We’re not going to get ahead of ourselves or carried, but Newcastle this season have shown what team spirit and togetherness can do, when you also have some good skill in the side.
Chris Hughton – terrific job this season – he deserves high credit
Because the lads won a crucial game last night, and are now certain to be promoted, we can now look ahead to strengthening the squad in the summer and playing again in the Premiership, after just one season in the English second tier.
The squad we have right now is very solid, and we still need to get more quality into the side, and we are already hearing of various targets Chris is looking at, with the help of Chief Scout Graham Carr and assistant manager Colin Calderwood.
We have already heard the club be linked with a number of potential targets like Jamie O’Hara, Charlie Austin, Jimmy Bullard, Juan Albin and Pablo Hernandez among others, and it will be interesting to see who Newcastle will bring in and who will leave during the summer.
But with a solid squad to build on, the likelihood is good that we’ll have a more than decent squad come next season.
We also have to remember that we’ve only had half a season out of two of our more obvious Premier League class players like Steven Taylor and Joey Barton.
Add to that the January signings of Danny Simpson, Wayne Routledge and Mike Williamson, all signed for around £3.5M, and these are bargain basement buys for Newcastle United, no doubt about it.
But we’re not expecting to be in the top four next season, and in fact if the lads can get into the top 12, which we are capable of, then it will be a very successful first season back in the Premier League.
There’s also a lot of upside promise, because we have now shown this season that we can fight and gut it out in games like the best of them.
The way forward for Newcastle is the Youth Academy and bringing in young players who are already good, but still have significant progress to make.
Charlie Austin, the 20 year-old Swindon striker we were linked with recently is an excellent example of the type of player that fits into this category.
Sebastien Bassong was a good example of a player in that category that we signed for just £500K from French club Rennes when he was 22. Seb is no longer with us, but the acquisition recently of Mike Williamson might mean we don’t fret too much about losing Seb, who was great while he was at Newcastle.
The way forward for Newcastle seems a solid one, although we’ll not be making any big £20M type trophy signings.
And quite honestly, when we think of some of our signings in the past of Jean Alain Boumsong (£6.7M), Albert Luque (£9.5M), Michael Owen (£17M) and others, we’re not sure we want trophy signings, because we have never shown we are very good at it.
The £20M players in Newcastle’s team in a couple of years time will have been made at the club.
Two of those in the making are 21 year-old Andy Carroll and 20 year-old Tamas Kadar as just two examples and maybe 18 year-old Nile Ranger and 17 year-old Haris Vuckic down the road a little.
As we said we’ll be making those £20M players in the next few seasons rather than signing them.
But we think it’s a wise approach, and we’re right behind the strategy, which has already worked quite well over the last couple of years.
Some really good times might be ahead for the Newcastle club – we hope so anyway. 
Howay The Lads!!
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67 responses so far ↓
1 Tim // Mar 30, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Talking of Vukic does Ed or anyone who has any information about his injury status? It would be great if he could get back and have a run around before the season is up!
2 SuperJoeyBarton // Mar 30, 2010 at 3:56 PM
i have had to retrieve my password due to the garbage being written in this article.
PABLO HERNANDEZ? ARE YOU ON ACID???
Pablo is a regular in the Valencia side which will be playing champions league football next year…I would very much doubt Valencia would accept much less than 20million euros for him as he is a very important prospect to them especially if Villa leaves this summer which he almost certainly will!
Juan Albin is also far far out of our league! I’d even be suprised at O’Hara, sad to say it but he could do alot better! Same with Bullard tbh!
rant over!
3 Aza9 // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:00 PM
The summer will be an interesting time indeed, the players we have signed in the last 2 years have all been players not reported in the media. There are some obvious names being thrown around like O’Hara, Bullard and a few players in foreign leagues but in reality the players we sign will probably be complete surprizes.
To make these 20M players you speak of Ed the club need to do a better job of finding suitable clubs to feed some younger players to to gain valuable first team experience. The likes of Ranger, Kadar, Tozer, Donaldson, LuaLua, Vuckic etc. would benefit greatly from a season or two playing regularly for a CCC side or being blooded by Hughton.
