Guest nufc 4 life Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Well i'd like to say what a sensational transfer window this has turned out to be for the club. So we've got rid of the dead-wood and recieved some great fees for mediocre players. We have also given Krul and Carrol the chance to prove themselves at lower-league clubs. Transfers out May 2007 Olivier Bernard DEF Unattached Released May 2007 Titus Bramble DEF Unattached Released May 2007 Craig Moore DEF Unattached Released May 2007 Oguchi Onyewu DEF Standard Liege Loan ended May 2007 Pavel Srnicek GKR Unattached Released Jun 2007 Kris Gate DEF Unattached Released Jun 2007 Chris Shanks DEF Unattached Released Jun 2007 Antoine Sibierski FWD Unattached Released Jun 2007 Scott Parker MID West Ham United £7m Jun 2007 Alan O'Brien MID Hibernian £200K tbc Aug 2007 Tim Krul GKR Falkirk 6 month loan Aug 2007 Andy Carroll FWD Preston North End 6 month loan Aug 2007 Kieron Dyer MID West Ham United fee tbc Aug 2007 Paul Huntington DEF Leeds United Undisclosed fee Aug2007 Nolberto Solano MID West Ham United £tbc Aug 2007 Albert Luque FWD Ajax Undisclosed fee So after clearing out all the players that were not up to scratch at Newcastle and didn't deserve to be in the squad, basically all the mercenaries. Sam Allardyce brought in some brilliant replacements and for a minimal amout looking at the amounts that some teams have spent this transfer window. Transfers In Jun 2007 Mark Viduka FWD Unattached Free Jun 2007 Joey Barton MID Manchester City £5.8M Jun 2007 David Rozenhal DEF Paris St.Germain £2.9M & £200K Jul 2007 Geremi DEF Chelsea Free Aug 2007 Alan Smith FWD Manchester United tbc Aug 2007 Cacapa DEF Free agent Free Aug 2007 Jose Enrique DEF Villarreal £6m Aug 2007 Habib Beye DEF Marseille £tbc Aug 2007 Abdoulaye Faye DEF Bolton Wanderers £tbc So we have signed players with vast experience, but also some youth, Barton, Smith and Enrique are all young player, but Smith and Barton also have some experience. We have signed players that have been captain of Champions league sides and players who have proven themselves at the top level. This is what the club needed. The revolution truely has begun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Goodish window I could have done with a least one flair player or a bit more creativity in midfield, but perhaps in Jan. SA is building from the bottom up and we have to respect that for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 AMADY FAYE!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest K9 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 We signed amady faye? I'm still a bit uncertain about Allardyce football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Kinda the point of my thread, but HEY, who cares. We've gone a whole summer without embarassing ourselves as a club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 AMADY FAYE!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Amady Faye? Rangers must be sick of him already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Nearly choked when I saw Amady Faye. Hes gone to Rangers, right? RIGHT!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Missed out Luque. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 AMADY FAYE!? 1000 Vader-esque cries of "noooooooooooooooo..." when we realise we signed the wrong one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc 4 life Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Some people expect too much . Seriously though with what he had to do Sa has done tremendously and you say we need fliar players. N'zgobia will bring you that a fit and firing on all cylinders Emre will bring you that and the same goes for Duff when he is fully fit and pulling out the displays he was doing during his time a t Blackburn. It would of been nice to get a true playmaker in, but that can come in January or even next seson i don't mind. I am delighted with the squad we have now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Nearly choked when I saw Amady Faye. Hes gone to Rangers, right? RIGHT!? Nope. He couldn't afford the petrol so stopped here on the way up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Nearly choked when I saw Amady Faye. Hes gone to Rangers, right? RIGHT!? Ha Ha. Yes. We have definitely signed Abdoulaye Faye not Amdy. Fucking Hell..... the thought of that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc 4 life Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 thought i'd sneak that in and watch you all squirm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 On paper the squad looks a lot stronger, espescially the defence. The only place we look weaker is on the flanks, and perhaps the only criticism I can make is that we're left with only two fit wingers while £6m was spent on Smith, a player we seemingly did not need in any position (without him we'd still have 5 centre mids and 4 strikers). Hopefully we'll get away with it until Duff returns in November, it looks like 4-3-3 will be our main formation anyway in which case you can include Martins as a wide player. We don't know how the foreign players will get on, but on paper things look very positive indeed. Now all we have to do is batter Wigan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sam Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 All [huge] steps in the right direction. blueyes.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Goodish window... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 We now look much more solid. And that's always been a bit of a weakness. We're not pushovers any more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Goodish window... http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/lold-44854.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I've just found out we've sold Hunty! Strange one, SA mustn't be impressed with him to get rid of someone so young as quick as that. Shame Pattison didn't follow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 On paper the squad looks a lot stronger, espescially the defence. The only place we look weaker is on the flanks, and perhaps the only criticism I can make is that we're left with only two fit wingers while £6m was spent on Smith, a player we seemingly did not need in any position (without him we'd still have 5 centre mids and 4 strikers). Hopefully we'll get away with it until Duff returns in November, it looks like 4-3-3 will be our main formation anyway in which case you can include Martins as a wide player. We don't know how the foreign players will get on, but on paper things look very positive indeed. Now all we have to do is batter Wigan Still think we're lacking genuine creativity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Replacing Dyer with Smith looks the only mistake so far, time will tell with the rest of his signings. Creativity could be a problem for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc 4 life Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Replacing Dyer with Smith looks the only mistake so far, time will tell with the rest of his signings. Creativity could be a problem for us. Are you joking Dyer is going to be out for months and months. Who would you want us too replace him with, there aren't many players out there who aren't crocks. Can only think of players like quaresma who would cost a bomb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 As I said in the other thread, I'm more than happy but the addition of a creative force in the middle ala Deco or Riquelme would have made me as giddy as a school girl. The other concern may be the squad size, it was commonly acknowledged last year that the squad was too small and numbers wise it has gone down (although the strength in depth has undoubtably gone up). we don't have europe to put strain on the squad this time and Sam's methods should also help prevent us from witnessing the regular injury crisis we tend to get at some point in the season. We may still need to bolster in January but time will tell I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 As I said in the other thread, I'm more than happy but the addition of a creative force in the middle ala Deco or Riquelme would have made me as giddy as a school girl. The other concern may be the squad size, it was commonly acknowledged last year that the squad was too small and numbers wise it has gone down (although the strength in depth has undoubtably gone up). we don't have europe to put strain on the squad this time and Sam's methods should also help prevent us from witnessing the regular injury crisis we tend to get at some point in the season. We may still need to bolster in January but time will tell I guess. This is just the first step on a long road to what we hope is success. I think we all craved stability at the back first and I think we have got that more than we have had in a long time. Creativity come next... plenty of time to sort that out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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