Newcastle Transfers: 10 Signs Remy Cabella Is Perfect Cabaye Replacement

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Otherwise Known As: The goals he has scored in pre-season. Though he looked horribly light-weight and off the pace against Malaga in the first game in Germany, Cabella has been impressive in his other two pre-season games so far, particularly as he scored two very good goals. That Malaga game was something of a false negative: Pardew later admitted that he was to blame (no doubt to the distant sound of somewhere very hot freezing over) for a poor selection choice that had alienated Cabella, Ayoze Perez and Adam Armstrong and asked too much of the two youngsters up front in particular. Carrying those two didn't help Cabella's game as he was left out for most of the half he played - which perhaps is a lesson Pardew needs to learn quickly when considering his selections. But when Cabella came good against Schalke, he made a lasting impact with the smartly taken finish below... And then as Newcastle laboured against Huddersfield two days later, Cabella struck again, rescuing a draw with a neatly taken dink over the 'keeper (with some help from the defender)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_mx2HmGpw Though pre-season goals often mean very little, the variation in those goals shows that Cabella is capable of taking on different shots, and has composure in front of net, which has been missing for a while thanks to Cisse's barren spell and Cheick Tiote's fondness for trying to kick balls over the Gallowgate stand.