Mick Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 @lee_ryder Lee Ryder Kazenga Lualua could be next to go with huddersfield sniffing 1 hour ago Excellent, more money for the transfer piss pot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Squad player? Not anymore your not son, pack your bag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Seems pretty likely we won't be spending any significant money, from the moment the Carroll deal was announced the club have been pounding home the point that the money will be reinvested in"the club" rather than in the team. My guess is we get someone like Steven Ireland (i.e a cheap reclamation project) and maybe a young striker for 5m or so. And the Carroll money of course will be spent on every single other thing the club does, as though we were never going to have to spend another penny again before we sold him. I don't mind signing those types of players if it means we're top 10 come end of the season. That would mean we're in a great position, my worry is that it will all backfire and we will have to panicbuy in January when we got all our signings along with HBA and Gosling injured for another 5 months. As it stands we're going to be relying almost entirely on Ben Arfa as our creative outlet next season. Given that he's coming back from a massive injury and was known as a very inconsistent performer even before that, it's not acceptable at all IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Seems pretty likely we won't be spending any significant money, from the moment the Carroll deal was announced the club have been pounding home the point that the money will be reinvested in"the club" rather than in the team. My guess is we get someone like Steven Ireland (i.e a cheap reclamation project) and maybe a young striker for 5m or so. And the Carroll money of course will be spent on every single other thing the club does, as though we were never going to have to spend another penny again before we sold him. I don't mind signing those types of players if it means we're top 10 come end of the season. That would mean we're in a great position, my worry is that it will all backfire and we will have to panicbuy in January when we got all our signings along with HBA and Gosling injured for another 5 months. As it stands we're going to be relying almost entirely on Ben Arfa as our creative outlet next season. Given that he's coming back from a massive injury and was known as a very inconsistent performer even before that, it's not acceptable at all IMO. Vastly untrue, imo. The team will already be much more creative than last season. Cabaye, Marveaux, and Ben Arfa are all rather creative, skillful players who didn't feature for us last season. A greater concern is the lack of a proven, clinical, non-injury plagued striker to replace the goals of Carroll and Nolan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Seems pretty likely we won't be spending any significant money, from the moment the Carroll deal was announced the club have been pounding home the point that the money will be reinvested in"the club" rather than in the team. My guess is we get someone like Steven Ireland (i.e a cheap reclamation project) and maybe a young striker for 5m or so. And the Carroll money of course will be spent on every single other thing the club does, as though we were never going to have to spend another penny again before we sold him. I don't mind signing those types of players if it means we're top 10 come end of the season. That would mean we're in a great position, my worry is that it will all backfire and we will have to panicbuy in January when we got all our signings along with HBA and Gosling injured for another 5 months. As it stands we're going to be relying almost entirely on Ben Arfa as our creative outlet next season. Given that he's coming back from a massive injury and was known as a very inconsistent performer even before that, it's not acceptable at all IMO. Really? News to me. And aren't Marveaux and Jonas creative outlets. And Cabaye is known for his passing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Barton, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Marveaux?, Jonas (to an extent). We're alright in the creative department imo, although i'd prefer we had a proper attacking midfield playmaker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Barton, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Marveaux?, Jonas (to an extent). We're alright in the creative department imo, although i'd prefer we had a proper attacking midfield playmaker Think Ben Arfa's that tbf. The only creative area I'd want to stengthen is a right sided player that is direct and can dribble to offer something different to/replace Barton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Barton, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Marveaux?, Jonas (to an extent). We're alright in the creative department imo, although i'd prefer we had a proper attacking midfield playmaker Hatem is this. We're not actually going to be able to carry a traditional #10 type player. Someone with Ben Arfa's pace and dribbling skills can that role fantastically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Exactly, a striker and a wideman is all we need realistically. Think vuckic is the back up attacking midfielder now if hes not permacrocked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Fair enough about Cabaye, I didn't phrase that very well. Meant more so in terms of players who'll predominantly be operating in the final third. Marveaux is also a big question mark given the season he's coming off. Much will depend on what system Pardew intends to deploy, I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I think we need a centre half more than a winger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I think we need a centre half more than a winger Absolutely no doubt we need somebody else who can play centre half, to do without would be insanity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Id be amazed if we arent treating Kadar and Tavernier as our backup centre halves, dont think the club will go down the old pro route again after Sol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Exactly, fitness-permitting we may as well give the youngsters a chance as backup. Assuming we won't buy a top centre half of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 My main concern is the striker. I never really considered our bid for Zog to be serious once we signed Marveaux, but the worry now is that our hunt for a forward seems to be floundering. Hopefully that's not the case and the club have everything in hand and won't end up pissing about in the last few days of the window only to come up short as in previous years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlkier Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Barton, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Marveaux?, Jonas (to an extent). We're alright in the creative department imo, although i'd prefer we had a proper attacking midfield playmaker Think Ben Arfa's that tbf. The only creative area I'd want to stengthen is a right sided player that is direct and can dribble to offer something different to/replace Barton. You've basically described Jonas except that he's not limited to only the right side. Needless to say that he turns world-class whenever there's competition for his place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Id be amazed if we arent treating Kadar and Tavernier as our backup centre halves, dont think the club will go down the old pro route again after Sol. I don't have a problem with that as long as we're confident they can do the job competently, I've not seen either them enough to say. We don't really want to be stuck with another situation where we're wheeling out Huntington/Ramage/Edgar to get the run around every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Please refrain from mentioning Paul Huntington. That night in Alkmaar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Plays for Yeovil now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 We need a proper centre half imo, not just an old pro as back up, or Kadar as cover. Taylor and Williamson are adequate, but a genuine quality centre back alongside Colo could realy push us on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Please refrain from mentioning Paul Huntington. That night in Alkmaar. Roeder's fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Oh let's not start with another round of "Blame Glenn". Soooo 2007. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Please refrain from mentioning Paul Huntington. That night in Alkmaar. Roeder's fault. Carr's fault for ducking out at the 11th hour and leaving Roeder to shoe-horn Huntington at full-back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Femi was very good at SJP, but he should have buried that 1 v. 1 against them. 5-2 and the tie is over. Huntington being rubbish shouldn't have mattered. Also, the handball against Taylor was complete nonsense. In recent years, that tie has angered me more than any other match, and in my opinion started that direct death spiral that lead to our relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 It was a painfully predictable night. Roeder's caretaker spell was probably a bad thing looking back. He massively over achieved in those three months and led to FFS taking the cheap option and employing him full time, leading to a season of decline, which as Baba says, continued our decline kick started by Souness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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