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• 1 geoff777 // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:44 AM

  We don’t know that they are trying to sign anybody.

  We’re just hoping they are.

  The book-balancing muppets might be keeping their powder dry until summer.

• 2 numba9 // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:44 AM

  Will flirt about too much til someone nabs him then come up with a lame excuse pppfffttt

• 3 ~Anita One Bites the Dust~ // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:47 AM

  Hope this doesn’t turn out the same way as that whole fiasco with Luuk de jong.

• 4 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:49 AM

  Torq
  Lol
  If by taping up you mean gaffer taping him up throwing him in a van and dropping him off at benton then go for it!!!

• 5 yankazaz // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:51 AM

  Pls get Ba out ouf our banner…

• 6 rainrix // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:53 AM

  @ 5…. Ba is off the banner…

• 7 toon1707 // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:54 AM

  I hope he signs but it just seems to be dragging on to long other clubs get deals done in days ie Ba to Chelsea cole to W’ham sturridge to L’pool to name a few. We always take a month to get a deal done I am hoping in the next 7 days we get a few players in who have not been linked to us a few surprises but unfortunately these days I am normally left disappointed during transfer windows

• 8 JARRAMAG // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:56 AM

  Qpr had a bid accepted but he turned them down

  We havnt even bid for Remy so all this speculation of us being favourites is unfounded

• 9 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:57 AM

  If we sign up Remy this week and Torq does what hw has do to to get Kone back here, then I’ll be happy (but I don’t think I am the one who needs pleasing) lol

• 10 Pardews Perfect Battleplan // Jan 8, 2013 at 9:58 AM

  @1707 one thing all those deals have in common is English club to English club. they’re always quicker than international deals

• 11 Zaakir // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:01 AM

  I think the big priority is the our Defence. Cisse i believe the can do the job alone provided he stays there and not ask to defend everytime.

• 12 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:01 AM

  Torq
  I dont see why we shouldn’t go for both we need anothet before ba even left!
  Think one will play LW tbf with benny on the right, of course knowing the toon we’ll prob bring in heskey and carlton cole!!

• 13 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:03 AM

  Ppb
  Also those clubs dont have lamears3 ive heard from more sources that the lille president hasnt been able to stop scrubbing his hands after greeting dekka!

• 14 gaz 44 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:07 AM

  we could do with nimo coming on he is the only lad i trust.. mentioned about aburgiene month before papers picked up on it.. said remy when only spurs was watching told us we were after Debuchy at the very start even thou i think some papers had picked up on it.. was the first person i saw mention cabaye and he was also first person who mention mbengue and cissoko when we was linked with them. not heard from him for a while. does anyone know why?

• 15 Graeme // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:07 AM

  Isn’t it just a bit stupid having everything on hold for Loic Remy (or equivalent) when we are so desperate for at least one CB and preferably TWO!!

  Without a fully functioning defence, We will struggle to put points on the board. We don’t have a team that can go out and “out-score” the opposition the way Keegan did. When we score, we need to be able to prevent the oposition scoring, while we look for a 2nd goal.

• 16 Pardews Perfect Battleplan // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:10 AM

  ,@tads genius mate

• 17 Charlie in the Gallowgate // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:11 AM

  Stop F***in’ about Sign him now or move on – as we will get nobody in – or me being cynical is this a ploy not to sign anyone

• 18 toon1707 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:12 AM

  Jarramag that’s what is getting at me reports say QPR went straight in and had there bid accepted and that’s the only bid they have. We have all known since about November that the chances were Ba was off in January so we should have been working all through December to have a player ready to sign on the first day of the window but as always we seem unprepared is remy a target as surly by now we would have at least put a bid in if not is it someone nobody knows about like the cabaye and tiote signings just out if the blue those for me are the best ones

• 19 rainrix // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:14 AM

  In not as excited about remy as everyone else is tbh, his form this season has been poor goalscoring wise, plus he has a dodgy ticker. For 9-11 million isn’t there better targets out there? Thats like 5 mil on a striker and CB.

