There’s news on BBC Sports that Celtic want Newcastle 6’7″ goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
Fraser Forster - in action for Celtic
Fraser has been on loan for the last two seasons at Celtic, and during that time he has appeared 91 times for the Scottish Champions.
Of course it’s not a certainty that Celtic will be able to agree a fee with Newcastle, for the Hexham born player, who turned 24 last march.
Last summer Celtic wanted Forster but Alan Pardew turned down the £2M offer made for the goalkeeper, and it’s a good question whether Celtic will come up with the fee that Newcastle want for their young goalkeeper.
It doesn’t seem there is a future at Newcastle for Forster, now that Dutch International Tim Krul had such an outstanding first season as the Newcastle number one last term, and Tim was one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League.
And Newcastle will probably be willing to sell Fraser this summer, but the Newcastle goalkeeper should probably wait a while during the summer, because it wouldn’t surprise us if some Premier League clubs could be interested in him.
Certainly playing in the Premier League would enhance his chances of getting an England call-up.
Fraser has been at Newcastle since 2006, but has never played in a competitive game for the Newcastle first team, and that’s mainly because he’s been away on loan since late 2008, at Stockport County (7), Bristol Rovers (4), Norwich City (42) and Celtic (91).
So in his time out on loan over the last four seasons, Fraser has played 144 first team games, and has kept an impressive 75 clean sheets – more than half of the games he’s played.
We expect Newcastle to sell Fraser in the summer, and bring in another goalkeeper, and it seems that veteran Steve Harper is also out of the reckoning on Tyneside.
We expect Steve to go out on a season-long loan to see out the last year of his Newcastle contract, and then it wouldn’t surprise us if Steve joins the Newcastle coaching staff – maybe with the youth side.
We should see a new goalkeeper coming in over the summer, although 18 year-old England U20 International, Jak Alnwick, has been very impressive for the Reserves last season.
Comments welcome.
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102 responses so far ↓
1 hainesy // May 22, 2012 at 8:55 PM
Really on the fence about this one? Part of me says let him go, the other half says he could be a future England player.
2 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 9:00 PM
hainsey
I know what you mean. If we sell this lad, then we have to commit to keeping Krul for a few more years at least.
None of this ‘Well, every player has their price’ stuff. That’s acceptable for some players, but if we let go of one brilliant young ‘keeper, we cannot let go of the other as well.
3 Dannyo // May 22, 2012 at 9:03 PM
I doubt we’ll look at GKs tbh.
We have Krul, we have Elliott who’s surely improved allot. No way one can base our entire view on him as a GK on one or two displays early season.
Also, as Ed says, there’s Alnwick, who seems to have great potential.
Again, i don’t see us grabbing another GK.
4 cupiddstunt // May 22, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Hainesy I fall on the let him go side of the fence, I have seen several of his games and he has never struck me as a Wow he is some keeper.
Yes he is a big lad and takes some getting around psychologically you would not try to lob him unless he was up on the half way line but at the same time he has never grabbed my attention.
5 hainesy // May 22, 2012 at 9:04 PM
Something tells me we’re not sure if Krul will be here come the end of the summer so we might keep him and have him as the number 1.
6 JTOONJ // May 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM
I reckon we should loan him to an English team, as his value could increase dramatically if he is a future england player. We all know British players are overpriced.
7 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 9:07 PM
cupidstunt
He’s got a few massive flaws, such as his inability to get down to the floor remotely quickly. But he’s very young.
Krul has his weaknesses. His distribution is awful, and shows no signs of improving haha.
8 timuJ // May 22, 2012 at 9:08 PM
SANTON! class player
http://nufctalk.net/?p=236
9 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 9:11 PM
timuJ
A shameless plug! Good article though (;
10 Jail for Ashley // May 22, 2012 at 9:19 PM
I think it would be a right result if Forster showed the lack of ambition Steven Harper did and would be happy to sit on the bench till he’s 35
11 WWYCD // May 22, 2012 at 9:25 PM
Shame to see another real home grown player leave but he wants first team football and if we keep Krul he wont get it here though I have far more faith in him than our current back up
Also doubt we will be buying another GK this summer isnt that Alnwick(sp?) meant to be highly rated isnt he?
