Demba Ba (now retired)

[GuyP]

Demba wants double his wages?

 

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[Wullie]

What are these reports of a rift with Cisse?

[Dave]

What are these reports of a rift with Cisse?

 

Something people on here invented and is now assumed to be the truth.

[Parky]

Get rid and get a proper up and down support striker who is  as comfortable in midfield as scoring goals. Someone with a bit of guile and intelligence like a Dembele or a Michu. I sense the end of DramaBa.

[Guest palnese]

Just don't fucking go to Liverpool.

[Disco]

Was the night before a massive game really the best time for whichever party to leak this? Disappointing.

[Guest neesy111]

I think he'll be off in January.

[Dr Venkman]

It'll be fairly ironic given the performances of the team this season, where he's been playing and why.

[GuyP]

Considering the racism row that is synonymous with Suarez, is Liverpool the best place to go?

 

On a serious note though, Suarez + Ba = 

[Dinho lad]

It seems to me that Ba, for whatever reason, is not the one in charge of his own future.

[loki679]

Fed up with this bollocks.  Get in a decent striker who can play wide left.

[Dave]

I might be wrong but it appears people are actively advocating the sale of the best striker we've had since Shearer.

[Jack Flash]

He admitted back in September – unprompted – that a release clause was still in the striker’s contract and that Newcastle are “vulnerable” to predatory clubs

 

Wonder why he's shamelessly trying to sell some of our most important players in every window. Nobody is safe from "get 'em while they're hot" Pardew.

[joeyt]

I might be wrong but it appears people are actively advocating the sale of the best striker we've had since Shearer.

 

Ludicrous isn't it

[Decky]

Players these days man, why can't they sit down and sort out any contract issues at the end of the season or even at the end of last season instead of sitting down in November/December? We're going to find ourselves in real trouble if this becomes a problem for Ba and we're forced to sell him for fuck all in January because you can guarantee we'll find it tough getting another forward in.

[Kevo]

You would think people would realise that going to Liverpool from us is not a good career move.

[Decky]

You would think people would realise that going to Liverpool from us is not a good career move.

 

I said similar a few weeks ago, but now that we're losing points and Liverpool are moving away from us you can see why some players might still consider it a step up. Also money talks and Liverpool can pay him the wages he is after.

[Mole_Toonfan]

I might be wrong but it appears people are actively advocating the sale of the best striker we've had since Shearer.

 

Not really but with his clause and refusal to sign a new contact( apparently) it appears his long term future is not here so we may as well get used to the idea and consider how we are going to replace him.

 

Personally would love if it if he signed a new contract and stayed for rest of his career but that doesn't look like happening so we may as well get used to it.

[Tooj]

I really can't see him going to Liverpool as there's no way he'd be guaranteed to be playing centrally there either. I couldn't see Suarez being happy if he had to change the role that he has been playing this season as he's been sensational.

[Jagten]

I might be wrong but it appears people are actively advocating the sale of the best striker we've had since Shearer.

People clearly think Cisse is better.

[Disco]

I really can't see him going to Liverpool as there's no way he'd be guaranteed to be playing centrally there either. I couldn't see Suarez being happy if he had to change the role that he has been playing this season as he's been sensational.

 

He'll go wherever pays most. As I've said before I think he'll end up in a new money-ed league personally; Turkey, Russia or Arab leagues.

[Tooj]

I really can't see him going to Liverpool as there's no way he'd be guaranteed to be playing centrally there either. I couldn't see Suarez being happy if he had to change the role that he has been playing this season as he's been sensational.

 

He'll go wherever pays most. As I've said before I think he'll end up in a new money-ed league personally; Turkey, Russia or Arab leagues.

 

Aye that's a fair point.

[Cronky]

I might be wrong but it appears people are actively advocating the sale of the best striker we've had since Shearer.

 

Interesting parallel, Dave.  Towards the end, we made the mistake of bending over backwards to please Shearer and paid a heavy price for it.

 

If Ba is unhappy at the club, or he doesn't want to play where the manager thinks is best for the team, then he can take his miserable face somewhere else.

[Lush Vlad]

I really can't see him going to Liverpool as there's no way he'd be guaranteed to be playing centrally there either. I couldn't see Suarez being happy if he had to change the role that he has been playing this season as he's been sensational.

 

He'll go wherever pays most. As I've said before I think he'll end up in a new money-ed league personally; Turkey, Russia or Arab leagues.

 

Agreed.

[KaKa]

Not really sure what the alternative with Ba is though?

 

Both he and Cisse just look awful together upfront, and Ba doesn't want to play on the left.

 

Would have been nice if we had perhaps tried a diamond formation with HBA just behind both of them by now (remember Owen behind Martins and Viduka transforming what was similarly a largely dysfunctional team back then?), but our current manager lacks any kind of creativity so that was never going to happen.

 

I can certainly see why people think he ought to go.