There have been many success stories in the Newcastle side this season.
Tim Krul – great season for Tim Krul
And one of them is Dutch International goalkeeper Tim Krul, in this his first season as the new Newcastle number one goalkeeper.
And he has kept 15 clean sheets so far this season in the league, and will just miss out on the Golden Glove in the Premier League to England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who kept his 17th clean sheet at St. James’ Park in Manchester City’s 2-0 win last Sunday.
In last summer’s pre-season, Krul beat out the incumbent Steve Harper, and Hexham-born Fraser Forster, who is completing a second successive season at Glasgow Celtic.
Krul has recently signed a new contract which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2017, and the goalkeeper, who turned 24 last month, had this to say today to the local press:
“I came back from pre-season last year after making my debut for Holland.” “I just wanted to be number 1.” “It was a hard-fought battle with Steve Harper and Fraser Forster.”
“I’m pleased the manager gave me the confidence because it really gave me a boost.” “It gave me the extra boost to show I’m capable.”
“We’ve exceeded everybody’s expectations.” “To be playing for one of the top four spots with one game to go is something special.”
“I think even the players’ expectations have also been exceeded.” “It has been a hell of an experience. Sometimes I pinch myself and keep thinking ‘this is my first full season, how do I top this’.”
“It’s been great and we’ve always talked about team spirit. I’ve always said that Newcastle should have a reputation as a top, top team.” “And we’re here now.”
“I’ve extended my contract and now I want to be playing for a club that fights for places in the top four.” “And that’s what has happened. I’m over the moon.”
“The club have shown the right aspirations here. They got Fabricio Coloccini to sign a new deal and myself.” “That’s the way I want the club to go.”
“We’ve also got people like Cisse here too and they are the type of players the fans want here too.” “To be where we are now shows that we’re going places.”
“We had a great season to go 11 games unbeaten.” “We’ve gone from strength to strength. Now we are just looking to go higher and higher.”
Everything is looking very good at the moment for Newcastle, although it looks we will be losing some first team players in the summer.
Danny Guthrie and Danny Simpson are both likely to leave, and Pardew is also worried about a top player who could leave.
We think that’s Demba Ba, and we can only believe that another club or clubs have already made an approach to Newcastle for the player.
What do you think?
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99 responses so far ↓
1 pardew no 1 // May 12, 2012 at 10:58 AM
good words from a great keeper and guy
2 level7wonder // May 12, 2012 at 11:02 AM
£3450 from £1 if the following scores come up:
9/1 – Newcastle 2 – 1
Everton v Newcastle
22/1 – Draw 2 – 2
Tottenham v Fulham
14/1 – West Brom 2 – 1
West Brom v Arsenal
3 GeordieToon89 // May 12, 2012 at 11:06 AM
level7wonder – Where is that because a can only find £2430 for a £1 on Skybet and they normally around the best cos they dont pay fees
4 NEWEXPATMAGPIE // May 12, 2012 at 11:06 AM
@2:
If that bet comes out you will be buying a round in the bar? Of course you will!
Here,s hoping! Krul is a top keeper, always was!
5 mecannylad // May 12, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Mecannylass says she`s got a feeling in her water ???!!!
http://www.mecannylad.com
6 OTP // May 12, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Tim Krul has been great this season. One thing I can fault him on is that he has a tendency to try long balls too often, luckily with Ba and Cisse they are winnable, but would much rather the ball was just given to Colo or Santon! I’ve done a little tactical preview of the Everton game at http://one-touch-passing.blogspot.co.uk/ if anyone is interested!
7 bambams // May 12, 2012 at 11:16 AM
I see Fraser Forster’s agent cannot be contacted by Celtic (Sun Newspaper), they have been trying for over two weeks ! Seemingly there is a clause in his contract he can go for 2 million……Wonder if big Fraz is wondering about CL/Europe and coming back to challenge Krul ?
8 Magpies-till-d3ath // May 12, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Our defence will only get better next year. If we get either of debuchy, pieters or Douglas. I’d love debouching, douglas colo and santon as a back four, although I wouldn’t be surprised if santon gets a more advanced role next year.
