With Yoan Gouffran playing so well we now have a winger who can scores goals and the Frenchman now has six goals this season, and only two behind leading goalscorer Loic Remy.
Loic Remy – he scored again
But when you look at the Newcastle goalscorers this season Remy and Gouffran have 14 of the 25 goals Newcastle have scored in all competitions – that’s 56% and Loic has scored 32% – just less than a third – of Newcastle’s goals this season.
Transfers Summer 2023 INCOMING Player Fee From Club Sandro Tonali £52M AC Milan Harvey Barnes £38M Burnley Tino Lavramento £31M Southampton Lewis Hall Loan - $28M fee next summer Chelsea Yankuba Minteh £6M Odense Total Fees Paid $127M OUTGOING Player Fee To Club Yankuba Minteh Loan Feyernoord Karl Darlow £0.4M Leeds United Allan Saint Maximin £23M Al Ahli - Saudi Arabia Jamaal Lewis Loan Watford Harrison Ashby Loan Swansea Garang Kuol Loan FC Volendam Kell Watts Loan Wigan Ryan Fraser Loan Southampton Ciaran Clark Released Matty Longstaff Released Total Fees Received £23.4M Net Outlay $103.6M
Alan Pardew thinks Newcastle are not reliant too much on Remy, and the manager said this on BBC Newcastle today:
“We spread the goals around reasonably well, but it would be nice to have goals from all sorts of areas of the pitch.” “But I don’t think we are over-reliant on Remy.”
“The next game is Crystal Palace away and I would like to think we could win that.”
Newcastle are currently in 6th place and rose one place last weekend, mainly due to Tottenham being hammered 5-0 at home by Liverpool, which ended up being the last game in charge by Portuguese manager Andres Villas-Boas.
Newcastle have 27 points and are level on points with Spurs, but are 4 points behind Everton in 5th place, so even with a win we will not improve our position in the league table by Saturday night.
But the lads need to get back to their winning ways at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, and be a lot sharper in front of goal than we were last Saturday – that’s for sure.
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70 comments so far
valle
Dec 18, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Comment #1Charlie… In response to your post on the other thread. I agree, on current form there can be no argument on that.
G
Dec 18, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Comment #2People talk a lot about bids having to be fought off for Cabaye in Jan. I worry about bids for Gouffran. Haven’t seen him linked with anybody, but I do suspect that many clubs will have had him watched. Not bad for a player I tipped to be a spectacular failure for us. I love eating my words in that manner though.
Himanshu Dhingra
Dec 18, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Comment #3Yes Alan,
we could do with a goal with your favorite player. Last Pl goal 20th Dec 2012.
Can see alan Pardew giving him a new contract till eternity
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Dec 18, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Comment #4Valle
Add to that, not that I have seen all the rest of the English central defenders playing at the minute.
But
Is there a English Central defender playing better than ‘Iron Mike’ at the minute ????
G
Dec 18, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Comment #5@4, according to Opta, no there isn’t. I posted yesterday that a Manyoo fan I know suggested he makes the England team. Whilst I don’t see him as an international CB, it’s hard to disagree that he doesn’t deserve the opportunity.
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Dec 18, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Comment #6G
Thought as much
You don’t have to be the most talented footballer in the World.
Iron Mike knows his limitations – not the best ball player, keeps it simple, passes it when has to, get rid of it when has to, good in the air and attacks the ball.
An OLD fashioned style centre back
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 9:54 AM
Comment #7Does Pardew want Tiote to keep blasting the ball, or not as he has said previously?
More goals would be great, more goal scorers is secondary.
martoon
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Comment #8I’ve always liked Willo – a no nonsense defender and he actually reads the game quite well with some timely interceptions. However I have to say an England call up is maybe pushing it too far, maybe, in one of the friendlies but I can’t see him going to Brazil.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Comment #9The performance rating of any player, be that Willo or another, will always rise if they do what they are good at for the majority of the time and leave the rest to someone else. This is why todays ‘press release’ is slightly miss leading, if a player has the option of supplying the striker with the opportunity to score or having a go themselves, what should they do?
