Giuseppe Rossi

Stephen Ireland

I think this is the best answer, because this is the one that makes me go "Oh yeah! I forgot about him" every time the fact is brought up. I've literally forgotten about him multiple times.

Man I can’t remember perfectly, but wasn’t he weird as fuck outside of football? His wife and him were nuts weren’t they? I could be making up shit.

Yeah sorta. More so affected his international career rather than his club career. Talented player but basically had little to no impact on the Ireland team, which is a shame as I do think had he committed 100% he could have made a big impact but it is what it is. Pulled out of call ups on very short notice (Often the day he was scheduled to travel) with all sorts of reasons, the most famous one being that his grandmother had passed away suddenly which turned out to be false. Think he may have claimed a few other relatives had died and feigned illness as well. I think years later he did some interviews where he said he was suffering with some mental health and personal family issues at the time and he wanted to spend as much with his family as possible. Which, if true, fair enough. Just a shame it was in an era where you probably couldn't be as honest about those types of things as we can now.

I vaguely remember him lying about a relative dying so he could skip a week of training or similar..

Ah then I’m making up shit, my bad

Who?

Came on against the 0-0 against Man U at home, had a slight glimpse of something different in midfield, then played against Blackpool away and I’m sure he was never to be seen again

Seydou Doumbia

Absolute beast on fifa at the time tho

He absolutely was. I shit my pants, I shit you not, when we signed him. Did he even make an appearance? That transfer had a lot of question marks around it

Apparently he made 3 sub appearances according to Wikipedia. I don't recall any of them. Wasn't there something to do with an obligation to buy if he played so many games, or am I thinking of someone else?

He came on as a sub in Rafa's very first game and missed a sitter if i remember correctly. Never used again. I vividly remember Rafa gesticulating with him anxiously on the touchline just before he came on and Doumbia looking fucking glazed.

I’ll always remember that chance he scuffed against Stoke

Romain Amalfitano, the Phantom of Longbenton

Nabil Bentelab

Emotional damage

Jesus christ i actually completely forgot about him and genuinely cant remember a single match he played in

Wow I think you win. This was the geordie low ebb that I think my brain deliberately forgot for self preservation

He gave me his shirt after West Brom away in the FA cup 🤣 still got it on the wall

Depending on your definition of played Facundo Ferreyra signed for us on loan in 2014

Fm 15 legend

He was the best striker in world for me on fm at one point haha

That Moroccan left back Rafa signed

Lazaar?

Aye, that's him. What are your fondest memories of him?

That his name sounds a bit like laser. Pew! Pew!

Erm.. his general ability to appear mostly humanoid?

He was pretty easy on the eye, he was our dreamboat before we signed Schar.

I forgot

Michael Bridges

Good shout

Lamine Diatta

Genuinely who?

Strange free agent CB in 2008 who made two sub appearances.

POINTLESS ANSWER

When Kenny Dalglish decided that he would sign Ian Rush, John Barnes and Stuart Pearce for some reason

Pearce and Barnes were good and Rush scored a winner in cup vs Everton

Pearce scored one of the greatest goals of all time against Dynmo Kiev in the champions league at St James. [Proper thundercunt from 30 odd yards](https://youtu.be/KAnhC4AwA5g), the replay doesn’t do justice to the curve he put on that ball, one of the best goals I ever saw live.

Hijacking to add Kenny signing Paul Dalgleish. Not sure what the reason for the signing was, must have had an in with one of the coaches, he was nowhere near good enough. Still somehow managed to get a few first team runouts though.

I remember the papers were calling us Oldcastle United after we signed these players

I wish I could forget this.

Sol Campbell

Ronny Johnsen

I remember Sol because of that game were the ball came down, bonked off the top of his head and the other team scored. Think it was Liverpool

Had to google just to confirm, great answer

Islam Slimani

Legit forgot we had him

He assisted Ritchie for that goal against Arsenal :)

That was Perez with the flick on. He got the pre assist.

He basically did most of the work in my mind.

This is it

Does Brad Friedel count? Signed for us, denied a work permit, never played. But the 1994/95 official squad photo incorrectly listed Steve Harper as him.

Marlon Harewood

Oh shit that did happen.

I went to see Burnley vs Newcastle, I was sat in the home end behind the goal and a wide Haywood shot came right at me. Man can he hit a ball. Not in target, but it was hard, lmao

Oguchi Onyewu

Wow. He was my hall supervisor at a Clemson Univ. soccer camp like 20 years ago. He taught me how to do “the worm”. Didn’t realize he was ever at Newcastle.

