This is some news we missed out on earlier today, that Newcastle have bid for French international striker Loic Remy, but had their bid immediately rejected – and Newcastle have been interested in this lad since early 2008, according to our records.
Loic Remy – Newcastle bid €12M for French striker
There are reports in Le 10 Sport that Newcastle offered around €12M ( (about £9.5M) for the 25-year-old, but that apparently didn’t come close to the valuation of the player by his club Marseilles.
This move by Newcastle is a little bit of a surprise to us, and we wouldn’t expect the Tyneside club to go in with such an initial large bid, and certainly don’t expect an improved bid being made by Newcastle for the 6′ striker, who has played 16 times for France with 4 goals.
He joined Marseilles from Nice back in 2010, and has so far played 83 times for the French club with 37 goals, so that’s a decent goal-scoring record.
Tottenham and Lille have also been interested in the French striker, who was born in Rillieux-la-Pape, and has previously played for Lyon, Lens on loan, and Nice.
But this seems to show that Newcastle are by no means certain of the Andy Carroll deal going through, and if it doesn’t, then Newcastle still need to bring in a fourth striker for next season.
It may not have been a bad deal to have brought in former top target Modibo Maiga a couple of weeks back, who has now gone to West Ham for just £5M.
But of course when you fail a player in his medical, it’s kind of hard to go back and bring him in a second time, and we have no idea how serious Modibo’s medical condition was, that forced the Magpies to call time on him last December – but it seemed a little bit strange.
But we are very happy with the striker Newcastle eventually brought in – Papiss Cisse – and we have to think Newcastle knew at the time, that he was going to become available from German club SC Freiburg.
Remy must have been tracked by Chief Scout Graham Carr over the last year or so, and it’s a little bit of a surprise that Newcastle made such a big offer for the French International, who didn’t even seem to be on the radar screen.
However, when we look back in our records, Newcastle were said to be interested in Remy way back in May of 2008 when he was only 21, and still at Lyon – we should have signed him then.
And that article also makes interesting reading about where we were at Newcastle four years ago, and who would have thought we’d be relegated in a very short 12 months – my arm has just started to ache again. 
What do you think?
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250 responses so far ↓
1 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:48 PM
so there is substance to this remy bid……….
2 carlton nufc // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:50 PM
be shit hot if we get him what foot is he ?
3 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:50 PM
smokecreen signings are taking place…….
de jong to remy …. remy to to gamiero……… well my ideal guess as remy might seem to pricey…
4 voodoo85 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:52 PM
@3 – yeh i sense a smoke screen too. with our recent history in transfer windows, i wouldn’t be surprised if we signed a striker who we had not heard any rumours about etc
5 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:53 PM
4- yup just like cabaye and marveaux last year pulled them out of blue…….
6 Toonboy_84 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM
I would ejaculate a kitten if we signed remy
7 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Triple smokescreen, thats some next level transfer dealing from the three amigos
8 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM
PSG has purchased lavezzi and zlatan, certainly gameiro wont get much playingtime there, with that big squad. Maybe get a loandeal with option to buy on him..
I think remy is out of our reach beacause of the price.
9 ToonAndy // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:55 PM
—————————KRUL————————–
DEBUCHY—COLLO—–SAYLOR—-SANTON
——TIOTE———-CABAYE——MARVEAUX–
—BEN ARFA———CISSE———-REMY——
10 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:58 PM
I despise the word smokescreen. Can we use decoy for a week?
11 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:58 PM
ToonAndy
thts to awsome to think about………
12 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:59 PM
just for beardo………… decoy signings are taking place…….
de jong to remy …. remy to to gamiero……… well my ideal guess as remy might seem to pricey…
13 Robby Bobson // Jul 22, 2012 at 6:59 PM
Cant be too long until we turn back to Gameiro…dont care how hes done at PSG, theres so much potential there.
14 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:00 PM
————————Krul—————————-
Debuchy—–Colo——–Saylor———–Santon
————Tiote—————Cabaye—————
Ben Arfa—————Ba——————Johnson
————————-Cisse————————-
15 Robby Bobson // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:01 PM
Although after seeing Sammy last night, wouldnt be too bothered if we dont get another striker in. The lad did class.
16 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:01 PM
@ Beardo Ameobi
Smokescreen ? why may I ask
17 jesperfuglsang // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:01 PM
Honestly how sure are we that we have even bid €12M?
Sounds like another Sunday story
18 Marty-Toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:01 PM
Nick miller reckons Man U should buy Tiote and that we should buy Rhys Williams
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12040/7919751/Transfer-targets
19 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:02 PM
Gamerio would be a qualitysigning. Very quick and good on the ball. A type of player who would give us something else than what we alreadty got.
20 Toonboy_84 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:02 PM
Haven’t seen much or gamiero. What type of player is he?
21 voodoo85 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:02 PM
why do people clamour for Gameiro, we were reportedly turned down last year so if he wasn’t so keen then, why go back now
thats if what was rumoured / reported last year was true and i’m not saying he would be a bad signing, just whats his record like and why would he be good for us ?
22 gorgonzola ( former Pecorino former to gorgonzola) // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:03 PM
I would eat shit if we sign Remy ….
23 Robby Bobson // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:06 PM
From what i seen of Gameiro hes just like a much better Lovenkrands…quick, run with the ball and great movement and can finish,
24 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:06 PM
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2012/06/27/3203801/gameiro-to-join-valencia-report
25 Dannyo // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:06 PM
It shows that we’re willing to spend big on a top striker this summer.
Good for us!
26 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:06 PM
hate to put a dampen on things………..
27 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:07 PM
haha, would be a supersigning, but he is too expensive. Even tho our transferbusiness has been very good in recent time, why dont we just splash some cash this time around to really be a CL contender
28 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:09 PM
nufc786
Cut-price it says. then why are we not interested. I dont care if he chose PSG last year instead of us anyways, he is quality..
29 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Papiss9
i know……… must be some reasons why we are not in for him……
30 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:12 PM
Remy is a quality lad. He would git in on the left wing for us but might be out of our price range but it depends on how much both clubs are willing to negotiate.
On the Gameiro front…i’d honestly prefer any of the strikers we’ve been linked with this summer.
31 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:12 PM
We also need a striker soon because of ramadan. The first games i dont expect too much of Ba and Cisse..
32 shearer 9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Wow this is not even true lol
33 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:13 PM
correction – *would fit*
34 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:14 PM
voodoo85
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGHYzPx3QAM bit of dennis wise scouting on gamiero…..
35 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Valci
You’d prefer AC/De Jong instead of Gameiro?
We have BA and Cisse and Shola, we dont need an other targetman. We need a pacey mobile striker who knows how to finish
36 Toonboy_84 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:15 PM
Cheers robby bobson
37 jesperfuglsang // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:17 PM
Here’s my fortune cookie wisdom of the day:
“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded”
38 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Remy probably wants to sign for us. We should made a bid for Giroud. Arsenal got a good deal there. Giroud is better in terms of form but Remy has potential.