9 GeordieToon89 // May 12, 2012 at 11:20 AM
OTP – Kruls faults are his kicking its pretty shocking if you ask me
10 pbNcl // May 12, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Forster should be in CL with celtic anyhow. Obv, they will get botted and dropped out almost immediately. As scottish football is dire, not a critisism just the truth
11 Pardew's fist pump // May 12, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Bambams – can’t see Fraser having a 2m release clause, considering we rejected an offer of that amount last summer and said we’re holding out for more.
12 GeordieToon89 // May 12, 2012 at 11:22 AM
More than likely our first choice defence next season will be:
———————Krul
Debuchy–Douglas–Coloccini–Santon
I’ll be more than happy with that
13 level7wonder // May 12, 2012 at 11:22 AM
GT89 ladbrokes mate
14 OTP // May 12, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Yea he really needs to work on it. With Distin and Fellaini I think they’ll win everything in the air if he keeps going long tomorrow. Even Gibson is a good couple of inches taller and braver than Cabaye in heading :/ . Keep it down Krul!
15 GeordieToon89 // May 12, 2012 at 11:26 AM
level7wonder – Cheers mate
16 Pardew's fist pump // May 12, 2012 at 11:29 AM
If we sign Douglas, I don’t think he’s an automatic starter, I’d expect Saylor to reacquaint with Colo at CB to be honest, but the competition will be fierce. If we make the promise land of CL and sign a Vertonghen/Mbiwa calibre player, then I’d expect them to start ahead of our English pair.
17 LewSpi // May 12, 2012 at 11:32 AM
I went for slightly different scores, same results though.
Draw 1 – 1 @ 17/2
Newcastle United 2 – 1 @ 19/2
West Brom 3 – 2 @ 33/1
Multiple Type: Treble
Stake: 1.00
Possible Return: 3391.50
18 GeordieToon89 // May 12, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Pardews fist pump — Pardew said yday that Williamson is ahead of Taylor and if the new CB doesnt start ahead of Williamson then were in trouble ha
19 davetoon // May 12, 2012 at 11:36 AM
surely Saylor will assert himself as starting CB next season. He was a big part of that unbeaten run and he also scores a few headers from set pieces
20 Pardew's fist pump // May 12, 2012 at 11:38 AM
I heard what AP said, I hardly believe Willo would start over Saylor should they both be fit at the start of next season. It’s just smart man management and a motivation tool, keeping the guy who you’re relying on currently in good morale. Much the same as Willo played the majority of last season and did ok, but Saylor was always going to be picked ahead of him for the start of this campaign.
21 GeordieToon89 // May 12, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Pardews fist pump – Thats what i’d hope as Taylor is 10x the player Willo is
22 Shane // May 12, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Peter the monkey makem Reid on Football Focus just called St James’ Park the Sports Direct Stadium!! Rah!
23 davetoon // May 12, 2012 at 11:45 AM
gotta admit it was weird seeing Simpson at the NUFC shop getting chummy with the fans, signing autographs and taking photos when he wont sign a new contract and knows he’s leaving
24 Magickit // May 12, 2012 at 12:04 PM
how abt a direct SWAP of Debuchy and Simpson ???
deal ?
25 keeleytoon // May 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Any one else see pardew pretty much say we’re trying to get debuchy, not sure if it’s on site but I’ve just read on pardew saying they are trying to get one of cabayes close friends in too keep him at the club
26 aussietommo // May 12, 2012 at 12:21 PM
I’m not too worried about top players leaving now because it seems we can easily replace them and just keep our momentum going forward.
27 jesperfuglsang // May 12, 2012 at 12:26 PM
I have said it before I am not worried about Demba; if he wants to leave there is nothing to do about it, but he’ll not go any further than NUFC.
I have seen many players leaving NUFC for money, but they have for most parts peeked at our Club and it has been down hill for here.
So if money is more important for he and I wish him the best of luck.
