Everything seemed to be cut and dried yesterday morning, with Newcastle having agreed a fee of around €10M with Marseilles for striker Loic Remy, and the agreement was that Remy would travel to Newcastle today and discuss terms and then take a medical, and sign for Newcastle, all being well.
Loic Remy - going to QPR
But then Remy’s agents got a call from QPR to travel to meet them in London last night, and the news is that they offered Remy wages said to be around £80K/week to lure the striker to London, and QPR were obviously desperate to do the deal.
And in case QPR are relegated in May, the package contains a release clause for a given amount, so the player would be able to move onto some other club, and not have to stay with QPR if they take the drop.
Demba Ba negotiated a free transfer in that same situation with West Ham, but it is understood there is a release clause amount in Remy’s contract.
Apparently Mike Ashley and Derek LLambias were made aware of the meeting last night, and the huge wages offered to the French international, but it doesn’t look like they will even try to increase their wage offer to Remy, which seems standard procedure with Ashley and LLambias.
We don’t expect Remy to be travelling to Newcastle now, and the London papers are suggesting Remy will stay in london and take his medical today, and be announced today or tomorrow as a QPR player.
So if Remy does sign for QPR – he has gone after the money – but where do Newcastle turn to now for a striker – with only 16 days left in the January transfer window.
And we have to remember that Newcastle currently have only two strikers, and maybe only two center-backs if Coloccini walks out on the club this week.
We must say we are very frustrated with these events – as it seemed Newcastle could have tied up both Mathieu Debuchy and Loic Remy in the first two weeks of January, but QPR seem to have been more desperate than Newcastle to secure the services of the Frenchman.
And we have to remember QPR are one of the relegation candidates we’ll be fighting it out with through the end of the season – so this is not good.
As we said before we are more than frustrated at these developments – and we have to think Alan Pardew is too – but we’ll leave it at that.
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1 John Tudor // Jan 15, 2013 at 8:55 AM
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2 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 8:56 AM
ha ha Twitterston is still posting will he/wont/he on this, I no longer care.
So is PEA back on the radar?
3 John Tudor // Jan 15, 2013 at 8:56 AM
you can bury your heeds back in the sand imho
4 nufcjohn // Jan 15, 2013 at 8:57 AM
He might make a u turn you never no it will be his agent so he does not have to sign
5 Rotonda heights // Jan 15, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Tbh right now I’d put more money on QPR staying up than us. They seem to have got that fresh impetus, momentum and energy a good new manager can bring.
My only beef with Ashley as far as Ed’s lack of ambition comment goes has been his inability to attract a top manager.
There didn’t seem to be any interviews for the job when Hughton left and Pardew’s appointment seemed to smack of a ”job for the boys”
If it’s your investment or baby you want the best people running the show, not a casino goon and a mediocre, 3rd rate clueless manager. First rule of business don’t employ your mates.
Pardew is so obviously a flash in the pan. He’s lost the plot and been found out with his stubbornly arrogant and negative hoofball tactics and now seemingly the dressing room with our 3 best players Ba, Colo, and now Benny all leaving or wanting out.
1 shot in anger in a dull boring turgid game at those renowned world beaters Norwich and their multi million opound players, says it all about a guy who tries not to lose rather than to win and give any entertainment value.
It’s amazing with every fresh defeat people keep saying it would be worse to change managers now. How does that work exactly!!! Stick with someone who has lost what is it – 12 out of 14 or similar.
To those who say it’s a result business and they don’t care about being entertained, I rest my case. The stats don’t lie.
6 SuperShearer // Jan 15, 2013 at 8:58 AM
Remy’s gone time to move on NOW. We need a striker in, I just hope this doesn’t mean we stall on other deals that we were working on like a new defender. PEA in ASAP.
7 Transfer Sage // Jan 15, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Ideally players will come in early but when no throwing extra money around it is difficult if the other club/player is not willing to rush things through.
Lets wait and see what happens by the end of the window before we get too worried.
8 toonboy68 // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Tunski who’s pea !
9 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Ed seriously lad calm down mate he hadnt signed for anyone yet ffs!
10 Vask // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:01 AM
has Remy been confirmed as a QPR player now then? If so i still think we’ll stay up and QPR will go down. it lookks bleak at the moment but i reckon we can still finish 8th.
11 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:02 AM
ha ha John T havent seen that in a while
12 BelfastMagpie // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Has proud left the country yet ? Safe house in the hollywood hills I heard.
