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So Krul, Santon, Perch, Cabaye, Cisse + the youngsters like Tavernier, Sammy, Vuckic, Abeid and Ferguson won't be a little more developed in their premiership careers? It's like foreign players and youngster settling in is some sort of myth I have made up, sorry I mentioned the first team, so all those youngsters are kinda irrelevent to my point. I also excepted a couple - Krul and Santon. Krul's been in this country ages anyway like. Can Cabaye and Cisse perform any better than they did last year? Unlikely, hopefully they'll be as consistent as they have been to date but asking for more seems like a stretch. It's not like they struggled to begin with is it? I stand by my point, I don't think I've ever heard it being argued before. The players from every other team also gain experience btw, we're not unique in this. Also on this point, a couple of the teams around us (Spurs and Arsenal) have lost their best players so it's not unlikely they are going to be significantly weakened unless their new signings instantly perform as well as those as they replaced where as we have lost squad players? Yeah, we've built a squad from the ground up over the past 2 year where as Tottenham and Arsenal are really trying to replace their losses. We'll still improve also (and have done this window) just maybe not as fast as we would like, Simpson is a prime example, he will be replaced there's no doubt about that, but he'll be replaced in an effort to create the overall squad we are aiming for and not necessarily in an effort to improve us for next year. I would prefer him to just splash £40m into the club to push us right on this season but it clearly isn't going to happen You post that as though people are demanding such figures be spent though; barring a very few mentals they most certainly aren't. Ner I'm not, I'm posting it as that's what I personally would want (figure pulled out me arse like), I would love to wake up to 3 new top quality signings. I don't really like the approach we're going for as it takes time and I'm impatient, it undoubtedly also saves money though which is why I cannot complain and why I think it's been a good window all things considered.

So Krul, Santon, Perch, Cabaye, Cisse + the youngsters like Tavernier, Sammy, Vuckic, Abeid and Ferguson won't be a little more developed in their premiership careers? It's like foreign players and youngster settling in is some sort of myth I have made up, sorry I mentioned the first team, so all those youngsters are kinda irrelevent to my point. I also excepted a couple - Krul and Santon. Krul's been in this country ages anyway like. Can Cabaye and Cisse perform any better than they did last year? Unlikely, hopefully they'll be as consistent as they have been to date but asking for more seems like a stretch. It's not like they struggled to begin with is it? I stand by my point, I don't think I've ever heard it being argued before. The players from every other team also gain experience btw, we're not unique in this. Also on this point, a couple of the teams around us (Spurs and Arsenal) have lost their best players so it's not unlikely they are going to be significantly weakened unless their new signings instantly perform as well as those as they replaced where as we have lost squad players? Yeah, we've built a squad from the ground up over the past 2 year where as Tottenham and Arsenal are really trying to replace their losses. We'll still improve also (and have done this window) just maybe not as fast as we would like, Simpson is a prime example, he will be replaced there's no doubt about that, but he'll be replaced in an effort to create the overall squad we are aiming for and not necessarily in an effort to improve us for next year. (We're probably onto our 10th 5 year plan or what not now.) I would prefer him to just splash £40m into the club to push us right on this season but it clearly isn't going to happen

This applies to every team like not just us, just we're very much still in the development stage so should benefit from it more. The likes of Sunderland go for experience and the likes of Arsenal are already past the stage we are at.

Ben Arfa, Santon, Krul, Cabaye, Perch, Cisse technically should all have benefited from a season, or half of a season in the Premierhsip, the same applies for our youngsters (who should play more of a part this year) so I think the years experience could be pretty big. Obviously it's not always the case like.

:lol: In stitches here like

http://i.imgur.com/GJAca.jpg :lol: His total meltdown starting from the middle of May onwards was brilliant, he went completely off the rails http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,63771.16475.html Such a great thread (well, part of this thread anyway).

I wish people would stop judging players from a game against probable title challengers on their own turf. Santon's fine, he can be brilliant, we would be better off playing 2 Danny Simpson's in a game like last night's though as we had 3 very technically gifted forwards doing what they wanted in our final 3rd, no attacking fullback is going to shine in a game like that.

hahahaha you're such a character man, prefab.

Hazard is depressingly good.

It's 1 game against a side who will be challenging for the title ffs

This analysis is painful to watch

Those screen shots of Allardyce

Why would you do that? (The Dumfemline players, not Damien Duff)

We're about 6/1 at the bookies to win this, ridiculous price.

I would be mortified

Fees & wages(being generous - £40k pw each) would be close to 40% of their turnover, they better deliver top half finishes or the club will never turn a profit. Financially they are taking a huge gamble. I cannot say i'm privy to their finances tbh but I think £10m(?) and £40k is a good deal for Johnson, it's just a shame for them that every other deal they've made in the past couple of years (bar Sess & Larsson) has been horrific.

Obviously they've paid massively over the odds for Fletcher but Johnson is a fantastic signing for them. They now have a player who could actually walk into our squad

He's not a bad footballer at all when he's played in midfield, I mean he's not a world beater but he's fairly comfortable on the ball and has a good right foot. I don't think he could be further from Delap as a player actually.

Parjew & Jewcastle are the worst. Only in Sunderland.

A few fans or not you would obviously be affected by a group of people shouting abuse at you, especially when they're the people who are supposed to be supporting you. I cannot see how this is difficult to comprehend? He's not a robot. I doubt he's going to throw himself off the Parthenon like.

We all know people with money have no soul, man. He'll just brush it off on his yacht ride back to his island of whores.

What a load of shite.

hahaha mags gerrin beat 1-0 hahaha 1-1 hahaha we want these twats to get to the group stages they'll tire in the leaguehahah lol

Wow

I know it isn't exactly on topic, but are you happy with Tottenham's work this window Leffe? I would say your squad has took a pretty big hit (especially with Luka on his way) but I haven't really took much notice of the transfer fees that yous have received, or if any of it is planned to be reinvested back into the squad before the window closes? As a rival club (I think it's highly possible we'll be competing again this year, although probably for 5th or 6th place as opposed to 4th) I'm personally pretty happy with Tottneham's 'losses' as I think the squad and manager (at least in the short term) are weaker for it, I'm unsure if this is a misplace belief or not though. EDIT: To answer the thread question I'm really happy, we've improved the squad that finished 5th last year without any major losses, what isn't there to be happy about? If we sign Debuchy I wouldn't know what to do with myself.