Dave Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 It's pretty much identical to last year's summer window, actually. One senior player in, a few squad players gone. Yeah but Pardew said: "Myself, Mike and Derek all agree we should have bought one more senior player in here. For whatever reason, it did not happen. We have learnt from that" Silly Derek. Bye bye Derek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 It's been a shocking transfer window. So predictable with Ashley though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I think it's a mix of the squad being fairly acceptable (before Remy we had Anita, Gouffran, Debuchy, Sissoko, Haidara and MYM on top of what we had this time last summer) and apathy has hit the vast majority. We were basically told in January we had brought signings forward so most were probably resigned to a quiet window already. Last summer we had just finished in an unexpectedly high position and it looked like we had a good chance to really kick on so there was more frustration that we had signed a player in a position we didn't desperately need as opposed to right back, centre back etc.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I think it's a mix of the squad being fairly acceptable (before Remy we had Anita, Gouffran, Debuchy, Sissoko, Haidara and MYM on top of what we had this time last summer) and apathy has hit the vast majority. We were basically told in January we had brought signings forward so most were probably resigned to a quiet window already. Last summer we had just finished in an unexpected position and it looked like we had a good chance to really kick on so there was more frustration that we had signed a player in a position we didn't desperately need as opposed to right back, centre back etc.. A shocking admittance from the club this. Basically telling us they didnt plan on bringing anyone in for a whole season apart from Anita. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Think it's a bit early to comment on how Sissoko has declined, he's only just off the plane. The decline in Sissoko's footballing capability was pretty clear last season to be honest. Hopefully he can reach somewhere near his January form again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 So we're one week before the opening weekend and we've brought in one player on loan. Remy is obviously talented but he'll have taken no part whatsoever in the friendly matches and very little part in our six week pre-season programme. Anyone else we sign now won't even have that. Great work guys, great work. Guess we'll have saved on wages which is the most important thing. It's one of the worst transfer windows in my time following the club yet nobody seems arsed. This has become the norm and we all lap it up as usual. Maybe we just dont feel the need to say it 100 times a day? Of course people are arsed and no fucker is lapping anything up unless you see something the rest of us dont? As i gave up my ticket last time the owner fucked us over i cant do anything about it but sit here anyway. Would you be happier if everyone whinged non stop to show you we care? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 It's been a shocking transfer window. So predictable with Ashley though. Shocking turns into good with 2 signings though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I'll be bewildered if we get two players in now. Look how long it took us to sort a loan deal out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I think we'll labour around 11th-17th all season, with or without new signings. I couldn't really even give a shit about Remy, beyond the relief it will keep Shola out the side more often than not. Which is crazy cos in any other time i'd be buzzing over the fact we've signed a cracking player. It really is difficult to care that much when we've got a manager incapable of achieving anything beyond the bare minimum expectations of the utterly unambitious ownership. I'm just looking forward to the intensity of matchday again and the return of football in general. Obviously, I want Newcastle to win every game but my hopes are as low as they've ever been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I'll be bewildered if we get two players in now. Look how long it took us to sort a loan deal out. Same, i'm just saying though it doesn't take a lot to turn it into a window which most people would be happy with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I came into this one hoping for at least a striker and a winger, both of whom would be comfortably first-team material, regardless of what went out. I'd have liked them in before pre-season training got underway so they had a chance to settle into the area, get to know their teammates and undergo the same rigorous training as everyone else in the squad seems to have done. Naturally this would have meant they'd have been available for selection come the City game all being well, and that old Pards would've had some semblance of an idea of what his best XI looked like and how they'd play by then too. Obviously there's still a chance we'll end up with what I'd hoped for in the end, because Remy definitely fulfills the first part of my criteria, but we have again failed to address the second part of it. Getting them in early isn't necessarily the be-all, end-all as we've signed plenty in August who've gone on to do alright, but for once it would