4 Mags // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:03 PM
Tim
I keep asking the same question about Vuckic. I should imagine he must be ready for games now, as his time out coincided with that of Joey Barton and he has not been rushed back. Having said that, he had two particularly nasty separate injuries. The trouble is, we get no information about him from the club.
I am still basking in the glory of last night’s game, the torrential rain, the way the players fought and battled, the goals and the sheer joy making my 160mile home journey soaking wet but reliving every precious moment.
I refuse to look any further forward (like Hughton) than the next match. What a job he is doing, hats off to you Chris.
Still, I have my dreams which are that we can finish as the last champions of the Coca-Cola championship.
After all, we are all allowed to dreams!
5 Archie Mag // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:13 PM
Bullard is a crock no way! Waste of money exact type of player we don’t need any more
6 NUFCELITE // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:33 PM
I agree with archie mag please no bullard.See the press trying to wind ch up take no notice of then idiots mate.Comon mr Ashley extend ch contract now mate, shut the stupid press up and nip the story in the bud mate.Got soaking wet last night but hey ,you think i care about that i think not ha ha.Great result for the club and the supporters, still buzzing from last nights game.HTL
7 ginkoh // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Bullard is good squad player, no doubt. But I don’t think he’s suit for Newcastle right now.
8 geoff777 // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:47 PM
Possibly another bid for Forest’s Perch who looked good last night?
Hopefully there’ll be no leaks and all signings will be announced by the club as done deals and complete surprises to the press & public.
9 SuperJoeyBarton // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:48 PM
agree with perch! he was outstanding, no1 has frustrated Jonas like tht all season. good competition for simpson/ r taylor
10 DJG // Mar 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM
Agreed, if Forest slip up in the play-offs, ( it is a lottery) then I think we have to go to Billy Davies with a serious bid for Perch, the lad is 24 and a class RB so fits in perfectly with Ashley’s plan. Im not convinced in Simpson for the prem im afraid, although I acknowledge he is improving.
11 DJG // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Bullard
Decent player but too old 31, and always crocked exactly what we are avoiding now.
Vuckic
Will he be back in time for the FA Youth Cup???
12 Matthew Tom // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Definitely agree about Perch – he gave a great performance last night and Jonas was getting frustrated with him and not even bothering to take him on towards the end.
Good little player I thought, definitely would be on my list.
13 The Entertainers // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:09 PM
The cost of Pearch…….3-4million ????
Then VA on loan again
and the free signings of Cleverley and Beckford, would certainly improve our squad without costing a package.
14 DJG // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:14 PM
The Entertainers
Im not that fussed about Cleverley and Beckford, both vastly over-rated players.
15 TheShadow // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:18 PM
Free:Cleverley,Boyd,Beckford,Ledley
Fee:Perch,O’Hara,Austin,Albin,Hutton
Loan:VA,Wilshire
16 DJG // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:19 PM
On wiki they recon Perch started off as a striker, then a RB, broke into the team as a Centre Half. Covered the start of a season at LB. Can play in midfield and is good in goal!!!
And they recon Ryan Taylor is a versatility player!
17 Thump // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Glad to see I’m not the only person who wouldn’t mind seeing Perch in a black and white shirt.
As far as Beckford goes, I don’t see why everybody is still so interested in him. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t call him a bad player by any means but his ego is what really bothers me. Could potentially be a person who would come in and massively disrupt the dressing room with his ‘shirts’ and ‘bruvs’ and all of that stuff.
18 SuperJoeyBarton // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:36 PM
id rather have maynard than beckford.
19 geordielad880 // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:44 PM
Im still loving the fact victor moses moved to wigan, and he is lucky if he gets 5 mins every so often!!
20 NewcastleMole // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Ok before signing new players we should be thinking about who doesn’t fit into our plans for the premiership.
Pancrate, Ameobi, Butt, Best, Xisco,
Question marks over:
R.Taylor, Guthrie, Smith, Routledge, Barton, Nolan, Simpson,
21 SuperJoeyBarton // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:52 PM
question marks over Nolan in prem? best transfer list em all then!!!
22 Thump // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Not a bad list, NewcastleMole.
Actually, while we’re at it, let’s just put the rest of the first team squad up for sale and maybe half of the reserves? I think that should work out quite nicely.
