Pilko Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 In order of "able-to-get-ability" I'd probably say 1) Noble, 2) Warnock and 3) Upson. Noble was even getting benched for the likes of Collison, and he's woeful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Is Warnock even that good? Never impressed me really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 We'll sign no-one we've heard of, or someone we have but who is shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Do we know if our friend Dennis is scouting anyone today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Do we know if our friend Dennis is scouting anyone today? Probably someone we've never heard of or someone we have but is shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 why on earth are we going after a LB? Warnock, Mareque and that guy from Hearts! Don't bloody need a LB, Joe! Eh? Are you joking? I'd say that's probably the weakest part of the entire team, both in terms of numbers AND quality. Speechless.... two words, central midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 why on earth are we going after a LB? Warnock, Mareque and that guy from Hearts! Don't bloody need a LB, Joe! Eh? Are you joking? I'd say that's probably the weakest part of the entire team, both in terms of numbers AND quality. Speechless.... two words, central midfield. Guthrie and Barton are decent. The rest, very much not so. And they've both got injury/fitness and discipline issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 why on earth are we going after a LB? Warnock, Mareque and that guy from Hearts! Don't bloody need a LB, Joe! Eh? Are you joking? I'd say that's probably the weakest part of the entire team, both in terms of numbers AND quality. Speechless.... two words, central midfield. Barton, Butt, Guthrie, Geremi, Gonzalez and N'Zogbia are all players who would call central midfield their preferred position. Then you take into account all of the other players in the squad who have/can play there. Enrique... the player who would call left-back his preferred position. N'Zogbia can play there adequately, Bassong can play there adequately, but that's about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 why on earth are we going after a LB? Warnock, Mareque and that guy from Hearts! Don't bloody need a LB, Joe! Eh? Are you joking? I'd say that's probably the weakest part of the entire team, both in terms of numbers AND quality. Speechless.... two words, central midfield. Barton, Butt, Guthrie, Geremi, Gonzalez and N'Zogbia are all players who would call central midfield their preferred position. Then you take into account all of the other players in the squad who have/can play there. Enrique... the player who would call left-back his preferred position. N'Zogbia can play there adequately, Bassong can play there adequately, but that's about it. The Zog may "call" central midfield his preferred position, but that certainly doesn't mean we should let him play there. Out of the remainder, Barton is good, Guthrie is adequte, and the other two are liabilities. Also, Barton is also the only one out of any of our CMs who contributes much on the break, and he's crocked till January. CM is the most important position on the pitch, but we're lacking in quality, variety, and numbers. a new CM is clearly our highest priority, followed closely by a second new CM. You only really need 2 LBs and we sort of have that with Enrique/Zog/Bassong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I would like to see us bring in a CM, as I've said on this thread already, but LB stands out like a sore thumb to me. I also think you're being incredibly harsh on Butt and Geremi. Enrique is extremely questionable at times (and that's being polite) and if he gets injured there's not any natural cover there at all. Both positions obviously need strengthening, like, along with RB. To buy two central midfielders before a LB (if things worked like that) would be madness though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 If the upson rumour is true then i'd imagine he would slot in at CB with colo and with beye at RB and maybe a loan of riise from roma at LB, would be a canny defence if they gel right and much improved on the current back 4! Hopefully then another buy and /or loan in the midfield area would see us in a decent position to avoid the drop! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Jimmy Bullard and Jan Polak are 2 of the midfielders we're looking at apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Jan Polak is in the Guthrie and Butt mode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 We need someone capable of passing the ball and passing it forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Random. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/12/14/rangers-and-celtic-want-to-sign-newcastle-midfielder-shane-ferguson-115875-20970988/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Jimmy Bullard and Jan Polak are 2 of the midfielders we're looking at apparently. Jimmy Bullard is a player I would never have associated with us last season but he's always looked decent when I've watched Fulham games. Capello seems to like him as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Bid for Baines and Upson according to the Sunday Sun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 CM is a must. If we have to sign a cb and a lb, I'd prefer someone young and in the Bassong mould (unknown and inexpensive), not someone of the Upson mould (expensive, high wages and reputation precedes talent). Other than that, a new winger and a backup rb (in the young, inexpensive mould) would be nice too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 As for the here and now... in terms of improving the first team, the only position i'd be fussed about investing in would be centre-midfield. The rest of the team is beyond fine. Aside from that, we need cover for full-backs. Long-term we'll need a striker (probably two when you think about it), with Viduka/Owen/Shola/Smith all potentially leaving. Again, long-term, i reckon a winger will probably represent itself as a priority. We'll need rid of Duff and we're a bit short down the right-hand side. Geremi's hardly ideal. As for January, though. I really don't want to see Kinnear spending whatever cash we've got. 1, i don't trust him. 2, he's got no right to build a squad when he's not here long-term. 3, it'll mean yet another transition period when everything finally gets sorted. This whole 5 players thing isn't really doing it for me; a couple of loans max would do me fine. The team is very good as it is, we could sign Kaka without improving a great deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Bullard is a good passer, gets forward and plays at a high tempo - ticks the box really as we lack that in midfield in general. Yes please. Not exactly a top notch player but an improvement on what we have I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I'd be over the moon with Bullard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I'd be over the moon with Bullard. I really wouldn't. Center-midfield is something we need to absolutely nail - spend some proper cash on a genuinely quality player who is going to be mint for us. Kinnear can fuck off; the centre-mid (aswell as the entire team) good enough until the end of the season. I'd rather we waited to solve this very, very pressing problem (on a permanent basis, i mean) when the club is in a stable position, with a proper manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Bullard would be good for us, he's also very good with a deadball which is something we tend to lack. I don't expect to see the kind of player we want to see in the middle of the park arriving in January, so based on that if we got Bullard for a few seasons I'd be happy with that for a start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 There is no way we can attract guaranteed quality at the moment imo so someone like Bullard would do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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