12 richardj1986 // May 22, 2012 at 9:30 PM
My opinion is not worthwhile but I would loan him to a prem league side…. Some1 must need a keeper. Look at hart at Birmingham… Now look where he is England’s number 1
13 davybtoon // May 22, 2012 at 9:30 PM
Wwycd I think alnwick is highly rated n can see him n elliott being the back ups
14 Jail for Ashley // May 22, 2012 at 9:38 PM
Richardj,
Unless you sing the praises of Mashley, your opinion is always worth while my friend.
15 check the toastie // May 22, 2012 at 9:41 PM
In my opinion Forster should join Chelski as he is gud at saving penalties and in champions league games it is actively encouraged by Di Matteo to defend all game give loads of chances away and concede penalties in most games.
This is the new way to succeed consistently in football by all accounts. Even better if you can have less than 30% possession and play most the game with 10 men, then you really are onto the new brand of total football. Oh my Godddddddddddddddd.
16 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 9:43 PM
richard
Who do you think would take him? A newly promoted side is always a good bet – do Reading have a decent ‘keeper?
17 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 9:45 PM
check
Absolutely everyone appears to disagree with you. Give it up.
18 WWYCD // May 22, 2012 at 9:47 PM
check
Really not doing urself any justice here mate
19 GeordieToon89 // May 22, 2012 at 9:51 PM
Check – Can you remember when we played Swansea? and we defended all game? Swansea had like 70% of the possession a didnt see you complaining then when we won..
If your a weaker team who play a different brand of football and you know you can rely on your defenders then you play the counter attack football which is what Chelsea done against Barcelona and Bayern nothing wrong with that atall.. anyways your supposed to be a toon fan so whats your problem with another team concentrate on your own
20 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 9:52 PM
WWJBD
Are you confident that Krul will be here next season? I’m a little worried by Tottenham. Friedel is 40 (?) now, and won’t be around much longer…
21 Offkey // May 22, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Have to agree with Check with his last comment. Dont get me wrong, I was cheering them on as I thought we could make more gains on Spurs if they dont get CL money…..
It wasn’t just luck, just like us finishing above the European Champions wasn’t just luck. But the way they did it wasn’t great……..
22 Dannyo // May 22, 2012 at 9:55 PM
@check
Not a fortunate rant mate.
Di Matteo saw that he couldn’t beat them player for player, so he beat them team for tactic.
They are worthy winners, cause they fought as a team, despite being underdogs on 3-4 occations.
23 WWYCD // May 22, 2012 at 9:56 PM
TDS
I am actually, it would take a big bid to dislodge him and for Ashley to agree to it and in general GKs dont demand huge fees.
Not scared of Spurs at all, I think it would be a very sideways move for Krul they arent CL and they arent much stronger than us imo plus Krul seems to love Newcastle
I reckon Spurs will keep Friedel for next season though they could move for Green or Vorm
24 Jail for Ashley // May 22, 2012 at 9:57 PM
The reason I talk about Harpers lack of ambition which was a great bonus for us,is that the lack of English goalkeeping talent after Seaman retired was laughable I think Forster has his eye on the English Jersey in which my opinion Harps could have easily had.
25 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:00 PM
A different perspective on the Chelsea Euro cup win from a youngster. My lad, said “that is just wrong and not football, how did they win that”. Naive maybe but they wont have the younger generation worldwide looking up to them the way they do with Barca!
26 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:01 PM
On Foster id keep him – I think he is a top keeper but he probably wants away for first team footy.