23 Turkish Magpie // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:55 PM
take the question marks off all of them except RTaylor who can be transfer listed, keep the rest
24 geordielad880 // Mar 30, 2010 at 5:57 PM
Exactly what i was thinking Thump, I would say get rid of butt, best, xisco, pancrate and maybe alan smith.
I have also heard that newcastle have enquired about loaning santa cruz, dont know how true that is, but not a bad player
25 NUFCELITE // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Going out i think will be butt to old legs gone , pancrate ,and smith also xisco if we can find some mug to buy him.
26 geordielad880 // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:01 PM
I have gone a feeling we will be targeting players from germany and scotland more than elsewhere in europe, as these players settle in england easier, and the game is very similar, its too much of a risk with spanish and south american players, also there are alot of good players in scandinavia.
27 costello91 // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:11 PM
newcastle mole:
ur an idiot!! simple as!!
28 geordielad880 // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:18 PM
This would be my line-up for peterborough game, to freshen things up a little before we play sheff utd:-
———————harper
R.taylor—–williamson——collo——–kadar
rouledge——smith——–barton———best
—————ameobi—–lovenkrands
I dont rate best when he plays as a striker, doesnt have the positional sense, but has played on the left quite alot in his career, and is worth a try there
29 jimiley // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Ed, you are right not to get carried away.I am not expecting very much from this team or manager. Remember that most of this team got us relegated last season, so why should we be so good this season. Oh yes, now I get it. The manager? The same manager who hardly got us a point last season in about ten games. Or maybe the owner? The same arrogant owner who will not deign to talk to the fans who has the longest pockets and the shortest arms in the league. I knew there was a reason to be cheerful!!!
30 boater // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:24 PM
newcastlemole – !?
shola’s staying – CH has said he’s his no.1 man up front- he turns and strikes the ball early which you need at the top level. good experienced character – even as cover,, 1 in 3 in the prem when fit over past 5 years.
routledge, simpson, guthrie? surely we need more signings like them yee daft sod.
nolan will be captain next year so you can forget about him moving on.
People on here make us laugh. Hughton has achieved success by instilling buzzing squad unity, do you think he’s gonna just undo all that in the summer by selling the dressing room leaders?
31 Captain Beefheart // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:41 PM
The current team – even without strengthening – could stay up no bother. In fact the current team would probably put five past last year’s team that capitulated to Fulham. So it would be mixed emotions for those players appearing for both sides….
Jimiley, have you looked at the table recently? (What would this guy’s mood be like if we had been relegated instead?)
32 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:49 PM
roon yet again scoring.
33 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:52 PM
i seen someone up there say most our signings will come from germany and scotland, i think your right along with also france
34 will die for the toon army // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:55 PM
Guys I believe in this team and I know it can do well in the EPL. The players we have at NUFC are players other teams wld have loved to have in their teams.
Our team is a EPL team.
I recon Nolan will be the captain next season and Smith wont play many games but he will stay.
Team for Peterbrough:
……………………….Harper
Simpson………Willy…………Colo………..Enrique
Routledge………Smith……..Barton………Jonas
………………Lovenkrands…………Ameobe
35 Rotonda heights // Mar 30, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Disapponted not to see Ranger on the subs bench last night. All Best has done is halt Ranger’s progress.
Ones need to get rid of are Butt and Best.
One to avoid buying is :- Bullard – too old, injured and high wages.
Some people say Hernadez and Albin are out of reach, but with our Spanish connections, we did get Colo, Spidey & Enrique from la liga and if we are back in the big time you just never know.
However, it would be great if some of our talented youngsters broke through.
36 SuperJoeyBarton // Mar 30, 2010 at 7:20 PM
jesus christ.
colo, we paid top dollar to an average team.
Spidey, contract was up at a poor side
enrique, not playing in villareal and we paid 6mil! which until this season we have all been cursing!
Ranger is on the lash every night and acting like a prick that is why hes out.
if pablo turns up at toon even so much as on loan i will eat every scrap of turf at SJP…and my hat.
37 boater // Mar 30, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Butt will retire in the summer, so yees are all trying to hang a guy who’s about to fall on his sword anyway.
(If we go up) it’s going to be a long summer listening to people say ‘same team that got us relegated, blah blah’.