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Comment #10martoon
not a bad idea giving him a game in a friendly.
midweek weekend
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:13 AM
Comment #11First proper comment, I’m fairly happy with how our season is currently going, but one thing that seriously concerns me is cisse, I just can’t work him out every time he gets subed on hes offside and just looks totally ineffective such a shame really I want him to get 1 or 2 few games soon other wise I fear that could be the end for him.
I’m guessing we’ll sign that gomis sometime in January so cisse is running out of time to sort himself out. It’s now or never for cisse.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Comment #12Good article on midfield:
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/dec/18/question-holding-midfielders-changing-role
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:21 AM
Comment #13midweek weekend
Cisse would appear to be the type of player that needs games and 90 minutes to get his form back. Unfortunately the rare times he gets on the pitch he is still making basic mistakes. Which would suggest if he can not rectify getting the basics right, he is surplus to requirements. However to counter that, he has been adjudged to be offside in recent games and later shown to be level, so a little unlucky and reputation proceeding him.
midweek weekend
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Comment #1470two
Yeah I agree, he can perhaps get a goal or two to get him going he might regain some of that confidence he had when he first signed for us, still think next few weeks are big for him with potential new striker coming in.
LEROI
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Comment #15Sometimes its like cisse has forgot how to play football full stop. African players are usually full of skill and always have a trick up there sleeves when they get the ball like yaya toure & michael essien but cisse has little ball control never mind skill & his goal scoring hid this from us but now the goals have dried up so has his usefulness to our team.
valle
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Comment #16Charlie… True, he might actually be the best English defender stat wise at the minute. He is still prone to just howling the ball away, even when he aint under any real pressure, and that can hamper the playing style of his team, so style might come into thinking if you have enough players to chose from. Which I believe Roy does. Ashey Williams would probably be my first choice for central defense alongside Lescott.
LEROI
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Comment #17How much time can we give him all he’s doing at the minute is wasting our time. bloggers have been say week after week month after month he just needs a goal to get his confidence back but isn’t good enough to score one at this point in time, maybe in the distant future he’ll regain the catch 22 goals means confidence but confidence equal goals aswell.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:35 AM
Comment #18LEROI
The game does tend to happen around Cisse, he does not contribute much to general play and is slightly one dimensional. At the moment his raison d’être has escaped him and only he knows how to get it back. Unfortunately with the lack of local reporting, we are not able to find out if he is putting in the extra training and from the outside it looks like he is not.
Tommyy
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Comment #19Valle I’d also take Bale up top with Rooney if we’re selecting Welsh players! Good defender though no doubt.
martoon
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Comment #20Cisse needs games and a few years ago we could have played him in reserve games to build up his confidence. However today we only have the under 21’s and although overage players are allowed it seems to be regarded as an insult to put a first team player in however I think it is what he needs.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Comment #21In an ideal world the article title would read ‘Four strikers have 90% of goals’ and we would be well in the positive for goal difference. Whether this is due to the balance of our play being more defensive, the form of our strikers or a combination of both, would produce a debate in terms of finding the solution.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Comment #22martoon
Thank you slightly lost my train of thought. Like the potential of Taylor going out on loan, the solution for Cisse may also to go on loan for a month or so. How quickly a team can absorb these players is difficult to know but it is all about the game time.
valle
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:55 AM
Comment #23Tommyy… Hmm, didnt realize he was Welsh. My point about technique still stands though.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Comment #24“Everton a loan haven, say Martínez”
I thought that was us…..or is that Wonga heaven?
valle
Dec 18, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Comment #25And to add to that… No point being a dick about it, it may come back to bite your ass if you pick up on other peoples mistakes like that.
Yohan Kebab
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:03 AM
Comment #2670TWO that indeed is a good article, enjoyed reading
Tommyy
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Comment #27Valle how about you take off your paranoia hat of utter weediness, in what way was that being a dick? I agreed he’s a top defender. Jesus some people are beyond pathetic.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Comment #28Yohan Kebab
A previous article by Jonathon Wilson has a similar theme that has now evolved but still might be of interest.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/oct/24/formations-tactics-manchester-city
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:23 AM
Comment #29To fill our quota of loanees (4) how about the following:
Ince
Zaha
de Bruyne
and going out:
Saylor
Cisse
HBA
cjtoon
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Comment #30Tommyy,
I feel like i have been on the weed what with talk of taylor and Willo as england candidates! we need to behave!
