Andybiotics Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Easily one of the best strikers we've had over the last few years, so should do everything we can to keep him, although I couldn't see him stopping here, especially if we miss out on Europa. Arsenal is his most likely destination, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Never thought he would stay. Still don't. Nout new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Well that was slightly inappropriate if a little ironic. I just clicked a link for caughtoffside on newsnow about Remy and got a pop up add on my iphone.... The one on the tv "sex with someone who doesn't want to is rape" ... Awkward! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I think we're talking about doing it with another person, Shay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/loic-remy-want-play-one-6796237 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Who do you class as the top 5 in Europe though. Surely you have Real, Barca and Byern. Which he has no chance of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 It's our own fault for probably offering him pittance when he chose QPR instead. We'd not go much higher this summer either I wouldn't think, despite him being one of the most dynamic strikers we've had in a very long time and would probably be actively involved in 30+ goals a season (scoring and assisting). Why pay lots for a certainty when you can scrape by? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Can't wait to see us next season without Remy. Pards will wish he'd been banned from the stadium for 50 games by this time next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The moment he started scoring, was the moment I thought this lad isn't going to stay here. We'll probably sign our other on-loan striker, Luuk de Jong, as he isn't scoring although he has been decent in other areas of his game. We'll not sign anyone to replace Remy, we'll start using Gouffran as back up to de Jong and Cisse will start most games. Maybe Remy would have fancied staying here, playing in front of a big crowd in a beautiful stadium, but our behaviour since he signed on loan gives him little reason to stay unless we offer him the best terms. Which we won't. Looking at this from his POV, I'd think a year and a half in the Premiership, great scoring stats, 27 years old, my next move will be my last big contract. Why waste the latter years of my career with a club who have shown so little ambition during my stay? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 What's been our behaviour since he signed on loan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 What's been our behaviour since he signed on loan? To generally make it clear that this isn't a big enough club to keep top players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Oh right. I'm not saying we're going to get him, clearly he could easily go wherever the money is or a couple of positions higher. But to be fair to the club he has nearly signed for us permanently very recently already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Basically what those guys said. We've acted small-time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Oh right. I'm not saying we're going to get him, clearly he could easily go wherever the money is or a couple of positions higher. But to be fair to the club he has nearly signed for us permanently very recently already. Nearly? Shit man, quick, monitor the fuck out of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ultimately deciding to go to a team that were at the basement of the PL. The real difficulty is, if you're a good player why would you stay at NUFC? No obvious reasons. There are quite a lot of reasons TBH, we just choose to ignore them on here in favour of overemphasising the negative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ian, the only way he'll come to us is if the plethora of clubs better than us, who will spend more than us, want to finish higher than us and want to win some sort of cup, didn't try and sign him. If we're the only club in for him, then we'll get him. That's it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Not sure it's worth it TBH. The normal stuff that everyone dismisses... top half in one of the best leagues, massive ground, great fans, decent enough wages, etc etc. Basically we're still a very respectable PL club, and we massively exaggerate the down side for the majority of players on this forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Ian, top half of the PL?! Wow. 'Decent' wages?! This is a 27 year old France international, looking to play in the WC and cement his place in his national side, play in European competition, win something... We don;t tick any of those boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'm not saying we'll get him. But for a player who wants to be in England and isn't good enough for the elite clubs, we're a good option. Whether Remy could play for one of the very top clubs, and/or they would want him, I can't say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 You're probably right, but I think we exaggerate the difference between us and other non-elite clubs when we talk about competitiveness. I don't think a player coming in from Europe is going to know that Alan Pardew said in the Northern Echo that he prioritises the league over the cup. Anyway, this could go on forever, I agree to disagree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 In a nutshell I'd be surprised if Remy stayed with us. I think he will either go to a club that will pay him more money or a more successful club (who will probably pay him more money). I'd be quite surprised if he stayed with us as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I don't dispute that we are able to sign some good players. I think our difficulty arises in keeping them for a prolonged period. This obviously makes it hard to build much and progress. Probably why people have no patience with the MA approach. Ah right, cool, I don't disagree with that. On the losing players thing, I would put it down to about 70% a function of not being in the CL and about 30% down to Ashley's approach. Obviously we will sell players for big money, but we know nearly every club does that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Anyway like I said, it will be interesting to see how Pardew sets us up next year without Remy to score goals from nowhere. I can't see Ashley spending money on that sort of quality so we may well go down the Allardyce route and go back to a Nolan/Carroll type partnership. This should suit Pardew and Ashley as it will mean lower wages and a good crack at the top 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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