There were some deriding cheers from the Newcastle fans on Sunday night, when the 27-year-old Alan Smith attempted a shot at goal, in Newcastle’s match against Real Mallorca.
Alan Smith - striker hasn’t yet scored in 37 senior games for the club
The Yorkshireman was signed by Sam Allardyce last summer for £6M from Manchester United, and hasn’t scored yet in a senior game for the club.
Many of those games, to be fair, were in midfield, or out on the right wing, when Big Sam was manager.
Kevin talked about Alan today:
“Alan’s confidence is okay but he will always work hard,â€
“But we haven’t done a lot of finishing yet, not much work with the strikers. Now we will be able to do that.â€
On Sunday, Smith was Newcastle’s only fit striker, and it’s not surprising we failed to score for our third game in a row.
As we had suggested yesterday, we’re just not sure what’s wrong with Alan right now, because he’s a much better player than he’s been showing for the club recently.
Usually that’s a confidence thing, but if Kevin thinks that’s OK, it’s got to be something else. But now Smith is in danger of being shipped out with Ameobi, before the end of this month.
If we do transfer him, we’ll lose quite a bit of money, and Everton had the cheek today to offer £1.5M for him - but we need more than that to let him go, that’s for sure.
Comments welcomed.
129 responses so far ↓
1 Bill F SPLASH THE CASH ASH // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:11
Good midfielders score goals, do I need to say more.
2 Ericles // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:16
Hope he has the confidence to ask to leave. Take the 1.5m KK and think yourself lucky at the price!
3 cockney magpie // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:16
am i the only one getting sick to death with hearing news about Alan Smith everyday? IMO he is a pointless player therefore news about him is pointless. Even news about him leaving is pointless because even when he is here he actually isnt if ya no wat i mean. waste of space (sorry if that sounded harsh but its the truth)
4 hitman // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:19
dead wood get rid of him
5 JOeT // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:20
I like the guys attitude and commitment, but by god has he let his game slip! Injuries or otherwise, he has to go!
6 cockney magpie // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:21
we may aswel of paid £6m for a jar of fresh air
7 Matt Lacey // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:21
He needs to prove to all of us that he can do a job, that he’s actually useful to the team. Based on his performances since we’ve signed him I would put most of our teenage reserves in the side before him! Since he’s been here he’s been a hopeless midfielder who gives free kicks away in dangerous areas, picks up needless yellow cards for badly executed challenges and has played as a striker who can’t even get a decent shot on target.
Why is he in the team? I would so much rather have lazy/injury prone/etc players who occasionally pop up with something awesome, e.g., Dyer, Emre than him.
He’s had his chance to prove to us that he deserves to be in the starting lineup while his competition is out injured, so as far as I’m concerned he’s got until Martins and Owen are fit again to prove he’s up to the job, else he can f**k off somewhere else for all I care.
8 ObaFan2 // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:21
cockney magpie, agree, abosolutely useless ! USE– LESS
9 Curly-cinni // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:22
has smith eva seen himself play?
This guy couldn’t score if he was partnered up front with a hooker!
My solution is to play one of the fans up front if tight ashley don’t want to splash the cash!
10 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:25
The problem is we ain’t got any confidence in him! get rid!
11 Bill F SPLASH THE CASH ASH // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:26
I would rather see Taylor stuck in as a make shift striker, at least the opposition would know he was there and he has scored some good goals. Which is more than you can say for the Invisible man
12 t-g-w // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:27
I do actually feel sorry for the lad. Was a great player at Leeds, got a big move to Man U, played very well for them at first and had an excellent goal-scoring record. But then Van Nistelrooy walked back into the team having been injured. And then he was never the same player after Sir Alex tried to convert him into a midfielder and after that injury.
That said, he is no longer good enough to be at this club. Get rid even for £1.5 million.
13 domtoon // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:28
It’s cos he came from Man U and has now lost trace of any form he once had.
Whoever said we should stop reading about Smith is correct - he is a nothing, pointless, waste of space and anyone defending him, please direct me to 3 defining moments he has made a difference to our squad.