We need a third striker and maybe a versatile midfielder who can play up front as well.
39 shearer 9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:18 PM
This story came up last night on nufc fans and all it said was £12mill Remy bid rejected Newcastle Interested but if u read the whole story the 12m euro bid was from spurs a few months ago it just says we r looking at him but are we willing to pay 18m euro
40 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Papiss – not really my type of player. Its all subjective obviously… i’d rather get a pacey winger if we gonna play 4-3-3 and have our offensive line interchange positions for variance. I don’t think 4-3-3 will be our main formation but we’ll see.
41 jesperfuglsang // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:21 PM
So in other words, this story is just bollocks
42 Harley // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:21 PM
I don’t believe this for a minute. I’d love to sign him but think this is just another made up story (not by ed).
I wish we could just get a centre back and full back and I’d be happy. The icing on the cake would be a striker and midfielder.
43 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Kets – one of the few times i find myself agreeing with you…Giroud is quality.
44 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Agree with you valci if we are going to play 433.
But AP says he is depending on Ba in a central role, that means 4-4-2 with BA Cisse upfront.
http://www.football365.com/news/21554/7927171/Ba-central-to-Pardew-s-plans
45 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Remy over Carroll all day long for me like.
46 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Papiss – i’ve seen the statement…maybe Cisse will play wide you never know hehe. He’s a lot more mobile then Ba but it would indeed be a waste cause Cisse is a poacher…finds the goal from any position.
47 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Anybody on here having problems with virgin media today?
48 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:25 PM
for me Ba is poor on the left wing, and to put Cisse out on the wing is a waste of a top quality finisher, maybe the best finisher in PL.
49 pardews plan B // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:26 PM
Not interested til we have a confirmed signing now.
The childhood footballer of the day is Carlos valderama
50 Ben3arfa // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Remy > Judas
51 pardews plan B // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:30 PM
@papiss 9 ba is better in the centre but is still quite threatening on the wing for me.
Maybe we will play more of a diamond Formation with dembas up top and cabaye behind them
52 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:31 PM
PPB – i suggest gheorghe hagi as your next childhood footballer of the day. Best player my national team has ever seen.
53 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:34 PM
PpB
I think it is quite easy to find a more effective player on the left wing than demba ba. He does a job there ofcourse, but would much rather play jonas,sammy or marvaux if the role is winger in 4-3-3.
But i think we will play 4-4-2. Ba Cisse is a really good duo.
In midfield it might be HBA cabaye tiote jonas/marvaux
54 pardews plan B // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Hagi. Cracking player. Think the mackems might be able to convince all my childhood footballers of the day to come out of retirement.
55 Dannyo // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Why do people assume they’ll play together every match? It’s a long season. One to play with the other subbing on. And vice versa.
56 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:37 PM
Papiss – i hope youre wrong…seems a waste for HBA, Cabaye and even Marv to be fo far back. Like i’ve said…i’d prefer 4-2-3-1 with the 3 mentioned above playing behind the striker…you can rotate Ba/Cisse depending on form…and we also have lots of games this year so i dont really see a problem.
57 ashwin say's // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:38 PM
jordan rhodes …..
better
cheeper
58 yorkshireToon // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Pardew has said on nufctv that he sees tavernier as a centre back in the long term.. He’s 5ft 9!! He can never be a centre back he would be beaten in the air constantly.. Also feel that fergie isn’t a left back like pardew thinks he’s a tricky winger
59 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Valci
I also hope i’m wrong, but im being realistic
60 Valci // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:42 PM
romanian championship has started and i’ve a game to watch…coincidentally one of the teams playing is gonna face Fenerbahce for access in the CL groups…catch ya later guys.
61 Dannyo // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:42 PM
@yorkshire
Disagree, have u seen Barcas back 4? Which of those are over 6ft?
Pace and positioning is all, he’s strong too.
As long as u’ve got Collo, Saylor or Willo, u’r ok, and we’ve got several big players to help on set pieces.
62 Papiss9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:44 PM
with our squad my first team would be this:
——————–Krul———————-
Simpson–Colo——-Taylor——Santon
———-Tiote————-Cabaye———
HBA———marvaux/BA——jonas/marv
——————Cisse————————-
63 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:45 PM
We don’t really need a winger. We have Obertan, Ben Arfa, Raylor, Gutierrez and Marveaux on the wings.
Ferguson is more of a winger than a defender. We need an attacking midfielder, however, our priority signings should be Debuchy, a decent centre back, Anita and Remy.
Tavernier will remain as a right-back.
64 nightfa11 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:47 PM
yorkshireToon – cannavaro was the best CB on the planet & he was 5 ft 9 in..=)
65 blaydonracist // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:50 PM
marseille have said that they want €18 million for remy which is £14 million, personally I don’t feel that is a bad deal but we should go in for €15 million and try and meet them halfway as he would be a phenomenal buy
Also SSN is reporting that galatasaray are planning a bid for demba ba by the end of the month so a new striker is now almost a necessity
66 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:54 PM
@ Yorkshire
Sometimes a player might be small but may have a great leap. Obafemi martins was tiny but leapt like a Salmon
67 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:55 PM
I’d rather pay the money for Remy than Carroll. Anita should be signed to play alongside Tiote in the away matches and should be also used as a back-up option to Santon at left-back. I don’t see the point in us signing Cissokho and Debuchy as I feel that Santon should be a regular starter.
68 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:56 PM
I would really like us to be like this at the start of next season:
—————————-Krul—————————-
–Debuchy—Coloccini—-Douglas——Santon–
—————Tioté—————–Gutierrez———-
–Ben Arfa————Cabaye—————Remy–
—————————Cissé—————————
Remy has played out on the left a lot this season for Marseille so would do a better job than Ba down the left.
69 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:56 PM
@ Ketsbia
Thats probably the first thing you have said
70 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:57 PM
that I agree with
71 yorkshireToon // Jul 22, 2012 at 7:57 PM
neither of those are in england though where the game and the teams you play are a lot more of a threat in the air.. Manchester united have vidic, city have kompany.
I don’t think he would last in the premier league as a centre back and a prime example for me is how danny simpson (a right back) faired against norwich
72 @timuJ // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:00 PM
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73 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:00 PM
I would like to see this next season
——————————Krul——————————–
–Debuchy—–Taylor———-Collocini——Santon–
—————————–Tiote——————————–
——HBA—————Cabaye————Johnson——
—————-Cisse——————Ba———————–
74 king krul // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:02 PM
I think it will be 4-1-3-2 with mr t picking up the ball from the back 4 then up to the dreamboat , then 2 flying wide men feeding the double dembas, what you think? also remy is a decoy i would love a wide pacey forward but who fits the bill?
75 shamsoftabriz // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:03 PM
Best news is that no one has snatched up Ba yet–if he were that easy to sign away for a mere 7 Million, he would have been gone by now.