28 Minato // May 12, 2012 at 12:31 PM
@25
Possible that this deal is already tied up. If we can figure this out I’m sure that any other suitors will too. Otherwise its surely just bad business. Cabaye has previously spoke of the player wanting to join and he is not exactly outside our price range.
The only thing that really baffles me about this deal is the Simpson and Santon situation. I would assume that Santon would be a direct replacement on that side as a right footed player should Simmo leave (based on pardews recent comments). Certainly raises alot of questions that would take a while to go into..
Best thing is that the lad is apparently versatile, starting his career as a DM before being used on the right. Seems a sure thing to me and hopefully will prove to be as versatile as a few others.
29 Minato // May 12, 2012 at 12:36 PM
@27
Couldnt agree more. The one thing ive learned over the last few seasons is that the club comes first. I think in any situation if a player feels he wants a better deal elsewhere then let him leave.
At the end of the day we know that Ashley will not have his pants pulled down over the price over any of our top talent (possibly excluding demba). Living within our means will secure our short term and long term futures. Drawing back to the Demba situation despite the release clause the same applies to him.
30 pbNcl // May 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Santon is and will continue to be a marauding left back. If simmo goes (very likely, and I’m sick of it dragging on) then we will get a right back. Cabaye’s pal.
31 davetoon // May 12, 2012 at 12:43 PM
@28 its much harder to find a good LB, with the improvement that Santon’s made in that position – i think it would be wrong to start playing him as fulltime RB now
32 wingspan // May 12, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Alan Smith playing upfront for MK Dons. Not looking all that to be honest.
33 pbNcl // May 12, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Bit dry the day like…..where’s all the characters. Oh wait, must remember other people have actual lives. Damn
34 Minato // May 12, 2012 at 12:49 PM
I think thats the most likely situation, especially given that things have cooled slightly on Pieters. I’d say given his injury record its probably for the best anyway.
On another note, maybe reading to much into things but seems to be a smart tactic by the club to try and bring in players that are linked with certain key players at our club. Ba and Cisse (Senegal), Cabaye and Debuchy (Lille), Krul and Pieters (Holland) and Tiote and Douglas (Twente). Seems a smart way to keep everyone happy in my view.
35 pbNcl // May 12, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Reading between the lines ba and cisse is off and alan smith is coming back to play up fromt : D
36 Klatoon // May 12, 2012 at 12:58 PM
If we are after Debuchy we should move fast before the Euro’s because he’s most likely their starting RB now with Sagna out. A good tournament and his price and suitors increase.
37 supatoonkid // May 12, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Thought the Pards & JC interview was class, two top lads that we have doing a great job for our mighty club. Indeed i have watched the freekicks these season and really haven’t been impressed but i don’t just feel a Mbiwa/Douglas type monstrous CB is need for the set plays but i think we may need another midfielder who has the ability to take set pieces because at the moment we have Cabaye, Ben Arfa & R. Taylor also Ba can take them as well but really many of these setplays have been dissapointing as a number of them do not even beat the first man. I think we need a Marvin Martin, Rasmus Elm or Gylfi Sigudsson type player to give us a bit more differentiation and hopefully a big CB like Mbiwa can be brought into give us that authority in the box.
38 LewSpi // May 12, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Doesn’t miss Jordan Rhodes like.
39 Pardew's fist pump // May 12, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Mbiwa is actually small for a CB, about the same size as Colo.
40 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Debuchy had 5 goals and 1 assist so far this seaoson. Great stuff for a RB, although he can play on the wing so not sure how much time he’s spent there this season.
41 supatoonkid // May 12, 2012 at 1:08 PM
Just watching Mbiwa on YouTube (not the best place to scout players but it worked for Erikssen at Man City) and he is so strong, emmense physical header of the ball and a fantastic footballer with the ability to start attacks with his superb versatility. My first choice as our new CB (ahead of Douglas, Vertonghan & Alderweid etc.) I REALLY WANT US TO SIGN HIM, PLEASE PARDS!
