Andy Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I'm saying it's positive because if it's true we went back for him it suggests there's money to spend. I actually think there is money to spend. The whole "LOOK! Agent fees! Signing on fees!" has been made so public that I reckon the club are putting those statements out there so other clubs don't think "they've still got the Carroll money left" and try to get extortionate fees out of us. Genuinely don't believe Mike Ashley and Lambias give enough of a fuck to make excuses in front of the fans - it's not like their bridges can be burnt any further than they already have been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Would it really fool any selling clubs? They'd have to be thick/incompetent as fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Not sure how its not positive news tbh We've been over how the moneys being spent enough times, moaning about it doesnt change whats happening. If we're still potentially willing to spend near 11m plus wages on the right players, we may still get someone above the class of Long in before the window shuts. Which is more promising than it had been recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Promising news if the report that we tried to get Gervinho last minute is true. How? Up there with the 'moves' for Kieran Richardson and N'Zogbia. Ashley/Llambias will have fed a line to the media to try and curry favour with fans. One of the most consistently suggested and consistently ridiculous "theories." It's just tedious. tbf it's not an anti-ashley line for those that remember the rooney bid, to some, from exactly the same school of thought. I wasn't around these boards back then so I don't know what the situation was. Nevertheless I maintain that the idea that the Arshavin/Modric/Richardson()/N'Zogbia/Gameiro/Gervinho bids were "fake bids" to appease the public is mind-numbingly ridiculous. I'm not some sort of Anti-Ashley doom monger, but the Richardson, Michael Johnson and N'Zogbia bids we're all highly suspicious, and in my opinion clear PR moves. Especialy when you watched Sky Sports News all day. So glad the former 2 did not come off for the reported £8m each. yup, kinda reminds me of the old phil brown 'it's nice to be associated with such a player'. i am still highly suspicious of those bids and will be this year up until the transfer window closes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 The Chronicle understands that Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner – who has been in talks with one unnamed Premier League club – is not interesting United at this stage. Newcastle are also cool on out-of- contract England international Jay Bothroyd, with the former Cardiff and Coventry man due to announce his intentions this week. Understandably – and like most Premier League bosses – Pardew is keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to transfers. However, the United boss told the Chronicle today: “We are still looking hard for a striker, and we have got our eyes on every striker who is available at the moment. But they have to be the right fit for this club. “There is a certain genre they have to fit into. And we will be striving for them to fit into that category.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Would it really fool any selling clubs? They'd have to be thick/incompetent as fuck. The majority of our fans buy it, so why wouldn't any selling clubs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 “There is a certain genre they have to fit into. And we will be striving for them to fit into that category.” Well, I think we've got enough strikers already at the club to cover the 'horror' genre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Promising news if the report that we tried to get Gervinho last minute is true. How? Up there with the 'moves' for Kieran Richardson and N'Zogbia. Ashley/Llambias will have fed a line to the media to try and curry favour with fans. One of the most consistently suggested and consistently ridiculous "theories." It's just tedious. tbf it's not an anti-ashley line for those that remember the rooney bid, to some, from exactly the same school of thought. I wasn't around these boards back then so I don't know what the situation was. Nevertheless I maintain that the idea that the Arshavin/Modric/Richardson()/N'Zogbia/Gameiro/Gervinho bids were "fake bids" to appease the public is mind-numbingly ridiculous. That kind of stuff isn't the norm over here though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 “There is a certain genre they have to fit into. And we will be striving for them to fit into that category.” Well, I think we've got enough strikers already at the club to cover the 'horror' genre. We've got a few who cover comedy as well... And Stephen Ireland's head-shape was bordering on sci-fi while he was here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 The Chronicle understands that Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner – who has been in talks with one unnamed Premier League club – is not interesting United at this stage. Newcastle are also cool on out-of- contract England international Jay Bothroyd, with the former Cardiff and Coventry man due to announce his intentions this week. Understandably – and like most Premier League bosses – Pardew is keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to transfers. However, the United boss told the Chronicle today: “We are still looking hard for a striker, and we have got our eyes on every striker who is available at the moment. But they have to be the right fit for this club. “There is a certain genre they have to fit into. And we will be striving for them to fit into that category.” Out of contract? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 England international Jay Bothroyd Still doesn't feel right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 SkyGraemeBailey Graeme Bailey Wenger confirms Bendtner and Almunia can leave skysports.com/story/0,,11670… #afc 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 SkyGraemeBailey Graeme Bailey Wenger confirms Bendtner and Almunia can leave skysports.com/story/0,,11670… #afc 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply Didn't know they were writers on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Newcastle United step up their striker search by Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle Jul 11 2011 Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/07/11/newcastle-united-step-up-their-striker-search-72703-29031616/#ixzz1RnkWsMK4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I want a porn style striker, someone who will get stuck right in, get the job done and cum all over her face. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Newcastle United step up their striker search ok, can i just come out and say that's JULY and now we're stepping up our striker search all these mopes thinking we're gonna spend much of the 35m better start rethinking...we got 3 players for 5m, mike's wet dream tbh, why spend the rest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Newcastle United step up their striker search ok, can i just come out and say that's JULY and now we're stepping up our striker search all these mopes thinking we're gonna spend much of the 35m better start rethinking...we got 3 players for 5m, mike's wet dream tbh, why spend the rest For. Fuck's. Sake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning_Linguist Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Newcastle United step up their striker search ok, can i just come out and say that's JULY and now we're stepping up our striker search all these mopes thinking we're gonna spend much of the 35m better start rethinking...we got 3 players for 5m, mike's wet dream tbh, why spend the rest For. f***'s. Sake. +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning_Linguist Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 We have got our eyes on every striker that's available This translates to 'We are looking for another freebie who is under 25' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Newcastle United step up their striker search ok, can i just come out and say that's JULY and now we're stepping up our striker search all these mopes thinking we're gonna spend much of the 35m better start rethinking...we got 3 players for 5m, mike's wet dream tbh, why spend the rest For. Fuck's. Sake. ok ian, pm me, we'll see where we are in september we've been here before man, JULY and we're "stepping up" our striker search the 'getting value for money' argument only goes so far and lasts so long before it's a stringalong again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Newcastle United step up their striker search ok, can i just come out and say that's JULY and now we're stepping up our striker search all these mopes thinking we're gonna spend much of the 35m better start rethinking...we got 3 players for 5m, mike's wet dream tbh, why spend the rest For. f***'s. Sake. +1 + fuck you dude Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I can see us signing one or two more players with maybe 3 or more leaving. I can't see any 10 million pound plus player coming in but maybe a couple of 5 million or under deals. It's hard to believe what actually Pardew or whoever says regarding transfers because we have been told some bullshit in the past it's beyond a joke. Still relatively early July though and i'm happy with what has been done so far, good transfers, Tiote contract and Colo captain. However i still believe trying to justify spending the 35 million is unacceptable, they should tell us straight that we aren't seeing anywhere near that being spent on players instead of throwing in traning ground/wages/agent fees into the mix. We should have money on top of that 35 mill to cover those sort of things. Look forward to seeing our starting line up against Arsenal whoever that maybe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Newcastle United step up their striker search ok, can i just come out and say that's JULY and now we're stepping up our striker search all these mopes thinking we're gonna spend much of the 35m better start rethinking...we got 3 players for 5m, mike's wet dream tbh, why spend the rest For. Fuck's. Sake. ok ian, pm me, we'll see where we are in september we've been here before man, JULY and we're "stepping up" our striker search the 'getting value for money' argument only goes so far and lasts so long before it's a stringalong again You appear to be getting hung up on a journalists headine that bears no relation to any of the quotes. We had offers in on our first choice strikers well before the window opened. That was when we 'stepped up'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 It does look like we made bids for Gervinho, Gameiro and Erdinc. It seems that the problem wasn't that the bids weren't high enough. The players didn't want to come because they had opportunities to join clubs who were already in Europe. The only way to get around that is to offer an inflated salary to overcome the player's reluctance. Do people think that's a good idea? Exactly who we're aiming for now I don't know, but we're still at the stage where selling clubs are holding out for transfer fees that are larger than the level that they'd actually settle for in the end. Again, do we do a Liverpool and hand over the dosh just to get the player now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 It does look like we made bids for Gervinho, Gameiro and Erdinc. It seems that the problem wasn't that the bids weren't high enough. The players didn't want to come because they had opportunities to join clubs who were already in Europe. The only way to get around that is to offer an inflated salary to overcome the player's reluctance. Do people think that's a good idea? Exactly who we're aiming for now I don't know, but we're still at the stage where selling clubs are holding out for transfer fees that are larger than the level that they'd actually settle for in the end. Again, do we do a Liverpool and hand over the dosh just to get the player now? Even though there were rumours of a failed medical, it wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility that we paid Marveuax an inflated salary compared to Liverpools offer, happy to pay the costs of a player over the course of a contract if we can keep the initial outlay down. I'd hoped we were moving away from it, but we have always had to pay a little extra due to fashion and location even when we had the caliber of manager in Robson and were challenging for Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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