taxfree Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The only problem people have with Ba being our main striker is that he was free. Bollocks. What a stupid thing to say. Of course it is, his record spunks all over Gyan's but if we were to sign him for £13 million people would be over the moon. Give over. Seriously... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The only problem people have with Ba being our main striker is that he was free. Bollocks. What a stupid thing to say. Of course it is, his record spunks all over Gyan's but if we were to sign him for £13 million people would be over the moon. Give over. Seriously... What part is wrong? That his record isn't better than Gyan's or people wouldn't be over the moon if we spent £13 million on a player of Gyan's calibre? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest axel Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The only problem people have with Ba being our main striker is that he was free. Or that his knee can be f***ed up at any time and he may be out for a long time? Any player can be out for a long time, injuries happen in football. When was the last time Ba was out for a considerable length of time due to injury? 09-10, he played 17 of 34 games that season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The only problem people have with Ba being our main striker is that he was free. Or that his knee can be f***ed up at any time and he may be out for a long time? Any player can be out for a long time, injuries happen in football. When was the last time Ba was out for a considerable length of time due to injury? 09-10 All that was down to his knee was it? Or did you just look at his wikipedia stats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The only problem people have with Ba being our main striker is that he was free. Bollocks. What a stupid thing to say. Of course it is, his record spunks all over Gyan's but if we were to sign him for £13 million people would be over the moon. Give over. Seriously... Think he was a craking deal, and now he's here, looking forward to seeing him play for us... ... but if we'd have spent over £5m million on the bloke I can't help thinking I'd have been sweating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The only problem people have with Ba being our main striker is that he was free. Bollocks. What a stupid thing to say. Of course it is, his record spunks all over Gyan's but if we were to sign him for £13 million people would be over the moon. Give over. Seriously... You're the only one talking crap, mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The only problem people have with Ba being our main striker is that he was free. Or that his knee can be f***ed up at any time and he may be out for a long time? Any player can be out for a long time, injuries happen in football. When was the last time Ba was out for a considerable length of time due to injury? 09-10, he played 17 of 34 games that season. That was down to Ibesevic and Obasi being first choice at Hoffenheim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Ba is a great signing BUT there is clearly an issue with his knee - it shows up in the medical and is obviously a concern to the medical people (hence he failed a medical twice) It does not seem to have affected him so far BUT the fans are rightly a bit concerned about it - which is why getting another striker in is hugely important Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 We can't solely rely on Ba for the entire season. I'm confident he'll be a success here but with his supposed knee issues, I'm quite worried whether he can go the whole season injury free. Bringing in another striker will certainly ease my fears a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayno Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 We still have 4 other senior strikers in the squad at present it's not like Tim Krul will be playing up front if he gets injured Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 We still have 4 other senior strikers in the squad at present it's not like Tim Krul will be playing up front if he gets injured Surely Steve Harper is ahead of Krul after that awesome cameo of his a few years back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I actually think Ba will be one of our most important players next this season. He's a very under rated signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I actually think Ba will be one of our most important players next this season. He's a very under rated signing. If his fitness holds up I totally agree. His goalscoring record is impressive, and he should get loads of chances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 We still have 4 other senior strikers in the squad at present it's not like Tim Krul will be playing up front if he gets injured Aye but he may as well be given how shit those options are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I actually think Ba will be one of our most important players next this season. He's a very under rated signing. Agreed. To be honest, having looked into it more, his injury record isn't even that bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 The more we improve the players creating the chances (the midfield), the more the strikers will score. Don't forget, we've now got Ben Arfa, Cabaye and Marveaux to help create chances, which is a huge improvement on last season. Best is a good finisher, and has decent movement, so I think he'd be decent backup to Ba. Whether we're keeping Best or not remains to be seen though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 For all the stick the midfield got, I'd say all four strikers overachieved their pre-season expectations which has to say something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Although we still need a striker, I'm fully confident that Ba can get 15 goals next season. And because of that, he'll do better than whatever striker we pay for. Great signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ7 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 We still have 4 other senior strikers in the squad at present it's not like Tim Krul will be playing up front if he gets injured We needed another striker before we got rid of Carroll. In my opinion we still need a main striker and a good young prospect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 If we keep Best we need one more imo. Best, Ba, Ben Arfa, one other then Shola, ranger and Loven in emergency. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 We still have 4 other senior strikers in the squad at present it's not like Tim Krul will be playing up front if he gets injured We needed another striker before we got rid of Carroll. In my opinion we still need a main striker and a good young prospect. To go with the other 6 senior strikers we've currently got on the books? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 If we keep Best we need one more imo. Best, Ba, Ben Arfa, Has to be Benzema. Unless there is a striker called None out there somewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Does that Noone still play for Plymouth? Get him in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Well fuck me sideways, our manager expects our striker to 'get goals' info-tastic http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2011/07/01/alan-pardew-expecting-demba-ba-to-get-goals-61634-28974884/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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