Newcastle were interested in Danny Graham while he was still at Watford eighteen months ago, but decided not to being the Gateshead-born striker to Newcastle.
Danny Graham - Newcastle interested?
And with Danny not getting too many starts at Swansea these days, it seems he’s looking for a move in the January transfer window, but the news is that Newcastle don’t think his style of play is what they want in January. He is a big man up front, and if we are to continue to put high balls into the box – maybe he would be the right kind of striker?
Of course beggars cannot be choosers, and we’ve already missed out on our top striker target – Loic Remy of Marseilles, who surprised everybody by plumping for QPR over Newcastle.
But the 27-year-old has started only 10 league games under new Swansea manager Michael Laudrup this season – with the Spaniard Michu now being the first choice striker.
Danny may get hs wish to move back to the north-east with Sunderland reported to be interested in the striker.
We just don’t think Newcastle will even attempt to sign the Gateshead lad, and we would think there’s a very good chance that he will sign on at Sunderland, but we just hope that come February 1st – Newcastle have a new striker in – and they may have to go down their list to get a striker we can persuade to come to Newcastle before February 1st – after the embarrassing Loic Remy affair.
We cannot be in a situation that with just a couple of days left in the transfer window we still have only Papiss Cisse and Shola Ameobi as the two strikers at the club – and in truth we should be trying to sign two strikers in January.
We are trying to recover from the disaster of last summer when we refused to strengthen the side – but we don’t see much difference in the way the Newcastle Board are going after their targets – and that’s a big concern to us.
Newcastle’s record through the first 17 days of the transfer market is not good – with Mathieu Debuchy coming in and Demba Ba moving out, and Newcastle losing out to bottom placed QPR for our top striker target Loic Remy.
We need to get a move on, and not leave things until the last minute – and it seems to us the Newcastle Board are looking far too much like the US Congress these days – and that’s not good.
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1 gonz // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:24 AM
sorry for the repost, just trying to keep up with Ed.
gonz // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:17 AM
Has the club or Pardew talked about their part in the Remy deal that failed? Why he snubbed us? How much were we willing to pay him weekly? etcetera……
2 noladonna // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:25 AM
thanks but no thanks we need quality not rejects same goes for tomkins from west ham pointless signings
3 noladonna // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:28 AM
if this is all we can get through the door then i would rather just get a few loans in till the end of the season we need a centreback more than anything go spend that 8 million we bid on remy on a CB FFS
4 Alan_Pardew // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:30 AM
@gonz
We offered him peanuts and popcorns. He went south and rest is history
5 JackButler // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:32 AM
We lost Remy to a club that has no care for the debt they are racking up and no doubt he’ll walk away when they are relegated. We dodged a bullet missing out on him
6 Mister Tuff // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:33 AM
No thanks he is not of the standard we should be buying.
7 santonthenewmaldini // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:35 AM
Everyone turning their nose up at Danny Graham for me he would be the perfect 3rd choice striker get him in and get another striker and we would be sorted up front
He is MILES BETTER than what we have at the moment other than Cisse and even then there is parts of the game that he can do better than Cisse
Shola, Ranger and Sammy would not get a game for any other team in the league and they would be lucky if they would score 10 goals a season between them playing every game Graham would score more than them coming off the bench and he would also put in better performances
He would add a bit of depth up front cause every time those 3 stooges comes on nothing ever really happens and yes i know Shola scored a wonder goal against QPR whoopy doo!!!
8 noladonna // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:39 AM
i like how all of a sudden pardew seems to have gone into hiding usually you cant keep this guy outta the press, spouting his bullshit allover the place, if nobody of any quality comes in surely hes gotta be thinking of resigning, how many times can you allow ashley to walk all over you and make you look stupid grow some balls man jeez!!
9 NUFC_LEAZES END // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:43 AM
It would be great if we could just sign michu for 8-10 mil. Tht means swansea would have made 6-8 mil in the space of 5month.
Can’t believe our scouts didn’t spot michu
10 NUFC_LEAZES END // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:46 AM
I can’t believe we let Leon best go, he was a cracking squad player
11 johnhoy // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:47 AM
It’s funny how last week- every man and his dog on here was drooling over Remy and now that he’s snubbed the move everyone starts saying “oh, we’ve really dodged a bullet there”
Get real
12 archaeomag // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:48 AM
@ED Is there a prize for guessing the next transfer ?
13 Unbelievable Tekkers // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:52 AM
I always thought Best was underrated he was a decent player.
14 NUFC_LEAZES END // Jan 17, 2013 at 1:54 AM
@unbelievable tekkers
Yeah he was. He was strong. A good finisher. And alright in the air. And I forgot to mention he had a few tricks up his sleeve.
15 soundoid // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:01 AM
Best and Guthrie should have been kept. We miss those two.
16 NUFC_LEAZES END // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:09 AM
Yep and we let Guthrie go on a free and best for 3mil.didnt exactly get our money’s worth for 2 very underrated players. Imagine if we had kept our players.
Krul
Debuchy saylor colo Enrique
Tiote cabaye
Ben arfa Nolan marveaux
Cisse
Elliot Barton guthrie Anita Routledge santon best
That sort of match day squad would defintly do well.
17 Unbelievable Tekkers // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:13 AM
His goal against QPR last season was top quality
18 soundoid // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:18 AM
French Imports no matter how good are not up for a relegation battle. They know they can go to another club for the same or more money. What you need in a EPL team is a few english players that will bite the bullet and grind you out a result and we gave most of them away.
I’m not a massive fan of barton but he would be an asset now our backs are against the wall.
19 noladonna // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:24 AM
soundid
i agree ive always been proud that the toon has always had a strong british core but i think those days are coming to an end unless we get relegated then thats all we will be left with then theres no way back jesus could u imagine the squad lol
20 soundoid // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:30 AM
We’re like a light weight Arsenal. Hopefully Saylor will come back and stay fit. I think we’re missing Raylor more than we know too.
