Mick Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Who is this united people keep mentioning? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 NEWCASTLE are ready to test Rangers’ determination to hang on to Carlos Cuellar this summer by making a £7million bid for the defender. Cuellar, 26, has been a big hit in his debut season in the SPL since signing from Osasuna for £2.3m and was recently voted the league’s player of the year. The Spaniard signed a four-year contract and his impressive performances have alerted a host of Premier League clubs. Dennis Wise, Newcastle’s executive director of football, was in the crowd at the City of Manchester Stadium for last week’s UEFA Cup final against Zenit St Petersburg to watch Cuellar. Newcastle also fancy FC Basel’s 19-year-old striker Eren Derdiyok. He scored against England for Switzerland at Wembley when he came on as a second-half sub in February. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1183487.ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edd Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Cuellar has looked class when I've seen him this year, especially in Europe where Rangers cup run was built on their defence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Who is this united people keep mentioning? It's bizarre to see Newcastle fans calling another club "United". Get your fucking acts together people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 i've not seen a great deal of cuellar, he's looked good but then again boumsong looked good in the SPL. rangers definitely saw us coming that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Who is this united people keep mentioning? It's bizarre to see Newcastle fans calling another club "United". Get your fucking acts together people. I can see why some people may refer to Man U as "united". I grew up, and still live, in Ireland where most people would support Liverpool or Man U and they would just be called "Utd". I do however think it's strange for born and bred geordies to do it... As for Cuellar, I would steer clear. Not wanting to harp back to Boumsong, but that's what it comes down to. It's very easy for a shit defender (Boumsong) to pass themselves off as a decent player, and indeed, it's easy for a decent player, like I think Cuellar is, to look very good. That said, he's not the leader we need at the back. We have Taylor and Faye as competent centre halves, as well as Edgar, Tozer, Kadar as young players trying to push for inclusion in the first team. I honestly think we should only sign another player who could be a significant improvement on what we already have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 i've not seen a great deal of cuellar, he's looked good but then again boumsong looked good in the SPL. rangers definitely saw us coming that time. Have seen him mostly in the UEFA Cup and has been excellent. I'd have no qualms with signing him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Cuellar has looked class but id still be wary, isnt David Weir stilla first team regular?? He's 38 for fucks sake. Goes to show the quality of opposition in the SPL when that can happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 It's weird the SPL. I mean although the quality is low, you'd think players who have experience of it would be used to a bit of a physical game, and aren't as soft as shit. Then look at Boumsong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Cuellar has looked class but id still be wary, isnt David Weir stilla first team regular?? He's 38 for fucks sake. Goes to show the quality of opposition in the SPL when that can happen. surely you should have used boumsong as your example? (or do you rate him or sometin'?! ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Cuellar has looked class but id still be wary, isnt David Weir stilla first team regular?? He's 38 for fucks sake. Goes to show the quality of opposition in the SPL when that can happen. surely you should have used boumsong as your example? (or do you rate him or sometin'?! ) Aye, but I get his point. Weir is considered one of the best players in that league... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Cuellar has looked class but id still be wary, isnt David Weir stilla first team regular?? He's 38 for fucks sake. Goes to show the quality of opposition in the SPL when that can happen. surely you should have used boumsong as your example? (or do you rate him or sometin'?! ) *puts tin hat on* Haha, ill be honest, i hadnt seen anything of him before he signed but he had a cool name so gave him the beneift of the doubt - i remember him having Henry in his pocket one time and thought that he could come good and his form was down to what was happening off the pitch. Turns out i was wrong but im happy to admit i didnt call him out as quick as i should of done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Barry Ferguson didn't exactly pull up any trees down here either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Stilian Petrov hasnt exactly taken the league by storm - in fact the only player i can think who has come down from SPL with some degree of success is Viduka... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hopefully our scouting network will judge the player on an individual basis and look at what attributes he has that we need rather than judging him on other players who've failed to make the grade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hopefully our scouting network will judge the player on an individual basis and look at what attributes he has that we need rather than judging him on other players who've failed to make the grade. Merely pointing out that it seems difficult to judge the quality of players playing in the SPL as the competition there is so mixed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hutton's looking quite good so far... As for this Cuellar bloke, i've heard some good stuff about him but iv'e only seen him play once. Apparantly we're after him too, so can someone tell me what his pace is like? fast? slow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 He's slow as fuck and completely rubbish... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Spurs in for Cuellar? Fucking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elpapi Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hutton's looking quite good so far... As for this Cuellar bloke, i've heard some good stuff about him but iv'e only seen him play once. Apparantly we're after him too, so can someone tell me what his pace is like? fast? slow? After him? Of course you are! We have been linked to him... tssss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hutton's looking quite good so far... As for this Cuellar bloke, i've heard some good stuff about him but iv'e only seen him play once. Apparantly we're after him too, so can someone tell me what his pace is like? fast? slow? You don't have to tell us you're in for anyone we are interested in. We already know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 He's slow as f*** and completely rubbish... cool, i'll tell Levy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 He's slow as f*** and completely rubbish... cool, i'll tell Levy. Sweet. Tell him Turan, Dunne and Gomis are useless as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loonietoonie Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 He's slow as f*** and completely rubbish... cool, i'll tell Levy. Sweet. Tell him Turan, Dunne and Gomis are useless as well. tell him that Alan Smith is decent too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 He's slow as f*** and completely rubbish... cool, i'll tell Levy. Sweet. Tell him Turan, Dunne and Gomis are useless as well. Honestly though, if we end up with Cuellar it's near enough certain you lot will get Dunne and vice versa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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