Hoping we sign someone skilled, quick, and able to pass/keep/press (e.g. ABC!–Anyone But Carroll).
76 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:04 PM
Krul
Debuchy Alderewereild Coloccini Santon
Tiote Anita
Ben Arfa Cabaye Marveaux
Cisse
Or:
Krul
Debuchy Alderewerield Santon
Tiote Anita
Ben Arfa Cabaye Marveaux
Cisse Remy/Ba
Or:
Krul
Debuchy Alderewereild Coloccini Santon
Ben Arfa Cabaye Marveaux
Ba Cisse Remy
77 yorkshireToon // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:06 PM
I think the perfect striker for us to sign would be daniel sturridge but without the ego.. someone who can play on the wing, young, that is sharp and quick but happy to sit on a bench for the big games……. not that easy to find, carr do your magic
78 santoooooooooon // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:12 PM
KRUL
DEBUCHY-S.TAYLOR-COLO-SANTON
TIOTE-CABAYE
BEN ARFA-MARVEAUX-REMY
CISSE
Need CB cover, and probably another CM cover and we’re sorted.
ELLIOT
TAVERNIER-NEW CB-WILLO-FERGIE
ABEID-BIGI
JONAS-GOSLING-SAMMY
BA
sub team. Think Vuckic should have a season loan to Cardiff again? Then we still have R.Taylor, Amalfitano, Shola, Obertan, decent depth there
79 colwell // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:13 PM
Tavernier can easily make it as a CB in the prem. Unlike Willo,Tav can jump like he is 6ft4.
Anyone remember Ivan Cordoba from Inter Milan? he was small but quick like Tav and easily was a top CB in Serie A. No one can say that league is not physical.
80 ochytoon // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:15 PM
I’m actually quite surprised that people are believing we’ve bid for Remy. If spurs can’t get him then I doubt we can.
Pard’s and the team have 2 weeks to get new players in if we want them ready for the start of the season. Need time to settle and get into our style of play. With the fanning about our boards been doing with other clubs recently, I just can’t see that happening. I’m predicting a panicky last week of the transfer window. Hate to be negative but that’s just the way I see it; more than prepared to eat humble pie if I’m wrong.
81 nufc786 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:21 PM
sky sports are reporting tht ajax are apparantly ready to listen to our offers about anita
82 ViVaDebuchy // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:21 PM
__________________Krul______________________
Debuchy______Collocini______Mbiwa_____Santon
____________Tiote_______Cabaye___________
_____Marveaux_______________________REMY__
_________________HBA_____________________
_________________CISSE__________________
83 kirkyman // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:22 PM
SSN reporting that Galatasaray are preparing a bid for Ba at the end of the month…………. and that Ajax are prepared to listen to offers from Newcastle for Anita
84 outsidethebox // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:25 PM
dannyo@61 ..agree with yorkshire ..pique is 6 foot 4 …
ok to have one smallish cb ie collo but not two …
are toon trying to move ba ..all talk has been forewards apart from douglas ..no centre backs.mentioned ..hope surprise signing due..
85 Dannyo // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:28 PM
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Hahaha, i’m dying…
86 Cissefire12 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:29 PM
Like a lot of people have said it looks like NUFC are a victim of their own success in the transfer market.
1) If we are interested in a player abroad and it gets out then other bigger clubs who may not have even see the player before are suddenly alerted to them.
2) As we focus on the dutch and french leagues we are often negotiating with clubs we have already done business before (Twente and Lille for example) and they won’t be mugged twice!
3) We seem to be trying to buy quality players like Debuchy, Carroll, Douglas, De Jong but they will expect to automatically get in the 1st team….something which I assume we can never 100% guarantee and we don’t hae the carrot of champions league or sky high wages to turn their heads.
I think we could be looking at Plan C’s coming in more than Plan A’s and as long as we keep the squad we have together and these players prove beneficial to the squad, I’m happy with that
87 Dannyo // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:30 PM
@outsidethebox
I see the point, but Collo was top of headed clearances last season and Tav jumps like he’s 6ft5. I’m not saying he’ll permanently play there, but he’ll be quite able to handle the role imo.
88 Beattie25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:30 PM
Hi guys,
Long time blogger first time reader.
Regarding signings this season, and if we do fianally sign Debuchy, I’d be amazed if we signed any more first team players from France. I think we’ve almost filled our quota of French signings and wouldn’t be suprised to see us raid the Dutch, German and/or Iatalian markets again.
Has Tasci moved yet? Diego Contento is looking for a move!
Keep tuned you rowdy buggers
89 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:36 PM
I think Debuchy and Anita will be our first signings. We’ll probably bid and miss out on Remy and then make a last minute bid for Carroll and pay out too much. I’ll be annoyed if we pay more than £13m for Carroll.
90 Jail for Ashley // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:36 PM
Kirkyman,
Ba is Muslim and Galalatasaray are from T urkey which has islamisicm ,why would he want to go there ?
91 dominnit // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Has anyone seen much of Kyriakos Papadopoulos that plays for Schalke?
Seen him a few times for Greece and since there is so much confusion and doubt around Douglas, why not try for him?
Young strong center back, already in the Greek international team and surely can still develop in the EPL!
92 nick_9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:40 PM
At first I thought we did need a winger but we actually have a lot of wingers but just not quality ones. For me Ben arfa must start on the right and then the left wing can be between marveaux and Jonas. Obertan I am not convince about and I think he has dropped below sameobi in the pecking order for me with ferguson also pushing for a starting place.
As frustrating as our dealings are we are very smart in the window, we offer ridiculously low amount which frustrates us fans who wants quick signings through the door and often want to stump up the amount the selling club are asking for. It’s bound to go to the wire a lot of the time with the club and player getting more restless as the end of the window approaches. I love the way we hold our stance and test the waters with low bids, if the club agrees to sell we get a bargain, if they don’t then they will publicly condemn the club alerting others to the players whilst we are no doubt pursuing other players. Its got to the point where I expect our signings to be made at the very end of the window as we hold our nerve and I hardly believe any of the speculation regarding players until they are over the line. Even Carroll and Debuchy could be smokescreens or cheeky bids whilst we are in talks with others.
As for any players who has stated they don’t want to play for us then I don’t want them at the club. Didn’t Douglas or his agent say bigger and better clubs than us are interested in him? If we are interested in him then could he be saying he doesnt want to leave holland so it doesn’t affect his Dutch citizenship?
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94 numba9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM
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95 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Alain Traore’s signed for Lorient. Apparently we were watching him.
96 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Need to sign some one next week.Im getting bored.lol
Cant wait to the football season starts again.
97 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:44 PM
I’ll defo join your fantasy league next time im on the laptop.
98 outsidethebox // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:45 PM
dannyo @ 86 …yeah was quite surprised to see how well he played last night could be fine against european teams but i wont be happy until they buy a solid big centre back to play alongside collo ..not convinced with saylor backs off to much .