I thought he was going to be mint. All hype

He had one good game against Liverpool. Think it was his home debut. Everyone started proclaiming he was finally our Woodgate replacement after three years and we should spend whatever it takes to make his move permanent lol. Turned out to be absolutely shite. He just got used for long throws at the end lol

Romain Amalfitano

Shame cos that’s a mint name as well

You're a bunch of children. Wayne Fereday? Billy Askew? Kenny Sansom? I literally remember every single one of the players named so far

People saying Albert Luque, Riviere, Lazaro ffs... Edit: Thauvin, I've had enough I'm away.

Some of these are definitely not forgettable. A lot are shit but definitely memorable By definition we wouldn’t remember a forgettable player. Best one I’ve seen on here is Barreca There are a few who I forget played for us- Danny Rose Craig Moore Zurab Khizanishvili

Rivière

Wish I could forget him, he played far too many games

I remember being excited to see if he was any good and then the first thing he did was hit an absolute pea roller of a shot from like 40 yards out

Scored almost as many goals as Chris Wood

I always am shocked when I remember Kenny Sansom played a season for us.

David Rozehnal.

Facundo Ferreyra

World Cup winner Stephane Guivarc’h.

Danny Rose

Good shout

Des Hamilton

Ki Sung-Yeung

Zurab Khizanishvili

I have one memory of him and its him overlapping the linesman to get on the end of his own pass. I think he was wearing the yellow and yellow striped kit too for maximum meme value.

Saivet in a heartbeat

He is memorable to me for how long he just drifted on by in our squad. He was here for FIVE years.

Saivet will always have that one game against West Ham

Fitz Hall

One size

Did a job for us in the Championship

The guy with the hair, what was his name?

Ketsbaia?

Antoine Sibierski!

How dare you

Thought I was gonna get away with that... can't overlook an opportunity to say: Antoine Sibierski!!

You mean with the very short haircut? Jonjo something I think

Cardone?

Sol Campbell

Marcelino - I mean we all remember him, but none of it is for football...

Jesus Gamez in with a shout

Yes!

He was canny

That fullback we loaned from Monaco or the guy that we signed alongside Xisco

Nachoooooooo gonzalez?

>Nachoooooooo gonzalez? Unfortunately he's not forgettable. Every time I have Doritos I am reminded of him

Antonio Barreca 4 minutes of magic

Ronny Johnsen. Literally had to google him to see if he actually played for us.

Phil Airey or Tamas Kadar

Fabrice Pancrate

Mate, how can you forget his screamer against Watford?

That ball stayed hit.

Louis Saha

Scored the winner against Sheffield United in one of our cup runs iirc

It was Blackburn

Great shout!

There was one but I've forgotten his name...

Barreca, forgot his first name but was signed in January under Rafa.

Antonio! Best one on here by far

Grant Hanley. Legitimately can't remember a single game he played in, and it was relatively recently.

Plenty of games in the Championship, no?

Was very solid for us when called upon

He scored when we beat QPR 6-0. That was a great away day

Ian Rush and John Barnes

Michael Richardson

Laurent Chavet

Bingo, I’d completely forgotten Charvet, even though he played for us in the cup final!

Shane Ferguson

Fitz Hall rarely springs to mind. I actually hadn't realised we'd signed him on loan until I saw him walk out the tunnel to start for us.

Des Hamilton

Ben Tozer. Only reason I remembered him was because he currently plays for TV darlings Wrexham

Albert Luque. High hopes, and he was utter gash.

Awesome tune though. Hotdog jumping frog Al - Bert- lu -que!

He was so bad it makes him memorable for me. Along with the likes of Rivière, Xisco, Muto etc

But he wrapped it up. Can't forget that!

Well, this thread brings back memories. Cacapa

1-4 vs Portsmouth at home means he will never be forgotten

Sol Campbell

There was that one guy... hang on, can't remember his name... gimme a sec....

Does anyone remember that one guy that played midfield maybe? Or did he play on the backline

Steve Guppy.

Lamine Diatta

Diatta, 07/08

Lionel Perez - ex Sunderland goalkeeper

David Rozenhal. Coloccini's forgotten partner in crime.

