The football project that has been put in place has been pretty good and sensible. "They have not gone for that ridiculous approach that sometimes we have seen in the past where you go for these star players that are probably a little bit over the hill and, all of a sudden, it just looks a little bit messy and it looks like it's an owner in a sweet shop in some ways. "Eddie Howe is doing a good job and the type of players they have signed are the right types to get them on that next level. "Newcastle have improved enormously," Neville told his self-titled podcast. That blend of strategies has been at the heart of Newcastle's turnaround under Eddie Howe - the Magpies are currently flying in sixth - and Neville has seen the club's change of fortunes at St James' with his own eyes. The trio were identified as players aged 24 or under who could grow with the club as Newcastle bid to upset the established order in the years to come. READ MORE: Newcastle's 'difficult' stadium change Chelsea, Aston Villa and Everton will absolutely dreadĪs well as this core group of players, Newcastle have signed three elite talents from overseas in Sven Botman, Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak who, unsurprisingly, commanded the biggest transfer fees. In fact, combined, Nick Pope, Loris Karius, Matt Targett, Kieran Trippier, Dan Burn and Chris Wood had made 640 top-flight appearances before they even moved to St James' Park. Rather than getting side-tracked by proposals from intermediaries abroad, two-thirds of the signings Newcastle have made in 2022 previously played in the Premier League. As well as implementing a strict wage structure, Newcastle have carried out extensive background checks on targets and prioritised signing good characters rather than selfish players who could upset the dressing room even if they are admittedly gifted footballers. Newcastle were linked with some of the biggest names in the world after the takeover was completed a year ago, but the Magpies have made sure players want to join the club for the right reasons. From the Buzzcocks to 5 Seconds of Summer, here is punk’s new canon.Gary Neville has paid tribute to Newcastle United's 'sensible project' after the club's owners opted against the 'ridiculous' approach of targeting star players who are 'over the hill'. In celebration of this durable, fiercely beloved movement, we count down the 50 best pop-punk albums so far. Its rawness lies not in the music but in the heady newness of those feelings.” “The whole spectrum of human experience, all that longing and self-doubt, is perfectly sketched out in those formative years,” The New Yorker‘s Amanda Petrusich wrote in 2016 of the potency of adolescent emotion, while reflecting on Blink-182’s comeback. And fans returning to these classic albums 10, 15, 20 years on can feel like maybe they never did – a state of “What’s My Age Again?” bliss. The early music of standout acts like Blink-182, Simple Plan, Sum-41 and, yes, even Green Day, was always about arrested development, a stubborn desire to never grow up. It is the OC, the One Tree Hill, the teen soap opera of contemporary rock. It’s inherently bratty, angsty-ridden, self-deprecating and generationally divisive. It’s also tender and romantic, thriving on nostalgic, swooning scenes of first loves, life-changing kisses and tragic heartbreaks. As New Wave and college rock, followed by ska, rap, emo and even boy-band aesthetics have made their way into the mix, one feature has remained constant: Pop-punk is for the teens – or at least the young at heart. Over the years, what we now know as pop-punk has transformed rapidly, evolving with the times and the trends. And punk’s focus on speed, concision and three-chord simplicity is a natural fit with pop’s core values. From hooky Seventies aces (The Buzzcocks, The Undertones) to Eighties hardcore heroes (Misfits, Descendents), Nineties hitmakers (Green Day, Blink-182) and beyond, punk bands have always championed great songwriting alongside their anti-authoritarian stance. Either you’re punk, or you’re not.”īut in one way or another, that contradiction – the idea of a staunchly underground art form with serious mainstream appeal – has been there all along. “I’ve always hated the phrase,” he explained later in Kerrang! “I think it’s a contradiction in terms. In a 2016 tweet, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong declared war on pop-punk.
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