Regarding cisse i really feel for him, he’s getting some serious stick at the moment but last season he had so many goals wrongly chalked off (7 or 8?) which would have made his total for the season pretty respectable given our terrible form & lack of creativity.
Similarly he came on against norwich banged the ball in the net with real composure and I think that was a bad call of offside too. Level imo, the striker is “supposed” to get the benefit of the doubt afterall.
He gets so much stick for being offside all the time but hes a poacher thats what they do. He hasn’t got the pace of remy to just burn defenders from 5 yards behind them. I think the real problem is the lack of creativity (which is getting better slowly).
We have cabaye, remy, benny and tiote! all trying to score individual goals and long range efforts regualarly. This should always be a secondary thought after (is there a pass on). Sadly cabaye in particular for me is letting us down, he is our “creative” midfielder yet he shoots far too much in good positions.
Although a controversial view i prefer anita, He is composed and shifts the ball quickly. He looks for lots of 1-2’s and has the feet to take players out of the game. His passing range may not be as good as cabayes but he makes things happen more.
If we could move cabaye on for £15m plus and get in a “real” no 10. Somebody who is unselfish and always looks for the ball, willing to be the hub of our attacks and more importantly be a provider and not somebody looking for glory (otherwise benny could be the candidate). I think thats what we need more than a striker or cb. Cisse would be lethal if he had the service. Sorry for the essay!
valle
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Comment #31Tommyy… Well you were being a bit of a dick with the way you pointed it out, if you cant see that yourself, then so be it. Im not going into an argument over the internet, so thats that as far as I am concerned.
Ian Toon
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Comment #32Seasonal Greetings Solano- you’ve still got to put a lot of work in to get your apprentices being worthwhile contributors on here.
Hope your fighting fit! From the sublime to the ridiculous.
There’s nothing wrong with contentious comment , everything is at least as unfair as you think it is – you can reasonably discount most people’s opinion. Simply because most tailor their perception to fit their beliefs rather than the other way around.
15Ian Toon // May 30, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Solano- you have been known to re-write history. We don’t always, as fans tell it as it was! Ashley’s early tenure was an unmitigated disaster when Fat Sam was the manager. We saw the very worst excesses in terms of last pay day signings and huge wages which we’ve only just got off the books. The Xisco, Smith , Wise and Gonzales era along with the whole sorry saga of hiring and firing of managers. A bitter lesson but he did learn and he became suspicious of the transfer market and the damage it could cause. The appointment of Carr was inspired to manage the purloining of players. The question is does this transparent activity have a shelf life?
Any serious plan takes time to come together. Do you really believe he’s just winging it? For me I see Llambias as being an absolute clown who couldn’t negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag. What a gulf in class, integrity and competence he is from Chris Mort. Just compare him with the chief executives / Managing Directors of the rest of PL clubs. So not everything is as we would like! Clearly success in all aspects would be CL football and were some way from achieving that.
A massive opportunity was spurned last summer towards that goal but
are we really in a worse position given the subsequent signings in January. My experience of players is that they get mindsets
and felt as let down as the toon fan. I know you prefer being miserable but are we really incapable of starting back towards the top of the league. I was getting a stiff neck looking down this past season.
15Ian Toon // May 30, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Solano- you have been known to re-write history. We don’t always, as fans tell it as it was! Ashley’s early tenure was an unmitigated disaster when Fat Sam was the manager. We saw the very worst excesses in terms of last pay day signings and huge wages which we’ve only just got off the books. The Xisco, Smith , Wise and Gonzales era along with the whole sorry saga of hiring and firing of managers. A bitter lesson but he did learn and he became suspicious of the transfer market and the damage it could cause. The appointment of Carr was inspired to manage the purloining of players. The question is does this transparent activity have a shelf life?
Any serious plan takes time to come together. Do you really believe he’s just winging it? For me I see Llambias as being an absolute clown who couldn’t negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag. What a gulf in class, integrity and competence he is from Chris Mort. Just compare him with the chief executives / Managing Directors of the rest of PL clubs. So not everything is as we would like! Clearly success in all aspects would be CL football and were some way from achieving that.