The angry mob will find him one day.
13 WWYCD // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:02 AM
PEA wants a bigger move than to us judging by his recent interview
Losing out to QPRs wage packet of 80k hurts though that’s not over the top wages for how football is these days
14 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Repost:
I stand by the way we conduct our business 100% – if that means Remy and the likes of him will sign for better money somewhere else so be it (only hope our club is prepared for that and have a backup plan in motion).
…there is no emotion in football anymore it’s all money (agents have ruined the game and I am glad FIFA are looking into it)
15 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Rotonda @5 – I hope Mike Ashley is reading your post to learn about the first rules of business from you. He evidently needs to know.
16 WWYCD // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Toonarmydownsouth
U really still think Remy is coming?
17 Constanstine // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:04 AM
He isn’t greedy. Anyone would easily snub us without needing for second thought to go for the double wage. It’s a disgrace that we offered him such a low wage. And Ed, cut off the 18000 fans thing, it’s just ridiculous how you keep excusing it in every article because we’re not any better than them and we’re not in the position to say so.
18 MacToon // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:06 AM
WW, aye Proud said he signed for us yesterday so he must be ours.
19 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Belfast @12 – (sobbing) and I so wanted Proudtobeanitk to be right this time (more sobbing) – he was calling me Skunki and everything (WAAIIIIILLL)
20 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Belfast…common leave Proud alone (whether he knew anything or not there are no guarantees in football)
21 pardew for england // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Lets all get a grip, there are other players out there who are better than remy, don’t panic central defender in and play cabaye just behind the stricker for know. Then mr Ashley you need to invest in the summer.
22 pardew for england // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Lets all get a grip, there are other players out there who are better than remy, don’t panic central defender in and play cabaye just behind the striker for know. Then mr Ashley you need to invest in the summer.
23 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:08 AM
…and I think PEA was talking in terms of 6 months time too.
24 toonarmydownsouth // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Yo
I reckon all thats happening is that OM have accepted mutiple bids, which they can do, and he’s spoken to us in france, now he’s speaking to QPR and i still think he’ll speak to the third club
Dont buy the whole he snubbed is for a medical either, why the fcuk would we fly him into london?
25 WWYCD // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Oooh proud said he’d already signed? This is all a little gag then haha
Let me guess he disappeared soon after? Doubt we’ll see his name again he’ll just change is and spout more crap though
26 Ibizatoon - Back by popular demand // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Truth is with our wage cap, we can’t be offering top wages when they sign, otherwise we have to accept they”ll be moved on pretty quickly as we wouldn’t be able to accommodate an increase of wages. It also would open a can of worms with current players and any new signings.
I’m still not sold on what is actually going on either way, but if the Remy deal is off, they best be getting through their list, we don’t have the luxury of we’ll pick this up next window.
27 ToonMauritius // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:10 AM
Hi Lads
I don’t rate Remy, we better go for Wilfrid Bony he is a manimal, He will score lots of goals here
28 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Jesper – I am afraid Proud may have nailed his colours to the mast because he unreservedly gave him a shirt number and had his parade booked. The definite statement is the cardinal sin of an ITK. He cant come back and say it was all derailed in the 11th hour can he? That means he didnt know as much as he said he did, and therefore should have held his counsel.
29 MacToon // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:12 AM
WW, just for the record
proudtobageordie // Jan 14, 2013 at 7:13 PM
people on here make me pmsl. Remy signed for us this afternoon. ssn talking bollox wait till tomorrow. Barton is a twat just winding toon fans up on twitter cause he seen it on ssn.
30 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:12 AM
…having said that,he still has a very slim chance of being right.
31 HullMag6 // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Nothing from official sources all rumours, opinion and misinformation. Until a player is there holding his shirt don’t take anything for granted.
As for blog witch hunts back off.
Proud only relays information he comes across.
This situation is the usual window soap opera, save the anger for when the window closes if no one else has been brought in.
We’re financially stable, other clubs offering silly money are gambling on not failing – some will and pay greatly (ref: Leeds/Portsmouth/Rangers
32 colwell // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:12 AM
QPR are on the up beating Chelsea and a draw with Spurs, if they sign Remy and M’vila they’d have as good if not better chance of staying up than us.
Yes Remy went for the money, but no doubt London had a big effect aswel.
We desperately need 3 more players in one has to be a striker. Half the window has gone and only Debuchy in, he will not be enough I fear to keep us up.