Even with the some of the dire performances we put in last season, the other players contributed in some way, but this man Smith, he just runs and runs and runs. Energetic, hard-working yes, but productive and of utility to the squad - NO!!!
How long has it been since he scored a goal?? Looooong time.
Sorry - rant over.
14 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:30
the problem is, He’s not bothered he spends 5 days at the training ground in the gym knocking a few footballs around and at the best sits on the bench for a rediculous wage! the same goes for a good few others!! WHO SAYS ASHLEY DOESNT WASTE MONEY????
15 tamil toon // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:31
the funny thing is bill is right - taylor has scored more than smith n probs score more if played up front than smith
aka smith = rubbish 1.5 millions is great
16 looney toon // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:33
just read on 606 apparently is it siberskis bday 2day - a much better striker dan smith too
17 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:37
Our problem isnt Alan Smith, our problem is that when we have injuries we do not have a player who was originally employed as a first team striker to step in to the role.
Alan Smith was employed as a midfielder because he was better in that role and no good as a striker because he didnt score enough goals.
None of the midfield players score enough goals, KK has identified the problem and is working on it, we need all of our midfield to score more goals and Smith to start scoring goals, it may be us the fans getting on their case putting them off, other players or just historic poor coaching but it needs resolving.
Look at the list of low first team scorers, Parker, Emre, Duff, Milner, Barton, NZogbia, Smith, Ameobi, Carroll and so on, we have a historic problem which needs sorting.
18 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:39
looney toon and Sibieski was a midfielder!!
Again looked upon as a low scoring striker!! He should have been given a two year contract and moved back in to midfield.
19 faustino // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:40
Realistically they’ll give him another season. The chances he’ll be in our 09/10 squad will depend on the next 12 months. But he will be here next season.
Surely Ameobi is closer to the door than Smith?
20 JOeT // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:42
id rather have ameobi than smith! at least he can take a man on…well!
21 Isaac Hunt // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:43
Which one’s Smith?
22 James // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:43
We pay Smith nearly a quarter of a million pounds every month in wages - WHY OH WHY OH WHY OH WHY OH WHY OH WHY
23 reillers // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:46
It baffles me to think that he used to play for Man U. That wee lad not only played but started a lot of games, the other players loved him, praised him and such. The games he played he was actually pretty impressive, especially that 7-1 win, he inspired the other players, because he’d be running down the ball and such, working really hard..etc..
He was a good enough player once upon a time, just one wee question..
What the hell happened?!?!
24 domtoon // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:48
Ameobi is a bad joke. Ideally we need to replace them both, but I accept your point Faustino that Smith will stay next season.
Thing is - Smith was once great, but like I said - I can see no trace of any of his old form. The best footballers make do and score goals no matter the circumstances, but he, just, does, nothing!!
It’s so infuriating because I just want the team to do well :’o(.
25 Michael // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:49
Alan Smith was overrated at Leeds because he was young and English. Peaked in his early twenties and has only reached double figures in the league once. Ferguson tried to convert him to a midfielder to save his career, but it failed. I bet Fergie couldn’t stop laughing when we bid 6 million for a dreadful midfielder/ below average forward.
26 looney toon // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:50
ian - true n yeah we should have given him a new 2 year deal he defintly deserved it , he put his heart n soul to newcastle n suprised all of us with his performs. Should have kept him n not gt smith - would have saved 6 million plus saved 60k a week
27 Graham // Aug 5, 2008 at 12:56
His confidence may be ok - its his goalscoring thats shite!
28 Stamford Toon // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:09
Has KK lost the plot?
Confidence in Smith, nobody else has!
We’re going to be the fittest club in the prem, with so many injuries before the season starts?
New signing in 24hours? It’s a long day!!!
A good pre seasons programme, three 1-0 defeats and not much to cheer about!!!!
Keegan Magic. Boring football so far.
Keegan the communicator, we keep hearing the same platitudes and virtually nowt else.
Need another 3/4 players. How often have we heard this and still nothing.
He said he would always speak his mind. We hear nothing is he gagged?
Perhaps he is passed his sell by date.
