TherealnorthernTOON Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Tbf, allways thought Djorou had potential, and have been playing rather well at times. Maybe Pards can extract that extra out of him here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagten Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Djourou is awful, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Djourou is awful, man. Tbf, he wouldn't be the worst 4th choice centreback, and challenging Williamson I think he'll more then do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 If we sign a centre back I would want it to be a partner for Colo, not another squad player. Djourou isn't bad though imo, just not good enough to be a step up from Saylor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 If we sign a centre back I would want it to be a partner for Colo, not another squad player. Djourou isn't bad though imo, just not good enough to be a step up from Saylor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Djourou is a beast, will get done out of position a lot though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Wouldn't describe him as a beast. Always looked paradoxically weak/unassertive for a 6 foot 4 inch African plus he gets injured more than Steven Taylor. Bit prone to Bramble lapses of concentration too. I think he's a competent PL defender and an upgrade on our backup options but we could really do without another injury prone centre back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 No thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I'd say no due to his injury proneness, think he looked alright at times, was part of a badly organised defence that kept shifting positions so think he came accross badly, still can't see him anything other than backup, a decidedly meh signing if we are going for him (which I doubt) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Djourou is awful, man. Yep, he's shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 He's really bad. Best mate is an Arse fan, and he despises him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyP Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Italian media.... yeah. I write for that site and pretty much everyone is English...so don't bad-mouth it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 As said, we should go for a quality CB to partner Colo. Would like a quite pacey/athletic one to complement Colo (but with ability on the ball as well of course) That would give us some nice depth in the cb area. CB, RB and a LW/left sided forward should be our main priority for the coming transfer windows (as it is now). I hope that we go for real quality, players that will improve our starting 11 and use the current ones in these positions as squad players. Hopefully we'll get a couple of quality additions in january already to improve us, and most importantly to show our current key players that we're at least showing some kind of ambition to improve, if not im afraid that we'll struggle too keep our best ones for another year. Can't see us signing these type of players unfortunately Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Italian media.... yeah. I write for that site and pretty much everyone is English...so don't bad-mouth it i'm very much against italian media when it comes to english clubs is more often than not it's a load of crap lol. Apologise none the less i'm sure what you write is great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexthegreat Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 15th December 2011: And afterwards he told Chroniclelive: “Mike asked me when am I going to get a centre-half. It’s about making sure we get the right one. When you look at centre-halves it is easy to get it wrong." Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/12/15/alan-pardew-given-green-light-in-nufc-transfer-quest-72703-29959962/#ixzz2AA17OnQe Had a year to think about it, so hopefully we have now made our mind up. Be surprised if they've decided on Djourou though. We've done significant business every January Ashley has been here so I think we actually will get a defender in this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 We have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Nolan, Raylor, Williamson, Best, Routledge, Lovenkrands and Cisse. We have done some great business in the January transfer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Nolan, Raylor, Williamson, Best, Routledge, Lovenkrands and Cisse. We have done some great business in the January transfer window. Nolan and Raylor weren't great signings at that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 We've basically made one major January signing since relegation, and arguably only that one ever since Ashley has been here. With regards to those mentioned above, Nolan was almost given away, Taylor came in a part-ex for N'Zogbia, and the others were either free or signed when we were in the fizzy pop league. Pardew and Llambias have repeatedly stated that we don't believe it offers value for money - even after we signed Cisse they played this card IIRC, and said we only bought him because the asking price suddenly dropped. And don't forget this pearler: "If you can't do your business in the summer, then I don't know why because there is plenty of time." I'm not saying we won't sign anyone at all, but I don't expect significant investment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 In my opinion 1st priority should be CB, 2nd a LW/left sided forward and a RB as third. Would be happy if we added one with real quality tbh, can't see it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Djourou?! He is utter hoop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 In my opinion 1st priority should be CB, 2nd a LW/left sided forward and a RB as third. Would be happy if we added one with real quality tbh, can't see it though. I think we will see a fullback come in sooner or later because Simpson is out of contract in the summer, whether that happens in January or summer is up for debate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pont-toon Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 In my opinion 1st priority should be CB, 2nd a LW/left sided forward and a RB as third. Would be happy if we added one with real quality tbh, can't see it though. I think we will see a fullback come in sooner or later because Simpson is out of contract in the summer, whether that happens in January or summer is up for debate. If we managed to sign a centre back in January of the same quality of Colo then I would be up for a mass debate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Dougie Freedman confirmed as #bwfc boss. DF said Wilfried Zaha could do better than #nufc . Let's see if Zaha ends up at the Reebok. Not exactly a rumour but.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportnet Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 we wont sign another purple player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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