33 WWYCD // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:13 AM
Toonarmydownsouth
Yeah I could agree with that but the 3rd club is meant to be a geramn giant apparently, I don’t see us winning against either currently. More worrying the windows half done
34 MacToon // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Tsunki, indeed nothing’s been proved one way or the other yet but we don’t have long to wait to find out.
35 pawl250 // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:14 AM
I have always doubted if Remy was the player we needed. Its not bitter apples, I had two things on my mind. If he isnt good enough for OM then how will he be good enough for the PL and I actually never thought we would be able to lure him.
I have to admit when it was all but confirmed I was suprised and excited, but held reservations about the player and his form.
He is the type of player we need, but do we really need another player who thinks of only money, has a le sulk attitude and from what I hear injury prone.
Hopefully it comes off still, we need the replacements and he will arguably be better than who we have no on the left side of attacking midfield.
If we dont get him no point crying over what never was, and if he doesnt want to come, we shouldnt want him anyway.
I think my major worry is, Newcastle seemed to have their hearts set on him. Who do we turn to now? PEA is not going to come to us, lets be realistic, I can see Danny Graham or some average player coming in.
If I had it my way though we would be aiming for Mbiwa, Sissoko and Alderweild. I feel we have enough in attack to see us out for the remainder of the season, go back to the drawing board if Remy doesnt come. Lets focus on beefing up a very thin, below average defence. Its better to draw games then lose them, getting a decent defence can get you points, and protect leads.
Come on Newcastle, I think for the first time in our history fans are demanding more improvement in our back four than anywhere on the pitch!
Mbiwa, Alderwield and Sissoko will be big signings for us. It may also push Colo into staying, atleast until the summer!
If we sign no one, or some average player like Tomkins and expect its enough then the board are taking a massive gamble! We are on the brink of relegation, if we lose this weekend we are arguably one of the 3 teams that will be in the drop zone come April/May.
We need 4 points in our next 2 games, I would push for 6 but I feel we lack fitness, and confidence!
36 foggonridiculous // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Problem solved lads…
Williamson’s going to play up front..
(solves the DEFENSIVE problem…)
(…just a bit of fun…. Willo does his best..not all/not just his fault!)
37 WWYCD // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:16 AM
MacToon
Haha bless him more shocking though is that people actually believed him
Hullmag
Am sure proud can give the standard yawn excuse for ITKs himself mate if he fancies facing the abuse he deserves
38 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:16 AM
Skunki…can I call you Skunki?
…I know he made the ultimate sin of ITKing (he should take the key from our very own Ibiza who discloses nothing…NOTHING lol)
But hi…we are big boys who can make up or own minds (do we really need to blame him for this – we all know he is no ITK)
39 John Tudor // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:17 AM
i dont see lack of funding as a problem i see it as suicide
40 Spotlight Kid // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Santon (from previous post)
In the accounts the money showed to Ashley is shown as a ‘liability’. While the club belongs to Ashley that can be glossed over, but when NUFC changes ownership it will be become an issue. Ashley is effectively subsidising the club to the tune of £100m or so, but it prevents him recouping the full value of the club.
If Ashley hold his hands up and admits “I screwed up” and takes a loss of £100m on the market price in return for the debt being covered (or simply writes off £100m, same thing effectively) then I agree the club is burden free. However this is not likely to happen, and no new owner will pay an extra £100m over market value just to keep MA’s piggybank happy.
The answer is MA will try and recoup as much of the £100m as possible in windfall profits, advertising and increased equity (a slow process), and only he will know what sort of final loss he will accept. My guess is if he is able to half the debt to under £50m he will sell and simply put it down to opportunity cost in the 100% acquisition of Rangers FC while they are in the dumps.
41 jesperfuglsang - captain of the lemon crew // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:17 AM
*our
42 valle // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Listen… We will have these things happen to us, but if QPR offers him that deal and get relegated while we stay up they will end up being the ones who got screwed over this deal. He aint a 20 goals a season striker, which is what they really need, so the ironic thing is that we need him more than they do as he would be just what we need to play alongside our very own poacher, Cisse. Anyways, clubs are really starting to figure out that its a good idea to go for the players we go for, just look at that Bong guy, days after we were linked with him a host of other EPL clubs were suddenly after him as well and he is a completly unknown!