99 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:45 PM
@ Dominit
Yeah I would have him in a heartbeat, he is an absolute tank. Heard AC Milan were after him thar to replace Silva
100 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM
Bonsoir messieurs.
Rémy…Azpilicueta… There’s a general ofensive for Marseille’s players!
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102 dominnit // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:51 PM
@Big Pappa Cisse
He is a solid lad! Well the German and Italian leagues have nout on the Prem; wonder if any team will put a bid in from the Prem, hopefully Pards will get involved!
103 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:52 PM
niafron – Who do you rate more out of Azpilicueta and Debuchy?
104 toonarmydownsouth // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:53 PM
Would have this lad over carroll all day! Might all be bullshit but really hope not!
Hopefully we will get debuchy this week niw his hols are over and if we can bring in anita and remy without losing any1 this will be a fantastic window!
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106 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:54 PM
@ dominit
He aint no Nikos Dabizas thats for shure ?
107 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 8:55 PM
RobertNufc25 – Hopefully plenty of people will join and it will be a good league, you can pass it on to your mates aswell if they’re interested
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I’ve a new twatter account for anybody who was followin me before lol
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Keeping it mute at the minute like.
110 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Fake Debuchy on twitter has decided to be Anne Hathaway…
111 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:03 PM
Who’s the best out of Danny Simpson and Emerson Boyce?
Also, who’s the best between Mike Williamson and Paul Scharner?
112 SpaceGhost // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:04 PM
I wish we get Debuchy, Anita, Guidetti. Plus what we already have esp the youngsters. That was their audition for Europe. Sammy, Abeid, Vukic, Ferguson, Bigirimana & Tavernier. He is our cover CB I reckon. Against Fenerbeche he was magnificent in that role. It was good to have the Captain next to him. Elliot was poor last night. Makes me worry every time he’s on the bench.
113 Marty-Toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:05 PM
We do need a powerful defender and one that can score from corners as Willo couldn’t score in a million years even with his height.
Must say tis annoying waitin on 1st team signings.
Don’t think BA will be sold in this window.
Think we will get a Cb a RB and maybe a pacy striker
114 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:05 PM
GT89
Excellent question! Well, those are two good players, both of them more the offensive kind.
Those are two things against Azpi, first, he’s playing the olympics, so he’s not immediatly availlable, second (and that’s famore important) he got a severe Knee injury two seasons ago.
So there’s maybe a risk.
Anyway he’s an excellent player, you can see him as a right footed Jose enrique if i got to compare him with someone.
Well, i would pick Debuchy nonetheless, if he’s still a reachable target.
Sure, you know my opinion on this, we need a LB, not a RB.
115 toonarmydownsouth // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM
Kets simmo and willo boyce is utter shite and scharner needs putting down
116 toonarmydownsouth // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Niafron carroll or remy??
117 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:11 PM
Well you don’t understand the game of football properly. Boyce is better at everything in comparison with Simpson. He even scores crackers.
Scharner is versatile. Mike isn’t. Scharner offers more to a team. Mike doesn’t. Scharner is a good player. Mike is inadequate.
118 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:11 PM
Concerning Rémy, he will never come for such a price. THis is at least 15 millions.
Well, there’s thing i do not understand. As i said we need a LB not a RB.
And now, we try to enlist strikers for huges amounts of money when we already have Cissé and Ba…
I really rate Rémy, but for me, this senseless….
119 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:12 PM
@TADS
Rémy without a doubt. He’s far more versatile. But as i just said, we don’t need him now.
120 SpaceGhost // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:14 PM
niafron
What do you make of that boy Koura who just had a trial?
121 toonarmydownsouth // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:16 PM
Hang on kets you seem to be basing your opinion of emerson boyce being better because he scored a fluke goal from the half way line by that logic simmos better because he scored by mistake from a cross paul scharner offers nothing to a team hence why a team with below average cbs such as wedt brom released him via text message i think most ppl on here relise theres only one blogger who has no grasp on football and thats you and your football manager scout list
122 toonarmydownsouth // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Niafron
Sorry to bombard you with questions but is tgat young rb at Fc sochaux any good, corchia is it?
123 outsidethebox // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:28 PM
cannot understand why nearly every target mentioned is french …expect a championship defender like rhys williams?
124 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:32 PM
I would rather see us sign a LB and move Santon over to RB mind
125 outsidethebox // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:32 PM
@122 ….. boro sign george friend …centre back
126 Ben Arfa (Either love him or Hatem) // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:35 PM
@Niafron,
What about when ACON comes and if they get injured, who will fill their boots?
127 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Sorry lads, but i know almost nothing about the young Koura and concerning Corchia, he’s not a bad player, but he never played at high level of competition, so it’s hard to rate him
128 greek toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:37 PM
Did any1 hear Marvin Martin signed for Lille, I would have liked him in our CM with Cabaye and Tiote. However on the striker situation Remy or Gameiro would initially be better then Carroll in my opinion as he would play
Tiote-Cabaye-Ben Arfa
Remy/Gameiro-Cisse-Ba
all three Interchanging between each other however if we get Carroll then we can move HBA and Ba on the wings and play Cisse up top with Carroll
129 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:38 PM
Cissokho’s the obvious choice.
130 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:38 PM
ok not posted in a while but the word on the grape vine is that pappiss cisse is on his way to manu united with cash plus valencia, dont know how true this one is but normally a reliable source
131 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:42 PM
@Ben arfa
Well, in this case, you must sell either Cissé or Ba before. Newcastle isn’t Man city, for two reasons we can afford ourselves to have three strikers of that level in the team.
First:
This is a waste of ressources. We aren’t a rich club, we must be clever.
Second:
It could be a mess in the dressing room. When you play in a Top 10 european club, you accept more easily to be on the bench or even in the crowd.
132 greek toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:43 PM
@ mikeashleyisamackem
Why would they off Valencia when they just handed him the 7 shirt
133 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:44 PM
@mikeashleyisamackem
Would explain why we try to recruit a striker.
134 greek toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:45 PM
*Offer
135 Jail for Ashley // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Mike Ashley is a mackem,
Ive publicly slated you before on here,I dont know how you’ve got the nerve to post on here agsin after your last revelation.
136 Taking the Papiss // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Absolutely not true- United just gave Valencia the number 7 shirt.
137 Tom_Toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:48 PM
@mikeashleyisamackem – never heard so much tosh.
As for a 3rd striker of top quality, we definitely need one and can afford one.
138 voodoo85 // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:51 PM
@gt89
joined your FF league
139 outsidethebox // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:52 PM
@mikeashleyisamackem the rumour i heard was it was sessignon plus £10 million for valencia …..
140 Jail for Ashley // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:52 PM
He’s a mackem troll was on here last window,sounded quite convincing up untill he got sussed.