29 pontus // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:10
you guys said “good midfielders score goals”. so we dont have any good midfielders then.. why dont just buy 11 new players? stop blame it all on smithy
30 Eyeball // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:10
Confidence isnt the problem….Its the complete lack of ability thats the problem!!! £6M sir alex mustve been laughing his boobs off!!!
31 sirjasontoon // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:11
More Spin,
smith is CAK.
32 Ross // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:12
i see QPR have brought in a 19 year old from real madrid?
he was apparently considered a jewel in madrids youth set up.
33 51times // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:13
We’ll be the fittest side in the league…doesn’t matter if you can run if they haven’t been working on their finishing etc, does it? What is Keegan doing?
34 DanToon // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:18
Well if his confidence is ok then it must be his ability that is shocking!
35 51times // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:18
Ross - Daniel Parejo, and it’s only on loan.
36 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:21
hps, i’m beyond worried now pal, we dont look like wev’e got a goal in us and while other teams like pompey and fullham spend their sky money and take a risk wer’e doing nowt, being in the stands with the fans and buying a few rounds at the blue bamboo stinks of tokenism imo, if as it seems Ashleys intentions for the club have changed or were never there to begin with
37 Eyeball // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:22
@ Ross
Yeah its Daniel Parejo, dunno if they paid for him to come over on loan or not but he is seen as a quality youngster, Ive said this before if we arent wanting to spend a load on transfers get loans in, You could have Hobbs of liverpool and traore of arsenal for def!!
Im worried that smith will be given the run up front he wants because once again owen and viduka wont be fit!!
38 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:34
eyeball i didn’t think i could get any lower, but after reading ya last sentance about smith i feel like squirting bleach into me eyes and throwing mesell in front of the tractor thats cutting the grass on the field opposite me hoose
39 Macas // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:34
Yes Smith has generally been very poor for us but he was man of the match against Arsenal at home, and scared the life out of their defenders with his commitment. As for Keegan backing him, what’s he supposed to do?? Slag the lad off? I’m sure that will improve his confidence! We have FIVE strikers injured at the moment so we will have to put up with Smith and support him when he is on the pitch. Unfortunately its entirely predictible that he will get booed by a large number of fans which helps no one.
40 nufc toon malaysia // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:37
for me i would keep alan smith..look at him when he played for manchester united time..he was kinda great..he is lack of performing scoring because of sam allardyce din let him play at striking part(his position)..be common sence…a striker turns to a midfield n den right wing n den back to striker…re-think….
41 irish_al // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:37
michael is spot on, smith has never been a great striker
when at leeds he had potential, scored 1 in 3/4 games, hardly prolific
42 Lesh // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:38
To sum up the close season: season ticket sales down, lack of quality replacements to even replace those shipped out, reported targets snapped up by other clubs, Spurs buying the world and its mother, even Sunderland outspending us, …. good innit?
Ok so Ernie and his crew have brought in some good (we hope) prospects for the future but which league are they going to be playing in?
All in all, the upshot is that fans are disillusioned before the season even starts - it’s not rocket science to work out why so!! Hello Houston, we have a problem….
43 nightfall // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:39
hope everton signs him…if they do, we lower our expensess, get rid of dead wood and sabotage our competition…what else do we want?
44 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:41
Ashley just sell up!!
45 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:44
Everton arn’t that stupid!?
46 Bill F SPLASH THE CASH ASH // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:46
Players will only get boooed if they are playing rubbish. If they are playing ok even if they do not score then they will get cheered.
Most of the booing last season was justified as it will be this season if we get more of the same.
We geordies are very passionate about our team but we can only respond to what is happening on the pitch. If Smith suddenly changed from a duck to a swan, as Butt did last year, then the fans will be right behind him. I wouldn’t be putting money on this happening though.
