Comments on: Newcastle United Pursue World Class Signing

By: dean

dean — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:31:54 +0000

i think we sould buy deco and recelma

By: Ed Harrison

Ed Harrison — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:40:53 +0000

nightfall – looks like sagna is off to Arsenal.

By: Ed Harrison

Ed Harrison — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:40:26 +0000

phoonck – good post – think you can make any player look great by getting the best he’s ever done on video tape.

By: phoonck (singapore)

phoonck (singapore) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:53:56 +0000

in my opinion, no world-class players would now want join us when our last league standing is at a disappointing 13th and can’t provide european football.

i’d say be realistic. it’s difficult to see us signing david villa, riquelme, quaresma or marquez. i can’t see berbatov jumping ship, where he’s enjoying football at spurs and is in europe next season, let alone the list i mentioned above!

it’s really hard to believe if deco decides to join us. it would really be a superb acquisition if we pull it off. i wouldn’t pin too much hope on it until more concrete reports on this one. raul, on the other hand, would be risky. kluivert anyone? with due respect to raul, but given his age and past achievements, his hunger for success and the drive to win would be a concern.

and those who use youtube’s videos as evidence to prove that a certain player is great to invest or buy, the videos are just not dependable! i believe our scouts know much more and better than us do. those videos are of good entertainment value, but what you see are usually the highlights of the players’ careers, and that usually means the glories of the successful dribbles and tackles, the wonderful volleys and saves, the powerful headers and strikes but never the laziness on the pitch, the inability to concentrate on the whole match or the attitude in training. it needs so much effort to scout a report of a player, i just cant see scouts using youtube to unearth the next ronaldinho or christiano ronaldo. no offence though, i’d still amuse and amaze myself with the the beautiful game on youtube.

you just never know if that player is a one-minute wonder unless u get to watch him in every game. luque anyone? kluivert anyone? viana anyone?

i love newcastle. hopefully, big sam is the one to turn us around and become among the big 4 in the premiership. so far, i’m very satisfied with the work and purchases he has done, and am very optimistic for the next season.

howay the lads!

By: Cathal

Cathal — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:43:43 +0000

aparently coloccini is available, real zaragoza are attempting to sign him as a replacement for militio! deco wud b a fantastic signing, altho raul wud not as (A hes approaching the end of his career (B his game is not suited to the english game specially with his lack of pace (C we already hav perfect strikers!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:23:09 +0000

If we got Beye, Bridge (ideally) or Shorey and Boateng or Diarra I”d be happy. And maybe one more humbly priced defender.

And keep everyone but Carr, if possible. No fashionable signings yet, thanks very much!

By: Ashton

Ashton — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:21:53 +0000

sorry

givn
germi – marquez – rozinhal ( taylor ) – bains
lucho gonzaez – appiah – barton – emre
owen – martins ( viduka )

how abut that boss ?

By: Fergie

Fergie — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:08:06 +0000

I like the sound of Ronaldonho, lets sign him! haha!

By: valle

valle — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:48:08 +0000

Keep Oba… I also disagree when u say “If Newcastle signed Gattuso or Pirlo you bet those would be world class signings”… players arent world class just because they are big names and sign for us, they are world class because they should be regarded as such for the skill they posess.

By: valle

valle — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:46:04 +0000

Keep Oba… I think u misunderstood my text m8, i didnt say that there could only be 11, i said palyers u could justify in a world 11, who people will take will ofc differ, but a player like Deco is not justified in there imo. As i said, if u call all good players for world class, then who is truly world class?, How would Ronaldonho differ from Deco, u put em in the same bracket?, are ok players then suddenly good players?… No m8, it is u guys who got it wrong, as i said, world class are used way to often. On another note, the players i mentioned earlier are other good central midfilders, i dont beleive them to be world class either (Perhaps i could accept Pirlo), i was just trying to make a point.

By: Fergie

Fergie — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:29:22 +0000

Keep Oba, i completely agree with you, with one exception. I believe Shay Given to be a World Class player….but maybe I am biased

By: Cockney Magpie

Cockney Magpie — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:01:52 +0000

tht went wrong lol if u look at it u can sort of make out its 1 433 team and 1 442 team !

By: Cockney Magpie

Cockney Magpie — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:00:58 +0000

Lets all be honest tho with a midfield of Duff, Dyer, Barton, Milner, Emre, N’Zog, Butt and Nobby anothr midfielder is the last thing we need, if he is going to buy big its got to be in the defence and although we already have the new John Terry in Steven Taylor How about somebody next to him like Walter Samuel or Lucio or Nesta somebody like that? and Phillip Lahm for left back .

Given Given

Geremi Geremi
Samuel Samuel
Taylor Taylor
Lahm Lahm

Duff Duff
Barton Barton
Dyer Dyer
Milner
Martins
Viduka Martins
Owen Owen

Subs: Subs:
Harper Harper
Rozenhal Rozehnal
Emre Emre
Milner N’Zog
Ameobi Viduka

By: Ed Harrison

Ed Harrison — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:55:58 +0000

Ashton – why would we ever play Joey Barton on the left wing?

By: Ed Harrison

Ed Harrison — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:54:41 +0000

FinMagpie – maybe i should have said Royston Drenthe has great potential – would be excellent acquisition for Newcastle nevertheless.