141 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:53 PM
Well lads, i absolutely don’t know if we plan to sell one of our strikers, but if we try to stay logic, and if we really try to sign either Carrol or Rémy, this is almost the only explaination.
For me, it would be a terrible mistake to have three strikers ot that quality.
142 niafron // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:53 PM
Anyway, i let you discuss of this, got to go.
Bonne soirée messieurs.
143 Tom_Toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Strongly disagree, we need another top quality striker, especially if Senegal get into the ACON. We’d be fooked.
144 Tom_Toon // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:55 PM
If we dont get a top quality 3rd striker and Ba and Cisse go tio the ACON, what do we do. A top quality 3rd striker is more of a priority than a full-back in my opinion.
145 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:57 PM
Yeah, it’d be a massive mistake as we’re not ready for Champions League Football. Think we should sign Jeremy Aliadiere and Matt Derbyshire and aim for 9th place.
146 bills-son // Jul 22, 2012 at 9:59 PM
mikeashleyisamackem – if your moniker was correct we would be a sh%te side owned by a clueless, unambitious, fat tw%t. And not in Europe.
Fortunately, Mike Ashley isn’t a Mackem.
Taxi to the Stadium Of Sh%te for mikeashleyisamackem.
147 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Chill out lads.
We’ve got Shola….
Ha ha
148 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:05 PM
hey dont shoot the messenger jail for ashley,i said i dont know if i believe it myself ,and you ve publicly slated me before well thanks but the truth is i dont know you from adam ,and actually if you look at my last revelation well hello pappiss cisse coz while it was spouted on here he was going to sunderland i said what a load a shit coz i had it from a reliable source he was on his way here so eat shit and die ,i admit av getting a few wrong thats why am saying its not 100 percent and am only relaying info i hear so sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
149 Jail for Ashley // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Evening Bills-son,
Amazing the lenghts a SMB will go to to try to wind people up.
150 SupaToonKid // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:06 PM
http://www.nufcfans.co.uk/newcastle-are-interested-in-top-french-striker/
They explain the Remy case well on nufcfans. Says we made an enquiry but Marseilles were having none of our cheeky low offers. Would be great player to sign and i’d love it we signed Remy or Gameiro but niafron has a point as it would be difficult to have all Cisse, Ba and Remy together as they’ll all want to start at CF. Remy and Ba can play out wide but they’d definitely want to play CF any day ahead of that. A younger player like Castaignos would probably be a better justification however i’d jizz in my pants if we signed Remy or Gameiro.
151 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:07 PM
voodoo85 – cheers mate
152 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:10 PM
and bills son ,personally newcastle need a quality right winger imo and are you saying valencia is shit so he s good enough for man u but not us ,so how exactly would that make us a shite team you dont know ya arse from ya elbow m8y
153 SpaceGhost // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:11 PM
We still have the Xisco Kid
154 SupaToonKid // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:11 PM
Somebody like Rhys Williams would be a top signing and not for massive money either (£5M maximum probably). He’s one of the best players in England outside the Prem, still pretty young at 24, versatile (can play RB, CB & CDM), strong and tall at 6’2″ and as i said above shouldn’t be too pricey. Would be a great alternative to Anita if that doesn’t (as it looks at the moment) come off.
Of course i’d still love Moussa Sissoko as our new CM but Williams is a great player and i think he would easily make the grade in the Prem.
155 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:13 PM
I’d brush my teeth with my missus’ shite if we sign Remy, Anita, Debuchy and Alderewerield/Sakho.
156 SupaToonKid // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:13 PM
Oh yeah and Williams can play CAM as well but definitely more natural as a defensive player
157 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM
no way we’re swapping Cisse for Valencia
158 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:15 PM
jail for ashley is nufc,blog your life ,exactly who s the sad barstewart here a dont think theres an hour that goes by that your not on here ya mong
159 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:16 PM
And he only signed a new deal last season until 2015
160 Jail for Ashley // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Bills,
You’re good at this,find out Maiam,last relevation I’m sure it was some left back that. Turned up way before Cisse got here.
161 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:17 PM
am no mackem either
162 ash1001 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:18 PM
Brilliant news on your health Ed, hopefully you have made it through the other side, Green Teas not that bad.
163 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:20 PM
am no mackem either ja il for ashley and when was i exposed as a mackem ya lunatic ,i talk shit your delusional
164 ash1001 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:21 PM
After watching fridays display, and the odd time from last season – We Need A Keeper – Elliott is just no good enough as back up
The youngsters looking promising, Shola nearly broke sweat, and the flick from Papiss was pure class.
165 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:22 PM
yeah you search through the archives like a good little boy
166 Jail for Ashley // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Maiam,
Youre obviously on here more than I am,where as yo should be with your shower of shit.
167 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM
Theres no way Man u would sell Valencia.
Best winger they have. I.m.o
168 Lucasd10 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:24 PM
We should put in a bigger bid for remy and forget carroll remy will fit into how we play now and could play him on the left attacking position
Ben arfa ba remy
Cisse. that is a scary front four
169 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:25 PM
Think Van Persie will end up at Man u.
170 mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:27 PM
if it means getting the best striker in the prem ya think fergie wouldnt sell maybe it is a load a croc but its just what i hear
171 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:28 PM
—————-Krul
Debuchy-Taylor-Colo-Santon
———-Tiote–Cabaye
Ben Arfa—————-Remy
————–Cisse-Ba
172 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Well apparently Carroll is on 80k a week at Liverpool.
So your talking 30k a week drop in wages at the lowest.
Couldnt see it myself like..
173 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Man Utd want Van Persie… and Valencia is key to Man Utds play down the wing, he’s unreal and to be fair we wouldnt be able to entice him to come to us anyways, Sky high wages and he will be able to go to a much bigger team
174 toon1707 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:31 PM
Remy Cisse and Ba what a dream forward line that would be unfortunatly I can’t see it happening as the fee would be to high but I have faith we will get a striker over the line soon as well as a few others to intergrate them into the squad before the season starts
175 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Someone had on twitter earlier on that ‘Reports are suggesting that Carroll is having a medical at Newcastle’ … Can’t remember who it was though but he did say it was only ‘Reports’
176 Jail for Ashley // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:33 PM
Maiam,
Ya full of sh*te dont post on here again you troll.
177 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Don’t actually know what i’ll do with myself if we sign Loic Remy, Love him sooooo much wanted him to sign for ages and for around £14million we must try our damndest to get him.. Unreal player who along with Ben Arfa will terrorise european and premier league defences..he scored 20 goals last season aswell
178 RobertNufc25 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:35 PM
All the pool fans I know cant wait to get rid off Carroll.
When you think about it they could of got Aguero for another 2 million.Haha
179 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:40 PM
Think signing Remy is more feasible. He’ll probably demand around £40k. He shouldn’t be too much as he didn’t make the French squad and hasn’t been firing on all cylinders recently. I think £13m will get him. De Jong would’ve been a better signing due to his age. Moura will be a good signing. He could break into the first team.
