Joe Newell

[Peevemor]

Excellent interview in the EEN.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.c...d-jude-3181178

[SChibs]

Hes played very well for us this season. Outside chance of making the England squad this summer?

[Northernhibee]

Great interview and seems like a nice guy.

[Northernhibee]

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Hes played very well for us this season. Outside chance of making the England squad this summer?

Absolutely no chance whatsoever.

[Wilson]

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Hes played very well for us this season. Outside chance of making the England squad this summer?

No chance whatsoever.

[Allez Hibs]

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Hes played very well for us this season. Outside chance of making the England squad this summer?

This is the biggest wind up of all time.

England now have one of the best squads in the world.

[Fergus52]

Most chances created per game in the hibs squad this season, and more tackles and interceptions per game than any other midfielder.

Until a week or so ago, was one of the only non old firm players in the who scored team of the season so far. (Recently got replaced by odoffin which is a bit of a surprise).

Form has dropped away a wee bit in recent weeks but extending his contract was a great bit of business imo.

[Ringothedog]

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Hes played very well for us this season. Outside chance of making the England squad this summer?

Not even close

[SChibs]

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This is the biggest wind up of all time.

England now have one of the best squads in the world.

Couldn't help myself

[The Modfather]

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Most chances created per game in the hibs squad this season, and more tackles and interceptions per game than any other midfielder.

Until a week or so ago, was one of the only non old firm players in the who scored team of the season so far. (Recently got replaced by odoffin which is a bit of a surprise).

Form has dropped away a wee bit in recent weeks but extending his contract was a great bit of business imo.

I think stats only tell a part of the full story. The stats above sound like he’s who we should be building the midfield around. He’s a good, but inconsistent player, and I’m glad he extended his deal. However I think he’s been part of a midfield that has lost more midfield battles than it has won.

That’s not to lay the blame solely at Newell, and you have to mitigate when he’s been part of a two up against 3 etc. However I think he’s the odd one out in midfield. A good player in his own right but not good enough in any one category to make that his role in the midfield. He plays in the same area as Gogic so those two don’t work and his introduction after injury seems to have impacted Irvine. As I say a good player, but I think he makes the midfield less than the sum of his parts. Gogic, Irvine and Murphy is our best and most balanced midfield IMO.

[hibbysam]

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I think stats only tell a part of the full story. The stats above sound like he’s who we should be building the midfield around. He’s a good, but inconsistent player, and I’m glad he extended his deal. However I think he’s been part of a midfield that has lost more midfield battles than it has won.

That’s not to lay the blame solely at Newell, and you have to mitigate when he’s been part of a two up against 3 etc. However I think he’s the odd one out in midfield. A good player in his own right but not good enough in any one category to make that his role in the midfield. He plays in the same area as Gogic so those two don’t work and his introduction after injury seems to have impacted Irvine. As I say a good player, but I think he makes the midfield less than the sum of his parts. Gogic, Irvine and Murphy is our best and most balanced midfield IMO.

It gets banded about often but we haven’t lost more midfield battles than we have won this season. The majority of our best performances and results were with Newell in the midfield.

[Lancs Harp]

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It gets banded about often but we haven’t lost more midfield battles than we have won this season. The majority of our best performances and results were with Newell in the midfield.

Its a bit of a conundrum trying to get that balance right in midfield. With Scotty sidelined I'd say Irvine and Newell are our best or certainly better midfield players but the balance of the side with both of them in team just doesnt seem right and when they play in the same side its difficult to remember occasions when both have played well in the same side. Not quite sure what the answer is but we've struggled with that IMO to fit everyone in and then have them playing in positions where they will excel and get the best out of each other.

[The Modfather]

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It gets banded about often but we haven’t lost more midfield battles than we have won this season. The majority of our best performances and results were with Newell in the midfield.

It’s all subjective, and maybe lost isn’t the best term and it would be better to say the midfield struggled/didn’t win the battle, and I’ve not watched all that many away games this season. From the games I’ve seen where we lost the midfield with Newel I believe playing.

Motherwell at home x2
Aberdeen x2
St Johnstone at home
Ross County at home
Livingston at home
St Johnstone in the cup

The midfield has looked a lot better since the additions of Irvine & Cadden. Anyway, my post was more about Newell than debating the games I felt we lost the midfield battle.

[Tyler Durden]

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It’s all subjective, and maybe lost isn’t the best term and it would be better to say the midfield struggled/didn’t win the battle, and I’ve not watched all that many away games this season. From the games I’ve seen where we lost the midfield with Newel I believe playing.

Motherwell at home x2
Aberdeen x2
St Johnstone at home
Ross County at home
Livingston at home
St Johnstone in the cup

The midfield has looked a lot better since the additions of Irvine & Cadden. Anyway, my post was more about Newell than debating the games I felt we lost the midfield battle.

It feels a bit like the same posters (me included) have debated this all season and nobody is changing their mind. Never mind let’s keep doing it anyway....

Firstly. You’ve listed virtually every game Hibs have lost or played poorly here. That somehow is directed at Newell but no other individuals? Why is that?