21 sir_norman // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:31 AM
ever since this french revolution started,we have develop a tunnel vision in our transfer policy and targets. Why we must ALWAYS looking for player from france? Yea,they have solid grassroots football development, but if this tunnel vision becomes our norm, then i must say,we will be left behind in terms of transfers. Arsene Wenger said that Asian is the new breeding ground for top class players,why we didnt set our foot there? Look at Kagawa,Nagatomo at Inter Milan, Keisuke Honda at CSKA, these are decent players from Asia. If we relied heavily towards Graham Carr and this French First transfer policy,we will go nowhere.
22 gonz // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:33 AM
can
23 noladonna // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:35 AM
i think raylor is good for morale i work on building sites man those scousers are loud as fook but always have good banter
24 gonz // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:38 AM
Can I just say NUFC_Leazes End that Enrique, Nolan, Barton all wanted to leave. It wasn’t like we sold them and they were commited to us, they were the mercenary players and you can add Ba to that too. Glad they don’t play for this team and have no problems with foreign players playing for NUFC or any other EPL team. As long as they give their all and from what I’ve seen none of them have given up. Just a poor core of players with no confidence right now. All we need is our fit players back with a few signings of course and we’ll be singing EIEIO!
25 noladonna // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:38 AM
raylor was a massive loss hes a scouser i work on building sites they are loud and annoying but always good for a bit of banter
26 soundoid // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:39 AM
We are in a relegation battle I think what we need are a couple of big lads. Yeah in the future asian players are the way to go. But for this season Chris Samba and Didier Drogba.
I’m dreaming now but you catch my drift.
27 soundoid // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:41 AM
gonz,
Nolan did not want to leave, his wage bill was too high and Pardew did not want to hold on to him.
28 ~Anita One Bites the Dust~ // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:49 AM
I’d be ecstatic if we got Samba. Wanted him here when he was still at B’burn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Krul~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~Debuchery~~Samba~~CptCurly~~~~Santoon~~
~~~~~~~~~~~The hulk~~~Anita~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dreamboat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~Magic Feet Arfa~~~~Cisse~~~~~~~~~Marveuxlous
29 ~Anita One Bites the Dust~ // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:50 AM
Didn’t nolan leave because he wanted something like a 5-10k more in wages and was refused by the club?
30 chris_g // Jan 17, 2013 at 3:00 AM
“We are trying to recover from the disaster of last summer when we refused to strengthen the side – but we don’t see much difference in the way the Newcastle Board are going after their targets – and that’s a big concern to us”.
But surely there is a difference, Ed. Last summer we seemed to lose out on several of our targets because we kept on haggling over fairly small sums of money, and ended up failing to agree a fee with the selling clubs. I haven’t seen that problem this time round – we’ve already made a couple of ‘sensible’ bids to Lille and Marseilles, which they were happy to accept, and you can hardly blame the board for the fact that we lost Remy to QPR simply because of the silly money that they were offering him.
I’m sure that there’s plenty of transfer activity going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about, and that’s exactly as it should be.
31 ashwin say's // Jan 17, 2013 at 3:17 AM
fernando llorente available for 4-6m pounds……….
he is perfect fit for us long ,strong, quick and born scorer………..
32 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 3:21 AM
ashwin say’s
Nice call, his contract is up in June hence the drastic drop in price- he was valued at 20m euros last year.
Problem is, I think he wants CL football, and even if he didn’t, there’s plenty of big clubs eyeing him.
33 noladonna // Jan 17, 2013 at 3:29 AM
nolan barton and carroll was pretty much forced outta the club in my opinion they were the main instigators in telling the squad not to sign this bonus sheet we all know you cant cross big mike so you gotta go
34 theroosta // Jan 17, 2013 at 3:59 AM
The game on saturday reminds me of the stoke game in our relegation season, we were cruising 2-0 at half time, they came out After half time and played really well and got a 2-2 draw, it was the most deflated at the time i can remember being a toon fan, we just cant allow it to happen again, not tempting fate, we have to be aggresive on saturday, and we have to be murderous in the transfer market, survival depends on it, if lambias does not bring in at least another two that including a striker and quality centre half then his job should be on the block as well as his head!
35 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 4:34 AM
Remy has a relegation clause, but don’t worry QPR fans, IF you get relegated the first person to desert will be Harry redknapp
36 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 4:46 AM
The point is simple.
Whether club signs or doesnot sign any1. the supporters cannot don anything. I belive Ashley has already made a lot of money from the club
37 Willo // Jan 17, 2013 at 5:19 AM
I for one would take Graham. He’d add good depth and coming back home would do him good. I think he’s a bonus though, first priority has to be sorting out Colo and then seeing how many CB’s we need (I’m thinking 2 but that might be wishful thinking), then Graham and a winger please.
38 hugenufcfan // Jan 17, 2013 at 5:23 AM
This is actually quite funny. We’ve been linked with almost everyone under the sun. Deja Vu guys??
I bet that we will buy just one more player going by the pace and seriousness with which our owner and MD are approaching this.
I have come to realise that Fergusson is rt. We will remain a wee club as long as we have them two at helm.
Therefore my 2 cents to others, keep your feet on the ground and get a reality check.
Last season was like a fairytale, where everything went right for us. Dont expect things like that all the time.
39 Jail for Ashley // Jan 17, 2013 at 5:29 AM
The sad irony of it all,last year when I had my head turned (should have had examined) over the fatmans ambition,I said that if he was happy with mid table mediocrity he would have bought somone like Danny Graham instead of the 9M pound Cisse,yet here we are talking about signing that very same Danny Graham to replace one of the leagues leading scorer we managed to make a tidy profit on to boot,when are people going to smell the coffee and realise Mike Ashley doesnt give two hoots on the success of this club,Im by no means he is happy with a relegation struggle but mid table mediocrity without the hassle of the Europa league suits him just fine.
40 NEWEXPATMAGPIE // Jan 17, 2013 at 5:30 AM
Nolan left the club because of the fact that he wanted a long term contract and the Club were not willing to give him one !