  I havent actually seen him play this term however, anyone know play wise how he’s been? It seems a bit off to me to rest so much on one transfer, we did that in the summer with debuchy and frankly we’re paying for it now.

• 20 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:16 AM

  Graeme
  I dont think in all fairness theres really anything to suggest all buisness is on hold and cant see why it woild be surely were capable of talking to more than one club at a time??

  Ppb
  Re your earlier post about campbell ideally i’d like to think if we did bring in remy/PEA (both:)) then the best thing would be a loan spell for campbell instead of bouncing him between reserve league and travelling with the first team
  Tbf i find it hard that we havent been able to use clarky’s position at brum to get a few of our youngsters out on loan and gain some valuable experience especially given the strict finacial situation brum were in

• 21 Mister Tuff // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:17 AM

  I just don’y buy all this stuff that everything is on hold until we get a replacement for Ba. With Remy now in Morocco and apparently no bids being made by the Toon it either smacks of outrageous complacency by the Toon or that other things are going on. We all know that a CB is a must -the suggestion that everything must wait somehow does not ring true.

• 22 Benji84 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:18 AM

  Coz we all know how much a tight arse MA is do you think if a fan cough up the cash to pay a player in would that make MA to work quicker?

  I know that sounds completely stupid but what do you guys think?

• 23 Munster Mag // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:19 AM

  Raintrix, re putting so much into one transfer. At the end of teh day, we could have got other players for less or more money than Debuchy, or De Jong etc. We just didnt want to spend. The players are out there. The willingness to open the wallet is in doubt. Bear in mind that if we get 3 players now ( high;y unlikely ) , u may see none in the summer. You’ll see plenty of SD advertising all the time though.

• 24 John Tudor // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:21 AM

  striker buisness held up till eleventh hour and fails no further buisness thats my opinion

• 25 Munster Mag // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:21 AM

  Apart from Raintrix’s opinion, can anyone else educate me on Remy. How good / average is he ? Doesnt seem to be up to all that much ???

• 26 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:23 AM

  Rainrix
  Torq posted this earlier
  Remy is class. People go on about him being injured (somebody stated injury prone!!) and in bad form. But the lad isn’t playing regularly which of course affects form and moral. He is coming back from injury and truly beginning to show the man he was. Pace, flair, skill, tricky and most importantly knows where the goal is – and how to put that bag of air IN it!
  Hope it helps!
  Also before his injury his goal scoring record was good enough to call him prolific and most importantly he’s a beast in the air which is something we badly lack atm
  As for his ticker has this ever been confirmed or just another media rumour??

• 27 Mister Tuff // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:23 AM

  toon1707 @18 I totally agree. Months ago I think we heard from Graham Carr about the massive dossiers at Benton about players we were interested in -so detailed including their attitude, how they played in the rain -really microscopic detail. So I was assuming a lot more immediate action in this window.

• 28 John Tudor // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:23 AM

  get yer heeds outa the sand man

• 29 jettson1971 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:23 AM

  time to rebel at the reading game if no striker in by then. have u eva known any other club to be so far behind the game in transfer business, they talk and talk and talk re scouting and doing homework, but it achieves ZERO!! not good enough, A striker should be here now!!

• 30 TorqToon // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:24 AM

  Rainrix – it’s not really a ‘dodgy ticker’ mate. Not in the sense of Fabrice Muamba / Morosini.

  It’s a condition that only shows itself during stringent testing. People can have this defect and never even know it. And even playing at the top level – won’t affect health or performance.

  Nwankwo Kanu and Mo Diame ALSO have the same condition – and this hasn’t affected them! In fact – many of you probably didn’t even realise that. It’s come to attention because of all the interest in the lad and the trawling up of his move to Marseilles.

  I wouldn’t say, in a professional opinion, that its a truly worrying factor. Just something to be aware of.

• 31 jettson1971 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM

  Mister Tuff – my point exactly well said!! all talk i think, sounds a good game, but what does it achieve??

• 32 John Tudor // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM

  a striker is the last thing on my list in my opinion

• 33 geordie4life123 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:26 AM

  I really don’t understand people saying we need a cb before a forward, fair enough our defence is one of the worst in the league but do you really think signing one defender in the middle of the season is going to change that right away? We have two recognised forwards this is our top priority. Also pardew has until the end of the season for me if we survive and we were still in a relegation battle with these players he needs to move on.