27 nufc_eire // May 22, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Off topic but not sure if anyone else said this before. Remember when pardew said that he wanted a centre half who can score 8 goals a season? Thats the exact amount that Ventonghen scored last season for ajax……..maybe a potential clue? I know spurs pretty much have him at this stage but can always live in hope! Definitely should be our big signing in the summer
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/7771211/Levy-in-Vertonghen-talks
28 kevymartins // May 22, 2012 at 10:07 PM
Any one else notice that tiote is not in any of the new strip pics on the club shop and his Mr.t tshirts are on sale or am i being paranoid?
29 WWYCD // May 22, 2012 at 10:08 PM
kevymartins
To my memory Kevin Nolan was the led in our new strip promotion last season….relax
30 WWYCD // May 22, 2012 at 10:09 PM
lead*
Ah stuff it thats a sign I am done for the night
Have a good un lads
31 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 10:09 PM
hotdog
Mate, if your lad wants a team to look up to, I’d hope it’s not Barcelona.
The club spends £80m at a time on players whilst £400m in debt, their players have recieved numerous complaints about racial abuse, and they removed the Unicef logo on their shirts to replace it with the Qatar foundation, a country not exactly known for it’s human rights.
32 tarie4 // May 22, 2012 at 10:10 PM
ToonDownSouth
Spurs won’t be able to afford him…i am not scared about them, they have no money…krul will mot join another premier league team, man U have degea city hart, Chelsea have petr cech, and that young lad at a.madrid, arsenal have that polish lad, where else could he go..?? Spurs will want someone on the cheap, and krul is not cheap at all.
33 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Not to mention that they refuse to even entertain the idea of sharing La Liga’s TV rights income more fairly amongst the teams.
They’re a horrible corporate organisation, which somehow gets completely masked by some good football and a large posession stat.
34 kevymartins // May 22, 2012 at 10:12 PM
yes but all this then us apparently signing mark davies when we have tiote cabaye abeid vuckic ryan taylor gosling the dots are coming soon we will be drawing the lines
35 tarie4 // May 22, 2012 at 10:13 PM
I’m sorry to rain on peoples parade here, but Forster future English international?? He is about the same age has hart..and besides hart, they are far better options than Forster.. For me, he won’t get anyway close to be a English international…
36 Tsunki // May 22, 2012 at 10:15 PM
Can’t quite get me head round why chelsea CL win is part of a GK article, but I will say that I dislike Chelsea of old but hats off to playing to their lack of strengths and outfoxing a technically better team on the night. We would have been dancing in the streets if we did that. It’s another facet of football and shouldn’t be dismissed in a simplistic way as a crap team digging in and mugging a ‘nice’ team on penalties. That’s just naive.
Anyway on the subject of reserve GK, am I missing something, or do w actually have a top-notch Dutch international, who if he gets injured, will hand over this jersey to a largely untested cheap backup. And all the while we are saying FF is crap, even though since his relatively poor pre-season has been followed by a fair old season at Celtic. Surely he must have improved by now if they want him? Is he really not good enough as backup, and as a keeper who could feature a lot in the next season? If he wants to stay with Celtic I class that as lack of ambition, as they will do their usual and eke their way to a dismal end in the group stage of CL. If he wants to test himself he should stop looking for a bag full of trinkets north of the border and play for us, see where he gets. If he doesn’t do well. he can get a transfer back up north.
37 tarie4 // May 22, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Kevy
Dnt U think Davies is a Guthrie repalcement? We are also losing smith, so we need to fill that space up, abied is untried, so his vucik, I think U are scaremongering here mate.
38 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Toondownsouth – not a barca fan then
At the end of the day he looks at the football played like i do and they are fooking brilliant – Strangely i enjoy watching Iniesta more than Messi. Taking him to the second leg of the copa del rey final in August might also have swung it haha
39 tarie4 // May 22, 2012 at 10:22 PM
Tsunki
Its not a question of is he not good enough, but more of does he want to play second fiddle to krul?? Remember keepers dnt get injured a lot, so if U are on the bench, the probabilities of U playing are very slim.. Even man city dnt have an amazing keeper as second choice.