He did,t want to leave at all and his wages were not an issue, He was just told to look for another club! I think it was a big mistake getting rid of him, as his overall contribution to the Hammers will see them back in the Prem next season.
There are now two clubs who have trainers who i dis-like, one at West Ham, smarmy git! And Old Sloppy Chops at QPR.
On Remy:
Qpr have basically done exactly what we attempted to do with Fulham when they signed Bryan Ruiz a few years back. We tried to poach him just before the window shut!
The difference was that Ruiz, had a “‘gentlemans”! agreement with Martin Jol before signing and refused to be pissed around by his money grabbing agents. The two shook hands and Ruiz promised Jol that he would sign for Fulham!
I think that the Agents and representatives these days have just far too much power and can manipulate transfers to such an extent that it just is,nt good for the game. The most are greedy and don,t appear to have the Players best interests at heart!
In Remy,s case, he may be sorry in the future that he chose to put financial gain above furthering his career, because it may well be that QPR take the drop anyway, and the first Rat to leave the sinking ship will be Old Sloppy Chops!
The only thing that we must be sure of is that we don,t go down with them, but that is just not worth considering again!
41 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:03 AM
biggest Mercenary in English football HarryRedknapp, Why SKY love him I have no Idea, he has only destroyed 5 clubs. Spurs got rid b4 he did it to them
42 cyprus // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:05 AM
Ed, you mention the embarassing Remy affair. Why embarassing? I guess you mean because we were beaten out by a smaller club.
Southampton drew at Chelsea, QPR beat them, we must be hoping for points against them. Of course, like Shearer said, the next two matches are more important… It’s beginning to look that the 40 point mark will rise this year and that is ominous. Who can we beat now with no goal scoring forward? We just don’t have the luxury to wait for a single player to come back to form. What if he doesn’t? We need a READY CF now. Don’t know if Graham can be our Savior, but he’s deceptively good. Certainly would help.
43 cyprus // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:10 AM
Indian,
he has no loyalty, is a bit of a crook, etc., but, deep down would you rather have Harry or Alan right now? Who’s the ‘winner’ of the two? Harry saved a few clubs from relegation and his teams always play attractive football. He personally ruined teams? Not so sure.
44 radja in Indonesia // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:13 AM
No thanks
45 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:16 AM
Cyprus Niether Harry or Alan
46 FloridaToon // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:35 AM
Can get Malouda on a free, wages are a problem though.
From ESPN:
Florent Malouda appears to have outstayed his welcome at Chelsea, with a report in The Sun newspaper claiming the club are willing to release the forward for free in order to get his wages off their books. The oinly stumbling block, though, is that no other club has registered interest in signing him. Malouda currently earns £75,000 per week, and will likely need to lower his demands to complete a move in January.
47 valle // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:36 AM
Allot of whiners on here… Some of you are seriously crying for Nolan and Barton back? They are gone, and im glad they are.
48 FloridaToon // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:39 AM
Gouffran is also availbale this window:
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2013/01/17/england-is-his-most-realistic-option-he-turned-down-reading-newcastle-target-yoan-gouffran-could-be-sold/77259/
49 Ben3arfa // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:40 AM
Surprise Surprise, havent been linked to any players today ..
Looks like Ashley and LambAss will not be bringing any new players in even if Colo leaves.
Then Pardew can come out and spare their blusehs by claiming that “we couldnt get them over the line”
a bunch of clowns
50 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:52 AM
Gouffran and Lens seem like the best targets available, though I havent seen much about Lens lately.
Someone here mentioned Dimitri Payet from Lille. He’s a great choice for an attacking mid/winger imo. More of a goalmaker than Remy.
51 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:54 AM
FFs let remy go
52 check the toastie // Jan 17, 2013 at 6:57 AM
More should have been done to sign Remy, he was a perfect fit for our team, we should have been offering 60k, that would have seasled the deal for me.
Now is not the time for frugelness, and anybody who uses the lack of transfers as an excuse if we do get beat on saturday should have their face smashed in.
53 check the toastie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:00 AM
Would go and get Wilfred Zaha if we are serious about taking the club forward, offer 8 million and give him Remy’s 50k wages, he would be here in a shot.
That is a signing that shows ambition, if we dont move soon, the whold club will be a house of cards.
Especially if we lose at the weekend.
54 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:01 AM
check the toastie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:00 AM
“More should have been done to sign Remy, he was a perfect fit for our team, we should have been offering 60k, that would have seasled the deal for me.”
huh? check saying something I agree with?
55 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:08 AM
Home form Crucial now
Southamptn
reading
stoke
liverpool
Fulham
Mackems
Chelsea
Arsenal
Need 14 points atleast from these 8 games.
How many do you think we’ll get?
56 Toon_Tom // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:11 AM
check the toastie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:00 AM
“More should have been done to sign Remy, he was a perfect fit for our team, we should have been offering 60k, that would have seasled the deal for me.”
I agree – if Colo is on his way this window, which i think he will be, then this also frees up money from the wages kitty.
57 Santon03 // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:13 AM
I don’t think we can hope much for loyalty from players these days, everyone has their own dreams. We should look players with good ethics, not a trouble maker on or off the field, because players with top quality come with price tag we can’t afford and I don’t think many clubs want to sell their top players in January.
We don’t want another player with no good ethics like Ba.
We should look for decent skill plaayers who are suitable for our tactic or game plan, doesn’t matter how good a player is if he can’t play the way the rest of the team play.
Michu wasn’t great player, but he is suitable with Laudrup’s tactic which makes him good player now.
AC was a great player when he was with us, but became very poor because he can’t play liverpool (Daglish or Rodgers) style of football.
58 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:19 AM
While I’d really hope to sign someone of a higher calibre then Danny Graham, he would be welcome with open arms if we don’t.
The biggest issue I see for the remainder of the window is that as time runs out for us to sign people, prices will rise again. Clubs will see how desperate we are for reinforcements. Also the lack of time for them to bring in adequate replacements means they will only be willing to sell players surplus to requirements, so players who probably aren’t good enough for their current club. That is all well and good if we sign Barca or Real Madrid players, but not so helpful if we are trawling the championship or french leagues.