42 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:10 PM
Douglas has 5 goals and 4 assists. So him and Debuchy should add a goal threat from defense,
43 supatoonkid // May 12, 2012 at 1:11 PM
@Pardew’s first pump aye he may be small but the lad is a mountain of strength like Tiote and his versatility is just what we need for next season. £6M is his apparent price and for that i’d pay part of it myself, a very small part of the payment but part of it
44 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Mbiwa only has 1 goal and 1 assist but he is young.
45 check the toastie // May 12, 2012 at 1:12 PM
The only thing that disappointed me about pardiolas interview is the fact that he said he wanted Simpson to stay (wud be better for everyone if he left, Tav, Debuchy, Cabaye and the overall team quality) should of just come out and said gud riddance.
Also Carver mentioned Simpsons goalline clearances, i thought better of Carver that he realised those clearances came about due to simpson backing off onto his own goalline.
Moral of this post – never miss an opportunity to point out that simpson is average and he should clearly be shown the door. Come on Perchy lad, your time has come.
46 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:12 PM
Mbiwa is just over 6 ft
47 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:13 PM
So Douglas and Debuchy have 10 goals and 5 assists between them, and obviously are better with ball at feet.
48 check the toastie // May 12, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Looks like we are going after real quality first team players in the summer, must say this gives great optimism for next season.
49 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Harsh on Simmo I feel, he’d be a perfect backup to Debuchy for instance.
50 PIBID (the poster formerly known as hattambenarfa) // May 12, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Buzzing at the moment, I remember calling for cisse at the beginning of last summer, at the beginning of this year I called for alderweireld and debuchy. Add a good cm, lw, and backup striker and we are sorted!
51 Special K // May 12, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Krul needs to improve his kicking from back passes, can let him down at times. I remember Shay was quite poor at this aspect as well and went away one summer and practiced it every day.
Simmo will get no bad press off me, he came when we were at our lowest ebb, provided a good solid presence and even chipped in with a few goals. Last year he was more than solid and stepped his game up, he might have hit the roof of his potential but that doesn’t mean we should be dying to get shot.
Yes if he doesn’t sign, so be it. Sell him for £3m or £4m and get Debuchy in, this would also let Tavernier have more exposure to the first XI. However I’ll always clap him on his return to SJP as we should every player from that Championship season, Nolan,Barton etc. Without their efforts we would not be going into tomorrows game with a shot at CL.
52 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM
From a french correspondant.
David Crossan ? @davidmcrossan
#nufc They say Debuchy will cost at least 8 mill euros. Surely he was the player close to Cabaye Pardew was referring to?
8 mill euros is not that much of a stumbling block if u ask me…
53 yorkshire_magpie // May 12, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Why is pardew offering cabaye to manchester united? Just read it on sky sports news
54 nimo // May 12, 2012 at 1:43 PM
apparently there are two players who pardew is an admirer of who are good friends of cabaye,, debuchy (most likely) and a lad called payet/ no idea if any good, also have no idea if debuchy is any good lol just thought id let you know what my mate has said whos a scout for lufc in france
55 nimo // May 12, 2012 at 1:44 PM
yorkshire mag,, he said if mufc came in for him he couldnt turn round and say you cant go as he has no arguement unless we reach champs league
56 check the toastie // May 12, 2012 at 1:47 PM
yorkshire – typical crap journalism, Pardew was just using an analogy regarding how players heads could be turned, story is totally taken out of context as per usual.
57 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 1:47 PM
@yorkshire
He’s not offered anything to anyone.
He was asked a question if he could prevent bigger clubs coming in and getting star players, and he said no.
He never mentioned Man Utd.
He said if City, Barca or Real Madrid comes in for a player, we’re powerless to stop them. Only thing we could do is make them pay out of their noses.
58 yorkshire_magpie // May 12, 2012 at 1:48 PM
True nimo. It just seems like Ashley has told pardew to offer our stars to big clubs! There was no need to mention it!
59 yorkshire_magpie // May 12, 2012 at 1:50 PM
Heres the link:
http://m.skysports.com/article/football//7751044
60 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Would be good for the team is a friend of Cabaye’s came, cabaye much more likely to stay, I like the way we’re building a team full of friends – same with Ba and Cisse.
