Disco Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Surely, even with us only being promoted, if Gosling's choice's were between us and the mackems, he just couldn't chose them, I mean, he must surely visit both places and see the players in each team. You can't look at Sunderland and go 'thats an attractive propsition, I really want to go there', you only go there if your mind set is 'first team football, decent wage, aye ill play there till I get a move away' (Kieran Richardson to name just one) I'd say the stock is pretty even between the two at the moment. The Chairman - Sunderland The Manager - Sunderland The Team - Sunderland The Team on Paper - Sunderland First Team Opportunities - Newcastle The City - Newcastle The Support - Same The Wages - Sunderland Reputation/History - Newcastle The Potential at the moment - Sunderland IMO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 The Support - Same Yeh, right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 The Support - Same Yeh, right Agreed completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Think our (apparent) lack of money could see us an advantage re. the Gosling deal - if he sees that the mackems are loaded he'll know they have the potential to sign better players that will see him being a squad player at best again like he was at Everton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 30 odd thousand crowds to our 45 thousand plus in a lower league? Aye, that's with them flogging tickets for a quid and giving them away to school children anarl. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 They've got a canny few CMs who won't want to be on the bench, and who are presumably on decent wages. Riveros, Cattermole, Cana etc. EDIT: Cana's just left Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'd be well chuffed if we got De Guzman and Gosling on frees like. 20 and 22? There's room for improvement and development for both of them, exactly the kind of age of players we should be bringing through. young players don't seem to improve under us much from recent experiences IMO....saying that I would happily have them both here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Cant see us getting de guzman, despite what the rags hint. remember being happy to being linked with his less talented brother julian, which never materialised. jonathon will have a ton of offers on the table if he really has overcome his injury problems. if thats not the case a switch back to canadian allegiance and a toronto move beckons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Can't imagine anyone choosing us over Sunderland right now for any reason other than maybe being a Geordie. In fact, we're probably 18th or 19th in terms of attractiveness in the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Think our (apparent) lack of money could see us an advantage re. the Gosling deal - if he sees that the mackems are loaded he'll know they have the potential to sign better players that will see him being a squad player at best again like he was at Everton. Wow that is some serious grasping at straws there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Can't imagine anyone choosing us over Sunderland right now for any reason other than maybe being a Geordie. In fact, we're probably 18th or 19th in terms of attractiveness in the league Ho'way, we must be at least 15th now Cheryl is single again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Can't imagine anyone choosing us over Sunderland right now for any reason other than maybe being a Geordie. In fact, we're probably 18th or 19th in terms of attractiveness in the league Stoke, Wolves, West Brom, West Ham, Bolton, Blackpool & Blackburn are all better propositions than us are they? That was just skimming. Howay man, we're not that fucking bad a prospect for a professional footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 This time next year, if we are established in the Premiership, we'll start to become attractive to better players again (although we won't be able to afford them). At the moment it's a big risk joining us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Antigalican Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Or an opportunity if you have a reputation to build. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Or an opportunity if you have a reputation to build. Yeah for sure, but that only applies to up-and-coming players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Who'd you consider the bigger draw in Spain? Real Sociedad, or Almeria, Sporting Gijon, Osasuna, etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Antigalican Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Or an opportunity if you have a reputation to build. Yeah for sure, but that only applies to up-and-coming players. I try, optimistically to reference my thoughts back in 93. If we can get a balance as we did then between talented up and coming players and experienced ones I think we'll be ok. I also think after years of watching overpaid failures the fans would prefer to see a bit of hunger if you know what I mean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaststar Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Think our (apparent) lack of money could see us an advantage re. the Gosling deal - if he sees that the mackems are loaded he'll know they have the potential to sign better players that will see him being a squad player at best again like he was at Everton. Wow that is some serious grasping at straws there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicente_14 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Not sure if it's been mentioned but us and Spurs have reportedly had bids of 5 million euros rejected for Yannick Djalo http://www.portugoal.net/index.php/more-sporting-news/13105-sporting-valdes-drenthe-in-djalo-out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalker Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Or an opportunity if you have a reputation to build. Yeah for sure, but that only applies to up-and-coming players. I try, optimistically to reference my thoughts back in 93. If we can get a balance as we did then between talented up and coming players and experienced ones I think we'll be ok. I also think after years of watching overpaid failures the fans would prefer to see a bit of hunger if you know what I mean. Would be nice, but the key player we signed was Peter Beardsley. Sadly I don't think there are any world class geordies who want to return to the toon available this time around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Or an opportunity if you have a reputation to build. Yeah for sure, but that only applies to up-and-coming players. I try, optimistically to reference my thoughts back in 93. If we can get a balance as we did then between talented up and coming players and experienced ones I think we'll be ok. I also think after years of watching overpaid failures the fans would prefer to see a bit of hunger if you know what I mean. Would be nice, but the key player we signed was Peter Beardsley. Sadly I don't think there are any world class geordies who want to return to the toon available this time around. Peter Ramage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 .com now running the Gosling story, which is always promising Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Didn't expect this thread to be really active this summer I don't know how much we paid for Perch, but I assume it means that it was not true Ashley wouldn't spend a penny of his own to improve the team, was it? Do we know anything more about this? Sorry if this is already been widely discussed but I missed it and can't read millions of pages to find out :colo: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Or an opportunity if you have a reputation to build. Yeah for sure, but that only applies to up-and-coming players. And Gosling is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Promising stuff on .com (if they're right of course which isn't certain). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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