• 34 Robby Bobson // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:27 AM

  Have Gabon qualified for ACON?

• 35 rainrix // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:27 AM

  Tads… Thats why i asked mate haven’t actually seen him play I’m just going off of goalscoring form, although if he came here i’d see him playing on the wing anyway so goalscoring isn’t as much of a factor as is his wing play. Thanks for enlightening me

  Munster… We all know about MA’s tightarseness ,what annoys me is while we dick about trying to get a million knocked off a price tag we lose time and effort instead of going for other targets, twente messed us about for about a month and by the sound of it money was there to spend but we were too busy trying to get de jong.

• 36 thai-mag // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:29 AM

  forget remy, we have enough injury prone frenchmen in the squad already, so many in fact it might just get us relegated

• 37 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:29 AM

  Rainrix
  Dont thank me thank torq toon are french corespondent!!

• 38 geordie4life123 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM

  I really hope we get Remy he may be having a poor season but is quality was only last year spurs were being quoted 20 mil for him will balance our front 3 out so well attack of Ben Arfa, Cisse,Remy is terrifying.

• 39 numba9 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:31 AM

  What’s the odds on the tight owner not signing a striker ? Well shola isn’t going to play abroad so we have enough up front says parsnip I can see it now

• 40 Sazzer // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:31 AM

  Interesting article in chronicle. It says PEA is interested and we planned to go after him in summer to come. Rated at 6,2m. Chinese whispers?

• 41 rainrix // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:32 AM

  Tads… Well you brought it to my attention so yeah, i’ll thank him later, although tbh he’s probably skulking around anyway

  Heres something about his heart problem, he does have one but it wont prevent him playing football at the highest level

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1305728/Loic-Remy-cleared-play-despite-heart-defect-ending-Premier-League-hopes.html

• 42 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:34 AM

  Rainrix
  Ahh cheers for finding that like i said i’d read little bits abd bobs but didnt know much about it!

• 43 Pardews Perfect Battleplan // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:34 AM

  @tads i agree that Campbell should go out on loan. he needs experience somewhere its no good having him on the bench every 5 games and him banging goals in for the reserves can’t be doing him that much good because its not a high enough level

• 44 Transfer Sage // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:35 AM

  who is PEA

  sorry guys

• 45 lloydie780 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:35 AM

  \Be honest gys, i am nto excite dby this. we always spend well but 10mil for this guy to me i dont think is wise. He will do a job but not give us the goals. What he will add is pace, but he is a poor mans Bellamy. Really wish we had followed up initial interest in Wilfried Bony. He would be a gamble but cheaper and is more prolific. Doumbia also was a good shout, someone posted earlier about him but CSKA have the money not to sell unfortunately.

• 46 Beattie25 // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:37 AM

  Munster

  Remy was amazing. Marsaille bought him for £15 million and he was banging goals in. Looked good against top European sides and was scoring for France at international level.

  Spurs went in with a 20 million bid last year and Marsaille rejected it.

  For some reason (perhaps financial) Marsaille wanted to try and sell him last summer for the price spurs bod but nobody went for him st that price.

  Rumours we’re Chelsea bidded for him do he can’t be that bad. This season he has been injured, benched and in poor form but if he is still half the player he was then he’d be worth taking a chance on IMO. If he gets back to top form 10 million is a bargain.

  My worry is is why Marsaille would accept 10 for him a year after rejecting 20. They’re either 1 step away from ruin or there is something they’re not letting slip.

• 47 bambams // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM

  Boys who is the better player Loic REMY or Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ?

  I have viewed several sites and looked at Denniswisetube but do not watch foreign league games so have no idea re these two.

  Who would you rather sign if had the chance ?

