AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I would have Santon as my first choice LB still I think, Mapou is class but he should be playing CB. Probably instead of Taylor TBH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 You're right. If we didn't sign anyone else to play CB and Colo stays; I'd like to see him develop next to Colo and hopefully learn how to handle some of the bigger strikers by using some of his technique and reading of the game to snuff things out before they happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I would have Santon as my first choice LB still I think, Mapou is class but he should be playing CB. Probably instead of Taylor TBH. Agree with all this. Debuchy Mapou Colo Santon is easily our best back 4 on paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I would have Santon as my first choice LB still I think, Mapou is class but he should be playing CB. Probably instead of Taylor TBH. Agree with all this. Debuchy Mapou Colo Santon is easily our best back 4 on paper. mapou should be our first chocie cb of all our options imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I would have Santon as my first choice LB still I think, Mapou is class but he should be playing CB. Probably instead of Taylor TBH. Agree with all this. Debuchy Mapou Colo Santon is easily our best back 4 on paper. mapou should be our first chocie cb of all our options imo. If Colo stays it's him hands down IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I would have Santon as my first choice LB still I think, Mapou is class but he should be playing CB. Probably instead of Taylor TBH. Agree with all this. Debuchy Mapou Colo Santon is easily our best back 4 on paper. mapou should be our first chocie cb of all our options imo. If Colo stays it's him hands down IMO. We would need someone better in the air and stronger shoulder to shoulder to complement either of them imo. As a pair they'd be awesome against Shane Long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I would have Santon as my first choice LB still I think, Mapou is class but he should be playing CB. Probably instead of Taylor TBH. Agree with all this. Debuchy Mapou Colo Santon is easily our best back 4 on paper. mapou should be our first chocie cb of all our options imo. If Colo stays it's him hands down IMO. We would need someone better in the air and stronger shoulder to shoulder to complement either of them imo. As a pair they'd be awesome against Shane Long. Mapou would be awesome against Shane Long - Colo seems to have issues with the most random of strikers. Shane Long and that Swedish bloke who played at Bolton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ooh, Colo and Mapou as a partnership, that's actually something to look forward to for next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ooh, Colo and Mapou as a partnership, that's actually something to look forward to for next season. You think Pardew will drop our only "6 ft 4er" centre back, who happens to be the only English player in our starting 11? Prepare to be extremely pissed off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ooh, Colo and Mapou as a partnership, that's actually something to look forward to for next season. Bit weak for me, like. Not much competition for the high ball either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ooh, Colo and Mapou as a partnership, that's actually something to look forward to for next season. Bit weak for me, like. Not much competition for the high ball either. Ha! And there's Pardew himself. Telling you exactly how it's going to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 He'll have to play him when Saylor's injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 He'll have to play him when Saylor's injured. Pertinent point actually, only a matter of time before Saylor goes down again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ooh, Colo and Mapou as a partnership, that's actually something to look forward to for next season. You think Pardew will drop our only "6 ft 4er" centre back, who happens to be the only English player in our starting 11? Prepare to be extremely pissed off. Never sure when people are joking these days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Ooh, Colo and Mapou as a partnership, that's actually something to look forward to for next season. You think Pardew will drop our only "6 ft 4er" centre back, who happens to be the only English player in our starting 11? Prepare to be extremely pissed off. Never sure when people are joking these days The mind boggles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Well i'm not joking. I'm not sure Mapou & Colo is a good partnership. Lacks height and power for me. Might be ok against some opposition but i would expect a player like Kenwyn Jones to have a fairly easy afternoon against them 2 tbh. Of course, i could be wrong but that's my (current) opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Well i'm not joking. I'm not sure Mapou & Colo is a good partnership. Lacks height and power for me. Might be ok against some opposition but i would expect a player like Kenwyn Jones to have a fairly easy afternoon against them 2 tbh. Of course, i could be wrong but that's my (current) opinion. I don't think your wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 @CaulkinTheTimes 23m Nowt doing at #Nufc at moment. Unlikely to be movement until next month and doubt there'll be much. Striker(s) priority. The rest is noise. @CaulkinTheTimes 19m Rightly or not, club feel did main business in Jan (now no Europe to stretch). Main job is keep best players, addition or 2 and then gel. @fnafilms 17m @CaulkinTheTimes Are they going to "thin" the squad again though (ie get rid of squad players like Willo or Perch etc)? @CaulkinTheTimes 8m @fnafilms I don't know that for a fact, but from what I've read it sounds like it. Hope Perch stays in particular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No surprise there. Pardew said as much after Sissoko, etc, came in. "We've brought summer spending forward." Tbf I don't think we need a great influx of players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 @CaulkinTheTimes 23m Nowt doing at #Nufc at moment. Unlikely to be movement until next month and doubt there'll be much. Striker(s) priority. The rest is noise. @CaulkinTheTimes 19m Rightly or not, club feel did main business in Jan (now no Europe to stretch). Main job is keep best players, addition or 2 and then gel. @fnafilms 17m @CaulkinTheTimes Are they going to "thin" the squad again though (ie get rid of squad players like Willo or Perch etc)? @CaulkinTheTimes 8m @fnafilms I don't know that for a fact, but from what I've read it sounds like it. Hope Perch stays in particular. Like clock work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No surprise there. Pardew said as much after Sissoko, etc, came in. "We've brought summer spending forward." Tbf I don't think we need a great influx of players. Depends what your ambitions are. We are at least 4 quality players short. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest taps01 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 @CaulkinTheTimes 23m Nowt doing at #Nufc at moment. Unlikely to be movement until next month and doubt there'll be much. Striker(s) priority. The rest is noise. @CaulkinTheTimes 19m Rightly or not, club feel did main business in Jan (now no Europe to stretch). Main job is keep best players, addition or 2 and then gel. @fnafilms 17m @CaulkinTheTimes Are they going to "thin" the squad again though (ie get rid of squad players like Willo or Perch etc)? @CaulkinTheTimes 8m @fnafilms I don't know that for a fact, but from what I've read it sounds like it. Hope Perch stays in particular. Like clock work. All the local journos seem to be coming out with the same noises. I know a lot of people feel we need a lot more players but personally if we only sign a forward and a cb as long as we didnt lose anyone and the signings were of adequate quality I would view it as a successful window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I'm hoping to see the back of Willo, Gosling, Shola, Jonas & Obertan. Perch is a decent player, bit like getting rid of Best before Shola, big mistake that was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 No surprise there. Pardew said as much after Sissoko, etc, came in. "We've brought summer spending forward." Tbf I don't think we need a great influx of players. Depends what your ambitions are. We are at least 4 quality players short. We're short in a couple of areas but I don't think we need anything like that. The first team is chock-full of very good players. Sorry - it's a boring opinion that's been repeated a million times - but it's the manager that needs the upgrade. I can't even talk about transfers these days. Beren nailed it with the comment that's in my sig. He brought Sissoko, Gouffran and Mapou into the first-team in January (three brilliant players, imo) and we were still utterly minging with players deployed out of position. It really doesn't make a difference who we sign imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Thin the squad and replace with youngsters that "shouldn't be playing for Newcastle, they should be in our development team." ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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