We’ve made big strides with CH restoring club morale, we play as a unit, fight for each other and can look forward to a solid mid-table season in the premiership. We need 3 or 4 players sure, with an emphasis on pace and mobility.
JMiley – no disrespect, but I can only assume you are 12. This is Hughton’s first season in management. He has improved in every sense tactically over the course of the past 9 months. What the hell more could you want out of someone in the situation we were in? They should make a statue of him in the city centre if y’ask me.
38 NUFCELITE // Mar 30, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Newcastle mole you cant get rid of that many players in 1 go,never see man utd clear out that many of there squad in 1 go mate.Think thats cause it will disrupt the morale of the team mate.I do agree though with butt,xisco,pancrate and smith though.
39 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 30, 2010 at 8:32 PM
were signing ribery
40 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 30, 2010 at 8:39 PM
omg!! i really hope rooney is alright. thats all england need is fooking rooney injured
41 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 30, 2010 at 8:46 PM
rooney best not be badly injured for the sake of our world cup bid
42 nightfa11 // Mar 30, 2010 at 8:50 PM
hey..do we have any supporters form belgium here? i was just wondering what happened to defour & witsell at standard. they were both regarded as europe’s top talents..& i know clubs such as arsenal, liverpool, juve, etc. were intersted in them..but that was about 2 years ago. i was just wondering how are they doing? would they be worth a try? they’re still only 20-22 years old…as i recall..
43 Sgt. Heagerty // Mar 30, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Bullard, really, come on lads all we need is another expensive patient. You guys want to purchase some walking wounded for 5 million pounds let me know. Im about to get retired from the us army, was wounded in iraq. I gimp around pretty good, i could slip a kit on and give ya 3 or 4 minutes before i hobble off lame. Micheal Owen is a great player but he can’t stay healthy. We would have been better served taking that 17 million and lighting it on fire on a real cold night. Least we could gather round and stay warm. Bullard isn’t any better then who we have anyway. If you wanna pick the bones of that hull squad when they go down get a good young prospect like Hughton is looking for. Jozy Altidore is gonna be a superstar. He shredded fulham last weekend. I like the idea of picking up young talent and turning em into 20 million pound players. The only problem is that you almost need a partnership with a club to move players to on loan and get playing time. I would love to see newcastle get an agreement with an MLS club. Mls is nowhere near the premier league but its comparable to the championship. Plus you have mixed talent from all over the world just like in england..Anybody agree with me…
44 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 30, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Nightfa11- defour had a bad injury!! Witsel has just been banned for 8 matches for a horrific challenge he done on a player, have a look it’s on YouTube.
45 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Sgt. Heagerty- as for your thoughts on a feeder club in the us, it’s a idea we should have started a long time ago, and as for young jozy, we rejected the chance to sign him when roeder was in charge andthen again when FSA was in charge, he is a good player, one who Id be delighted if we signed him. This summer will be really exciting, I can see mike splashing the cash, maybe 30 mill between the summer and jan. Last night when Enrique scored, Ashley showed alot of emotion. Wich was also good to see.
46 Tom Mo. // Mar 30, 2010 at 10:56 PM
I hope we get altidore so bad. but anyway on a side note—the premier league suits Jonas’ play much better than the championship, and I think if we can hold on to him he will definitely excel next year.
47 nightfa11 // Mar 30, 2010 at 11:14 PM
Geordie-Gerrard7 – thanks
48 ToonSnowman // Mar 31, 2010 at 12:15 AM
I think the club should also be looking at Fabio Zamblera’s situation and making a choice if he is going to be any good, we haven’t had much feedback about what the club plans to do with the lad when his loan spell ends.
I do agree we need to let a couple of players go, but I would say only 2 or 3 as we need to make slow progress, also bringing in too many players can be a bad thing at times. lets see about 3 go and 3 or 4 good solid players come in, with a few more young faces added to the overall squad
49 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 31, 2010 at 12:19 AM
You see witsel put In that cowards tackle the weasal??
50 Archie Mag // Mar 31, 2010 at 12:36 AM
Geordie Gerrard -
Jesus you weren’t kidding about Witsel’s tackle like. I say ‘tackle’, that was a disgusting excuse for a tackle. Should have been given a season long ban for that, blatent intent to injure the lad.
He actually tried to argue the sending off as well!
Wouldn’t want him anywhere near SJP or English football for that matter.