59 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:23 AM
Indian,
I’d say an optimistic 12 from those games. Although I’d revise that if anything ever happens with regards to new signings or Pardew having an epiphany and realising the way to play attacking football, and losing his negative set up.
60 Santon03 // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:24 AM
I think the club need to start thinking about getting players on loan with option to buy, this window is too short especially with the way we negotiate and I don’t think many clubs want to sell their main players in the middle of season.
61 Londtoon // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:26 AM
Graham as a third striker but not a replacement to Ba. More partial to mini drogba if there is truth in that. Boy has 11 in 19 appearances so far.
62 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:26 AM
Lilongwe Geordie
Desperation is the worst spot to be in when your negotiating.
When the sun shines, make hay. Unless you’re Mike Ashley, in which case, you just keep swimming in your pool of cash.
63 deeeeeeano // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:33 AM
I’d take graham in a shot
64 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:33 AM
Norcal,
Desperation, Strict wage policy, unwilling to budge on valuations, and the odious Llambias involved in negotiations….This could be a long 2 weeks!
65 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:40 AM
Oh, and did people see the Chronicle article yesterday saying it’s okay that we missed out on Remy, coz look at these other players we missed out on and how awful they ended up being.
Almost like Lee Ryder has been told, we are going to miss out on a few targets, so let’s run a story about the successes the club have had when failing to sign players!
66 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:41 AM
Lilongwe
I would honestly like to hear DL’s negotiation tactics in person. Many of us have speculated the angles he takes when he’s at the table.
I’m assuming Remy phoned us up about QPR’s wage offer, and DL’s counter was something along the lines of “Well….what if I didn’t ask you to pay me back for your plane ride?”
67 jeff // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:43 AM
Would like to see carroll and graham and tomkins in for us. That would be a great window
68 Toon_Tom // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:45 AM
89Norcal – i think Lambias’ negotions go something like this..
“it would be great if you could play for us. hear is our offer, take it away, think about it and get in touch asap with your response…. here is the first 3digits of my phone number so email me with your response”
“WHY HASNT HE GOT BACK TO ME???”
69 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:48 AM
Jeff,
Carroll is a waste of time. Under fifa rules he couldn’t play for us as he has appeared for both Liverpool and West Ham. Highly unlikely Tomkins will be allowed to leave now Collins is injured.
Norcal – I’d imagine it is more like – “well if I ask Mike nicely, we could get you some nice new football socks, they come in packs of 5 and Mike will waive the normal £2.99 rrp. Just cause that@s the kind of top guy he is.”
70 magpie6699 // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:50 AM
Am I the only one who doesn’t want to hear us being “linked with players”? We were linked with Modric, Luke de Jong, Remy and others- and look what happened. They didn’t materialise in one way or another. I prefer to hear that we’ve actually signed someone – or at least clear evidence that they are in the Toon (like the only time I felt a bit itk when I saw Ben Arfa at dinner in the Jesmond Dene Hotel before his official loan signing). Most “link” stories are either made up, wishful thinking or at worst, alert other money-wasting teams to the possibility. Let’s hope silence is golden!
71 Slank // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:51 AM
I don’t understand the logic of so many fans on here who rave about foreign players, many who play in inferior leagues and of whom we see very little, but deride British players already tried and tested in the Premiership.
If we want a centre forward, what is wrong with Danny Graham, Andy Carroll or Darren Bent who is warming the bench, if he is lucky, at Villa?
If we want a centre half, what is wrong with Jolean Lescot who appears to be out of favour at Man City?
72 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:52 AM
Toon_Tom, Lilongwe
lol, how about those all those goodies. I’m sure Remy was chomping at the bit.
I’m sure they offered him a 15% discount off sportsdirect.com purchases…..then phoned him back the next day, “Hey Loic, about that 15% discount….”
73 catchy in norway // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:53 AM
lee ryder is a total dick,, he struts around thinking he has made it because of his job,,
what he is , is another puppet, he sits on the fence with a lot ov big issues,
looking after his job rather than doing his job
74 jayphoto // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:54 AM
Cant believe some people are complaining that the board didnt fork out 90k a week for remy….. Trust me, hes not worth that! Not saying hes not decent because hes got everything in terms of attributes but if he dont fancy a game he may aswell not be on pitch, hes not a fighter and not ideal for a relegation battle! Hes also got that Anelka attitude! Big part of the reason marseille let him go for 8m, just a year after wantinh 20m is because they are competing for a title and he was detrimental to the dressing room aswell as being woefully off form, not trying in training etc
75 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:54 AM
Slank
To be honest, I think we could use the bite and toughness that many English players bring. We just don’t seem to have that boss around mentality that Nolan and Barton gave us, not that I’m advocating we should have kept those two.
76 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:56 AM
Slank,
I have no problem with trying to loan Lescott, City have said they are willing to loan him, so why not try, then we can re visit our targets come summer.
Carroll, as I said before is pointless discussing as he isn’t eligible to play having played for two clubs already.
Graham, I would take, but I don’t see him as the solution. As a backup, or a sub then why not.
Darren Bent could be looked at. maybe even on loan with a view to a deal in summer, but to be honest I can’t see Villa wanting to let him join a relegation rival unless they were desperate for the cash to spend elsewhere.
77 Bambams // Jan 17, 2013 at 7:57 AM
“but we don’t see much difference in the way the Newcastle Board are going after their targets ”
This is the worrying side of how our club is run, we all make mistakes – but we learn from them. Ashley is so stubborn i genuinely believe we will continue in HIS style as long as he is in charge. Yes he is the owner and will do it his way, my point is simple he will not allow mistakes to sway his opinion. This could be fatal.
Still glass half full though, plenty of time to go and still believe we will get some very good players in – mind you that glass will soon be sipped from !
78 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:01 AM
slank
Darren Bent is vastly over rated and for whatever reason cannot get in a poor villa side….either not good enough or a poor attitude which is not what we need.