61 Spuggy // May 12, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Reading between the lines Ba has a get out clause but it’s higher than 7 mil.
62 LewSpi // May 12, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Yorkshire mag
It’s just typical sky sports, taking everything out of context to make it mean something else. There should be tougher regulations on this in my opinion.
This sentence “Pardew expects their success will lead to big-money bids for his stars this summer” is essentially slander, Pardew said nothing of the sort!
63 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Pardew isn’t “mentioning” anything, he’s just answering questions!!
64 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 1:59 PM
The ONLY, and the ONLY thing Pardew ha said was that he’s powerless to stop players leaving for higher profile clubs.
It’s bloody true isn’t it. Get yer heads out of yer arses.
65 ToonDownSouth // May 12, 2012 at 2:00 PM
That is absolute disgraceful ‘journalism’. Really, really poor.
66 geordiefinn // May 12, 2012 at 2:03 PM
https://twitter.com/#!/Deano1190/status/201238162478071808/photo/1
Any chance this being our new homekit? The virgin money logo does look a bit of photoshop, to be honest. Anyway seems very nice to me, bit of retro look in this one. I would definetely buy this one..
Some lads reckon NUFC will unveil the new home kit in august; surely they need it earlier if we are to play some preseason games in july?
67 ToonDownSouth // May 12, 2012 at 2:05 PM
geordiefinn
It’s an old, photoshopped Botafogo kit.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=botafogo+kit&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=fflb&biw=1366&bih=655&tbm=isch&tbnid=HhgEVgDDzFTX2M:&imgrefurl=http://footykits.blogspot.com/2012/04/botafogo-lone-star-home-away-and-third.html&docid=RF_ao-RhlKXvOM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XCassNz8bHY/T4RYK0f0jCI/AAAAAAAAANg/sywuCuj76NY/s1600/Botafogo%252B1%252B%28frente%29.jpg&w=1000&h=1600&ei=wl-uT-q2GIqe0QW04YS3CQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=342&sig=110276931441822859518&page=3&tbnh=144&tbnw=87&start=43&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:43,i:178&tx=55&ty=35
68 geordiefinn // May 12, 2012 at 2:08 PM
ahh cheers for that. anyway that shirt looks very nice I think, wouldn’t mind if we had similar one next season….
69 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 2:10 PM
@TDS
Oh, good spot.
70 yorkshire_magpie // May 12, 2012 at 2:13 PM
I know its been taken out of context. It’s just all my mates texting me saying cabaye leaving for Man u lol!
71 jimmymagpie // May 12, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Danyo – Pardew said ” if Man Utd came in and offered to make Cabaye the next Paul Scholes, I wouldn’t be able to stop him going.” Heard it with my own ears. We all know that the man who has the final say is NOT Pardew, but the man who is owed £140m, and the vast majority of us realise that at least one, or perhaps two, of the blue chip players WILL be sold this summer in order to finance new arrivals. As we have been repeatedly told by Llambsarse, the club has to be self sufficient, and it is not making enough income from other sources, such as retail sales and sponsorship, to purchase decent players from within the existing turnover, and Europa League will make not a bit of difference to that scenario. Remember, the club also has to start repaying those loans!
72 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 2:24 PM
@jummymagpie
I swear i did not hear that line, i just heard the Man City, Barca or Madrid thing. I must’ve missed it somewhere in there then.
But yes, ofc, it would be foolish to think we’re going to keep all our key players this summer.
The funds has to come from somewhere, and altho we’re probably even now with the new kit deal, it’s not enough to keep players coming in.
U heard anything about the which of the trialists we’re looking to keep? Is it the Lowensky lad?
73 yorkshire_magpie // May 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Exactly my point jimmymagpie. Its ashley that calls the shots! Its like cabaye’s bieng advertised to man u.
74 jesperfuglsang // May 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Powerless is a funny term don’t you think
last time checked Cabaye is on a 4-5 year contract here, meaning he’s employed by MA and under contract.