180 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:43 PM
Moura, As is Lucas Moura? are you for real? He’ll cost over £30million
Remy nearly signed for Stoke before he went to Marseille aswell remember
181 rich_toonfan // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:44 PM
What it with this blog these days.
It’s fine when people come on and discuss or even argue over football matters but people seem to keep joining up just to start some pointless argument to give themselves something to do.
Agree with you JFA, if people have no sensible comments to post and can’t take a bit of criticism for their comments just stay away and annoy other people. Most on here are spot on and have a good debate.
182 Offkey // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:52 PM
I don care what any of you say, his admission of talking shi# in he last sentence was the funniest thing I have read today.
mikeashleyisamackem // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:20 PM
am no mackem either ja il for ashley and when was i exposed as a mackem ya lunatic ,i talk shit your delusional
183 nufc7lad // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:54 PM
Remy and Ben Arfa have played together before at Lyon for two years:). I would rather pay £14m for Remy than pay the same for Carrol. Goal record at Marseilla is about one every other game. Champions League experience which would be useful to us in a couple of years
We should go all out to sign him
184 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:57 PM
I mean the guy who’s on trial at the moment. We’re signing him for £140k. Could be another fantastic signing.
185 SupaToonKid // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:58 PM
GT89
I think Kets is talking about Koura (the lad who’s on trial switch us)
186 GeordieToon89 // Jul 22, 2012 at 10:59 PM
Oh I see that’s Koura… I know who you mean now he was meant to have been class the other day in the reserve game scored 2
187 smithy434 // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Would have to included Jonas in the midfield 3 with our current squad in my opinion, Pardew talking about giving him a more central role in future as well
188 Tsunki // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:07 PM
I dunno if MAIAM is a mackem troll but he sure is unpleasant. I wouldn’t be sorry if he didn’t foist his ‘ITK’ voodoo bulls**t on us again.
I think its time to lay off the stuff cos Ketsy is making occasional sense. Thing i most admire is his restraint.
Ketsbaia9 – how do you manage not to rise to being scoffed at for your suggestions? Are you just suffering us fools?
189 bills-son // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:08 PM
JFA – little tip …
Just copy and paste the moniker – then you can have a dig at mikeashleyisamackem instead of Maiam.
Off to stick me gnashers in the Sterodent, hump me Ashley doll for 5 and then dream of a mazy in the last minute from HBA winning us the FA Cup.
190 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:09 PM
I’m always talking sense. Just want us to have a good side and break into the top 4. I think it’s achievable this season, providing we get the essential players signed up.
191 nufc7lad // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:12 PM
The reason he didnt make the french squad, was coz he was injured i swear.
Krul
Debuchy Colo Douglas Santon
Cabaye Yiote, Jonas
Ben Arfa Cisse Remy
With Ba as cover for Cisse.
£14m and £50k a week for a player that can get us into the Champions League. Signn him up pleaseee
192 Tsunki // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:17 PM
Ketsy you’ve had a bad press mate (including from me) and I admire your cool head. At least you try and get some debate going. And your response proved that you weren’t a random sentence-generating bot which is nice
193 MacToon // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM
J4A, don’t know if you have maiam mixed up with someone else but he’s usually only here for typical Toon banter like most, not sure if you remember something I don’t though.
As for both recent rumours, Remy and Cisse…… well both probable rubbish stories with little substance and not worth wasting much time on…… unless……
194 MagpiesFlyHigh // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Tsunki
Since when does talking wilful bollox qualify anyone on here for anything but total scorn ?
Random transfer budget generating bot?
Monkeys write Shakespeare..
195 toonLYF // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:23 PM
lets just play pretend for a moment…
———————Krul———————-
Debuchy—–Sahko—–Coloccini—–Santon
————–Tiote——–Anita————–
——————–Cabaye——————
Ben Arfa————Cisse————Remy
Subs:
Ba
Marveaux
Jonas
Taylor
Sammy
Simpson/Tavernier
Harper
196 Beardo Ameobi // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:25 PM
I realise now Kets must be severely autistic, I vow to never mock him again.
197 MagpiesFlyHigh // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:27 PM
Beardo…. all the symptoms are there….
198 nufc7lad // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:28 PM
We wont if we sign Remy as we have no money for him. I trust Jonas to be in our team. Pards loves him, and we need his hard work alongside Tiote
———————Krul———————-
Debuchy—–Souglas—–Coloccini—–Santon
————–Tiote——–Jonas————–
——————–Cabaye——————
Ben Arfa————Cisse————Remy
Subs:
Harper
Raylor
Saylor
Gosling
Obertan
Marveux
Ba
199 toonLYF // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:29 PM
nufc7lad – snap…ish
200 Tsunki // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:33 PM
MFH – well I wasnt going to go as far as beardo ha ha but I think maybe some slack could be dealt out to ketsy he appears to be a real human and though his views are sometimes quite individual, he doesn’t call everyone a k**b and wish their premature demise. Must count for something?
201 Ketsbaia9 // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:40 PM
You can’t call people that, who make valid comments. It’s just a pathetic remark. I’m far from it. Infact, I’m actually an extremely intelligent individual.
202 Cissefire12 // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:40 PM
I’m more interested in what our Europa team will be like:
Elliott
Tav Willo Saylor Raylor
Perch
Abeid Gosling Fergie
Obertan
Ameobi
and a bench full of impact subs
203 Toon_Jock // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:47 PM
IF we had bought all the players we’ve been linked with, so far during this window.. we’d have one hell of a team
chop chop MA n team PLEASE spend some cash!!
204 Eli Clarkson // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:49 PM
Can we just hurry up and sign someone please .. Becoming impatient
205 Toon_Jock // Jul 22, 2012 at 11:59 PM
Debuchy
Douglas
Anita
Big Andy
Remy
Just Ji$$ed in me pant
206 toonLYF // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:08 AM
PSG V CHELSEA STREAM
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/131879/1/watch-chelsea-vs-paris-saint-germain.html
207 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:19 AM
Good evening all.
Ketsbaia9….Just wanted to say this is the first time I’ve noticed you actually engage in conversation / debate with anyone and discuss your views, rather than just repeating them. Great to see.
toonLYF…Chelsea are playing now?
208 nufc786 // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:23 AM
in america ibiza
209 nufc786 // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:23 AM
sakho is playing
210 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:26 AM
Just reading through that old Remy article and noticed the next one was about someone mentioned a lot today…our one and only master of the Q&A…step forward Michael Owen
http://www.nufcblog.com/2008/05/21/owen-looks-forward-to-england-records/
Some funny comments at the bottom. Goes to show we have not a clue what’s coming next
211 GeOrDiE1990 // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:27 AM
I dont post here very often…… But someone said earlier that Cisse was off to Man u…… Take it with a pinch of salt but I work in the motor industry, and cisse brother called us up to get some work done on cisse’s car… and actually mentioned an appointment in Manchester…….. I hope I have wires crossed, and that it means absolutely nothing…. but there could be some foundation in that hes off to man u
212 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:27 AM
Interesting. As it’s nearly bed time I must ask…is John Terry playing? Be rather unhappy looking at his mug before bed
213 nufc786 // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:29 AM
no he isnt
214 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:30 AM
cheers
215 JackNUFC // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:35 AM
may I ask why people prefer Cisse as a cf more than Ba?