Second point re stats and analysis. IMO they are often dismissed on here far too casually. Assists for example is actually a stat that can be misleading but is actually valued by many on this board.

However what Fergus52 detailed is the WhoScored scoring of each player. For Newell that includes interceptions, tackles, pass completion, chances created. It’s entirely objective. I’m interested as to why exactly this only tells “part of the story”? It measures all the things a midfielder needs to do. Newell excels at all of them against his peers in the league. It’s an unbiased view which shows how good he is. It can’t really be argued with IMO.

[Fergus52]

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I think stats only tell a part of the full story. The stats above sound like he’s who we should be building the midfield around. He’s a good, but inconsistent player, and I’m glad he extended his deal. However I think he’s been part of a midfield that has lost more midfield battles than it has won.

That’s not to lay the blame solely at Newell, and you have to mitigate when he’s been part of a two up against 3 etc. However I think he’s the odd one out in midfield. A good player in his own right but not good enough in any one category to make that his role in the midfield. He plays in the same area as Gogic so those two don’t work and his introduction after injury seems to have impacted Irvine. As I say a good player, but I think he makes the midfield less than the sum of his parts. Gogic, Irvine and Murphy is our best and most balanced midfield IMO.

I agree that the balance has been off in recent weeks and on recent form its probably Newall who should be dropped.

Hasn't quite worked the last few weeks but I still think a midfield with Newall, Irvine and Gogic in it could do well in the right system/formation.

Don't think the bit in bold is fair, you listed a few games where the whole team performance was bad, we never lost the midfield battle in those games just due to Newell. To counter that you can look at games like Motherwell and Hamilton away, when Hallberg was bombing forward in a 442 and Newell was the only deep player in midfield pretty much single handedly winning us the midfield battle. Campbell was completely in his back pocket that match, lost count of the amount of times Newell dispossed him.

You're right stats don't tell the full story, but plenty nonsense gets posted about Newell that those stats help to address. Posters say he does nothing defensively and lets games pass him by, but he wins more tackles and interceptions than Gogic. Posters say that he never plays the ball forward and always needlessly passes back to defenders, but he has created more chances per game than any other player in our squad this season.

[jacomo]

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It feels a bit like the same posters (me included) have debated this all season and nobody is changing their mind. Never mind let’s keep doing it anyway....

Firstly. You’ve listed virtually every game Hibs have lost or played poorly here. That somehow is directed at Newell but no other individuals? Why is that?

Second point re stats and analysis. IMO they are often dismissed on here far too casually. Assists for example is actually a stat that can be misleading but is actually valued by many on this board.

However what Fergus52 detailed is the WhoScored scoring of each player. For Newell that includes interceptions, tackles, pass completion, chances created. It’s entirely objective. I’m interested as to why exactly this only tells “part of the story”? It measures all the things a midfielder needs to do. Newell excels at all of them against his peers in the league. It’s an unbiased view which shows how good he is. It can’t really be argued with IMO.

These stats are a tool to help analyse the game, not the full picture.

It’s like people quoting xG as if that’s all that needs to be said. It isn’t.

Newell has done well this season and I am happy he’s signed a new deal but there is still a valid discussion to be had about how he fits into our best 11.

[hibbysam]

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These stats are a tool to help analyse the game, not the full picture.

It’s like people quoting xG as if that’s all that needs to be said. It isn’t.

Newell has done well this season and I am happy he’s signed a new deal but there is still a valid discussion to be had about how he fits into our best 11.

He’s our best central midfielder, technically and statistically, the question should always be about the other 1 or 2 places and how they fit into the side, not about Newell for me. The one player who dictates the game and keeps the ball, who’s positioning is spot on 9 times out of 10 resulting in stopping attacks or making tackles, and he should be back on set pieces.

[Allez Hibs]

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It feels a bit like the same posters (me included) have debated this all season and nobody is changing their mind. Never mind let’s keep doing it anyway....

Firstly. You’ve listed virtually every game Hibs have lost or played poorly here. That somehow is directed at Newell but no other individuals? Why is that?

Second point re stats and analysis. IMO they are often dismissed on here far too casually. Assists for example is actually a stat that can be misleading but is actually valued by many on this board.

However what Fergus52 detailed is the WhoScored scoring of each player. For Newell that includes interceptions, tackles, pass completion, chances created. It’s entirely objective. I’m interested as to why exactly this only tells “part of the story”? It measures all the things a midfielder needs to do. Newell excels at all of them against his peers in the league. It’s an unbiased view which shows how good he is. It can’t really be argued with IMO.

Football is a results driven business where results impact the whole club and its fans.

I would say there are too many posters looking at in game statistics and not focusing on results.

[hibbysam]

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Football is a results driven business where results impact the whole club and the fans.

I would say there are too many posters looking at in game statistics and not focusing on results.

We’ve won far more than we’ve lost, Newell has been involved in the majority of those games and nearly every single big performance. The results are there, the performance of Joe Newell reinforces the points about his influence in our team.