Its here if anyone wants a look, horrible though be warned, worse than Ramseys for sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ue4qOPfUo&feature=related
51 NewcastleMole // Mar 31, 2010 at 1:11 AM
@SuperJoeyBarton
@Thump
@Turkish Magpie
We’re in the Championship at the minute, the Premier League is a big step up in class. Granted most of our squad has Premier League experience but also they’re the reason we’re playing in the Championship.
The players i put question marks over aren’t players i would sell rather players i would keep as squad players. They’ll do ok in the Premiership but we need real quality around them to survive.
@costello91
Cheers Mate, you have to be a realist though and realise the current squad lacks true quality.
@boater
If Ameobi is our #1 Striker next year we’ll struggle. No idea where you get the 1 in 3 from?
But the key words you used was “when fit”.
Routledge, Simpson, Guthrie not denying they’re decent but they’ll get found out in the Premiership. Routledge has never shone in the Prem since leaving Palace. Simpson is alright but he gets caught out of position often. Guthrie can either have a brilliant game or more often than not a stinker with shocking passing & crossing.
I don’t doubt Nolan will end up as captain as he appears to lead the dressing room.
@NUFCELITE
Agreed it’s a transition period.
52 baro // Mar 31, 2010 at 1:50 AM
I too have been wondering when Haris VUckic is back for a while now. WHen is he coming back?
53 baro // Mar 31, 2010 at 2:02 AM
Hopefully he will come back and play a couple of games before the season ends.
54 NUFCELITE // Mar 31, 2010 at 3:34 AM
Sgt. Heagerty Was talking about a feeder club with 1 of my mates the other day,we both came up with the same name which was leeds united,which we both felt was a very big club, who are punching below there weight at the moment.Maybe we could send them 3 or 4 of our top kids that aint going to get in our side at the moment.But if mike ashley invest heavyly in the summer which i think he might do, we might need more than 1 feeder club.Was reading them rules on finances that fifa want to bring in,so this summer might be the last time, you can invest heavyly in your club if u are a owner.If fifa bring them rules in it can only be good for us, as we have a big stadium,which we can fill easyly in the prem,which would make us a top 4 club by 2015.
55 GeordieMeerkat // Mar 31, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Anyone see Billy Davies’ comments that we need to spend £60m to stay up next season?
What a load of rubbish!
A third of that, spent well is more than enough.
56 lesh // Mar 31, 2010 at 7:33 AM
Captain Beefheart // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:41 PM
The current team – even without strengthening – could stay up no bother
Captain Beefheart // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Listeningto Talk Sport on Wednesday morning and they were rubbishing the players as hoplessly inadequate for the Prem, medicre in the Championship and wors of all, they were speculating on who’s going to be our NEXT manager!.
It’s as though they just can’t abide the idea of Newcastle having some success and intent on making mischief and unrest.
I’m not advocating blind and unfounded praise for the Forest result, that we’re virtually promoted and that Hughton’s done a marvellous job for us, but let’s have some fair coverage – not the red-top garbage that they churn out!!
57 nightfa11 // Mar 31, 2010 at 7:51 AM
horrible tackle…should be banned for a season..& should be off club’s payroll for a year.
as for vuckic…i checked the slovenias sources..& the last article about him was on february 18th where he said he’s about to start training again with the academy & that he cant wait to start playing..he also talks about meeting shearer etc. so..i hope we see him soon.
58 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 31, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Vuckic is back in training, but from what I have heard, it’s one they have to treat with care, much like they with Barton. It’s a slow re-habilitation process. As for talk sport, they’re always horrible about us, I refuse to listen to them t.w.a.ts especialy that moose, the hacky pr. I. Ck. I have also heard that Aaron spear is playing with his real promise now, Inman and adjei are meant to unbeleivable talents, and there is alot of hope for young bairn remi street, have had alot of clubs look at him even from abroad. Looking forward to seeing how he turns out.
The debate on our strikers, andy Carroll is the full package, he will be deadly, and if we had a striker liked rodallega next to him when we go up, they will score bagfulls. I know it’s audacious but Id swoop for barnetta for the wing next year, or maybe young kroos. We should really concentrate on Germany for young strong players, one player we should defo buy is skeljbred, he is a very talented, cultured box-box midfeilder, people bang on we should sign him, but I’m not sure anyone realises how good he is.