40 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:23 PM
Toondownsouth – not a barca fan then
At the end of the day he looks at the footy on the pitch which more often than not is brilliant. Taking him to the copa del rey final in august at the nou camp might of helped also haha
41 kevymartins // May 22, 2012 at 10:23 PM
@tarie why would we replace guthrie when if cabaye or tiote was injuried ryan taylor always filled in anyway
42 Tsunki // May 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM
kevy you’re right – Davies will replace Tiote
43 ToonDownSouth // May 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM
kevy
Tiote will probably leave yes, but I don’t think that’s why he’s not advertising the kit hahaha.
We haven’t been linked with a DM yet either.
44 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Tsunki – Good points mate but can i ask when u sleep as u seem to be on this blog at all hours of the day
45 kevymartins // May 22, 2012 at 10:25 PM
By the way lads there is no way krul is leaving us..He joint us at what age and you can tell the lad loves the backroom staff….I think big woody has had a big part in krul tim staying with the toon
46 kevymartins // May 22, 2012 at 10:27 PM
Im just saying
if cheik left us i wouldnt be pissed anyway …The way i see it is he served us verywell an we will be 5x the profit
47 Tsunki // May 22, 2012 at 10:27 PM
tarie4 – very slim but not unlikely. What I would like to know is, quarter final of Europa cup, 2-0 down and half time, would you be ecstatic to see Elliot walk on if Krul got injured?
Lest we forget, Krul was a backup once.
48 Tsunki // May 22, 2012 at 10:29 PM
hotdog – I don’t lol
Seriously – all hours? Whoa, think I better see my shrink
49 fatlegend // May 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Toon down…what are you on about. Every club spends money when in debt! Man it’d ate nigh on £1 billion in debt and pay out huge sums. Man city and Chelsea bank rolled by billionaires and spend money that they haven’t generated. Debt is only bad if it’s not serviceable and Batva aren’t behind on their loan payments.
As for being a corporate entity, again almost every team in the modern work is. Barca have to play in this arena however the board and president are kept accountable by their socis. A million miles away from the way clubs such as Liverpool, man u, spurs and Newcastle are ran.
UNICEF is still on the shirt and while qatar has dubious human rights issues qatar foundation is a charity.
Next question. where do you get £80million spend on a player? Hasn’t happened. Nearest they’ve come is Ibrahimovic. Nearly €40million and Eto’o valued at €25mil. However that was what remained in wage payments for the duration of his contract so cancels that out. Also note €’s not £’s.
Finally onto why a kid should look up to them. The current team are and have been one of the most successful, skilful, entertaining and hard working teams in history over the last 8 years. The fact you even begin to try and belittle what they’ve achieved says more about you than them.
50 fatlegend // May 22, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Hotdog.
Copa del Rey final is this Thursday at the Calderon in Madrid.
At least I hope it is, I have my ticket and fly out Thursday!
51 check the toastie // May 22, 2012 at 10:36 PM
GT89 – the difference was us against Swansea they created jack sh1t against us, thus it was a disciplined defensive performance, i wud put chelseas performances on a par with ours at Blackburn, totally sh1t and totally lucky.
52 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:37 PM
Tsunki – no u fit in with some of the nutters on here
Can somebody explain why we are going for all these overseas players when that new “Home Grown players” rule is in place. Have we got enough to go into the 25man squad?
53 kevymartins // May 22, 2012 at 10:37 PM
And what was that thing about cisse a few weeks ago…aloda people told me he said he wants to join real madrid or something
54 Jail for Ashley // May 22, 2012 at 10:42 PM
Tarie4,
Agree with a great majority of your posts/statements but have to disagree with that last one about the keeper situation,as it stands Hart will be England no 1 for about the next 23 years and as he’s the only decent keeper about Forster has a very good chance of making the England squad.
55 Offkey // May 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM
Hotdog – the rule for premier league is that we cant name more than 17 non-home grown players. Nothing about a quota for the amount of Homegown players. We could just have a squad of 17 non-home grown players, rules the same for europe as I see it.