• 48 Sazzer // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:42 AM

  Sage – Pierre – P – Emerick – E – Aubameyang – A

• 49 Krul to be Kind // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM

  Bambams

  Both re exceptionally quick PEA is the faster of the 2, Both very tricky players and due to versatility both not seen as out and out strikers

  For my money Remy is the better player and safer target, PEA has been at a few clubs where he hasn’t made an impact and really only peaked at St Etienne, never set the world alight at either AC or Lille (loan), Remy has been great at Lens and Marseille and he came through Lyon where he didn’t really get a chance

  Hope this sheds a touch of light

• 50 Sazzer // Jan 8, 2013 at 10:55 AM

  Bony would trigger the hoof reflex in Pardew and he can’t play on the winger. Not saying he is bad but I think both PEA and Remy in form is better fit for us.

• 51 lloydie780 // Jan 8, 2013 at 11:09 AM

  Sazzer- Agreed, im just thinking in simple terms-goalscorer, cheaper transfer and wages and younger. We really need a goalscoring out and out winger and a striker. Problem is we are trying to get two in one. We are so frustrating.

• 52 StuW // Jan 8, 2013 at 11:57 AM

  I don’t understand why this would hold up any other potential deals. The longer the board and AP sit with their fingers up their arses, the less chance we have of bringing players in. If(I mean if) we get Remy, that is two of four or five players we need in. Still a CB and CM short, and I still would like another striker in as well.

• 53 lesh // Jan 8, 2013 at 12:22 PM

  I wonder why the owner’s behaviour and lack of investment in the squad leads me to believe that either:

  They’re tyring to force Pardew into resigning or

  They’re deliberately running the club into relegation?

  They can’t be so finacially inept to see that the squad’s down to the bones of our arse;

  Another defeat at Norwich is highly likely;

  The longer they dither over strengthening, the more defeats are inevitable as players’ heads go down;

  Relegation is becoming more likely as each day passes;

  We’d not have a cat in hells chance of signing anyone that’s half decent at all!

• 54 lesh // Jan 8, 2013 at 12:25 PM

  I wonder why the owner’s behaviour and lack of investment in the squad leads me to believe that either they’re tyring to force Pardew into resigning or deliberately running the club into relegation?

  They can’t be so finacially inept to see that the squad’s down to the bones of our ars and that another defeat at Norwich is highly likely.

  Rushing Saylor and Cabaye back could result in further injury and the longer they dither over strengthening, the more defeats are inevitable as players’ heads go down.

  Sadly, relegation is becoming more likely as each day passes and as a result, we’d not have a cat in hells chance of signing anyone that’s half decent at all!

  For christ sake, will somebody get hold of the useless twits by the throat and drum some sense into the thick, stubborn skulls!!

• 55 lesh // Jan 8, 2013 at 12:27 PM

  Whoops, sorry for the near dopuble post, hadn’t realised the first on had gone in, pre-editing!

• 56 Mashley u Batfastard & lambiarse u Cupid stunt // Jan 8, 2013 at 12:48 PM

  Luke de remy saga continues

• 57 bambams // Jan 8, 2013 at 12:56 PM

  @Krul to be kind

  Thanks for that fella

• 58 gazzaforever // Jan 8, 2013 at 1:14 PM

  First, Remy is RW , not LW , and frankly, he s not great there, he s way better as ST, but since his last injury he has been terrible, I hope for us he ll get his form back.

• 59 barelylegaltoon // Jan 8, 2013 at 5:18 PM

  someone said it earlier but im not sure why we persist on looking for another striker when clearly our best formation is 4 – 3 3
  have cisse up top with hba off the right.
  imo we need a right footed left winger to play on as an inside forward.

• 60 Sir Braveheart // Jan 8, 2013 at 5:30 PM

  @Barelylegaltoon

  And if Cisse is injured or suspended?

• 61 barelylegaltoon // Jan 8, 2013 at 6:03 PM

  @Sir Braveheart
  if cisse is injured we are f!cked but it would be a good time to give young adam cambell a run.
  in an ideal world we would sign a centre back a centre mid a left winger a striker and some youth players.
  In mike ashleys world we should be grateful for one more signing

• 62 Sav // Jan 9, 2013 at 12:52 AM

  Mister Tuff, that was a typo. It should have read ‘massive dossers at Benton’. ..Glad to clear that up.