47 sprecks // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:47
hey guys just wondering if any1 knows anymore news on Coloccini cause he was supposed to have a medical on monday but recentley everything has gone silent?
bit off topic but nobody wants to chat bout smith anyway :L :L
48 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:47
trouble is hps, cant see him doing it before the season starts so that leaves us with yet another shitty, frustrating dog fight of a season to put up with
49 shirts // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:47
Keegan must be holding out for a bit more to see if he can reproduce some sense of the ability he had that got him to ManU in the first place. I imagine he’ll hang around till January as a last chance and then be sold off to Hull or Stoke if/when he doesn’t come good.
50 Macas // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:50
The point i’m making is that it’s not his fault he’s crap. But we dont have any other alternatives, unless we throw in kids in their nappies. He will always give 100% so there is nothing to gain from booing him on the pitch.
51 toon toon.... // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:51
he’s simply not good enough if this club wants to improve on last season. when he signed ive got to be honest I thought it was a decent signing (had a cracker against roma in the champions league for man utd which came to mind). i also cant remember many people at the time criticsing the signing, however after watching him all last season he seems to be versatile enough i.e. willing enough to play in different roles but doesnt make enough impact to change matches. if everton or any others showed interest then kk got to be seriously considering it even if just to get him off the wage bill! if no money available then loan signings would have to be used otherwise gonna look bigger jokers away to man utd than last years debacle.
52 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:53
mozza - totally agree!! Is MA going to suprise all of us and invest in quality players before the 31st!? Like Ive said before KK left one circus to come to another with Ashley being the head CLown Joker!!
53 Terry Mac's Crossword // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:54
I think its a pity the way things have gone for him. Just remember for a second what he was like at Leeds, snarling, robust, passionate goal scorer. I’d of loved him in our team!
Still think we should sell him though as he don’t fit into the ethos of a post Allardyce toon team. Shame.
54 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Aug 5, 2008 at 13:56
Who fancies chipping in to hire a hit man to get rid of the crap and Ashley!!
55 ryunufc // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:00
straight swap with jose baxter pls
56 HeronMag // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:03
I might incur the wrath of a few fellow mags here but I think the amount of abuse hurled Smith’s way is out of order.
Smith has always given 100% in a toon shirt and I respect him for that. I agree he wouldn’t be in my starting line up and yes, I’d probably let him go once we’ve brought some more talent in. But come on, he earned the captain’s armband at one point. Give the lad a break.
57 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:06
i’m up for that hps i was in the army so i’d do it mesel if the price was right, trouble was my shooting was similar to alan smiths so i probably couldn’t even hit someone the stamp of ashley
58 Bill F SPLASH THE CASH ASH // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:07
Sprecks you are dead right, I would rather speculate on the strikers who are still up for grabs and who we could get. I havn’t seen Gomiz mentioned for some time or Diego or Cisse, all of whom we probably persuade to join us. I would even be happy if we got Palermo, bit long in the tooth I know but still banging them in for Boca.
59 mitch // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:07
totally agree with smith being awful, it’s a shame coz at one time he was a good player. 1.5 m is just not enough to take for a player we payed 6 m for just last season.
60 WIGAZ // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:15
Think we should tell Rangers that we’ll swap em smith for boyd! at least boyd would shoot! he’s got good hold up play & has a gr8 goalscoring record. Boyd seems to fell out of smith’s 1st team plans. Either that or sign beattie from Sheff utd & tell them they can have smith! both these guys are much better than smith! why are we not going for crespo? he hasn’t got a club has he?
61 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:20
Bill F, Cisse is available for £8m but his club do not want to let him go.
Last count he scored 6 goals in 7 pre season matches. He is for buttons compared to others in the market.
We need someone such as him, have Viduka as the ‘older’ player to be brought on to replace someone injured or to try and turn a match, then a youngster to try and make something of, I dont think Carroll is the man but he is all we have at the moment.
Cisse is easily the best player avaialble for the money, he has the same goals to appearances as Owen but is younger, if the player isnt recommended on the Sun back page managers and scouts dont seem to want them, Hughes is messing about trying to get him on a loan, now is our chance.
62 roy morten79(norway) // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:24
i think smith need to go,for his career its best for him. hope he will start scoring and get his life back too good times.