59 nightfa11 // Mar 31, 2010 at 9:16 AM
yeah i hear kroos is amazing, but didnt he just sign a new 4 or 5 year contract?
as for strikers..i dont think we need more then 4 strikers: so carroll, loven, ranger, shola, best, xisco,… we have to many.. keep carroll (i guess…still think his attitude is f****ed up), ranger, shola OR loven & sign 1 who could make a real impact. sell the rest – we dont need them especailly if hughton wants to play only with 1 forward in away games. we dont need so many – they’re only slowing down the progress of our youngsters & cost us up to 100k/week.
60 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 31, 2010 at 10:03 AM
We could get 4.5 mill roughly for Shola from
maybe qpr or an ambitious championship team, would be sad to see him go though, I think we will try again for Moses, in the summer. Yeah kroos just signed a new contract with bayern that is to stop bayer signing him, as he is on loan there. I would like to see us get maybe vanden borre from genoa, currently on loan at pompy, I like boateng, belhadj and o’hara also, so any of them would be good. I would like to know apart from the obvious scandanvian players what up and coming players are about ATM. I would also look at getting Forster loaned to a top championship side, the lad is pure class, I’m not sure who Is better Forster or krul, heard so many good things about both but have heard soddeberg is not great, but young jak Alnwick is meant to be a great prospect.
61 nightfa11 // Mar 31, 2010 at 10:30 AM
i didnt get hughton when he signed best…i know he was worried cos of lack of goals.. guess it took him some time to see the problem was in the midfield – smith & playing guthrie out of position. hope he does sell some of the strikers, cos over the past few years we had too many of them.
last season: martins, owen, viduka, shola, xisco, carroll, loven, ranger,… – money down the drain.
this season: loven, shola, carroll, ranger, best, xisco,..
top clubs who also play in champions league have less strikers, but they have quality.
man utd: rooney, berbatov, owen & macheda, wallbeck.
chelsea: drogba, anelka, kalou
liverpool: torres, n’gog
arsenal: bendner, eduardo, van persie, vela.
and those are teams who play 20 matches/season more then the rest.
i’m just sayin’ if there’s a wage cap..we should spent it on quality, not quantity.
Geordie-Gerrard7 – what about kiessling?
62 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 31, 2010 at 10:44 AM
kiessling is good mate, i was only talking about him the other day, he has a goal every 1-3 for bayer, he is quick, strong and has a vvery good eye for goal.
another one is helmer??
and there was rumours we were intrested in one of my favorite players lavezzi, he is qaulity, but there wont be a chancce of that unless napoli’s season collapses
63 nightfa11 // Mar 31, 2010 at 10:46 AM
yeah..lavezzi just signed a new 5 year deal..goddamn mafia
http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2010/03/30/1855632/ezequiel-lavezzi-happy-to-have-signed-new-napoli-deal
64 Dardo // Mar 31, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Whatever happened to young Geordie CH Callum Morris. Watched him play several games for RoI under 21s and he look promising. Hard tackling, fast and good in the air. Is he still at the club?
65 Geordie-Gerrard7 // Mar 31, 2010 at 11:42 AM
we still have morris, he is solid.
66 Dardo // Mar 31, 2010 at 2:48 PM
Geordie-Gerrard
The reason I ask about Morris is I thought he might have broken into the first team squad by now. Chris Hughton will not take a chance in blooding untried players at this level while the championship is up for grabs.
Perhaps he should consider placing players like Morris, Tozer etc out on loan and let them gain valuable experience which can only enhance their of first team football in the future.
67 Sgt. Heagerty // Mar 31, 2010 at 6:17 PM
NUFCELITE
Like the idea of using leeds as a feeder club. It would be much easier for newcastle to keep tabs on the players they sent there compared to shipping them to mls. Plus if leeds get promoted to the championship, we could get nile ranger some regular playing time in this league to get him ready for the premier league. I do think that newcastle should look into partnering up with an mls club simply because football is growing so fast in america and face it, there is bags and bags of money in american sports. If we could introduce the toon army to the states i think that would only benefit us. More money from support, kit sales, and so forth. With ashley being a business man you would think he would realize that…
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