"Not worth £5m never mind £50m" - Lots of Newcastle fans slam "Championship player"

Sean Longstaff may be one of Newcastle’s own, but that doesn’t mean he’s immune from getting criticism for his performances like the rest of his teammates.

The 21-year-old enjoyed somewhat of a break-through campaign last season for his hometown club, making nine Premier League appearances and scoring once.

His start to the current campaign however has been rather more low-key, with his display in the 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Leicester simply underlining that.

The central midfielder lost possession 22 times over the course of the game, and it led to him getting a measly 5.9 rating from Sofascore.

After seeing Longstaff’s poor performance, Newcastle fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts about the 21-year-old.

Many supporters of the Tyneside club appeared to point the finger at his fitness and conditioning, with one fan in particular suggesting he “looked like he was towing around a caravan”.

Some Magpies fans compared his current form to last season, and insisted he looked a “shadow of the player he was under Rafa”.

Check out some of the reaction of Newcastle fans below:

Same with Longstaff. He’s not the same player.

— NUFC Away (@NUFC_1987) September 30, 2019

Worst I’ve seen longstaff play yesterday

— Scott (@scottyNUFC26) September 30, 2019

Sean Longstaff looked like he was towing around a caravan today, a lot of the players look unfit!

Bring back the shackles, bring back the constant “boring” work on shape & defensive discipline in training which Shelvey didn’t enjoy #nufc

— Lee Johnson POPWORLD MAGS (@Lee18_92Johnson) September 29, 2019

Fully agree, longstaff looks a championship player. They have no idea what they’re doing

— Christopher Maddison (@MaddisonCD) September 30, 2019

Longstaff is a shadow of the player he was under Rafa. No identity, No Clue and Bruce clearly doesn’t have the players on side. Absolutely shocking performance. #nufc

— Daniel Bell (@db2682) September 29, 2019

Longstaff? Take 25 pence. Now. #nufc

— Schweizermag (@Schweizermag) September 29, 2019

Longstaff has particularly been bad which says a lot considering how bad the entire team were! Think he’s made one pass out of 10 all game! @NUFC

— Jack Bell (@jackbnufc) September 29, 2019

He is awful! Had 6 good games. Terrible injury and playing to his potential now. Not worth £5m never mind £50m

— Craig Cook (@cooky_10) September 29, 2019

The game past him by. Very poor today

— Steve Batie (@SJBATIE) September 29, 2019

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