63 Hertz // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:27
http://www.footballfancast.com/blog/newcastle-united/are-newcastle-falling-victim-a-lack-ambition/4709
Last line is pathetic
64 Big Ricks Black Nd White Army // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:29
apperntly depotivo has sed colochinni has left depotivo and has been sold.
http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/squad/index.html
65 Big Ricks Black Nd White Army // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:30
according to depotivo collochinni has been sold
http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/squad/index.html
66 Big Ricks Black Nd White Army // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:32
http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/squad/index.html
has left depotivo
67 harrier // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:32
update from spain - Newcastle and Deportivo are still negotiating their agreement into contract and Coloccini hopes to travel to Newcastle for a medical either today or wednesday. However, as of yesterday he was still in spain.
http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/deportes/2008/08/05/0003_7037811.htm
68 GoesseN // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:33
abit off topic but
http://www.canaldeportivo.com/servlet/es.iris.servlets.DeporSport/5/2008/08/05/1
colicini article in their programme stating he’s in newcastle today for a medical before signing, all in spanish though feel free to translate using google.
69 harrier // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:36
you guys’s updates are better than mine
my quotes were from yesterday so feel free to ignore them
70 GoesseN // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:37
oh and check the canaldeportivo site in future lads as the ..
http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/squad/index.html
is a more of fan site and publishes rumours aswel as facts.
using canaldeportivo.com will have to be translated but its as official as nufc.co.uk
71 Bill F SPLASH THE CASH ASH // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:41
Ian, I know you have been a Cisse advocate for some time and I totally agree with you. He is desperate to get back to the EPL as his missus apparently is still living in England. He was injured for a chunk of last season and Marseille were struggling but once he came back and regained match fitness they shot up the league.
I know a lot of people on the blog don’t rate him because of his prior history but he has had some bad injuries and bad luck. Admittedly he might be something of a gamble but if we got the real Cisse he would be a diamond.
72 Big Ricks Black Nd White Army // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:44
goessen iv just put that link on man keep up
73 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:48
BillF, why are we one of the few to realise his value???
I really do not understand it, all of his matches are televised and providing you dont read the wrong statistics that some dodgy websites issue and look at official figures all of his appearances and goals are logged!!
It doesnt take a genius to calculate up his goals and his value to a club. He doesnt do bad things he is just an extrovert with dodgy hairstyles and clothes but he is French and Ginola used to do the same!!
I know you like him you said before, he would turn next season round when combined with our current line up, no problem at all.
74 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 14:51
Have you seen the Indian billionaire is still interested???
The rumour says he was unhappy about attention brought to his family for security reasons, hence the reason they denied interest, but is still in very early talks????
Probably rubbish but we can hope.
75 seetow // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:01
i think he is an ideal striker for everton. he is similar to andy johnson anyway, just chases the ball like a mad dog but doesn’t score many goals and have to rely on joleon lescott to score their goals
76 WIGAZ // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:06
Hope your right Ian! it would be class if this guy buys us! if we have to hope for the best this season then fair enough if we know that we have a guy richer than roman willing to give the king a ransom to get the very best in, we will be the force we once were again with the best manager we’ve had. (No disrespect to Bobby coz he was class).
77 WesToon // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:08
@ Ian
Heres the link Lads
http://www.clubcall.com/newcastle-united/billionaire-interest-still-alive-767781.html
PLS PLS PLS
78 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:09
@splash the cash and ian, i’d have him he’s got power and blistering pace, which always terriffies defenders, he’s one of those players that gets a lot of stick of people,but when you see his name on the oppositions’s team sheet you know he can be a match winner, put it this way i’d rather he was with us than man city
79 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:14
dont want to dampen anyones fire but this is clubcall wer’e talking about, whish it was true though, whats that saying “its not the dispair that kills you its the hope” must have been a toon fan eh
80 DC Magpie // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:19
Tell Everton to double their bid and we’ll throw in Ameobi as well.
…and to think Spurs offered us Kanoute in a straight swap.
Cisse…really? I don’t believe he has improved enough to excel at this level, he was a joke of a striker at L’pool…surely not!
81 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:28
DC Magpie in a poll of Liverpool supporters they rated Torres, Gerrard then Cisse as their best goalscorers!