Carroll since leaving us has barely found the goal and has spent about 50% of his time injured…cannot string 10 games together.
Danny Graham…again not getting in a swansea team, not to say he is a bad player as michu is just unplayable at the moment…danny graham would be a good buy but to replace leaon best, not demba ba…he isn’t a 15-20 goal a season player but could easily chip in with 5-10 goals as a squad player.
79 jayphoto // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:01 AM
Regarding carroll, im pretty sure there is a loop hole in that fifa club that allows it if one of the clubs is a loan signing? Wouldnt want carroll back to be honest but i do feel we need a bit of british steel! Would love a deal for rickie lambert! Remember pardew wanting him when carroll left but no one thought hed do well in the premier league! No chance i know because of his age! Also think charlie Austin, Shane Long and kevin doyle could be good alternatives
80 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:02 AM
Jayphoto,
I’m not complaining so much about not matching QPR’s wages, I think they have vastly overpaid. What bothers me is we knew we were going to be in a problematic situation. Ba’s form and his clause should have meant that we were ready to move quicker. Had we got it done quicker then there would have been less opportunity to be gazumped. Not saying it wouldn’t have happened, but it would have reduced the risk, and also afforded us more time to move on other targets.
81 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:06 AM
Wonder if we’re still in for Gary Hooper?
82 toon rocker // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:06 AM
@Slank – I agreee, there is lots of UK born talent on various club’s books. With most clubs (inc NUFC) favouring Foreign ‘beautiful football’ practicioners theres plenty of stong, useful short to mid term CFs and CBs targets out there with their noses out of joint because they can’t get a full (or a) game. Unless your off to PSV to sign Dries Mertens or such like, save yourself airfare Dekka and have a drive about the UK!
83 jayphoto // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:06 AM
Centre half wise, would go for Scott Dann! Saw this lad at birmingham and hes a great centre-half and a good age at 24/25! For me Doyle, Dann and Colo staying would be a great january adding to debuchy
84 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:06 AM
I like Charlie Austin, but how much would Burnley want? I can almost guarantee more than the board would be willing to pay for someone with no top flight or international experience. I’d heard figures quoted at 7-10mill.
85 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:07 AM
I’m still reserving judgement until the end of the window as this is a difficult time to do business….but the longer it gets left the more other clubs and players can ask for as they know we have less time to look elsewhere.
Not suggesting we aren’t working hard on deals…just they need to come off soon…definitely nobody in for reading though which is a shame.
86 davybtoon // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:11 AM
Haidara n mirin to sign just have a feeling hopefully mbwia n pea n goufran aswell
87 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:11 AM
jay
Doyle as in Kevin Doyle?
I do like scott dann though….he looked solid and thats what we need now. I know people cry out for a ball playing CB, which is important, but I want somebody who’s main attribute is defending at CB, as long as they can play a simple pass, which most CB’s seem to be able to do, then thats ok.
88 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:11 AM
TS,
Maybe no new player to play in Reading, but if we could get a top signing, or Colo announcing he was to stay before the Reading game the morale boost could be crucial for both the crowd and players.
89 Sir Braveheart // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Id take Graham over Shola. As a back up to Cisse we could do worse.
90 TorqToon // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:13 AM
Davy – A cracking window – but unlikely I suspect which is a shame!
91 Colo-Sus // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:14 AM
I don’t think we will sign anyone else this window:the result
Relegation
Bye bye
Cabaye
Ben arfa
Debuchy
Coloccini
Krul
Santon
Tiote
Cisse
Marveaux
Anita
We are left with
Elliott
Willo
Perch
Sammy
Shola
Etc etc
Disgraceful this football club at times
92 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:14 AM
Hilarious
http://pickourteam.com/premierleague/news/17-01-2013/roman-reacts-to-pep-bayern-news-exclusive/812200
93 jayphoto // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:14 AM
TS – yeah kevin doyle! Works hard, can play wide and has always scored goals in the premier league, could hit the ground running
94 jeff // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:14 AM
would like to see us go for pepe reina
95 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:16 AM
Davy,
I wish I had your optimism! I think Haidara will come in, as for the other 3, I just don’t know anymore.
I think with PEA we have no chance, the fact he has swarovski crystal encrusted boots suggests to me he values himself pretty highly, higher than our wage offer is likely to be I’d guess.
TS, Jay,
Dann would do. I couldn’t give a monkeys about a ball playing centre half right now. I want someone who will defend properly, no nonsense, no messing about.
96 jayphoto // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:17 AM
Looks like haidara might be done before reading? Dont rate him myself but clubs obv do if roma are after him too…. Be surprising if he signed knowing he wouldnt be first team tho!
97 catchy in norway // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:17 AM
I think DL I the hardest working guy in football , he has been working on getting us a top class defender for over a year now, boy I bet he is good,
98 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:19 AM
lilongwe
yeh would be great to announce a player at the game…parade them around at half time
Jay
Kevin Doyle is a nothing player for me…he has a great first season in the PL then he was terrible after that…he hasn’t had more than 10 goals a season for the past 4 years…he is 29 now too so on the down hill too.
99 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:21 AM
From Wikipedia:
“Director of football”. . . The exact nature of THE EXACT NATURE OF THE ROLE IS OFTEN UNCLEAR and extremely variable and causes much debate in the sports media.”
Is there a more perfect job for DL?
100 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:22 AM
little edit error but you get the idea.
101 jayphoto // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:22 AM
@lilongwe geordie – PEA is on nothing almost at st ettiene though, hes no pauper but really poor wages considering hes probably the best striker outside of PSG in France! Think hes on about 15k a week whereas remy was on 50k a week already at marseille! Not many players in france outside of PSG, Lyon and marseille are on more than 20k a week and added to that french tax is shocking
102 TorqToon // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:28 AM
Jay – Spot on. I think people are getting way too hyped about PEA and his diamond encrusted boots.