[Allez Hibs]

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We’ve won far more than we’ve lost, Newell has been involved in the majority of those games and nearly every single big performance. The results are there, the performance of Joe Newell reinforces the points about his influence in our team.

Yes, we need to build on that by winning the bigger games.

[Peevemor]

Newell or Irvine seems to be a popular debate on here.

Personally I would start Newell and choose between either Irvine or Gogic depending on opposition & other factors.

[Peevemor]

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Yes, we need to build on that by winning the bigger games.

What like against Aberdeen?

[Allez Hibs]

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What like against Aberdeen?

Yes, Aberdeen away in a few weeks would be nice.

[Brightside]

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Football is a results driven business where results impact the whole club and its fans.

I would say there are too many posters looking at in game statistics and not focusing on results.

We are 3rd in the league. So that’s us focusing on results.

[Peevemor]

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Yes, Aberdeen away in a few weeks would be nice.

So your selective memory has already forgotten about when we played them last month?

[Brightside]

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So your selective memory has already forgotten about when we played them last month?

Allez Hibs indeed. 😂😂

[Allez Hibs]

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So your selective memory has already forgotten about when we played them last month?

Selective memory? We have big games coming up and the Scottish Cup is big for us, I am looking ahead to these games where we will hopefully finish 3rd along with the benefits that could bring the club.

[B.H.F.C]

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It feels a bit like the same posters (me included) have debated this all season and nobody is changing their mind. Never mind let’s keep doing it anyway....

Firstly. You’ve listed virtually every game Hibs have lost or played poorly here. That somehow is directed at Newell but no other individuals? Why is that?

Second point re stats and analysis. IMO they are often dismissed on here far too casually. Assists for example is actually a stat that can be misleading but is actually valued by many on this board.

However what Fergus52 detailed is the WhoScored scoring of each player. For Newell that includes interceptions, tackles, pass completion, chances created. It’s entirely objective. I’m interested as to why exactly this only tells “part of the story”? It measures all the things a midfielder needs to do. Newell excels at all of them against his peers in the league. It’s an unbiased view which shows how good he is. It can’t really be argued with IMO.

I think stats can be argued with.

Take the chances created one as an example. What constitutes a chance? He’s only got three assists which suggests, to me, that he’s not overly creative. Either that or he’s been extremely unlucky that nobody has put away all those chances he’s created.

And I think it works both ways. Take Doidge, his stats for a striker must be rubbish but people will tell you how good a job he does for the team.

I think there is a place for stats but would always trust my eyes over stats when judging a player.

[The Modfather]

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It feels a bit like the same posters (me included) have debated this all season and nobody is changing their mind. Never mind let’s keep doing it anyway....

Firstly. You’ve listed virtually every game Hibs have lost or played poorly here. That somehow is directed at Newell but no other individuals? Why is that?

Second point re stats and analysis. IMO they are often dismissed on here far too casually. Assists for example is actually a stat that can be misleading but is actually valued by many on this board.

However what Fergus52 detailed is the WhoScored scoring of each player. For Newell that includes interceptions, tackles, pass completion, chances created. It’s entirely objective. I’m interested as to why exactly this only tells “part of the story”? It measures all the things a midfielder needs to do. Newell excels at all of them against his peers in the league. It’s an unbiased view which shows how good he is. It can’t really be argued with IMO.

My first post today was more focussed on the midfield and where Newell fits, or possibly doesn’t. I said he wasn’t solely to blame for the midfield issues and had mitigation when in a two up against a 3 etc. I also explained my opinion that he’s a good but inconsistent player, but I feel he makes the midfield less than the sum of its parts despite his ability. The post you’ve quoted was a reply of mine to someone specifically talking about the issue of losing the midfield.

On the games I listed. Those were games I felt the midfield, including Newell, struggled in. There were others like Killie opening day or the 3-2 win v Hamilton etc where I felt the midfield (and the team, but this thread is about Newell/the midfield) struggled for large parts within the game. I didn’t include them as wasn’t trying to go over and above with negative examples.

On the stats, they are of course important. However they show that Newell makes more tackles and interceptions than anyone else, while also creating the most chances. Those stats would appear to show that Newell is our best defensive midfielder as well as out most creative one. However I’d not make a case for Newell in either category or have him in defensive midfield before Gogic or attacking midfield before Murphy. I think Gogic & Irvine can play together, but it doesn’t really work Newell playing with either or both. As I say, a good but inconsistent player, but I think he makes the midfield less than the sum of its parts despite his ability.

[Tyler Durden]

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These stats are a tool to help analyse the game, not the full picture.

It’s like people quoting xG as if that’s all that needs to be said. It isn’t.

Newell has done well this season and I am happy he’s signed a new deal but there is still a valid discussion to be had about how he fits into our best 11.

Well the example I quoted from Fergus52 is nothing like quoting XG as if that’s all needs to be said.

I agree that there is a discussion to be had about how he fits into the best 11.

I don’t agree with posts that say he’s inconsistent. At this level he is very consistent this season.