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Here's a mental idea...wait for the teams to come out.

Same outlay? I'd be fuming if we spent that on Ince. Thankfully we wouldn't anyway. Why? You'd be fuming if we spent it on Ince but not on PEA? I wouldn't be bothered at all. Ince is clearly miles better than his division suggests. Sometimes you have to pay going rate Well for a start, Ince can't play up front which is what we need so somebody else would need to follow him in. He's a good player but I wouldn't want to be paying much more than £4m for him though. As for the going rate, it's fine paying it when it's justified. Not many people would bat an eyelid if we spent ~£10m on a versatile front man like PEA or an established striker like van Wolfswinkel. If we spent that money on Ince there would be a lot of queries surrounding the fee, just as has happened with the Zaha transfer. 4m? You'd be lucky to get a player that good for that price. Why is it okay with Van Wolfswinkle, he's not established? He could come here and be absolutely awful? I think if we could get ince for 7/8m it would be a great piece of business. I guarantee he will be worth a lot more in the future Have you not seen our squad? The vast majority were bought for between £4m to £6m. Anyone could sign and be awful, daft argument. To say van Wolfswinkel isn't established is mental too. As has been pointed out, he's OOC at the end of the season so shelling out a good chunk of cash doesn't represent any form of value. He's a player I'd like us to sign but if we were to get quoted a daft amount I'd happily see it spent elsewhere. Established in a completely different football environment. I'm not saying he's not an established player. Obvs anyone can sign and be awful. So whats the difference? we could sign PEA for 10m or ince for 7/8m? PEA has never played here could fail, Ince has played in Eng, could fail. If you think we can continually pick up bargains at 4/5m then fair dues, but we wont forever. Aye, but he's shown he can be successful at a high standard and has played numerous European games, I'd fancy van Wolfswinkel's chances to do well here. I'd also feel a lot more comfortable paying a big fee for him/PEA than paying it for Ince; you'd be taking a bigger risk with him. Not just that but as said earlier, we need somebody capable of playing up top which Ince cannot do which would mean he'd need to be followed by another player making it a big outlay. And again, we'd be idiotic paying so much for someone who'll be free in six months. We might not do it forever but have for the last two and a half years now so there's no reason why what we're doing cannot continue.

Colo, Jonas. Aye, they're really useless. Fuck me.

Thanks nufcjmc. Fingers crossed it turns out to be true!

Anyone remember where this was posted? Can't find it.

Same outlay? I'd be fuming if we spent that on Ince. Thankfully we wouldn't anyway. Why? You'd be fuming if we spent it on Ince but not on PEA? I wouldn't be bothered at all. Ince is clearly miles better than his division suggests. Sometimes you have to pay going rate Well for a start, Ince can't play up front which is what we need so somebody else would need to follow him in. He's a good player but I wouldn't want to be paying much more than £4m for him though. As for the going rate, it's fine paying it when it's justified. Not many people would bat an eyelid if we spent ~£10m on a versatile front man like PEA or an established striker like van Wolfswinkel. If we spent that money on Ince there would be a lot of queries surrounding the fee, just as has happened with the Zaha transfer. 4m? You'd be lucky to get a player that good for that price. Why is it okay with Van Wolfswinkle, he's not established? He could come here and be absolutely awful? I think if we could get ince for 7/8m it would be a great piece of business. I guarantee he will be worth a lot more in the future Have you not seen our squad? The vast majority were bought for between £4m to £6m. Anyone could sign and be awful, daft argument. To say van Wolfswinkel isn't established is mental too. As has been pointed out, he's OOC at the end of the season so shelling out a good chunk of cash doesn't represent any form of value. He's a player I'd like us to sign but if we were to get quoted a daft amount I'd happily see it spent elsewhere.

Same outlay? I'd be fuming if we spent that on Ince. Thankfully we wouldn't anyway. Why? You'd be fuming if we spent it on Ince but not on PEA? I wouldn't be bothered at all. Ince is clearly miles better than his division suggests. Sometimes you have to pay going rate Well for a start, Ince can't play up front which is what we need so somebody else would need to follow him in. He's a good player but I wouldn't want to be paying much more than £4m for him though. As for the going rate, it's fine paying it when it's justified. Not many people would bat an eyelid if we spent ~£10m on a versatile front man like PEA or an established striker like van Wolfswinkel. If we spent that money on Ince there would be a lot of queries surrounding the fee, just as has happened with the Zaha transfer.

Same outlay? I'd be fuming if we spent that on Ince. Thankfully we wouldn't anyway.

Just laid it out like that to show our bank balance is a little lighter.

Fair play to the lad really, can't knock him for wanting to see the season out. Sign him in the summer.

Would have been a replay anyway. Derp.

Don't see Butland signing, think the other two could still happen though.

Tomorrow's going to be so shit if we don't sign anyone else.

I floated this idea for Bigi. Loads of French teams sing songs to it. Just been looking on YouTube for some examples and found this:

Retweeted this earlier. Got to be done. I found the song future supporters #Newcastle @MassadioHaidara "# Haidara la la la la" to the tune of the song Life is Life

Lost my shit when I saw Obertan. :lol:

Sheffield Wednesday fans sing this for Semedo, sounds class when it's in full swing.

Thats because he talks out his arse. Funny because i live in the middle of cramlington, and can assure you that nobody has ever mentioned Colo etc being round here. Oh yeh, apart from the time they were in the Blagdon, then went down to the Plough for a session. Dont talk wet please. Sorry mate didn't realise you were the don of Cramlington and everything comes through you. Same for you. You confirmed your stupidity with your 50/50 source on our Debuchy transfer. Lad has got the odd thing spot on in the past which is all I meant by 50/50. I'm just going to keep these things to myself from now on, so I don't look like a tit. No offence intended. Good idea. Thanks.

Sure there was an article on him the other day that suggested he would be happy to come here?

Can see where people are coming from regarding the money. By all accounts he'd agreed to sign for us but if QPR have offered £30k+ (?) more a week plus a free transfer if they go down, can anyone really blame him? He's a good player and if we can sign him for free I'd be all for it, regardless of what's gone down over the last few weeks. Regardless of how Gouffran does too, we still need another striker.

Hi Tiotes Witch Doctor...

Aye. Marv > Gouffran for me at the minute like. That's nothing against Gouffran either. Don't agree with the comparison, Marveaux's a central player for me. Don't disagree but he may have to play a wide role (with the license to roam) to find a place in the starting XI.

Aye. Marv > Gouffran for me at the minute like. That's nothing against Gouffran either.

Seen a few people mention that there's no way we'd go back in for him in the summer if QPR go down. If it's a free transfer, I really don't see why we wouldn't. Know this may be an unpopular view but I'd take him.