56 timuJ // May 22, 2012 at 10:52 PM
Romain Amalfitano apparently has finally completed his move so hopefully announced later tonight/tomorrow morning
57 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Ill answer my own question after some research
This is from 2010 Chief Executive of the Premier League, Richard Scudamore said:
“As of next season clubs will be required to have a squad named of up to 25 players, of which no more than 17 can be over the age of 21 and not home grown.”
“The definition of home grown is trained for three years under the age of 21 by somebody in the English and Welsh professional system.”
“Clubs will have to declare their 25 at the end of August when the window shuts and then again at the end of January.”
So we need 8 players homegrown from –
Harper or Elliott, Simpson, Perch, Williamson, R Taylor, S Taylor, Guthrie, Gosling, Ferguson, Ameobi x2
This is from a 25 man squad so if some of these are shipped out surely they need replacing by English!!
58 Offkey // May 22, 2012 at 10:54 PM
+ we have a fair few home grown players, Krul, Elliott, Harper, both Taylors, Perch, both Ameobis’, Simpson Williamson etc.
easily over 10 at themoment.
59 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 10:55 PM
Sorry Offkey – was typing my post- Comment still stands though we need english players in or hope some young kids at club comes through the ranks
60 Offkey // May 22, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Hotdog –
Agreed we need some english players in, or just a wealth of under 21 that can bulk up the squad and hopefully become HG after a couple of years.
61 cupiddstunt // May 22, 2012 at 11:10 PM
ToonDownSouth @ # 7
You can’t teach a slow big man to be quick the laws of physics i.e. mass and levers and all that come into effect so Forster is what he is, he can however possibly learn to anticipate better, position himself and reduce the target size but not become faster.
BUT as you say Krul’s major weakness is distribution so as the defence improves he rolls it out to the backs who carry it up the field so distribution problem solved.
62 Jail for Ashley // May 22, 2012 at 11:15 PM
Why always so much talk about Tiote leaving,he’s said he’s happy here and if Ashleys true to his word nobody is going to go for less than serious money and I really can’t see Tiote leaving for less than 20M and I can’t see anybody paying that.
63 davybtoon // May 22, 2012 at 11:17 PM
Amalfitano to have a medical tomorrow, hope javi Marquez rumours are true
64 Jail for Ashley // May 22, 2012 at 11:18 PM
FFS,
Cupid is this a bloody science lesson or a footballing blog !
65 SupaToonKid // May 22, 2012 at 11:24 PM
I hope Forster does well wherever he goes as he’s unlucky that he had such good competition in Krul here because at other clubs in the Prem he’d easily make it.
66 Jail for Ashley // May 22, 2012 at 11:28 PM
STK,
Could have quite easily said that about Harps ?
67 SupaToonKid // May 22, 2012 at 11:28 PM
Don’t think next season we’ll need a backup for Tioté as hopefully we sign as the goal scoring CM to play with Cabaye & Cheick in the 3-man midfield but I really think/hope either Abeid or/and Gosling will come on leaps and bounds and provide a good challenge to the CM.
68 Tsunki // May 22, 2012 at 11:29 PM
check @47 proving finally he doesn’t really know what hes talking about
You’re just kidding aren’t you. It’s irony again isn’t it?
Yeah, it’s irony I knew it.