A massive opportunity was spurned last summer towards that goal but
are we really in a worse position given the subsequent signings in January. My experience of players is that they get mindsets
and felt as let down as the toon fan. I know you prefer being miserable but are we really incapable of starting back towards the top of the league. I was getting a stiff neck looking down this past season.
Ian Toon // May 30, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Solano- We don’t always, as fans tell it as it was! Ashley’s early tenure was an unmitigated disaster when Fat Sam was the manager. We saw the very worst excesses in terms of last pay day signings and huge wages which we’ve only just got off the books. The Xisco, Smith , Wise and Gonzales era along with the whole sorry saga of hiring and firing of managers. A bitter lesson but he did learn and he became suspicious of the transfer market and the damage it could cause. The appointment of Carr was inspired to manage the purloining of players. The question is does this transparent activity have a shelf life?
Any serious plan takes time to come together. Do you really believe he’s just winging it? For me I see Llambias as being an absolute clown who couldn’t negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag. What a gulf in class, integrity and competence he is from Chris Mort. Just compare him with the chief executives / Managing Directors of the rest of PL clubs. So not everything is as we would like! Clearly success in all aspects would be CL football and were some way from achieving that.
A massive opportunity was spurned last summer towards that goal but
are we really in a worse position given the subsequent signings in January. My experience of players is that they get mindsets
and felt as let down as the toon fan. I know you prefer being miserable but are we really incapable of starting back towards the top of the league. I was getting a stiff neck looking down this past season.
yo-yo
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Comment #33manxpie – previous
Remember what they said would happen when Bosman came in ?
This is the players union wanting to change the transfer system.
If you read the article it says the only beneficiaries of the current transfer system are agents (kind hearted fellas with red hats and white beards) and very wealthy top ranking football clubs. – you know, relly nice guys like Tan and the oilygarchs…
We have complained for a long time about buying success – like Citeh.. No transfer fees would level the playing field .. but… with the law of unintended consequences probably something equally bad would happen like players wages would go through the roof..so it isn’t a simple answer.
What football needs is more grass roots up and with so much money at the top and football only the 4th main sport in the UK (after swimming, cycling and running) in numbers of players/participants and the national teams pretty rubbish then maybe some of the transfer money in youth development would do the trick. It’s a long term solution.It might work but then again it might not. If the transfer system is against the law on freedom of employment then it will need changing.
If anyone is interested the players union want to abolish transfer fees and allow players even more freedom of movement between clubs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25418135
Interesting comments by Matt Slater on the setup in the USA.
Ian Toon
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Comment #34With apologies for repetition from the archives.
martoon
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Comment #35cjtoon @30 – Sorry I can’t agree about Cabaye. His shooting is pretty good and when he has a ‘dig’ he is normally in a pretty good position to do so. He is the only player (apart from HBA) with a killer pass. Saturday’s game was a good example, Anita was neat and tidy but we never really carved Southampton open – our goal and Remy’s misses came from their mistakes.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Comment #36cjtoon
Your right about Cisse, Saylor, Willo and a no.10.
Of the player we have, I prefer an attacking midfielder in behind the striker but I don’t know who. I was glad to see Cabaye used, but he did not seem natural and has stated he prefers to be deeper. I would like Pardew to give him a few more games there as I think he could become a Beardsley with the ability to drop into defensive midfield positions also. The other options would be Sissoko who played there last season, but with (bad) Cisse in front of him it did not seem to work. Anita who I think has the ability to cover the fullbacks better, so I prefer deeper. Or HBA?
A good quality signing for this position would be very good for the team regardless of any potential out going players.
wolfshead@toon
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:46 AM
Comment #37suarez is a poacher too when was the last time he was caught offside and how many times has he had a ball put on a plate for him cisse is a luxury player he would prob thrive in another country best all round if he was sold
wolfshead@toon
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:50 AM
Comment #38@32
thats the worst spamming ive seen on here you should get a yellow for that haha
Ian Toon
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Comment #39Wolf-…Coming from you I’ll take that as a compliment -LOL.
70TWO
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Comment #40yo-yo
On first reading the article I thought that clubs actually buy out the contracts of players they want and it is the Contract that is the commodity rather than the actual human being. It is very difficult to imagine how the value of ‘players’ will be removed over night and club assets becoming worthless. At least we have an owner well versed in closing down sales.