themanupstairs
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Pretty disheartening if we've even asked tbh.
That's understating it. It would be a monumental let-down from an already shambolic start to the season (squad wise)
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'main thing is we are historically superior to the mags'
Jesus Christ.
dude, please stop posting. or change that sig
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I always crap myself when this thread is right at the top.
How was it this time?
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Love to have this fella here. Cissokho, Maiga and Maynard would represent very good business for the summer.
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Tiote's tendency to get booked in every game will lower his price unfortunately.
What like Paul Scholes.
Aye like Paul Scholes, who they didn't have to fork out a fair wedge to buy.
Aye cos he was product of youth team, but my point is their hardly gonna be put off by a hard tackling midfielder who happens to collects cards like confetti cos a player like that has been at the heart of the team for the best part of fifteen years and recently retired.
Of course, but Scholes scored goals, and was a much better passer than Tiote #clutchingatstraws
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Tiote's tendency to get booked in every game will lower his price unfortunately.
What like Paul Scholes.
Aye like Paul Scholes, who they didn't have to fork out a fair wedge to buy.
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We need to keep Best tbh.
Yup. I'd offer them 4.5m plus Lovenkrands (permanent) and Ranger on a season long loan.
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Tiote's tendency to get booked in every game will lower his price unfortunately.
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"I didn't want to loose the lad but he put in a transfer request and our hands were tied."
Yes but that's a realistic scenario is it not? It's not like we'd be selling him to Bolton for 20m!!
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I'm just trying to be realistic. If a massive bid came in for Carroll from one of the biggest clubs in England, would we take it? I don't think we'd sell for peanuts. And if we did, I'm pretty sure we'd spend it right away on a replacement, as he's pretty much our only decent striker.
Six months later...
absolutely. it's a bit different now though as we haven't just been promoted, having lost a lot of TV revenue etc... It's our 2nd season back, and we're on a better financial footing than we were in January.
Not defending the regime by any means. just saying looking at it from their point of view (which they claim is a business point of view) it would be easier to spend any Tiote money than it was last season.
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With Tiote we got lucky. I can't understand how people are so confident we'll be able to do it again, let alone keep doing it. Especially when everyone knows we've got a fuckload of cash from previous sales.
We got VERY lucky! Buying a player for under 4m and selling him on for 20m plus, a season later, is no small feat. I'm just hoping, that for the sake of this football club, the owners know that the closer we get to balancing the books, the more we should be comfortable in spending hard cash to bring in quality. End of the day, as long as NUFC is out on the pitch, nothing else will matter.
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after bringing myself round after the (expected) disappointment of the summer activity, and now being positive because the football's actually started, if tiote went i'd probably be reduced to tears.
and that post above about doubting it wont be spent purely on players, breathtaking.
Man up ffs!
I'm just trying to be realistic. If a massive bid came in for Tiote from the current champions, would we take it? I don't think we'd sell for peanuts. And if we did, I'm pretty sure we'd spend it right away on a replacement, as he's pretty much our only defensive minded midfielder.
(I know I know, I can even see the hypocrisy in being realistic and hoping the money will be spent on a replacement
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14m, 40m, means nothing to the fans if its not spent on the team. Hope we can hold on to him until January.
Be interesting to see the excuse machine if he does go, wasn't one of the reasons the Carroll money vanished because it was supposedly to pay for new deals for Enrique and Tiote?
As shambolic as it was back then, if we sell Tiote for a massive profit like that, I highly doubt that it won't be spent purely on bringing in players. Since the Carroll money was needed to beef up contracts for new players and existing ones, I reckon a big sale like that, especially in this window will be spent even before it is received (a la Liverpool with selling Torres and buying Carroll).
Would we bring in someone better than Tiote? Because that's all that matters.
The answer IMO is no, quite clearly.
Does that depend on transfer fees though? Say we sold Barton last summer for 8m, and replaced him with Tiote who we signed for 3 odd million, does that mean we bought someone better? If it is spent on an unknown quantity, we wont really be sure until we see them play. Tiote may have turned out a big flop, keeping in mind it was a low transfer fee, and he was used mainly as a sub in a title winning team in a 2nd rate European league.
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14m, 40m, means nothing to the fans if its not spent on the team. Hope we can hold on to him until January.
Be interesting to see the excuse machine if he does go, wasn't one of the reasons the Carroll money vanished because it was supposedly to pay for new deals for Enrique and Tiote?
As shambolic as it was back then, if we sell Tiote for a massive profit like that, I highly doubt that it won't be spent purely on bringing in players. Since the Carroll money was needed to beef up contracts for new players and existing ones, I reckon a big sale like that, especially in this window will be spent even before it is received (a la Liverpool with selling Torres and buying Carroll).
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Apparently he was kuyt saying he might not sign for us due to the bad Winter we get.
Aaron know about that bro...
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Did Glen Roda scout this guy?
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Puns need to stop, Karelse Dave will lock the thread
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If this lad comes in, I wonder where we'll get the money to pay Ba
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I think Kluivert my brain thinking all of these up.
It does send you Emmenthal after a bit.
Cheese a hole lot better to stop thinking about this
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he'll be coming for Maiga bucks I'm sure
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May develop into a Key New Vull Back
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Can see his debut now - flying down the wing and neeskens two then whips a cross in for Ba to nod home.
You've clearly got your Blinker on as that joke has been done.
Stop being a reggie
No need for sneijder remarks.
bonger off
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I know we've been clogging up the thread with puns, but was this posted earlier?
http://www.voetbalplus.nl/online/index.php?pagina=nieuws&actie=nieuwsbericht&nieuwsid=20211
PSV are getting Tim Matavz to replace him.
Matavz is a forward though?
Probably just means that's where the money is going then.
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Can see his debut now - flying down the wing and neeskens two then whips a cross in for Ba to nod home.
You've clearly got your Blinker on as that joke has been done.
Stop being a reggie
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So in your opinion, Modric = 27m + Kalou + Benayoun + Sturridge?