69 GeordieToon89 // May 22, 2012 at 11:34 PM
davybtoon – what rumours about Javi Marquez? a dont really rate him tbh never really done anything impressive.. being 25 and only making 60 odd first team appearances in a p*ss poor league doesnt exactly fill me with joy plus he’s spanish.. and spanish players aint exactly known to be touch tackling
70 SupaToonKid // May 22, 2012 at 11:35 PM
JFA
Yes I agree with you but Harper was extremely loyal but also foolish as he could of made into many England squads if he had gone to a side where he’d have started though he chose to stay and so we always had superb backup. Forster knows if he wants to play for England he has to move on as dislodging Krul looks near impossible. Forster is unlucky as not many Premier League teams have so many talented goalkeepers in their ranks as Newcastle did back when Given was still here (Given: Irish International, Harper: could have been England, Krul: Dutch u20 at the time, Forster: English u20 & Soderberg: Swedish u19
71 davybtoon // May 22, 2012 at 11:38 PM
Gt89 us spurs n villa want him
72 GeordieToon89 // May 22, 2012 at 11:39 PM
Now Javi Martinez he is some player only 23 and has made over 200 first team appearances in league and europe plus he’s an international player at all levels.. but would also cost about 25million ha can play CM or CB with equal quality
73 GeordieToon89 // May 22, 2012 at 11:39 PM
Spurs want that Kwadro Asamoah aswell he is some player
74 davybtoon // May 22, 2012 at 11:44 PM
Amalfitano will b the first of many good signings this summer I think
75 GeordieToon89 // May 22, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Still think it’ll be a week or so until he’s confirmed (Amalfitano) that is
76 hotdog // May 22, 2012 at 11:48 PM
ooo i give up with all this specualtion – night folks
77 davybtoon // May 22, 2012 at 11:51 PM
Clynne would b great but can’t see us signing him n debuchy as I reckon tavernier will really make an impact next year
78 Beardo // May 23, 2012 at 12:06 AM
Boo!
Hope you all enjoyed my waffling in The Chronicle today!
79 toon_army_redlichtie85 // May 23, 2012 at 12:20 AM
I’m from Scotland and seen this lad in action and he is a fantastic goal keeper! But we have a lot of them ay Newcastle so he deserves an opportunity elsewhere.
On another note, I would like to plant a seed on the Drodga situation and say that after him saying he’s looking for a new challenge and being very good friends with pardew, he SHOULD come to the toon, I know he is old and we don’t do that no more but with him in the team he could get us into champions leauge and that would be a great challenge for him to end his career! He is still simply a class striker!
80 GeordieToon89 // May 23, 2012 at 12:21 AM
The Independant reckons weve already spoken to Mbiwa and were still chasing Debuchy while also says about the Amalfitano deal
81 GeordieToon89 // May 23, 2012 at 12:22 AM
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/amalfitano-is-latest-french-connection-for-newcastle-7778785.html
82 cupiddstunt // May 23, 2012 at 12:49 AM
Jail for Ashley @ # 64
I’m still chuckling over that one, although I am correct
83 nickfish90 // May 23, 2012 at 1:43 AM
There’s no doubting Fraser’s ability. Top class goalkeeper, it just so happens that we already have Krul. Fraser would be 1st choice in 50% of Prem sides and he’s only 24.
Here’s a good article of an old Norwich team mate saying that Forster played a huge part in their success in League One.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/celtic/2012/05/22/fraser-forster-played-a-huge-role-in-kick-starting-norwich-city-s-rise-to-the-top-says-carrow-road-star-simon-lappin-86908-23868610/
84 Dyer8 // May 23, 2012 at 1:59 AM
Plan A (World Class)
Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), RB
Jan Vertonghen (Ajax), CB
Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), CM
Adam Johnson (Man C), WG
Luuk de Jong (Twente), CF
Plan B (Cheap & Quality)
Nathaniel Clyne (C’Palace), RB
Douglas (Twente), CB
Benjamin Corgnet (Dijong), CM
Junior Hoilett (B’Burn), WG
Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), CF
85 coatesy17 // May 23, 2012 at 2:04 AM
Hey guys,
first time commenting, but i jsut wana say krul wont leave! All this talk about Krul leaving or Tiote, its bollocks, the only players who will leave the club are alan smith, danny guthrie, xisco(hopefully) a host of young players, and maybe leon best, Mashleyis a hard seller and Krul only jsut signed a new 4 year contract, players wont leave after signing new contracts cos they wont get bonuses!
as for the danny simpson saga he will be here next year imo, and see out some of his contract maybe leaving in jan???
as for FF id love to see another season long loan, at some club thats going to be coming up next year, tbh ive heard off a few friends that spurs are going to go for jussi jaaskelinen from bolton and they could take FF?
