Yorkie Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Like I say, it was just an example off the top of my head. Just a CB who's proven himself in the league would be nice. They don't have to be a world-beater, just someone consistent and decent. Not another punt like every single CB we've signed over the last million years has been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Who honestly wanted Caulker in the summer for 8/9 million pound. I can't remember many screaming for us to sign him and being gutted when Cardiff stumped up. 10 games in and suddenly we've missed out on him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Who honestly wanted Caulker in the summer for 8/9 million pound. I can't remember many screaming for us to sign him and being gutted when Cardiff stumped up. 10 games in and suddenly we've missed out on him? I think most people were concentrating on the ridiculous notion that we might strengthen our strike force. CB didn't exactly feel like a priority compared to the ridiculous lack of depth elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Who honestly wanted Caulker in the summer for 8/9 million pound. I can't remember many screaming for us to sign him and being gutted when Cardiff stumped up. 10 games in and suddenly we've missed out on him? It's just another example though isn't it, man. We're allowed to have hindsight cos we're not paid tens of thousands of pounds a year to identify transfer targets! You can sit there and lose count of the amount of decent CBs we've missed out on in the past, when they were utterly attainable. Instead, we've signed guff from abroad and/or persisted with shite from the academy (including Taylor, who's not shite but has never been reliable). Look at the value Everton have got out of Phil Jagielka, for example - I'm sure they got him for something like £5m. You can go back years listing our failures when it comes to signing CBs. Marcelino, Boumsong, Rozehnal, Cacapa, Moore, Bramble, etc, etc, etc. Rubbish. Coloccini's a rare gem, but he cost a lot and even he took a year to get going. Abdoulaye Faye was exactly what we needed at the time, it was a real pity he didn't work out. But we've been rubbish at buying CBs for ages and need to sort it out, this is my general point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Caulker would have been perfect IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I would have definitely liked us to go for Caulker, though that's based on not watching him much. Might still be able to get him when Cardiff go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Caulker + MYM would be a class long-term partnership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Who honestly wanted Caulker in the summer for 8/9 million pound. I can't remember many screaming for us to sign him and being gutted when Cardiff stumped up. 10 games in and suddenly we've missed out on him? I think 8 mill pounds was a fair price for a future international centre half, with 2 years experience in the top flight. I was shocked when Cardiff was his destination, thought an established club would have snapped him up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I always sign Caulker as Colo's successor on FIFA, make of that what you will. And Dede as the beast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I always sign Caulker as Colo's successor on FIFA, make of that what you will. And Dede as the beast. Two 6'3 CBs, makes Tony Pulis and Pardew giddy. Also, those 2 would fucking boss people around - the bash brothers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I always sign Caulker as Colo's successor on FIFA, make of that what you will. And Dede as the beast. Two 6'3 CBs, makes Tony Pulis and Pardew giddy. Also, those 2 would fucking boss people around - the bash brothers. True, Caulker is fairly mobile and good on the ball though. In FIFA at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Shit imo. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Everyone knows what we need.... a leader with the physical attributes to adapt instantly. Being comfortable on the ball would be nice but not a necessity; Williamson is a good leader but is far too frail and Taylor while having the correct physique to be a success isn't much of leader. But will the fat man and his cronies supply the funds to make this happen? not a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Who honestly wanted Caulker in the summer for 8/9 million pound. I can't remember many screaming for us to sign him and being gutted when Cardiff stumped up. 10 games in and suddenly we've missed out on him? I think 8 mill pounds was a fair price for a future international centre half, with 2 years experience in the top flight. I was shocked when Cardiff was his destination, thought an established club would have snapped him up. When Mackay was unveiling him on the FL92 show, I wasn't feeling anything angry towards our board because we hadn’t got him or felt we had missed out. Obviously in hindsight that is now looking good value and i would have liked to have him here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Everyone knows what we need.... a leader with the physical attributes to adapt instantly. Being comfortable on the ball would be nice but not a necessity; Williamson is a good leader but is far too frail and Taylor while having the correct physique to be a success isn't much of leader. But will the fat man and his cronies supply the funds to make this happen? not a chance. Well summed up. It'd be great to have a big fucker at the back dominating in the air and scaring the shit out of the opposition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 If Newcastle have kept 31 clean sheets since we were promoted, 21 of those were with Willo. Anyone got the stats for how many of those Colo/Taylor were involved in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Very good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I respectfully disagree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Who the hell came up with that? Williamson was barely up against him anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/06/eve3uhy9.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Says more about how shite Taylor is than how good Williamson is like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 51 apps in 3.26 seasons is bad enough nevermind the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/06/eve3uhy9.jpg Cheers, thought there was more than just his fist pumps to why i don't want to see Taylor play for us again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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