Fact of the matter is he was made the boots and wore them in a couple of warm up to represent his club and his country. What people don’t see is that the bloke auctioned off the boots and donated the money to a charity that he is a patron for.
As you say, he is on peanuts at the moment – and wouldn’t command a ridiculous fee like Loic Remy did.
The worst bit is not knowing whether we are truly progressing on our targets or dragging our feet. But the fact it’s all very quiet is an encouraging sign IMO.
103 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:30 AM
@jay I’m not sure what he is on now will factor into his mind. I know very little about him, but if he is as good as people on here think, then why would he come here anyway? He claims both Manchester clubs want him.
Also, Swarovski crystals on his boots? That strikes me as the sort of thing Dyer and co would have done in their arrogant underachieving overpaid pomp.
104 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:30 AM
I wouldn’t say we are dragging our feet at all.
There’s been a decent amount of news about us making bids. It’s not the same as closing deals, but it’s the first step.
I think the only instance when a transfer moves quickly is if we offer obscene wages and fees (Remy) or if the transfer is heavily implied prior to the window (Debuchy).
105 Charlie in the Gallowgate // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Day 17 – same old story – a lot of speculation, loads of names – but as usually nowt will happen
106 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Torq, Jay – Fair enough I didn’t know that bit about the boots.
107 Indian Magpie (HD_07 on Twitter) // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Dr.
You say Remy demanded high fees, he ws a 20 million player last year
108 jeff // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:33 AM
would like to see us get dobbie
109 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:33 AM
torq
Even if he had boots made of solid diamond, as long as they didn’t effect his peformance I couldn’t care less.
I think if people have money (10/15k a week is much more than your average fan) then why not spend it…he earns it so he is entitled to it…you’re right that people get too wound up over such things.
when you think the French pay 75% tax there is a good chance even our ‘modest’ wages will be a tempter for most.
110 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:36 AM
89norcal
Yeh exactly. Unless you offer over the odds, so players think they wont get a better offer, or they really want to join the club, then deals take a bit of time as people always wait for a better option.
111 bzak12 // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:37 AM
God this window is depressing,however I live in hope that we may have learnt a lesson not to talk about targets until we have them signed up or risk Durty Harry getting to them. I pray we dont go down but if we do, I hope to hell QPR do aswell and Durty Harry has a heart attack whilst being interviewed after their last match on Sky Sports News
112 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:39 AM
TS
Yes it’s so highly competitive these days, especially now that other teams are following suit and scouting continental europe, or just hijacking our deals
I don’t think people understand how difficult it is to scout and negotiate a transfer, especially if the club has little interest in selling him.
113 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:44 AM
so is danny graham the pacy, skilful guy who can play left or right of a number 9 in a front 3? No I didn’t think so!!
Laudrup is class and wants his teams to play football, not hoofball that’s why graham isn’t a regular there.
If some people are so desperate for a geordie, then as a 3rd striker why the hell not give campbell a chance at the end of matches ie 20 mins here and here. He’s pacy, skilful and knows where the goals are. Ranger isn’t and doesn’t.
If it’s a case of losing our top players en masse or Peardrop, absolutely no contest. Even if we survive, if next season starts with Peardrop in charge, where are we headed?, because I’ve only seen players going backwards under him. 8 years seems like a life sentence of dross.
114 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:44 AM
But part of the scouting process is to assess whether they would be available. Therefore this should remove most players who aren’t available. I used to have to assess that, and the scouting org I worked for were nowhere near as comprehensive as some of the dossiers NUFC have on players. To go for someone who is likely to be unavailable is just wasting precious time in a window such as this.
115 Bambams // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:45 AM
Has Pardew come out and said anything over last few days?
116 gonufc (up and Hatem) // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:47 AM
@89Norcal – can’t believe you said Barton was “being the bigger man” yesterday about Hamann! He got scared by possible legal action so cowardly backtracked on his libelous comments.
Hardly noble or inspirational.
Aaanyway, I’m getting more and more worried that all we’ll be getting this January is one pathetic ‘Shefki Kuqi’ signing- if so that is unforgivable considering the situation we’re in.
117 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:47 AM
80norcal
More and more clubs have money behind them too…I mean QPR have the richest owner in the world…owns ike 34% and is bank rolling a lot.
“Mittal is the richest man of Asian descent.[7] Despite being the wealthiest man in Britain, he does not hold British citizenship.[8] He was ranked the sixth richest person in the world by Forbes in 2011, but dropped to 21st place in 2012, due to having lost $10.4 billion the previous year.[4] In spite of the drop, Forbes estimates that he still had a personal wealth of US$16 billion in October 2012.”
from wiki
118 darrenfletcher88 // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:49 AM
It’s been a frustrating window so far,missed out on remy,which is over now so we move on, I realy hope we don’t hear the same old line from pardew on the 1st of feb, it’s now or never,we need investment or we will go down, I can’t even see one first team signing never mind the 3-4 we need, roll on sat thou a win will lift the club,it’s not all doom and gloom we could be Leeds or Portsmouth fans. Cb and a cf to come in or am I just wishfull thinking,only time will tell if are board who yes at time frustrate but have pulled are sinking ship afloat again want us to succeed or not.
119 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:50 AM
gonufc
haha I was being a little cheeky, maybe I was baiting if I’m honest
TS
Jesus, I wonder why he hasn’t splurged like the Sheiks then?
120 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Norcal
Maybe we should invest money in better coaches and managers who can work with the players we already have / had now, ie :
Ba,
Colo,
Benny,
Santon,
Krul,
Cisse,
Marveaux,
Debuchy,
Cabaye,
Tiote,
Anita
etc, etc
Arguably the best squad we’ve probably ever had ruined by incompetence at ownership and managerial levels.
121 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:52 AM
rotonda
Danny graham isn’t the pacey striker we need, by no stretch of the imagination.
Graham however did play nicely last year under brendon rogers passing style so he is capable of doing that.
I think he would be a good replacement for leon best as our 3rd striker…but we need a replacement for Ba also.