I wouldn’t call that powerless; it’s all about handling the situation correctly and a club need to learn to put its foot down. Just like *Arry did with Modric. That is completely within their rights and rightly so if you ask me.
There are too many money grumbling players and agents out there
75 rich_toonfan // May 12, 2012 at 2:28 PM
@jimmy
Ashley and Llambias has said that there is not rush to start repaying ashley the money yet
he increased sales by over 300mil with sports direct so no need to get his money back yet.
I dont think we will look to sell anyone…..we will try to keep all players.
But if good offers 20 mil plus come in they will be considered and negotiated….to get a great deal.
There is no need to worry about players going……we havent really sold anyone other than carroll to generate money.
The other 3 in the summer….nolan, barton and enrique were all to do with contracts and trouble.
76 check the toastie // May 12, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Jimmy, there is no evidence to say that any of our blue chip players will be sold, it all depends on how much money other teams want to offer us, personally i am confident any money wil be reinvested wisely and the team will remain competitive, we are only 3 years into a 5 year plan remember.
77 jimmymagpie // May 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Dannyo – the quote that I refered to has just been reported on SSN.When i was down at Benton last Tuesday, there were a few young kids having trials, and as I said on here on that same day, Lewinsky was pointed out to me, and for a kid of 20, he’s a big bu-ger! Of course, I wasn’t allowed access to the training area, so how these ‘triallists’ are getting on, we’ll have to wait and see. My nephew is working his butt off at the moment trying to get a couple of his young charges with new clubs.Not easy in the present financial climate lower down the ladder, and it’s a f-cking disgrace how quickly agents drop these kids once they fall out of favour.
78 check the toastie // May 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM
I repeat from an earlier post that pardew was asked what is stopping our players having their heads turned by other clubs, Pardew answered it honestly and gave an analogy that if Man Utd came in for Cabaye and offered him a role at there club, which lets face it is huge, then cabaye may fancy that challenge. (double wages, guarenteed glory/silverware),
He was not offering him for sale. He answered a question honestly, simples.
79 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM
@jesper
I’m not saying Cabaye is going to do it, but look at Tevez at City.
HBA when he was at Marseille. Ronaldo from Man U to Madrid.
Even tho they’re under contract, they do pretty much what they want.
80 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 2:37 PM
@Jimmymagpie
Aye, hehe, i don’t expect u to get inside the holy temple
But cheers for the info. I heard Lowensky was a big bugger. Will be interesting to see how these youngster get on. Beardsley has a bit of a job filling up a new reserve squad.
Well, the agents doesn’t get much money out of getting these youngsters new club, it’s like working charity for them, which is a real shame.
Like Donachie said, he hope some of them comes back and shows us wrong.
81 pbNcl // May 12, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Like I’ve already stated previous . I would like to make my feelings on the subject clear, the whole media industry is a rotten apple. It is disgusting. From constant sexualisation of everything from shampoo to car adverts, and everybody knows what murdoch’s empire is like. They’re all in ”bed” together. Its disgraceful. There may be a handful of jurno’s who act for the greater good but its less than 10%, ard the interview yesterday and less than 24 hours later some cretin has already put a spin on it and made it look like pardew’s tryin to offload cabaye to man u! And its on sky sports!?!
Rant over, sorry guys
HWTL
82 jimmymagpie // May 12, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Check – the evidence is in what Llambias told us when presenting the last accounts. Pardew wants 4/5 new players of quality now that we are back in Europe, so who do you think is going to pay for them? The hierarchy has repeatedly told you that the money will have to come from within the club, and remember, we are the only club in the Premier League who include all the add-ons, including wages, agent’s fees, etc., in the transfer fee.
83 pbNcl // May 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Like check the toastie says, he only answered a question honestly like a good guy. And some bastard’s tryin to destabilise us. These are acts of war if you ask me, completely underhanded and outside the realm of actual football. Scum bags, nowt but scumbag jurno’s
84 ToonDownSouth // May 12, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Llambias and Pardew have been 100% up front with us for a long time now.
There’s nothing more you can ask for, really.