43 Ian Toon // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Rotonda– I agree with the maxim of not employing family or friends and indeed not lending them money. But why is it that I am left with the feeling that you see the present situation as just another opportunity to put the verbal boot in on Pardew . Mind you if the world was going to end in half an hour you would find time to do the same thing. If you fancy QPR to stay up over us you really are a sorry NUFC fan. I preferred. Catchy’s early perspective today to yours . Enjoy your day.
44 deano9988 // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:18 AM
on the other hand barnetta is still in a hotel in jesmond
45 John Tudor // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:20 AM
the only way to beat him is to screw ourselves
46 Rotonda heights // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:20 AM
tsunki
Point taken, but wouldn’t you agree that football is a different animal to normal business. I think in his core business he is obviously without equal and to some extent he has applied to this to NUFC. However, Ashley understands retail, but he is not a football expert, nor is llambias and Pardew is questionable!
Charlie in the gallowgate
you want the same carroll back who is permanently crocked, doesn’t score and is a hoofball magnet. Oh yeah give me more of that. Rodgers isn’t daft.
47 Ian Toon // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Valle- we are capable of misinformation . Who said were interested in Bong!
48 89Norcal // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:23 AM
So next target up is PEA (though I read someone mention he personally denounced his departure rumors).
Problem is there are clubs after him as well, including Man Utd. I hope we don’t do this no-budge policy again.
49 AwToonnufc // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:23 AM
There is no way that QPR will stay up this season, if you look at the table they need 26 points from 19 games…Not a chance. they need to do as well as Swansea, Liverpool, Arsenal did in the first half of the season. There is absolutely no team there, just a bunch of has beens that never quite made it at the big clubs.
I can’t decide who is being more daft, the bloke who looks like he fell asleep next to the fire, saying that they will build a team around Remy…In january? Good gag…..Or Remy for believing him.
50 Tsunki // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:24 AM
Jesper – I am afraid y stance on ITK’ing is firm. You MUST qualify that there are IF’s and ‘BUTS’ to a situation and you must NEVER state something as a DONE DEAL if you do not want to be shot down when it fails to happen. If you have heard something meaty, by all means broadcast it but do not promote it as gospel.
The reason is simple, if you guess wrong and say it is a FACT, then you are a self-promoting gossipping liar.
And NO. No you may NOT call me Skunki
Oh go on if you want.
51 Transfer Sage // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:26 AM
I heard we would have two deals announced by midweek…so wed/thurs at the latest.
Posted this last week but seems unlikely…still not heard anything to the contrary yet so I’ll stick to it…hope its right
52 WWYCD // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Tsunki
Add in that if they are abusive to people questioning them they are instantly black listed and u share my stance on ITKs
53 Bosck // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:32 AM
personally I think if he chooses qpr over us then I am glad we didn’t get him as shows he is nothing but a mercenary.
He will crash out of the premier league with hypocrite harry and good riddance. Redknapp spoke recently about too many high paid players and mercenaries but is set to give £80000 a week to both Remy and M’Villa.
If remy signs for us then great if he doesn’t no major loss, there is better out there, his goal scoring record is not great on recent form and he is nowhere near Ben Arfa. We are more in need of a cb than a stiker as we have marveux who can play wide left and ben arfa back to play wide right with cisse down the middle.
54 pawl250 // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Personally I would take Carroll in the summer. I would!
He is a massive player when fully fit, always works hard. I think its keeping him fit which is clearly an issue.
But he is better than Shola, and well we all know Shola can be effective when holding the ball up. Carroll is much better at it, more effective in the air.
I am not suggesting we play hoof ball but in a 4-2-3-1 Carroll would thrive as lone striker. Its where do you put Cisse, the wing for me is not an option therefore Carroll for me would be on the bench, as a back up striker, or impact striker.
I would take Mbiwa, Sissoko this window and call it a success. Then get Carroll and a few others in next window.
Look we need to get rid of
GET RID – REPLACEMENT – NET COST
Steve Harper – Jay Alnwick – NOTHING
Ryan Taylor – Jores Okore – 2-3m
Dan Gosling – (would be replaced with Sissoko in this window)
Mike Williamson – Toby Alderweild – 5-7m
Danny Simpson – Bong – NOTHING
Gabriel Obertan – ? – ? (Attacking left midfielder i.e. Remy type player who can play in the centre aswell if needed, with pace)
Xisco – Andy Carroll – 8-10m
Nile Ranger – Adam Campbell – (1m)
We need replacements for each and everyone of them! I dont know if you agree with the above but the players I would let leave are either not good enough, injury prone or on high wages (Harper, RTaylor, Xisco).