be nice to have everything done and dusted by the time the season got underway. I still hold out hope that we'll see the back of Amalfitano, Gosling, Obertan and Shola before the window is out and that we'll get another striker and winger in as well like, but then I'm always daftly optimistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Oh agreed, its utterly frustrating all the same that we labour. Another depressing thought is a Carroll style late bid for one of our big players and Ashley taking the money with nee time left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Fwiw I think we probably will make one or two more signings - not out of blind optimism, I just think we'll get someone else even if it's our 3rd/4th/5th-choice 'last resort' target. My main issue is that I don't believe it'll make a great deal of difference. We'll be nowhere near the top 6, which is probably the ceiling of this squad's potential. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 The window still has plenty of time left and the dynamics of it change as it gets closer to crunch time. I'm pretty sure we'll get at least another one in, perhaps two. I'd be satisfied if Gomis was the only other to come in, happy if we brought in a winger as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 We'll get one more forward in. If not Bent or Gomis it'll be a cheap as chips, Gouffran type that'll not help our cause much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 We'll get one more forward in. If not Bent or Gomis it'll be a cheap as chips, Gouffran type that'll not help our cause much. Aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Fwiw I think we probably will make one or two more signings - not out of blind optimism, I just think we'll get someone else even if it's our 3rd/4th/5th-choice 'last resort' target. My main issue is that I don't believe it'll make a great deal of difference. We'll be nowhere near the top 6, which is probably the ceiling of this squad's potential. Same, not even sure why. As far as finishing in the table goes, all i want is good football now i have accepted we are not going to do anything substantial so it would be nice if we see some nice stuff instead. But that's never going to happen is it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I'm hanging my hat on Hatem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Still think that our spending was done in January is a terrible excuse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Still think that our spending was done in January is a terrible excuse. Winds me up no end. That was last summer's spending, not this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 20/05/2013 1 21/05/2013 2 22/05/2013 3 23/05/2013 4 24/05/2013 5 25/05/2013 6 26/05/2013 7 27/05/2013 8 28/05/2013 9 29/05/2013 10 30/05/2013 11 31/05/2013 12 01/06/2013 13 02/06/2013 14 03/06/2013 15 04/06/2013 16 05/06/2013 17 06/06/2013 18 07/06/2013 19 08/06/2013 20 09/06/2013 21 10/06/2013 22 11/06/2013 23 12/06/2013 24 13/06/2013 25 14/06/2013 26 15/06/2013 27 16/06/2013 28 17/06/2013 29 18/06/2013 30 19/06/2013 31 20/06/2013 32 21/06/2013 33 22/06/2013 34 23/06/2013 35 24/06/2013 36 25/06/2013 37 26/06/2013 38 27/06/2013 39 28/06/2013 40 29/06/2013 41 30/06/2013 42 01/07/2013 43 02/07/2013 44 03/07/2013 45 04/07/2013 46 05/07/2013 47 06/07/2013 48 07/07/2013 49 08/07/2013 50 09/07/2013 51 10/07/2013 52 11/07/2013 53 12/07/2013 54 13/07/2013 55 14/07/2013 56 15/07/2013 57 16/07/2013 58 17/07/2013 59 18/07/2013 60 19/07/2013 61 20/07/2013 62 21/07/2013 63 22/07/2013 64 23/07/2013 65 24/07/2013 66 25/07/2013 67 26/07/2013 68 27/07/2013 69 28/07/2013 70 29/07/2013 71 30/07/2013 72 31/07/2013 73 01/08/2013 74 02/08/2013 75 03/08/2013 76 04/08/2013 77 05/08/2013 78 Remy signs on loan 06/08/2013 79 07/08/2013 80 08/08/2013 81 09/08/2013 82 10/08/2013 83 <--- 11/08/2013 84 12/08/2013 85 13/08/2013 86 14/08/2013 87 15/08/2013 88 16/08/2013 89 17/08/2013 90 18/08/2013 91 19/08/2013 92 20/08/2013 93 21/08/2013 94 22/08/2013 95 23/08/2013 96 24/08/2013 97 25/08/2013 98 26/08/2013 99 27/08/2013 100 28/08/2013 101 29/08/2013 102 30/08/2013 103 31/08/2013 104 01/09/2013 105 02/09/2013 106 At what point do we officially enter 'but clubs are wanting silly money!' territory? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 especially since that all stemmed from trying to get away with not spending in the previous summer, it's an endless cycle, not spend in summer, have to panic by in winter so don't buy in summer again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Still think that our spending was done in January is a terrible excuse. Definitely, considering the spending in January was to make up for the lack of it the summer of 2012. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 imo that money still wouldn't have been spent had we been higher up the table. Ridiculous really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Still think that our spending was done in January is a terrible excuse. The way i look at January is because of it we don't need to buy loads like a lot of clubs in our position are. If we didn't buy in January and stayed up we would need to buy about 9 or 10 players but as it is we need 3 or 4. But yeah it doesn't escape from the fact that January was what should have happened last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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