Sell jan.
Owen =4-5 m.

Sell in the summer,
Smith=3-4m do I hve to say why ?
Shola =3-4m. like him but eh!
Viduka =1m. permanent sick note.
Butt =1m. legs gone.
Geremi =1m. past sell by date.
Cacapa =free, see above.
Edgar =1m. wont make it.
Enrique= 3.5m. see above.
Big striker from Gateshead, ? see above.
Probably some prices off but you get the picture.

I mean, we have imo 1 striker worth keeping & that’s Oba, the rest should be sold asap & get some fresh blood in, some one who’s going to fight for the TOON & not just hang around & get payed shite loads of money for sitting on the bench!!

Owen – Sell
Viduka – Sell
Ameobi – Sell
Smith – Sell
Xisco – Keep & play more
Martins – Keep
Carrol – Sell/loan out

Buy – Ricardo Fuller (Stoke), Kevin Doyle (Reading), Cisse (Mackems)

There are other players I’d get rid off too

He is also a bit of a lily on a dungheap at NUFC in that for all we have good wingers at the club, Downing showed every one of them the way home last Saturday when it comes to putting over a decent cross. Owen can be a class act but he will be wasted without a creative midfielder and some improved wing play.

Shocking to think he has cost us over half a million per game for the 50 he has played for us. But from where we stand now, on a reduced wage and with a small signing-on fee, he’d be good value and his alternatives seem limited. If he won’t sign, we just have to say farewell and good luck and make Shay captain of the side straight away.

But mainly, we need the club to act decisively.

City can pretty much buy who they like of those money players, those modern day, spoilt brats with not a wee bit of ambition, players like Robinho, overrated and overhyped.

No one has more money then them, no one. And they’re not going to buy just any player, it has to be an overhyped. The are going to turn this window into a shopping nightmare. Offers like that for a keeper is insane (I’ve never got why keepers sell for a lot less then other players, imo they’re the most important player on the team)
But 129 million is a joke.

They aren’t getting anywhere near the top 4 and the sooner they realise it the sooner they stop giving us a wee headache.

…It’s obviously time to end the wholesale buyin’ of players & therefore league titles!..

…Gotta say tho’, i am a Redskins fan…For my sins!..

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has rejected a move to Manchester City. The Premier League big spenders tabled a world record £129m bid. (Private Spanish radio station Cadena Ser)

Manchester City are determined to spend £70m to sign a “world superstar” in the January transfer window with Kaka, Lionel Messi, Fernando Torres, Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Samuel Eto’o all in the frame. (Independent)

Would be great if Owen signs an extended contract though. Our problem is not in attack but in midfield!

my point further strengthens. numbers don’t lie.

good point i forgot that we got some $ for Owens international injury, but the injury record speak for itself. 58 games in 4 seasons? he’s luxury player for the likes of man city, chelsea…if the big4 don’t want him (and i have to assume that the big4 is sensible enough to make the big4)…see smith, geremi, butt…all names of the past.

by the way american sports is a joke (hockey is not american)…i rather play some pes than go to a throwball game. all wages here are overly inflated…people here get paid $50/hour for putting nut B onto screw A

Then we would have Martins and Cisse as our top strikers, if one is injured the same team would work.

We will never have the midfield needed to supply an Owen type of player, people say we couldnt afford that type of striker from anywhere else, I say we cannot afford the £15m plus midfielders needed to support Owen AND pay Owen’s wages.

We should concentrate on fast mobile one touch strikers who are quick on the counter to force the opposition to keep players back, that way reducing the goals we concede and games we lose.

Jonas and Zog are brilliant wingers for those types of strikers (Jonas on the right).

Otherwise all we do is talk about Owen’s injuries and our poor midfield, which will never be good enough.

Martins and Cisse compensate for a lacking midfield, just keep playing the ball through especially on a counter and they will be there first 9 out of 10 times.

Having two or three strikers who play the same game means that it isnt as complicated if one is off injured, the whole team formation does not need change.

…& bein’ on the american continent, you surely know that what footballers get paid over here is a joke compared with what sportsmen earn over there…Mega deals!..