216 Big Pappa Cisse // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:37 AM
@ Jack
Cisse all the way for me like
217 rknufc // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:38 AM
@ ibizatoon look at the article that was posted before the michael owen one
218 kevymartins // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:40 AM
@jack ba is a monster and all in the air but he is not as fast and his movement is not as good as cisse’s although his hold up play is better
but the real reason is cisse is so so clinical near everything touches near turns into a goal…I’d say 95% of the time cisse shoots he will force a save
219 MacToon // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:40 AM
JackNUFC, easy, Cisse the goal machine.
220 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:41 AM
Jack….Ba’s great and did us so well for the first part of the season and can continue to play a big role for us, however, there is just something about Cisse’s movement, touch on the ball, shooting.
I only caught a few minutes of the friendly, but saw Cisse’s shot. There was like no effort and it’s spot on target and trouble’s the keeper. He is a pleasure to watch and you just expect something sensational each time the ball comes to him.
Well, that’s me anyway
221 kevymartins // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:42 AM
what i ment there is that near everytime he shoots no matter what it will be on target an work the keeper
222 toonLYF // Jul 23, 2012 at 12:57 AM
Hazard looks good like, as does Sam Hutchinson thier young right back
223 Ruddy Marveaux-lous // Jul 23, 2012 at 1:03 AM
I don’t understand why anyone would doubt Cisse over Ba at CF…
Both great players but Cisse is by far the more clinical
224 LGFUAD21 // Jul 23, 2012 at 1:46 AM
My essay of the day.
Very ambitious bid for Remy. Have been paying attention to him for the past year and I really rate him. But just like Lille and Twente, Marseille will more than likely also be wary of us after we got HBA for an absolute steal from them.
It could be another smokescreen. (Just a pint to whoever mentioned Cabaye being a sock signing, he was the only player we signed last summer that I had heard a credible link with). But it could be a sign.
At first I though, maybe these bids for strikers are to line potential deals up in case we lose Ba through that clause. But someone’s Cisse link/story makes me curious (doubt it though he’s only been here 6 months).
I still think we really need a goalscoring wide player personally (Like Hoilett would have been) as it gives better options for a 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 formation.
On yesterdays game:
Unfortunately I was unable to watch it and the highlight video did not give me much of an insight as it only showed shots (no build up play to give an indication of our flow). I did browse the comments on here and spoke to my Gooner friend today (who did watch it) and he had some very positive things to say.
Firstly he said that considering we were playing a very youthful side against a quite strong CL side, we gave them a very good game, that Fenerbache looked dangerous on the break but that we seemed to be the better team all around.
He said Obertan started well and fizzled and that Abeid and Sammy were excellent. He said Cisse also looked good but Ba looked tired and fed up.
Would anyone say these are fair comments?
Also could someone give me a well considered (not just “he was cr@p”, more like “this was good, but this needs improving”) opinion on the following players:
Shola
Vuckic
Gosling
Amalfitano
Tavernier
225 LGFUAD21 // Jul 23, 2012 at 2:10 AM
Just going through the archives from relegation season. So many comments saying Colo should be sold, terrible buy, not up to Prem standard.
Really does show how much we all know
226 toonLYF // Jul 23, 2012 at 2:11 AM
LGF i think the goalscoring wide player, tailor made for us, is Adam Johnson, offers us a more direct option, and WILL get 1-5 goals 5-10 assists a season undoubtedbly; for me he is our best realistic option.
On that list of players
Shola was typical Shola…
Vuckic had an off game i think everyone agree’d, looked off the pace completely, chased the game and hesitated on the ball, but no worries, he’s done more good to convince me he’s a good solid player
Gosling i thought was poor (showed decent touches and play for around 15 minutes) but overall for me doesn’t have the composure and decision making of a sucessful top flight CM
Amalfitano was injured in the warm up
Tavernier had a good solid game, comfortable on the ball, happy to go forward every so often, and picked a few decent passes, liked the look of him.
227 Dimitri // Jul 23, 2012 at 3:50 AM
Another reason why I’m happy with Newcastle’s transfer policy. Not only we’ve been savvy financially. The potential players’ attitude and characters are seriously taken into consideration. Bigirimana, Amalfitano, Cabaye, Obertan, Ba, Cisse, Abeid. They all seem to be very down to earth. No longer blindly buying players based on footballing qualities alone – Dyer, Bellamy, Woodgate etc. This is one reason why I don’t see us coming in for Remy, Carroll or Douglas, all who seem to be full of themselves. They’ll upset the current camp with their antics.
228 jonobbad // Jul 23, 2012 at 5:13 AM
Cisse can’t move til at least January.
Fifa rules state a player cannot play for 3 clubs in a 12 month period. He was a freiburg player at start of Jan this year.
So he ain’t going anywhere yet
229 Kc-Toon // Jul 23, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Cisse looked a diffrent class compared to everyone else when he came on. Every single touch was perfect, a couple of good balls into the box, especially the one seen on the highlights where he swung it in with his left foot, for shola to hit into the gorund…
Sammy needs to work on his final product for me, He give alot of running, but not much quality to match. This is bound to come with age though.
Vuckic’s game was summed up by the chance he had, where he opted to play it back for ba when he could have gone 1vs1. He seemed scared to take chances, playing simple balls, and unchararisticly not shooting from distance.
Tavenier was the player to really impress me during the game, Playing as a CB alongside colo, he seemed just as composed. Hard tackler, A few good long passes, which i havnt seen from a newcastle Cb since the days of titus bramble! I dont think he was troubled in the air, but i could imagine playing CB in the premier league, he was be blullied by teams such as stoke.
Gosling didnt do anyhting for me, I dont see any quality in him, Hes a willing runner, But looses the ball to often for a CM.
Amalfitano pulled up in the warmup, So marvauex replaced him. I dont think the game suited him, He looked an intelligent player, but he didnt have the room to make things happen. He certaintly seemed to have more flair than other players.
Bigi replaced tiote, which on paper is a huge ask for a 18year old lad, but he filled in extremely well. He distrubuted the ball alot better than tiote, great passes with his left foot, and a 40 yard pass to sammy really caaught the eye. He chased the ball down as well as tiote, but dosnt have the stregnth ot tackling ability to match tiote at all.
230 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 6:49 AM
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/7927543/Hulk-quiet-on-transfer-talk
Reading between the lines, the Hulks agent is God.