They appear to think the same as some of us, Rafa dumped on him after he took over because Cisse was the previous manager’s signing and stuck him out on the wing, like Allerdyce did with Martins. Cisse broke a leg and Rafa used it as an excuse to get rid of him, if he hadnt he wouldnt have had to spend £19m on Keane!! As Kuyt didnt work out for him.
Cisse gets a very warm welcome off the Liverpool fans even though he wasnt there long due to Rafa.
He has scored one out of every two matches his whole career and is third top striker in the French league 1 (top league).
The quality football press always speaks well of him, the main press sound as if he couldnt kick a ball.
82 Bill F SPLASH THE CASH ASH // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:30
Well thats 3 pro Cisse and 1 anti Cisse so far anyone else care to weigh in.
83 DanToon // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:33
My team for Man Utd (a)
http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nufcteamng0.jpg
What you think????
84 Punk Skunk // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:35
Well i’m not a major fan of Cisse, but his record speaks for him!..If i’m not mistaken(haven’t checked, goin on memory!) didn’t he score about 20 goals in his last season with lfc, from the wing a la plebaldo?..
…& like the lads earlier said: fast as & well scarey to defenses!..
85 Nev // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:37
i live in the same area that cisse used to live (runcorn/frodsham) when he was at liverpool and was very well liked
you could always tell when cisse was around town as he had a massive bright yellow hummer
would be a great signing for newcastle if he signed
86 craig chisholm // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:38
whatever happened to coloccini deal??
87 irish_toon9 // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:38
A trained monkey would do a better job for us than Alan smith…bite evertons hand off and take the 1.5m
88 James // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:40
While we are scraping for pennies to buy a new striker or rely on Smith, Spurs are offering £32 million to buy David Villa.
Craig Chisholm = he is having a medical at SJP this afternoon
89 Eyeball // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:40
Cisse was unlucky with injuries but they were bad ones….not like owens broken fingernail or vidukas dicky tummy hahahaha
(before anyone bites I know owen has had big injuries aswell)
Im pro Cisse!!!
90 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:42
hmmm, i was expecting more of the anti cisse brigade on, i’d still like to get larson from brum, but any interest seems to have faded sadly
91 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:42
Will someone tell KK then please!!
92 GoesseN // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:45
big ricks black and white army, im saying dont use that link use the official http://www.canaldeportivo.com
as its the official site not the fansite.
read the paragraph fella!
93 Eyeball // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:45
Im with you there Mozza, Larsson is quality, good engine and was one of the PL best at Freekicks last season!! he can take over from geremi on freekicks and milner on crosses (whose were shocking against Mallorca)
94 Bill F SPLASH THE CASH ASH // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:46
Mozza you never now, there might still be stuff going on in the background. Bit like a swimming duck again.
95 Punk Skunk // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:46
mozza, yes Larsson would kick ass for us!..
96 C // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:47
No Rooney and no Ronaldo against us. Nice!
97 MMNUFC // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:49
Along the headlines on nufc.co.uk a test page has just come up…something about to go up me thinks!
98 CRAIGG // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:51
I would take Cisse over Smith anyday.
Its actually quite a significant day as its the one year aniversary of Alan Smiths only goal in a newcastle shirt.
Antoine Sibierskis birthday showing you can still get players who give their all, care for the club they represent and put their families happiness over money.
Also the aniversary of Terry Hibbitts death showing wingers from yorkshire used to be able to cross a ball.
99 harrier // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:52
oooooh im excited
100 harrier // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:52
MMNUFC - fingers crossed that we’ve finally signed………
diego
101 MMNUFC // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:54
It better be something decent! and if its nothing dont bollick me!
102 harrier // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:56
i won’t but i might break my computer screen
103 Punk Skunk // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:58
Lol, Craigg!..
104 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:58
hope so splash the cash, i could do with being shocked to death and proved wrong by a press conferance where coloccini, larson and cisse are unveiled, with the promise of more to come and eyeball your’e right we’ve been crying out for a good set piece taker for ages
105 DanToon // Aug 5, 2008 at 15:59
It takes you to the nufctv subscription page!