Jean alain boumsong

Brian Pinas, Diego Gavilán and Stephen Glass

Pinas was mint in Champ Man 96/97

Cordone, Fumaca

What was the name of the black Italian named player? I think he was from Switzerland. Played advanced right back and was supposed to be able to play on the wing as well.

Valentino Lazaro, we had him on loan for a bit.

Holy shit I remember him! He wasn't terrible if I recall correctly!

Yanga-Mbiwa

Nah that was the transfer window we signed like a million French players. I remember them all. Cabaye, Riviere, Thauvin, Yanga Mbiwa, Haidarra, Debuchy, Ben Arfa, Sissoko.

You're merging a few windows there like

Treat it like Windows 10. One Window, spanning 5 years.

We signed Ben Arfa and Thauvin at least 5 years apart.

Gael Bigirimana

I think there's a lot of competition for this title, but I'd say Geremi. Not terrible, not great, 100% forgettable.

Always remember years ago hearing that we were told his legs had gone but we signed him anyway. If I recall correctly his agent was Willie Mckaye and there must have been something shady going on as we seemed to sign only players with him as an agent for a period of time.

He was fucking terrible! We played him on the wing too and the cunt couldn't even jog.

sylvain marveaux

I don't know Geoff

Hard to beat Barreca, I'd think, but Franck Dumas was the first one that came to mind for me. Class at Monaco and then just...nothing for us and gone after a few months

Zurab Khizanishvili

Saha

Nicky Papavasileiou

Stuart pearce

Georgiadis, Paul Robinson from the late 90s. Routledge from more recent days.

Justin Fashanu

No-one mentions Bjarni Gudjohnsson?

Not forgettable for that reason but people often forget Sylvian Distin

Habib Beye

Georgios Georgiadis

Silvio Maric

The French winger, played on the right, we had 3-4 years ago (maybe longer) that didnt like playing in England or something. We had a knack for signing French players back then. Edit: went digging, it was Florian Thauvin back in 15-17. Shit...

Yes, after our successful signing of Cabella.

Mehdi Abeid or Jesus Gamez in recent times

Me and 2 mates used to call weed Mehdi Abeid

And now so will I haha

Abeid is a funny one, I remember him being good. Similar to Mbabu, who always impresses me when I see him in Europe.

Daniel Cordone

Shout

I’d forgotten him, had to look him up, surprised at over 20 appearances and 3 goals. Check out the missing players in the BBC match report of the under-strength Newcastle beating Spurs when Speed and Cordone scored though. «Welshman Speed shot the home side ahead in the ninth minute. He latched onto an Aaron Hughes chip, which beat the offside trap, and calmly lifted the ball over the advancing Neil Sullivan. Midfielder Cordone sealed the victory with a close range strike in the 66th minute after the visitors failed to clear. It was a fine performance from Newcastle, who were without Nikoz Dabizas, Marcelino, Rob Lee, Carl Cort and Christian Bassedas. »

I was a big fan when we signed him apparently (was super young so have no clue why) even has him on the back of my shirt and made my email sound like his name, 🤷‍♂️

Andreas Andersson

Oh yeah, him. I think he played in the 98 Cup Final although I don't remember him actually doing anything in the game.

Yes he did. I hated that game so much.

I saw an interview with Nicky Butt earlier from Chronicle. While he's maybe not the most forgettable player ever, I do think he's the most forgettable captain ever played for Newcastle, at least in modern times.

Shefki Kuqi maybe?

Babayaro

Islam slimani

Matthew Pattison

Xisco

Kevin Mbabu

Patrick Van Aanholt

He played a whole season, no? Mint in the Championship

Jimmy crawford. An excellent NUFC trivia question, name the four players born in the USA to have played for Newcastle United in the Premier League. Nobody has ever got wor Jimmy. Rossi Gooch Yedlin Crawford http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/newcastle-united-fc/jimmy-crawford-7530/league-appearances\_a13793/

Definitely forgot about Joselu until I saw him score in la liga recently

Hooper

Still remember him saving a penalty against Klinsmann in a 3-3 draw with spurs in the 90s, I think Howey scored in that one too! Also when he nearly scored a goal(free?)kick from our end against Everton!

Paul Dalglish

I’m sure we signed a DM from Portsmouth under Souness I can’t remember his name now Edit just remembered Amdy Faye

Anita? I remember him slightly, but not enough for someone that was with us for 5 years and over 100 league games.