86 coatesy17 // May 23, 2012 at 2:07 AM
On another note Tadic looks class, the boy has skills and can cross sign him up! some other wing option ahead of obertan?
87 gonufc (up and Hatem) // May 23, 2012 at 3:18 AM
Plan Z get Allardyce back in. That comes with the inevitable Abdoulaye Faye and Nolan. Dispense with all this silly ‘success’ and ‘entertainment’ . Oh and the worst of the lot, those evil things which Allardyce will stay true to his ideals and never, ever reduce himself to: modesty and humility.
I’m so upset he left us!
88 out of toon // May 23, 2012 at 4:37 AM
Plan X
Hargreaves to spearhead Newcastle midfield!!!!!!
89 gmo16 // May 23, 2012 at 6:25 AM
Think Forster is a good keeper but at the end of the day he isn’t prepared to sit on the bench as Harper did for so many years – can’t really criticise the lad for that.
Also, have a read of this article here and let me know what you think – I wrote it for another site, about our squad players and why they played such a massive role this year.
90 gmo16 // May 23, 2012 at 6:26 AM
Forgot the link!
http://freshairfootball.co.uk/2012/05/toon-stars-shone-but-lesser-lights-real-success/
91 redondo77 // May 23, 2012 at 7:02 AM
Dyer8
I don’t think Clyne is cheap. Yes, he is good at championship, but 5m is very expensive if you compare with Debuchy or Pieters 6m.
I don’t know about Hoilett, I’m still not convinced that he will be a great signing for us. I don’t see anything special about him except free transfer.
92 redondo77 // May 23, 2012 at 7:04 AM
Letting Forster go is probably for the best especially for his own career.
I don’t think we are going to sign Davies, it’s a waste of money, too many players who are better.
93 redondo77 // May 23, 2012 at 7:19 AM
gonufc
don’t forget Smith and Barton too. He will be sitting next to MA or DL everygame with chewing gum. He will “thrilled” us with relegation battle.
94 Indian Magpie // May 23, 2012 at 7:28 AM
when were we involved in a relegation battle with Sam Allardyce was incharge. i dont remember
95 redondo77 // May 23, 2012 at 8:02 AM
Indian
so.. if he is in charge again, we won’t be in relegation battle? I hate him for getting rid Solano.
if i’m not wrong, we were in 14th place before he got sacked.
96 redondo77 // May 23, 2012 at 8:03 AM
14th is not in relegation battle?
97 Indian Magpie // May 23, 2012 at 8:19 AM
we were not in 14th place, i think we ended that season in 14th. when T – mac was incharge of that game in manchester and games in early reign of KK took us down under sam we were in 9-10th position.
Not saying he was a good manager
98 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // May 23, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Krul was an outstanding performer last year.
Forster is a great keeper for Celtic. Let him go. Id like to see where his career goes after that. He could be bought by a premier league rival in a few seasons.
Wish him lots of luck as a local lad
99 check the toastie // May 23, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Indian – we were in serious trouble under Fat Sam, on the slide and defo potential relegation candidates, Keegan cam in and saved the season and got us playing some decent stuff, Owen behind Viduka and Martins.
I agree with Redondo, we were about to be in trouble. FSA was a nightmare for our club, and we are still paying some of his failed signings big wages.
100 check the toastie // May 23, 2012 at 8:26 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18165334
Must be true, we all knew it wud happen at some point anyway, but its more news than any other club is creating.
101 redondo77 // May 23, 2012 at 8:29 AM
according to wiki withallardyce we only managed to win 5 out of 25 premier league games. KK took over he had 8 games without a win and 7 games unbeaten run, we finished at 12th with 43pts.
102 Indian Magpie // May 23, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Redondo that cant be right
I can remember 6
Bolton wigan fulham spurs (joeys first game) WHU, i am sure we beat Brum too (BEYE scoring)
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