231 Valci // Jul 23, 2012 at 7:16 AM
I dont think we’re getting Remy if Marseille want 18mil euros…dont wanna crush your hopes but i dont see it happening. However, i would like a top quality striker signing.
I for one cant understand some of you guys saying that we should get a young/backup striker that wont mind sitting on the bench…i disagree. When you factor in injuries, ACON, sheer number of matches this season and possible loss of form i think we should have 3 strikers of similar quality to be sure. I dont want to see players getting into the starting 11 based on last year’s performance either…as far as im concerned last year doesnt matter anymore. This should apply to everyone, even Cisse…if he has a dip in form he should be benched just like any other players. So i definitely think a 3rd quality striker is needed whoever that may be.
232 jesperfuglsang // Jul 23, 2012 at 7:18 AM
LGFAUD
Colo was bad that season and so was Enrique. They was not worth what we had paid for them, but they came good.
That’s football and I don’t says anything about people stating so more about you I would say
233 jesperfuglsang // Jul 23, 2012 at 7:26 AM
@Valci
we are just being realistic mate
we are not Citeh or Chelsea.
Chances are mate you will just be disappointed come september and some of us will we content
hehe
Basically we need a backup in each position the rest will be youngsters. That should be enough mate and we have Shola.
234 Valci // Jul 23, 2012 at 7:31 AM
Jesper – you misunderstand … i’m not saying i expect us to get one but the reasoning some people have offered is just wrong. What if both Dembas are of to ACON?… we should be getting another striker to challenge the starting 11. But like i said…im not necessarily expecting that we will.
235 tarie4 // Jul 23, 2012 at 7:35 AM
People who say gosling was poor etc baffle me. He was a strong candidate for man if the match for me. Yes he had a slow start to the game, but grew into the game. At half time he was our best player.
but I guess u watched a different game from me
236 jesperfuglsang // Jul 23, 2012 at 7:44 AM
@Valci
I get your point mate
But I think Shola is the one to push both Ba and Cisse. I am not Shola’s biggest fan but I think that is how it will be this coming season.
But U do expect us to sign another forward just think he will be a U21
But we do have options I think; Sameobi, Obertan, Vuckic and HBA can all play in a forward position I just take some tactical manuvers from Pardew
I would like us to play with a fake #9 more anyway in a more hybrid formation as we have discussed before B-)
237 Premiership Manager // Jul 23, 2012 at 7:55 AM
This is smoke and daggers and it wouldn’t suprise me if we are trying to force Liverpools hand for a deal with AC.
If Chelsea are also looking to buy the Hulk we should offer them £10M for Sturridge as he should be playing first team football but his options seem to be very limited if Chelsea continue to be associated with more world class forwards.
There are lots of things going on at the moment and it will get worse over the next few weeks as we get closer to the start of the season.
Worryingly AP has stated that we will be playing some of the youngsters in the Euro’s which does make you wonder what is going on. Admittedly we do have some good kids but the club need to get their priorities sorted out.
238 Valci // Jul 23, 2012 at 8:04 AM
Jesper – right…too early for this hehe. Well you got what i was saying and thats what matters. Personally i prefer the old fashioned nr.9… i find this fake 9 thing to be overhyped which doesnt surprise me what with everyone thinking theres such a think as a “right way”(Barca style) to play footy which imho is utter garbage.
As a side note…just saw this: http://dontevenreply.com/index.php Dunno how old it is but i’m at the office struggling not to burst into laughter. That has to be the best troll eve.
239 jesperfuglsang // Jul 23, 2012 at 8:28 AM
@Valci
That is the most hilarious I have read in a long time
hehe
240 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Valci….Thanks for the good start to the day. Some funny stuff on there. Can’t believe how many responses he actually managed to get…clueless
241 Valci // Jul 23, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Youre welcome guys. There are a bunch of posts listed on the right of the page…just going through them now myself. It’s bloody difficult not to burst into laughter on some of those.
242 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jul 23, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Valci…I’ve had to kill the page. This blog alone is enough distraction from what I should be doing
So, new week, what does everyone expect? Are we in the second week Pardew mentioned? Should we be expecting somebody “over the line”?
243 Newfrancernal United // Jul 23, 2012 at 8:48 AM
lads, just had a very interesting and eloquent guest at a bbq last night (who has close ties with liverpool) tell me that Andy Carroll is trying his best to engineer his way out of lfc and back to nufc- and liverpool are happy to let him go for not very much… Apparently the way he has been treated by the liverpool hierarchy/coaching staff has been terrible and this is playing a big part to his wanting a move.
This guest is also is very good friends with jose enrique and explained that he left as he simply saw liverpool as the bigger club (with the bigger pay packet)… i will ask tonight as to whether he regrets the move due to our success last season…
I am meeting with ‘the guest’ again tonight- if you guys have any burning questions about transfers in general ill try my best to ask him discreetly and get back to you all- trust me he knows his stuff and once i feel i can, ill let you know who this bloke is.
244 HullMag6 // Jul 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Posturing move, get agent AC home over the line.
245 Valci // Jul 23, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Ibitza – i know how you feel… At the moment it looks like im not gonna be doing much work today hehe.
Newfrance – yet another person claiming to be “ITK” with no proof what so ever… ahh well i guess we should all be use to it by now…its silly season after all. Would love AC back though.
246 Rotonda heights // Jul 23, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Dimitri
I couldn’t agree more. I think the players character and how they conduct themselves off the field are crucial factors to harmony at a club, ie not falling off barstools
247 TorqToon // Jul 23, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Ok so for the week ahead I would love for us to firm up our targets and finally make some major waves in the transfer window. The 1st 3 pre seasons have been great for getting our lads back in the flow and bedding in Amalfitano (he needs a nickname to save all the typing!), abeid, bigi, Sammy etc. Getting our younger lads involved in games. But now I really think we need to bring in some first team players and use our second part of pre season to aid them. Apart from AC, our transfer news has gone so quiet recently, and that could be a good thing. The Carroll rumours at least kept us bloggers busy for a while but now the tempers are flaring…we need som positive news soon before the troops start revolting!
248 Newfrancernal United // Jul 23, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Valci I understand your skepticisim- its prudent to keep ones distance from rumours- but ill post some proof (praps a photo with the guy) once he’s left. I just want to be as cautious as possible and not ‘take the piss’ as he’s offered me free tickets at st.james’ whenever i like and tickets to el classico….bloody nice guy, regardeless if his inside info is true or not
249 Newfrancernal United // Jul 23, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Also- i’m not in the UK and therefore this bloke is on holiday…Want to avoid talking too much ‘shop’ with him and just ask him questions that count- hence why if any of you guys can contribute some questions, i’ll try get them answered
250 geordiejamie89 // Jul 23, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Well Liverpool better wise up if they want to offload Carroll, or Newcastle might just go and sign somebody better. Remy would be a great signing. Although I can’t see Newcastle increasing the offer enough.
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