Pilko Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 And how many of you watched Carroll and Shola get thoroughly outclassed by a less than strapping league one defence tonight? Just me eh. Well, to quote Arnie, get ready for da big surprise. Did you watch Martins get outclassed by a league on side the game before that? Lets not get into this sillyness mate, they're just friendlies. Exactly. Such a Martins fanboy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Carroll is absolutely gash Indeed. He has no ability on the ball whatsoever. One good header against Stoke and people start becoming very forgetful. This. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 9m is a great price. Now fuck off, Martins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 And how many of you watched Carroll and Shola get thoroughly outclassed by a less than strapping league one defence tonight? Just me eh. Well, to quote Arnie, get ready for da big surprise. Did you watch Martins get outclassed by a league on side the game before that? Lets not get into this sillyness mate, they're just friendlies. Exactly. Such a Martins fanboy. Martins is gone for an excellent price and I dont intend to mention him again on this forum, grow up man. We need to look to the future and be pragmatic, our strikeforce is gone, we're left with league one forwards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 We have no strike force. Its all gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Carroll is absolutely gash Indeed. He has no ability on the ball whatsoever. One good header against Stoke and people start becoming very forgetful. This. Great finish against West Ham too, and as I said bullied Hangeland in the air which very few players did all season. He's not great but he's got attributes that could benefit us if he's used properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 And how many of you watched Carroll and Shola get thoroughly outclassed by a less than strapping league one defence tonight? Just me eh. Well, to quote Arnie, get ready for da big surprise. We couldn't keep Martins on his package. Huge package apparently. Oh yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Carroll is absolutely gash Indeed. He has no ability on the ball whatsoever. One good header against Stoke and people start becoming very forgetful. Meanwhile other people forget an even better header against West Ham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 We need to look to the future and be pragmatic, our strikerforce is gone, we're left with league one forwards Snap! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 At the end of the day its 90k off the wage bill and 5m in the transfer chest. While I liked oba players like him needed stripping we are like an english benfica paying big money for old hype players like Duff Nolan Viduka Owen Smith players that were not wanted by their clubs and hadn't done much of note in the season previous to their arrival Eh? How does that work? It's a £9m fee and most of us are fairly certain that the princely sum of £0 will go into the transfer chest. For all of his stupidity, I would imagine Ashley realises that no one is buying and thus some new faces will be needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Carroll is absolutely gash Indeed. He has no ability on the ball whatsoever. One good header against Stoke and people start becoming very forgetful. This. Great finish against West Ham too, and as I said bullied Hangeland in the air which very few players did all season. He's not great but he's got attributes that could benefit us if he's used properly. also he's only 20! I'm not saying he's going to be legendary but he's by no means the finished product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 If we can get £9m for that thick stupid bastard then Ashley has actually done something positive for the Club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 How anyone could possibly believe that a) Martins and his agent would allow him to play Championship football and b) the club could afford to keep him on Championship economics is beyond me. But it seems some people do believe such crap..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'd actually be pretty gutted if this turned out not to be true or if the deal fell appart, fingers crossed. Now lets follow it up by getting rid of Coloccini, Duff, Smith, Geremi and Butt for a combined 15m (hey if we can get 9m for Martins it might just be possible ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 we have a very poor forward line now Xisco Carroll Ameobi Donaldson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 we have a very poor forward line now Xisco Carroll Ameobi Donaldson 3 of those are youngsters with the chance to develop into good players, one is a hopeless cause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest michaelfoster Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 And how many of you watched Carroll and Shola get thoroughly outclassed by a less than strapping league one defence tonight? Just me eh. Well, to quote Arnie, get ready for da big surprise. We couldn't keep Martins on his package. Huge package apparently. You know what they say about black men Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 9m is great price, martins been cack for 18mnts since the shooting incident in nigeria Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'd actually be pretty gutted if this turned out not to be true or if the deal fell appart, fingers crossed. Now lets follow it up by getting rid of Coloccini, Duff, Smith, Geremi and Butt for a combined 15m (hey if we can get 9 for Martins it might just be possible ) No it won't. We might get some money for Coloccini but forget those others you mentioned. Players who fetch money are those with either some skill or pace who are the right side of 30. That's why despite their being slagged constantly, i always knew we'd get money for Dyer, Jenas, N'Zogbia and now Martins...and will also get good money for Bassong. The ones who are worthless are the "loyal" ones i.e. absolute knackered, tired old shit who no one wants. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 we have a very poor forward line now Xisco Carroll Ameobi Donaldson I'd put Ranger ahead of Donaldson like.. Also its not as if this is the finished squad.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 If we don't bring in another striker then the only answer is to promote Ranger to the starting 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'd actually be pretty gutted if this turned out not to be true or if the deal fell appart, fingers crossed. Now lets follow it up by getting rid of Coloccini, Duff, Smith, Geremi and Butt for a combined 15m (hey if we can get 9 for Martins it might just be possible ) No it won't. We might get some money for Coloccini but forget those others you mentioned. Players who fetch money are those with either some skill or pace who are the right side of 30. That's why despite their being slagged constantly, i always knew we'd get money for Dyer, Jenas, N'Zogbia and now Martins...and will also get good money for Bassong. The ones who are worthless are the "loyal" ones i.e. absolute knackered, tired old shit who no one wants. Well I agree mostly. But a lot of people thought we couldn't get more then 4 or 5 million at most for Martins (I expected 7m). We seem to be playing hard ball despite our position which has given me hope that its not impossible we could get say 6m for Coloccini, 3m for Smith and a million or so each for the rest of them (appart from Geremi) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonarmy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 This is great news, not necessarily because I'm glad to see Martins go, or even because of the amazing 9 million price (who knows if that will go back into transfers or something less good like the Milner move). I'm just glad because this means movement, aka something's up one way or the other. But all I want to know is, who's making these moves? I wouldn't think Hughton would have that kind of power unless they've given him the manager job now. I don't think Ashley's that hands on. Llambias? Shearer secretly pulling strings and having Hughton/Ashley/Llambias rubber stamping? This is the first thing I want to know right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 As Matt has pointed out on Toontastic, unless Wolfsburg have agreed to pay this £9m up front in one go, it's not like Ashley will see much of it anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 As Matt has pointed out on Toontastic, unless Wolfsburg have agreed to pay this £9m up front in one go, it's not like Ashley will see much of it anyway. We still owe 4-5m on Martins non?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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