We would have a more youthful, stronger team from that. BUT this will never happen!
55 Rotonda heights // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Ian
You trot out the same comments after every fresh defeat. Change the record because your Pardew love – ins completely blind you to see anything wrong in his tactics, team selections, man management and his non stop foot in mouth-itis. ”We will not be beaten getting out targets on price and wages” being his latest media gaffe.
I am sick of Pardew sycophants endlessly defending the guy on the back of one good season as we sleepwalk our way to the drop. Wake up!!!!
56 james589 // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:35 AM
At the end of the day, no one player is bigger than the club. If the people running the club have any sense, then they’ll have a lot more than one target striker that they’re looking to bring in. Remy is obviously more motivated by money than he is by football so I see that as a bullet dodged frankly. Can any of you blame him? If you were offered £40k/week or £85k/week, which would you choose?! I might be being optimistic, but I’m sure the club wouldn’t be stupid enough to pin their hopes on signing one striker, they will have learned from Carroll-gate two years ago and won’t let it happen again.
I agree that our strict transfer/wage policy is a hindrance sometimes, but I think that as a consequence we are the best-run club in the league financially. Ashley is helping us to become sustainable with the goal of making us self-sufficient; THAT is ambition, albeit in the long-term. I think sometimes people need a bit of perspective, it’s far too easy to criticise. Perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to have a bit of flexibility in our policy sometimes, but say we’d offered the lad £85k/week, reportedly the same as QPR, what message would that send out to the rest of our squad? Are we really saying that Remy would be our best and most valuable player? Because that’s what his pay packet would imply…
Personally, I’d like to see the club use a little more flexibility, in that rather than saying they’re not going to pay any one player more than a certain amount a week, they have a budget for the entire squad which they can’t exceed. That would give scope to pay some players a little more to get their signature on the dotted line and avoid situations like this, whilst maintaining financial control. If Colo goes then that would immediately free up £65k/week in wages, not to mention the salary we’re no longer paying Ba being added to the budget.
Working in finance I can completely understand the need for stringent budgets controls, but the bottom line is if we don’t offer the going rate for a player we badly need then ultimately it’s going to be a lot more costly if it means QPR leap-frog us in the relegation race. Is £85k/week the going rate? Probably not, and we only need to look back to the Shepherd days when we paid a certain Mr Owen a similar amount to know how that can turn out. But it wouldn’t hurt to have tabled a competitive offer… still less than QPR but with the promise of a better chance of survival, a better overall team, and numerous team mates who speak his language and can help him settle.
In other news, why on earth aren’t we in for M’Vila? Fits our profile exactly in terms of age, ability and potential. Another decent potential signing lost to a team below us. QPR are going for the ‘throw enough money at a problem and it will go away’ approach, hopefully we are going for a more careful, planned, but more effective approach… It’s not even half-way through the window yet guys, anything could happen so let’s stay positive until proven otherwise!
57 TorqToon // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:35 AM
Apparently Marseilles have accepted the exact same offer as us with QPR and possibly Shalke, but we are the only club out of the 3 to pay the complete sum up front an not in installments. If only they had insisted on it, we’d be the only club in the running. The club have now passé everything over to Remy and his advisors to look at the 3 offers on the table and decide.
Talk of a ridiculous agents fee coming from QPR should they secure their player is rife and from people who I trust to know what they are talking about. Not going to call it a ‘bung’ but its the next best thing.
I believe we offered him 55k a week (not the £40k that has been talked about on here) plus incentives at the end of the season based on league position.
The major factor here is Remy will recieve close to £90k a week at QPR, a huge signing on fee and the agents fee. I just find it strange that they can’t pay the transfer fee up front – but can pay all the fee’s in cash!
But if its not meant to be – then we move on. And quickly!