If graham was the only striker we signed this window it would be poor…but if we got him and a ‘remy type’ then it would be good business I feel.
122 TorqToon // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Indian – A lot can happen in a year. He may have been around the £20mil mark last year – but one bad / injury affected season can drop the value massively.
My point is, his wage at Marseilles was already high so there’s not as much room for movement upon transfer – whereas with PEA his wage is quite low so we have room for manoeuvre there.
123 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 8:55 AM
carr had wanyama and knockaert ready to go last season
and the 3 wise men just sat on their hands
124 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:02 AM
jayphoto is right,
there is more to that diamond boot story with PEA.
Wish we would stop d…king around and just sign PEA and one of M’Biwa / Mirin / sakho / Alderwield.
We must have known ba was always going to go with us being so low in the league and a CH we’ve needed since Woodgate!!!
125 89Norcal // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Rotonda
Maybe, but honestly I don’t know if the organization is up for a project like that.
And some of the names I saw flying around that would be “better” than Pardew/Carver etc…One was Martin Jol, which is a suggestion that has obviously fallen into obscurity recently.
Maybe we can land Frank Rijkaard, he just got sacked by Saudi Arabia
126 Charlie in the Gallowgate // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:06 AM
Rotonda
I agree the best squad we have had in a longtime- but we desperately need a leader – Dare I say it a Kevin Nolan type player
127 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:07 AM
jay
With respect Doyle and Dann who’s been relegated twice are totally underwhelming compared to a PEA and M’Biwa
128 John Tudor // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:10 AM
http://www.eplindex.com/24736/defensive-error-prone-players-premier-league-stats-comparison.html? for you stat men
129 jettson1971 // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:10 AM
it is becoming a joke now, the more AP talks the bigger the fool he is becoming! we are a joke at the minute and you just cant believe anything the management of the club say!! Actions speak louder than words, NOT player profiles, dossiers, scouting notes etc, we need players and now, if not i fear the worst!!
130 John Tudor // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:10 AM
stent fitted
131 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:12 AM
charlie,
yes not nolan but someone like Nolan for sure, but just can’t see ashley paying 9M for de Jong who is an upmarket version of Nolan and can lead.
Norcal
Rikjeard would be a riot. Everyone kind of forgets how good he got Barca playing. Total polar opposite of Pardew. technical attacking foootball and a succesful Cv. Would put a massive smile on faces which is what we need right now.
132 stuart no9 // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:17 AM
pathetic . i mean really what are they thinking bringing someone in who cant even get a game at swansea. another panic buy – another disaster- another relegation year .
133 JARRAMAG // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Do Ashley,Llambias and Pardue have any idea of the mess we are in because i dont think they do
Below is a list of our first team and my humble estimation of how many goals they might score till the end of the season
1)Cisse 8
2)Ben Arfa 4
3)Cabaye 3
4)Shola 2
5)Anita 0
6)Tiote 0
7)Marveaux 1
8)Obertan 0
9)Jonas 0
10)Santon 0
11)Debuchy 0
12)Taylor 0
13)Collo 0
Thats 18 goals and im being optimistic
I am sorry to be a doom monger but with the number of goals we let in i think unless the 3 wise men dont get some good fist team players across the line we will be relegated.
Mr Ashley are you prepared to get us relegated again and miss out on approx £60 mill in tv revenue ?
Where his Pardue gone ?is he still our manager because he has gone very quiet and i wonder why?
134 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:19 AM
rotonda
other than barca…and his one tournament with holland….he hasn’t been successful.
A very mixed career so not sure if he would be a good choice…not saying he is bad mind you.
135 Charlie in the Gallowgate // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Rotondo
Totally agree
I didn’t mean Nolan but if de Jong is a leader I would pay anything to get him and pay him the top wage at Newcastle. We are crying out for leader.
136 Lilongwe Geordie // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Completely agree that the coaching set up throughout the club needs an overhaul. If Ashley wants to start a production line for saleable youngsters, then he needs to invest in coaching staff to get them to that level, not just buy decent youngsters and cross fingers that they develop.
We have rarely progressed a talented player and improved them since Keegan scrapped the reserves. Not saying there is a link there, but so many players have come here and gone backwards in there time with us.
We have had talented youngsters, but we have been unable to help them acheive their potential and they fall by the wayside. I’m dreading the same thing happening to Campbell, Streete, and Gillihead, to mention some of the brightest.
Only goalkeeping coaching seems to have been of a good standard, producing Forster, Krul, Alnwick, and now Woodman. And having developed Shay and Harper.
137 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:23 AM
stuart
He cant get a game but he scores a lot for them when he comes off the bench. He is the perfect guy I think to get in as a back up striker…a replacement for best, and ahead of shola.
I think him, cisse and shola…plus the quick striker pardew wants would be a good 4…then loan campbell out next year then he returns the year after when shola’s contract is up and thats an even better 4.
138 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:24 AM
jeff
carroll, graham and tomkins would be my worst nightmate.
carroll : perma crock can’t score, ”hoofball” magnet
Graham: Laurdrup wants to play ”football” so graham not in the team.
Tomkins always has a mistake in him and destroyed by none other than leon ” messi ” best, amongst many others.
Way over rated and priced
Praying for Pea and M’biwa: fast and skilful.
139 John Tudor // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:24 AM
was it not fergy sniffin round the boy
140 Mister Tuff // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM
John Tudor —-Welcome back. Keep cool .
141 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:28 AM
sage
and pardew has been so successful (the famous Johnson painter tophy!!!)
Relatively rikjeard is on another stratosphere compared to pardew and more importantly people would enjoy watching it.
142 John Tudor // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:29 AM
thnx my son is typing i get to lay in bed
143 Transfer Sage // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:30 AM
rotonda
graham managed to play decent football with rogers though last year.
the problem is now he just isn’t as good as michu and doesn’t want to be on the bench….if he is willing to be a squad player for us then it’s a decent option.
144 John Tudor // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:31 AM
interesting stat krul costing goals i thought williamson would be on?