We don’t have the revenue of Liverpool or Manchester United. Not even Spurs, yet. The club has been honest with us, and I’m happy with them for that.
85 nimo // May 12, 2012 at 2:44 PM
jesper ‘arry’ has come out and said he may have to let modric leave this summer if another big offer comes in.. so yeah powerless
86 LewSpi // May 12, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Here here pbNcl
87 jimmymagpie // May 12, 2012 at 2:48 PM
pbNcl – agree with you 100% – the media have their own agenda, and they don’t care who they trample on, and remember the media is mainly Southern-based, but there again so is our ownership! The truth is that NONE of us know what Ashley will do when the offers undoubtedly start coming in, because he doesn’t communicate with us. We are totally reliant on how he feels when he gets out of bed on any given day. Perhaps that’s a bit simplistic, but you know what I mean. Anyway lads, time for the old b-gger to have his afternoon kip. Thanks for the chat. HTL!
88 Dannyo // May 12, 2012 at 2:51 PM
@Jimmymagpie
Do come back quite often as u’re probably the most reliable source we have outside the club
89 toonking // May 12, 2012 at 2:51 PM
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7751279/
Pardew-fears-summer-salesyet again pardew is saying that he fears loosing players in the summer if high bids come in. well i get a sence it is just a way to avoid being annoy at, by the fans if it were to happen which is what he got when he said we would keep carroll.
when it comes to knowing what is an accepted bid for a player, there is one bid from last year that sticks in my head to keep confident that the asking price is more than we think. the play i am thinking of is tiote because chelsea last year were offering us 30mil for him yet we still rejected it.
where the problem really comes in is wages, mikes wages are nothing like what players could get at chelsea madrid and city so if a good wage contract is offered all the player needs to do is hand a transfer request in and he is gone.
90 santoooooooooon // May 12, 2012 at 2:52 PM
the earlier post saying newcastle looking for a goalscoring centre half- has to be vertonghen or aldierweild he was talking about… Both have the ‘vermaelen’ knack of scoring goals…
Can see debuchy signing, surely Pards isn’t signing hazard for us! Oh my god imagine hazard, cisse, ben arfa, ba, marveaux, and get a cheeky hoilett in there! Our front 3 and reserve front 3!
91 Pardew's fist pump // May 12, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Gosh it’s dickhead-ville in here today – over and out!
92 LocalZero // May 12, 2012 at 3:02 PM
That whole Sky article only repeats what Pardew actually said. Don’t think any of that is a revelation to Alex Ferguson and he’ll suddenly jump in with a bid.
Krul’s comments are promising though. Does sound like he’s happy to see out the next couple of seasons here at least. I guess a lot of the players are looking around them wondering who would leave them if a bid comes in. Some of them are staying quiet….
93 davetoon // May 12, 2012 at 3:06 PM
I wish Pards wouldn’t answer every damn question he’s asked…
94 toonking // May 12, 2012 at 3:08 PM
i believe tomorrow we might just manage to get 4th with arsenal losing to westbrom
95 santoooooooooon // May 12, 2012 at 3:09 PM
I’ve went out on one, put a ridiculous bet on:
WBA 3-1 Arsenal
Spurs 0-2 Fulham
Everton 0-2 TOON
Howay the lads!
96 toonking // May 12, 2012 at 3:12 PM
i gone
WBA 2-1 arsenal
spurs1-0fulham
everton1-2 newcastle
97 santoooooooooon // May 12, 2012 at 3:18 PM
surely mine would be better
3rd place, fat wallet
98 jesperfuglsang // May 12, 2012 at 3:26 PM
@Dannyo
I know what you mean
I just think it’s the clubs own fault for not not putting their foot down early on and handling it the right way. Now I don’t fancy Tottenham or *Arry, but credit to them for the handling of the Modric situation.
Clubs are in their right, cause the players signed the dodded line and took their money. In my book, don’t sign on for 5 years if you’re not committed
99 jesperfuglsang // May 12, 2012 at 3:30 PM
@nimo
So if *Arry doesn’t sell (on less it is huge money), will you change your tune?
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