58 yorkymag // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Where is proud this snowy morn
I heard he was seen on the dark side
59 catchy in norway // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Ian Toon
i like the modle we have in the recrutement area, for me it proves there are players out there good enough to play in the prem in the top half, and will not break the bank to get them,
i understand this mean we will always be a transition club for these players,( the ones good enough)
and even though i dont like obertan, i will not nock the club for buying him,
this is how i see the club being run
ASHLEY,
he has set out his plan, buy good tallented players from struggling clubs,, get them under 26 tie them to long contracts, sell on for a proffit
CARR
i think he has the hardest job of all, he spots the tallent and sounds out the agents
LAMESASS
his job is negotiations, whether that be coming in and going out, putting a package together that suits everyone
PARDEW
his job is to train what he has and get the best out of them on match day, try and keep everyone happy, in most other clubs he would have a say in who he wants, but i doubt he has here,, if he did, he would be flying all over to see players, and he knows A CB is the most important pposition that needs filled right now,,
where i see this going wrong is both lameass and pardew,
lameass thinks he is a negotiantion god because of the AC deal, but i would not like to guess how many deals he has screwd up for us,
and his statments he makes, he proves he is not a football man with the crap he comes out with
PARDEW
for ASHLEY to get the biggest return on his money on players, pardew is the wrong man, i think he is to defence minded, he is to stubborn, he picks his fave players and not always the best players for the job
i think players value would go up if pardew played a more attack minded game
he went all out attack v man u and scored 3, man u scored 4, but he will not play man u’s attack every week, but he chose to play defencive v norwich scored 0 but got a point,,
i think he will have his pance taken down v reading this weekend,,we do not play as a team and they do
60 Ian Toon // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Rotonda— Time will tell!!!
61 mindshaft // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM
If anyone saw the documentary on QPR called the four year plan you would realise that the mgmt team are a bunch of idiots and it looks like Tony Fernandes has just added to it. The whole club is on a hiding to nothing and in no way can afford to pay Remy 96k a week with get out clauses all over the place in favour of Remy, ffs they pay Hoilett 80k a week! they are on their way to bankruptcy without doubt !
Can’t understand people saying we should have matched qpr on wages – I’m sure every other toon player would be queuing at Llambias’s office demanding parity
62 AusMagpie // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Junior Hoilett all over again.
63 AusMagpie // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Junior Hoilett 2.0
64 Szarka // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:52 AM
We need like 5 players, gotta start working harder. What about Abuameyang or who? Any posibilites? What about Douglas,or Tomkins? We got 2 weeks to buy at least 1 striker and a CB, and if anybody leaves we need to replace him. And that the minimum!
We still lack creativity, no real good winger, only Ben Arfa.
65 blew // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:53 AM
Criticise him as I have, Freddy Shepherd would not allow this to happen, but he was a fan.
I yearn for a top manager, who top players would want to play for. Why will we not dispense with this clown before we are relegated ?
We despair at this incompetent regime.
66 JARRAMAG // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:56 AM
JARRAMAG // Jan 15, 2013 at 9:37 AM
These are football players we are talking about and their god is money end of
If we expect to get an international striker for £40k per week we are dreaming
We should of paid Ba £6mill over 3 years(we got him for nothing and he owed us nothing so £6mill over 3 years would of been a steal for us but the powers in chargs couldnt see a golden goose we alreagy had and will now have to pay through the nose to get anyone half as good as Ba
Some posters on here just dont realise the position we are in.We have 1 decent striker,1 decent central defender who wants out,a midfield who create and score no goals
Say Remy is getting an extra £40k per week its only £2mill per year (and is reasonable for a French international and is £2 mill a year too much for Ashley when he is going to lose £60mill when we go down
I dont think Ashley or Llambias have learnt any lessons from our last relegation.They are chancers who are gambling with our premiership future again
See you all in the championship
God help us
67 mindshaft // Jan 15, 2013 at 10:03 AM
fook me – are people on here stupid – so we give in and pay Remy 96k a week, then Tiote, Cabaye, Debuchy, Cisse etc etc all queue up at Llambias’s door saying they want parity or they’re off….. theres only one ending to this …. bankruptcy and the end of the club as we know it – get a grip people, its not as if Remy was a regular starter for Marseille !
68 Lee Dodd // Jan 15, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Remy Would have Been a Good Signing But as Per Normal He would have Been a Mercinary by th eend of the season. We need another Cisse – Very Loyal !!!! I hope Remy Gets Paid Loads f Money and Does Simply Sod all and QPR get were they Belong BAck in The Fizzy Cola League !!!!
69 hadthetshirt // Jan 15, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Remy’s dog and the spiv’s dog have the same bank
70 LooneyToon41 // Jan 15, 2013 at 12:42 PM
According to the Independent, Remy is ‘undecided’ as to where he wants to go.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/loic-remy-undecided-over-whether-to-join-qpr-or-newcastle-8451954.html
71 nufcusa // Jan 15, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Mindshaft is spot on
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