145 Rotonda heights // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:31 AM
sage
other than barca…and his one tournament with holland
you need to say that slowly !!!
Don’t recall seeing peardrop being interviewed for the Barca gig!!
146 Mister Tuff // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:33 AM
If annoyed Rijkaard could “hockle” a nice ump of phlegm onto the nice hairstyles of the players. I still recall him doing this to Rudi Vollers mullet -hes a scumbag. Do not want him at the club.
147 south coast toon // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:35 AM
we aint going to attract a top striker, we wont pay the money, we surport the club and can see what a mess we are in,the most important thing now is to s=to get cbs in good hard working ones who can chip in with goals, this is what pardew has been spouting about for ages. anyone who is good defesively needs to come in, what would be nice would be hangerland,toby, samba,siskoo,miaga wamba or what ever his name is .mvilla, some sort of deal for lesscott, get the 2-3 mil french kid signed why dordal. we have to face facts, pardew hasent got the pull of rednapp,we cant compete with money, and no-ones going to come here whos got any sense, danny graham if he,ll come sign him and the kid who cleans his boots its that or nile ranger.i just hope they are looking at centre backs defenders and strong battleling mid fielders as if we can stop leaking we only need to score 1 and with benny,marv,cisse cabye,anita and even s taylor from corners im sure that would do it. we need to get them in what ever the cost now ,18 days gone and the only deal done is the one done last summer and we r desperate
148 Ian Toon // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Mister Tuff – Do forgive me not overly engaging with you last night. Having had a travel disrupted day and another early start in prospect I chose sleep. By the way having reviewed your file I have decided to take the shackles off- oh brother. Be of good heart remember no news is good news- Pardew is blamed for saying too much or not saying anything)- You’ll be leaving altogether the dark side, once we bring in a number of signings,it’s relatively early days yet.
149 bemba da // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Am I the only person who doesn’t think Graham would be a bad signing? Just because he doesn’t fit into the Swansea 2 yard pass style of football (which isn’t the be all and end of football) surely doesn’t make him a bad player. Back up to Cisse fair enough, he’s not a winger/striker obviously but surely theres ‘enough’ (for dekka and MA) cover on the wings of the forward 3 in benny/marv/ubertan/gutierrez/Ferguson
150 STB // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Forget Aubameyang.
He will stay with St.Etienne until Summer.
They are in their 1st Cup Final in 31 years next month, and he would only give that up if a mega club came in.
As for Rémy, of course money and exit clauses were factors but Harry also promised to play him as main CF and not on the wing alongside Cissé who which we clearly stated.
Stay away from Gomis. Might as well take Danny Graham for a 5th of the price. If you could choose a striker from Lyon, take Lisandro Lopes wo is a better player & could^play with Cissé, even if he’s slightly older than Gomis. Kids may win titles but they don’t keep you up.
Remember Ardiles. Until KK came in and brought in Killer Kilcline we were destined for 3rd division. Same pragmatism is needed now to avert the risk to Ashley’s investment.
Pragmatism iswhat is needed in this window. We need experience (especially at CB) to ensure we get out of the relegation battle. A Lescott/Samba type would be fine for the short term primary target of staying up.
By all means try to bring in Mapou Yanga Mbwia or other good prospects but we can’t expect him to be up for a premeir league scrap in the next few critical months.
151 stuart no9 // Jan 17, 2013 at 9:54 AM
transfer @137 if he scores a lot when he comes on , why is loudrup reluctant to start him. ? has he only got so many minutes in him per game , can he last the full 90 ? i dont know the answer to that , but some thing tells me – can he step up?? i dont know!! but then again BA wasnt getting many games at west ham , but done the business when he came on and the rest is history , so maybe you have a point ! its a tough one.
152 south coast toon // Jan 17, 2013 at 10:00 AM
danny will do as back up none of the guys we r linked with have bas scoring record,so why replace with lesser player,get him in he can score goals,with the money saved get some centre backs
153 lesh // Jan 17, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Lilongwe @114
I believe,like you and many others that our scouting process needs a complete review. I’ve moaned on about the utterances we hear from Pardew that ‘we have our targets identified’ or we’ve done our homework’ etc but and as you say, to go for someone who is likely to be unavailable is just wasting precious time in a window such as this.
Going on the way we are – AGAIN – is either the result of incompetence which should be dealt with as it’s not new, or deliberate – too lead fans up the garden path.
If it’s incompetence that’s repeated, then it should have been dealt with as it is in most private sector business, by sacking the person who runs it – the Managing Director – for taking no remedial action to ensure it doesn’t happen again. It doesn’t appear to have been dealt with after last summer’s poor showing in the market, so we look at those who should have acted and didn’t. Llambias should have been in the departure loungebefore now!
The alternative scenario is that Ashley’s aware of and condoning Llambais’ strategy.
could that be possible? Surely no right-minded business person would put at least £70m at risk for the sake of an outlay of say £25m…. would they?
154 masterp1983 // Jan 17, 2013 at 10:20 AM
Ive said it many times. Can we please try and get Darren Bent! He’s fast, scores goals and not getting a game at Villa. Im sure 8m would prise him away easily!
155 Owldman // Jan 17, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Ashley playinging poker again hoping teams will get desperate and sell on the cheap! No way this situation were are in has been coming since we failed to strengthen in the squad in the summer.Why was there no one with Remy to bring him to Tyneside looks like we were complacent while QPR sent someone to France to highjack the deal.& as for being aggresive on Saturday no chance Cisse on his own up front no support battered by two defenders.When oh when will we all say enough is enough.Ashley & Llambias must see that we are real danger of relegation.perhaps a boycott of a couple of games to show what could happen if we do get relegated might just wake them up.
156 looizallan // Jan 17, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Would be good to have a geordie up front, i rate this guy highly and if we bought him he’d be playing knowing that its for his home club, so possible even better than What he would for swansea maybe? Plenty more strikers up for grabs that are of far better quality though, Aubameyeng should be our top Target. Hope to see us sign cb very soon aswell
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