ElDiablo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hey guys, what's going on in here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If we play one up front we need someone 6ft2"+ with pace and a good all rounder, can't play on up with Gamerio for example, it would be pointless having wingers. Only problem is finding one. I'd still have Wickham in as backup to blood next season to that striker. why ? it's basically what we done with cole and beardsley and cole doesn't seem to fit your criteria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We loaned him to Wigan for 2 and a half years and paid his wages for the whole time (and got Ryan Taylor, woopee). That accounts for the net loss we will make if we sign him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hey guys, what's going on in here? Couple of rumours doing the rounds that we're going to be signing him back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hey guys, what's going on in here? Bloody hell fire, whatever happened to Baron Von Fat? http://www.toontastic.net/board/uploads/av-155.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hey guys, what's going on in here? Couple of rumours doing the rounds that we're going to be signing him back. who ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nearly 10 pages today on a rumour Wow Wait till we start picking up leads from foreignnpress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nearly 10 pages today on a rumour Wow Wait till we start picking up leads from foreignnpress foto's from airports maybe ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hey guys, what's going on in here? Couple of rumours doing the rounds that we're going to be signing him back. I'm up for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 A decent striker would have a field day. Do this and: N'Zogbia Nolan Tiote Jonas Ben Arfa ST We'd be f***ing laughing. Upgrade Nolan the season after and we'd be unstoppable Now if only we had a big target man with an eye for goal, hmm... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Leon Best will get 20 goals with that lot behind him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 CNZ goal at SOL prompted a knee slide by myself in the Newcastle Arms, which I instantly regretted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Leon Best will get 20 goals with that lot behind him. he is the only striker i hope is here next year. Best as 3th choice, nile 4th/loan and 2 new ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Leon Best will get 20 goals with that lot behind him. you're delusional really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If we play one up front we need someone 6ft2"+ with pace and a good all rounder, can't play on up with Gamerio for example, it would be pointless having wingers. Only problem is finding one. I'd still have Wickham in as backup to blood next season to that striker. why ? it's basically what we done with cole and beardsley and cole doesn't seem to fit your criteria. How long ago? Good luck finding a player half the quality of Beardsley, never mind one willing to come to us. Cole was also the hottest finisher in the premiership back then, a very different premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Germany played a similar system to great effect with Klose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ...who on an absolutely unrelated note is out of contract this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 While at Newcastle N'Zogbia always had the talent and potential to become a very good Premier League footballer which is what he seems to have become whilst at Wigan. His attitude and various suspect tactics from a number of former managers as well as playing in a poor to average side all contributed to that talent and potential not transpiring into something meaningful and consistent here at Newcastle. I have to say, I was one of those who wasn't too disappointed to lose N'Zogbia the 'character' when we sold him, although I had always rated him as a footballer. Not replacing him and going on to be relegated obviously confounded his sale as a huge negative at the time which still rankles today with some it would appear. Perhaps rightly so, perhaps not. Fast forward 2 years or so and he is being linked with a return to the club and strictly as a footballer boy do we need his attrubutes in our side. His pace, athleticism, drives forward, shooting ability and all-round nusiance factor plus his ability to play a number of roles. For those factors alone he would be a more than welcome adition to our side even at the somewhat inflated price that it would take to sign him. However, if his attitude is still poor, I wouldn't be so keen to resign him myself. Ideally I'd like us to look elswehere and bring in someone of the somewhat unknown, someone we can develop and bring on ourselves. That is easier said than done obviously but we have shown in Tiote and to some extent Ben Arfa that we can bring in very good promising players with good character and decent prices with the very attributes as footballers this particular team and club needs not just now but the near future too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I don't see why you'd need a big target man type. Somebody with pace, good movement, touch and finishing but of a diminutive figure would do just fine with that lot behind them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We have nothing but target men in the current side, which is why we need someone with a bit of pace and creativity up front. I don't really class Lovenkrands as a striker tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I do reckon we'd need someone with a bit of physicality to lead the line like. Sure having HBA back and adding someone like N'Zogbia would allow us to play some pretty neat stuff on the deck, but we're not going to become the new Barcelona. I don't want us going out buying some big battering ram or anything, but we'll need someone who can operate with his back to goal and give us a more direct outlet to act as a focal point for the likes of Jonas, HBA and N'Zogbia to work off of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Rondon would be pretty perfect from what I've seen. He has a little bit of everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I don't think Zoggy's attitude is that poor TBH, at least I don't have much reason to think that. We mismanaged him terribly the first time around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I don't think Zoggy's attitude is that poor TBH, at least I don't have much reason to think that. We mismanaged him terribly the first time around. The same could have been said of Milner yet contrast his attitude to N'Zogbia's... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If Zoggy was to come back how where do you lot see him fitting into the side? If Ben Arfa is playing off a lone striker, and Jonas is on the left, does that mean Zoggy in the middle with Tiote? I know Tiote is effectively twelve feet tall but they're a bit small, and it would mean dropping Nolan. Unless we play 4231, which i can't see happening in a million years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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