Unbelievable

And risk qualifying for the Europa League!?

I forgot about Gosling. I haven't included De Jong because he was here for a short amount of time and the expense was budgeted but unspent last summer. Jonas is also back so we're paying his full wages again. I'm assuming we're subsiding a significant chunk of Marveaux's wages too, I don't think Guingamp can afford £40k/week. Anyone else I'm missing? I don't mind analysing our finances in full when the window closes to see how much room we have in terms of transfers and wages for January and next summer. An early guess would be £15m for January and £100k/week in wages. If our spending hasn't changed in a year ie. no new contracts to current players, we could genuinely afford close to £40m next summer and another £20-25m the year after. Shola must have been on 20-30k-ish? In the previous post, I took into account Shola's wages. Ah ok

I forgot about Gosling. I haven't included De Jong because he was here for a short amount of time and the expense was budgeted but unspent last summer. Jonas is also back so we're paying his full wages again. I'm assuming we're subsiding a significant chunk of Marveaux's wages too, I don't think Guingamp can afford £40k/week. Anyone else I'm missing? I don't mind analysing our finances in full when the window closes to see how much room we have in terms of transfers and wages for January and next summer. An early guess would be £15m for January and £100k/week in wages. If our spending hasn't changed in a year ie. no new contracts to current players, we could genuinely afford close to £40m next summer and another £20-25m the year after. Shola must have been on 20-30k-ish?

As long as Mbiwa stays we're "alright" for centre back personnel. It could be better obviously, but we have two partnerships that might work: Colo+Taylor and Willo+Mbiwa. Not ideal, but just about good enough for midtable, which is what the fat cunt is aiming for.

Someone proven costs money, therefore won't happen.

I've been as critical as the next man about our lack of transfers/spending/ambition, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I'm quite pleased about our current activity, including the fact that Yanga Mbiwa and Ben Arfa are still here (not by design, granted, but as long as they aren't sold there's always a small chance we might see them again). Although there is still plenty of room for improvement (sell and replace Elliott, Saylor, Raylor, another purple central midfield player, another winger if Ben Arfa is out of the picture indefinitely) we've at least done enough to relieve the pressure of almost certain relegation. Who knows, our new signings might even hit the ground running and have us in contention for a top 6 spot.

Can't see yet another striker coming in. Ferreyra, Cisse, Riviere and Perez, plus Armstrong and Campbell if they don't go out on loan. We rarely play more than one striker anyway.

A fee of £1.6million has been agreed but it could result in a permanent move costing Newcastle £6.4million.

Get in!

You must have been given access to all the evidence that nobody else has?

I have a good feeling about this one. Make it happen please.

FM legend on my NUFC save.

Rest in peace everybody on board of that ill fated flight. 173 confirmed Dutch casualties and counting, and now this news about two NUFC fans on top of it. I'm in mourning..

After all the anticipation he didn't start off as well as expected, but he got better the more he got used to the league. I'm not too disheartened to see him leave, as I think his replacement is probably just as good if not potentially better. Best of luck at Arsenal Mathieu!

Welkom in Newcastle Daryl! Feyenoord is een fantastische club, maar NUFC is zeker zo mooi. Je hebt een goede keuze gemaakt. Succes en vele mooie jaren toegewenst!

Most definitely!

I have no idea what you're on about mate. Do you?

You're not certain at all. You assume this to be the case, just like you assume that Besiktas (out of these imaginative options) was the club that offered him the highest wages. Based on these two complete and utter assumptions you then go and criticise him, throwing such ludicrous concepts as his legacy or his lack of desire to win trophies into the mixer. And what do you end up with after all that? A cocktail of stinking f***ing Ronaldo assumption s**** with more than a hint of hypocrisy. Well done sir.

No set of fans will remember him. He's gone from one club to the other based on financial incentive. The only laughable thing is the idea that Ba has gone to the 3rd best side in Turkey for anything other than a few extra quid in his pocket at the expense of his career. Let me be the one who asks the obvious question: what should he have done, bearing in mind you absolutely haven't a clue about what options were available to him? Would it have been more commendable to continue picking up his no doubt huge (higher?) wages at Chelsea in light of his diminishing chances of getting much pitch time?

How so? Because again he's going where the most money is. A player with all that talent and in 10 years nobody will remember him. But his family and friends will all be taken care of. and at the end of the day that's all that matters. They be taken care of on 50K a week, too. Maximise income - better living standards. something practically everyone strives for in modern society. Motivation varies per person as well of course, Maybe Demba couldn't give a crap about being "remembered" Or winning stuff. I just f***ing hate that mentality. Aye, he'd have a better chance of being remembered or winning stuff staying at Newcastle than going to Chelsea or Besiktas, who challenge for cups, titles and European football.. Where the f*** did I say Demba Ba should come back to Newcastle? Where the f*** did I infer you did? :lol: At this point in his career Demba Ba must have far better options than the Turkish league from everything other than a financial perspective. That's all I'm saying. If you and Flip and the rest of the backpackers want to turn that into a 'Ronaldo thinks everyone should want to play for Newcastle' angle, that's fine. Really quite idiotic, but I'll live with it. Again, I said or inferred no such thing. Are you drunk?

How so? Because again he's going where the most money is. A player with all that talent and in 10 years nobody will remember him. But his family and friends will all be taken care of. and at the end of the day that's all that matters. They be taken care of on 50K a week, too. Maximise income - better living standards. something practically everyone strives for in modern society. Motivation varies per person as well of course, Maybe Demba couldn't give a crap about being "remembered" Or winning stuff. I just f***ing hate that mentality. Aye, he'd have a better chance of being remembered or winning stuff staying at Newcastle than going to Chelsea or Besiktas, who challenge for cups, titles and European football.. Where the f*** did I say Demba Ba should come back to Newcastle? Where the fuck did I infer you did?

I just find it highly ironic. Why does Ronaldo et al think all these French and Dutch players who come from clubs where they are used to winning stuff flock to come and play at Newcastle? To enjoy the Northumbrian countryside?

How so? Because again he's going where the most money is. A player with all that talent and in 10 years nobody will remember him. But his family and friends will all be taken care of. and at the end of the day that's all that matters. They be taken care of on 50K a week, too. Maximise income - better living standards. something practically everyone strives for in modern society. Motivation varies per person as well of course, Maybe Demba couldn't give a crap about being "remembered" Or winning stuff. I just f***ing hate that mentality. Aye, he'd have a better chance of being remembered or winning stuff staying at Newcastle than going to Chelsea or Besiktas, who challenge for cups, titles and European football..

Who?