106 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:02
When Smith first came to Newcastle where there any fans who copied his hair style??
just thinking, if Cisse arrives and he WOULD score goals so he would have a lot of fans like Martins, there will be some odd looking flamers down the quayside!!!!!!
107 mozza // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:03
right lads of for me tea back in a bit
108 steve // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:05
AT LAST - SOME GOOD NEWS
Rooney out of opener with Toon!!!
So thats, Nani (suspended) Anderson (olympics) Ronaldo injured and Rooney (virus)
It’ll still be tough but if we can get Martins / Owen fit get Collocini in and poss creative midfielder we might actually get something out the game - wahooo
109 ObaFan // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:06
Rooney is out of the united game, along Ronaldo, Andersson and Nani-maybe a draw is on the cards….but i doubt it!
110 fraser 2k8 // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:07
@ Dantonn no. 83, love the team lad, hopefully we will buy baptista and fernandez and the 4-1-3-2 is good formation.
111 CRAIGG // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:10
Ian i never copied his hair but i stupidly got his name on the back of my shirt.
I honestly had a vision of Smith and Viduka linking really well like their days at Leeds and it looked like i was right on his debut when he scored but…
I certainly cannot hate smith as i watched him murder our CBs for leeds but he must be sold he brings nothing and we should cut our losses if Everton bid.
112 steve // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:13
I reckon we could prob get Everton to stump up 3 million maybe we could get 4.5 mil if we offer shola and smith as a forward pairing and hope he’s never actually seen them play together
113 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:14
Craigg, I honestly think with the right coaching he could get it back, but like you we have to concentrate on this season,
well if Cisse came and they copied him, this is what the quayside and club hairstyles would be like!!! Look for the one with the blue number 9 shirt made for us that one!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpKqhxdwFxw
114 Punk Skunk // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:14
steve,
but if they don’t have their ‘best’ team out, it clearly states in the manure/fa rules, that if we beat a depleated manure, we only get 1 point!..
…Legend!..
115 Macas // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:25
My mate is a Liverpool fan and he thought Cisse was awful, a total headless chicken
116 CRAIGG // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:25
IAN
I would love him to get it back but he is a pale shadow of that player, He did have the odd highlight last season the Arsenal Bolton and Everton matches where he looked decent but he’s just hit an all time low with the matches in mallorca.
117 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:38
I agree Craigg Smith is better moving on.
Cisse on the other hand!!
Macas, he was brought in as a striker but shoved out on the right wing, he isnt a winger even though he looked good and fast it wasnt the right position for him, I follow the player when I can on TV, there is loads of stuff on youtube if you watch him in a more central position he is an excellent player (look for the matches not the fan club stuff). If you judge him as a winger he isnt brilliant, but that would be the same as judging Martins as a player on the wing when Allerdyce shoved him out there. If you look at his goalscoring record compared to a winger at Liverpool it is decent. Away from Liverpool match it against strikers. That is the problem, Shearer is right, move about on the pitch and it knacks up your career.
Cisse plays best just right of centre, an Andy Johnson type of position.
He has an amazing goalscoring record almost identical to Owens but Cisse is younger, I also think Cisse is getting better with age not worse he seems to have looked after himself better than many footballers.
118 Ralphy B // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:44
This is my first time on this site, so hi. Was just wondering if all the fans on here slating Smudge are the same fans that slated Butt after his first season? The lad nearly lost his career putting his neck on the line for Utd and he gives nothing less for the toon. Give him a chance. Kev knows what hes doing and AF knows a player when he sees one. Keep the faith and give the lad the support he deserves. He will come good.
119 Macas // Aug 5, 2008 at 16:56
Well he couldn’t be worse than Smith, although I doubt we will have the money for another striker, I kind of think we will end up with Coloccini, another LB and a creative midfielder.
120 azim // Aug 5, 2008 at 17:03
get rid of him at 2.5m and further 1.5m depending on his performances ..4m good deal
121 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 17:45
Macas maybe not even the creative midfielder I guess.
