Mole_Toonfan Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 If reading rags like the Journal are to be believed then the targets will be a CB, LB, CM and a young promising forward...... I'd be very happy with that myself, hoping Tiote will stay and Ba will sign a new contract. Either way iam very positive about the summer and next season i believe we are heading in the right direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Have to say our signing technique at the moment is top class. Players just materialise when the deal is done, no messing about. No idea how we're managing to be so professional when most other football dealings are a farce, but long may it continue. I wouldn't say it's top class, it's been balanced relatively evenly since we came back up. There's still far too much fannying about with things that should be just sorted. E.g, not signing another defender in the summer or January. Fair point I suppose, but very few clubs manage to sign enough players to solve all of their squad issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Said before that I'm tentitively excited about the summer window. Fingers crossed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I really think we would have got a centre back in January but the one we wanted wouldn't or couldn't sign for us then so our bid for Mariappa was a half arsed effort for a 4th choice defender. If so, two likely candidates: Douglas - wanted to stay in Holland until he is allowed to play for their national team. Mbiwa - release clause has a time window restriction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garth Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I really think we would have got a centre back in January but the one we wanted wouldn't or couldn't sign for us then so our bid for Mariappa was a half arsed effort for a 4th choice defender. If so, two likely candidates: Douglas - wanted to stay in Holland until he is allowed to play for their national team. Mbiwa - release clause has a time window restriction. Personally I hope it's Douglas, really like the looks of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Have to say our signing technique at the moment is top class. Players just materialise when the deal is done, no messing about. No idea how we're managing to be so professional when most other football dealings are a farce, but long may it continue. I wouldn't say it's top class, it's been balanced relatively evenly since we came back up. There's still far too much fannying about with things that should be just sorted. E.g, not signing another defender in the summer or January. The Cisse signing will hopefully prove to be the turning point; it's the first time i think we've actually bought a player to add to the first team. Not because someone has left or because we needed to fill the squad out, which you could apply to all of our summer signings. But because it'll add to what we've already got and make us better. That signing was the first proper sign of ambition in the transfer market since Ashley arrived, imo. I am looking forward to the summer. Providing no one leaves, i don't think there's a great deal of work that needs doing... If we signed two players (first choice CB, first choice LB), i'd be absolutely delighted. I agree the Cisse signing was the first signing aimed at strengthening the first team and not just replacing lost first team players. My worry is that that's what it will ultimately be though, if for example Ba leaves then Cisse is just another replacement. And if a big bid comes in for Ba it would be easy to sell and say we already have a replacement in Cisse. I think we'll be looking at some pretty big offers for a couple of our players in the summer and I reckon we'll sell and rebuild again. We got away with it last summer and Ashley likes a gamble (and a profit) but it's a policy which usually backfires. We sold four of our best players and somehow came off better but lightning doesn't strike twice and if we do it again we'll be in trouble. We have to keep Krul-Colo-Taylor-Tiote-Cabaye-Gutierrez-Ba-Ben Arfa and Cisse, and I rate Guthrie as backup too. I'll be surprised if we've still got that lot next season but if we do then the future is bright because that's a good core group of players to build a squad around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I really think we would have got a centre back in January but the one we wanted wouldn't or couldn't sign for us then so our bid for Mariappa was a half arsed effort for a 4th choice defender. If so, two likely candidates: Douglas - wanted to stay in Holland until he is allowed to play for their national team. Mbiwa - release clause has a time window restriction. I'd be delighted with Douglas or Mbiwa both would add a substantial quality to our backline and more importantly pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Not meaning to piss on anyone's chips, as I am cautiously optimistic about the summer window as well. However, wasn't it mooted that the Cisse deal came about from the £10m up front Virgin sponsorship? Obviously that might be inaccurate, but I'm not overly confident we'll spend much, unless other players leave (can see one Ba or Tiote going sadly). In fairness though, we don't really need to spend a shit load, our recent signings have been alright Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Its nice to see him interacting with fans like this . Any previous managers who went to these lengths? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 In fairness though, we don't really need to spend a s*** load, our recent signings have been alright Was going to mention that, we have a fantastic scouts and constantly scout the best in France, Holland and Germany which coincidently is the places to get the bargains....... We could significantly increase the quality in our squad with 3 or 4 players for bargain prices and i expect us to do so also. Like everyone else iam more worried about Ba or Tiote leaving or even worse both of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Its nice to see him interacting with fans like this . Any previous managers who went to these lengths? Souness did a lot of radio talk-ins on BBC Newcastle, almost all of which descended into farce after a few minutes as everyone who rang up wanted to know why he'd dropped Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest K9 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Pardew wants to sign 4 first teamers for next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Not meaning to p*ss on anyone's chips, as I am cautiously optimistic about the summer window as well. However, wasn't it mooted that the Cisse deal came about from the £10m up front Virgin sponsorship? Obviously that might be inaccurate, but I'm not overly confident we'll spend much, unless other players leave (can see one Ba or Tiote going sadly). In fairness though, we don't really need to spend a s*** load, our recent signings have been alright Dekka said that if somebody bought the naming rights to the ground, it would go into funding 'another Cabaye' etc, the deal which happened with Virgin Money was due to the previous sponsorship deal with NR - I think it had one optional year left to run which, for obvious reasons, couldn't be renewed. When Branson came and bought the 'good' part of the bank and reformed it, he took up the option to keep the deal going. I don't believe a brand new contract was ironed out then, more-so that they took up the option for a year on the remaining contract. I still believe if we sign people in the summer they will predominantly be replacements, with perhaps one or 2 shifted on. I think the last time Dekka spoke publicly he said they wanted the squad smaller but with greater quality, so I can see where that's heading Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Pardew wants to sign 4 first teamers for next season Did he say that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest K9 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I might be repeating any from above i havn't read the last few pages But yeh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hopefully a CB, LB, attacking CM and a left/right sided forward imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 CB, LB, CM would be perfect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 CB, LB, CM would be perfect. Agree, wouldn't mind someone in the Ben Arfa mould as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andrew Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 RB, LB, CB, CM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 RB, LB, CB, CM Doubt we'll get a RB, assuming we get a LB then Santon/Simpson become the RB's. Still need a forward imo, either of Ba or Cisse get injured (go to ACN) and we're short again, 'specially if we're playing a front three more often than not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I think its a given that Tiote and Ba will leave in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 RB, LB, CB, CM Doubt we'll get a RB, assuming we get a LB then Santon/Simpson become the RB's. Still need a forward imo, either of Ba or Cisse get injured (go to ACN) and we're short again, 'specially if we're playing a front three more often than not. Oh aye, we definitely need another striker. Perhaps a young striker from the lower leagues? (I'm thinking one of Rodriguez or Rhodes). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I think its a given that Tiote and Ba will leave in the summer. Don't think so much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I think its a given that Tiote and Ba will leave in the summer. Certainly Tiote. Nervous about Ba though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 If we keep up our scouting policy, not especially bothered, if we can sell tiote for loads and bring in 3 or 4 bargains in return I'm happy, as long as 1 or 2 come good. I'd rather we can hold onto players (think we're actually in a strong enough position to hold onto Tiote, he has 4 years yet doesn't he?) but as long as no more repeats of selling without replacement happen, we can do well with our scouting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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