircut" category but I think an underrated attribute of his is the strength he has on the ball, it's not often he gets muscled out of it 1-vs-1 and that really showed today I thought.

 

He's excellent and far too good for Ashley's NUFC. Would love to see what he could do in a side with a decent manager and a few quality additions because he's shone through in this extremely limited side despite Bruce's attempts to injure him at every given chance.

Ben Arfa esque in that regard.

1. Ginola

2. Robert

3. ASM

4. HBA

I'd actually flip that list on it's head. But I was born in 1992 so that's probably why. Hatem - Robert/ASM is very close and Ginola last for me as I didn't see anything quite as electric as the other 3 from him. Think his genius was in the subtleties though whereas the others are explosive.

1. Ginola

2. Robert

3. ASM

4. HBA

 

I'd actually flip that list on it's head. But I was born in 1992 so that's probably why. Hatem - Robert/ASM is very close and Ginola last for me as I didn't see anything quite as electric as the other 3 from him. Think his genius was in the subtleties though whereas the others are explosive.

Ginola was the best player, Robert the biggest threat and HBA the most talent (most which was wasted)

Not sure where ASM fits in with these, far too early. Hopefully he sticks around and shows us.

Can't really argue with any of that objectively like

1. Ginola

2. Robert

3. ASM

4. HBA

Four wonderfully talented players and I agree with that order. The first 3 - 4 months of Ginola was probably the best spell of class I have seen from any player at Newcastle, apart from maybe Tony Green.

I wasn't old enough to really appreciate the quality of players properly at the time Ginola was playing, but I never really understood why he's held is such high regard as he is. He wasn't particularly fast, wasn't particularly efficient (not many assists or goals - 6 goals and 1 assist in 67 games) or hard working. I've watched a few matches that has been out on youtube to get a feel of his general play, and while he was good, I'd personally put him behind both HBA and Robert. Won't be long until I put ASM ahead of him either if he continues as he has second half of this season.

1. Ginola

2. Robert

3. ASM

4. HBA

 

I'd actually flip that list on it's head. But I was born in 1992 so that's probably why. Hatem - Robert/ASM is very close and Ginola last for me as I didn't see anything quite as electric as the other 3 from him. Think his genius was in the subtleties though whereas the others are explosive.

 

Ginola was the best player, Robert the biggest threat and HBA the most talent (most which was wasted)

 

Not sure where ASM fits in with these, far too early. Hopefully he sticks around and shows us.

Agreed.

I wasn't old enough to really appreciate the quality of players properly at the time Ginola was playing, but I never really understood why he's held is such high regard as he is. He wasn't particularly fast, wasn't particularly efficient (not many assists or goals - 6 goals and 1 assist in 67 games) or hard working. I've watched a few matches that has been out on youtube to get a feel of his general play, and while he was good, I'd personally put him behind both HBA and Robert. Won't be long until I put ASM ahead of him either if he continues as he has second half of this season.

I have to agree, but massively caveated by not watching him when he first arrived or with a real understanding of the game. But he didn't really excite me like our other French mavericks from what I seen. I hear he used to love a tab on the bus coming back from away games though 

Total and utter baller this kid, spend the billions required to put good players around him and we’re off to the races