There isnt long now till the end of the window.
122 normski1930z // Aug 5, 2008 at 17:49
transferwindow now= 3 weeks and 4 days.
123 DC Magpie // Aug 5, 2008 at 18:27
@ Ian (and other Cisse advocates)
I have a lot of Scouse friends and while they liked Cisse’s eccentric hair styles and freakish acceleration they all joked about how useless he was in front of goal. I mean in terms of composure in front of goal he makes Dyer look like Gary Lineker! We already have a Martins at the club and I just don’t see how the two would work together.
Much rather spend the money on Derdiyok, Larsson, Inler, Moutinho, & Constant Djapka or Tawio
124 M. Stockley // Aug 5, 2008 at 18:32
milner and smith in ex for lescott wouldnt be so bad! everton have been reportly intrested in milner some time ago…. if they want smith then this is a deal id go for tbh, id throw in half the squad if they gave us lescott and cahill!
125 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 19:09
DC Magpie there is no one you could buy for £8m who has that hit record, his composure is excellent if that is from other sources then your sources are rubbish.
3rd top scorer in French League 1?? Come on. Scored every other game, fast strikers score out of a few attempts, no-one can be that fast and score 100% of the time out of every attempt, that is what he relies on speed and instinct, I watch that player a lot and often you have to replay a few times to see how he put it in he is so fast.
Another wind up I think!
126 irish_toon9 // Aug 5, 2008 at 19:13
Eamon Dunphy on Cisse..
“Here we have Cisse, right wing, attempts to put in a cross, BANG…hits the full back, again BANG hits the full back, BANG…off the full back again, and once more, BANG…smacks the full back again…. Millions of euro and he can’t clear the first man, I mean…what’s he trying to do to the full back here, Kill him??”
For laughs il throw in a few more from him…
On Sergio Ramos:
“He’s a nothing player, he’s like Paul McShane on steroids, costs more but just as likely to get you shot in the head.”
On John Hartson:
“Bill, Hartson is not a 7million pound player…it’s a disgrace, a shambles! This is the state of football today Bill. I have a clip here of why Hartson is NOT a £7million player….Roll it there Bill!(literally 1 second in to the clip) OKAY, HOLD IT THERE BILL!!! (draws a circle around Hartson’s arse) Bill, that is NOT the arse of a £7million player!”
On the very hostile boardroom at Real Madrid:
“Bill, Bill… those directors over there are on another planet. They’re on mushrooms or something…THEY’RE ON ACID BILL!!!”
On Harry Kewell:
“Kewell should have been yanked off the pitch at half time and put in a hot bath, a boiling hot bath.”
“Fat and a clown. A fat clown for all to see”
127 Ian // Aug 5, 2008 at 19:23
Have you seen the advert where he strikes the wall about 5 times, they were brave I wouldnt have stood there!!!
His scoring is unbelievable the list that DC gives there is crap compared to Cisse’s record, it is an incredible scoring record, it matches Owens appearances to goals ratios and Owen’s problem has never been scoring it is appearing through injuries, Owen has an amazing scoring record and this player matches it, for £8m.
I think he will probably stay at Marseille one more season, be a top three scorer again, win back his place from Gomis or another player in the French team, then he will come to England for a silly transfer fee. If another club buys him this year we can sit and watch him and someone can tell me again about this composure problem he has!!
What should he be doing averaging a goal per game or two???
128 Obafan // Aug 5, 2008 at 21:39
Still Smith gets credit, for what for doing nothing than taking a big fat pay cheque. It is a disgrase that a player of his level can earn so much money. And that other players like Owen have to earn less than before. It is not fair. Get Smith on a lower pay cheque, better get rid of and invest the money in other players and give it to the players who really are valiable like Oba and Owen, so that they sign a new contract.
129 Ryan // Aug 6, 2008 at 8:00
Ian, what we are saying is not that Cisse is not good or anything. But have you ever see him play in EPL last time in Liverpool? He’s just an average player who can’t adapt the leaque. I don’t really sure but he does not comes into those liverpool fans’ mind last time. Prove me wrong if you can.
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