Interpolic Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I think if Coloccini had left like seemed likely at the time then Pardew would have been forced to play MYM and it would have ended up differently. IMO he was Colo's replacement, there's no way we would have signed such a similar player for big-ish money (fee and wages) otherwise. As it happens, Pardew was never going to leave Coloccini out when he was fit and (rightly or wrongly) was never going to play them together either. So MYM never played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 True, where they were expecting Coloccini to move to though, I'm not sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 We're playing Mike Williamson and fighting relegation while this guy is playing in the CL and will be challenging for Serie A. That just sunk in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I think they wanted a replacement for Mike Williamson and got it totally wrong, basically. Colo was never going anywhere because nobody else has ever wanted him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I disagree, not on the wages Yanga-M'Biwa was on. We were in relegation danger and with all of that stuff going on in Coloccini's personal life (whatever it was), it did seem like he might be transferred or go AWOL or at the very least not be at all focussed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'm pretty sure the deal was concluded with the player before Colo went insane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Can't recall tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yes, he was the second player in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Looks like the Colo stories came out 3rd January, no idea if we'd agreed a deal for MYM in principle or owt by then though. Hope there's no truth to this, but it does look like his heart isn't in it recently http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2013/01/03/3646268/-? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 You'd think we would have, like. All conjecture, of course, but I can't imagine our lot being made aware of a player possibly being off and immediately rushing out to 'panic buy'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I just can't see it personally, adding an extra £50k or whatever to the wage bill while spending the Ba money on the fee. We'll never know I suppose, was obvious they wouldn't be best suited to playing alongside each other like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Not that we've ever bought players with their suitability to the rest of the starting Xl in mind, like. Profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The MYM deal did look like decent planning though. Colo was getting on and fistpumps and Willo weren't up to scratch so we brought in a young, talented defender who had just captained his side to a championship. Half a season learning under Colo and he'd be ready to slot straight in the next season and take over the captaincy if and when it became available. I think that was the intention of the recruitment team anyway. Unfortunately they didn't bargain on our esteemed leader deciding he was a reserve right back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 god damn Pardew. Fucking resign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The MYM deal did look like decent planning though. Colo was getting on and fistpumps and Willo weren't up to scratch so we brought in a young, talented defender who had just captained his side to a championship. Half a season learning under Colo and he'd be ready to slot straight in the next season and take over the captaincy if and when it became available. I think that was the intention of the recruitment team anyway. Unfortunately they didn't bargain on our esteemed leader deciding he was a reserve right back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieT Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 £4 million fee agreed. There had been hopes that Yanga-Mbiwa might be rehabilitated, but safe-for-now boss Alan Pardew has decided that the player has no future in the Premier League http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-united-hunt-new-defender-7884288 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Fucking cunts. £4m for a CL standard defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 The biggest fear was always Pardew hanging on long enough to destroy the team by selling players he doesn't know how to play. Hurts to see it get to that point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Brilliant deal for Roma. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Impresses Roma that they wanted to tie up a permanent deal before the agreed 4.5m end-of-season option. NUFC facilitates the sale of an in-demand player by accepting a discounted 4m fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGSC Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 All you can do is laugh really. Happy for him though, didn't deserve to be treated the way he was by the cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sickening. Ashley loses considerable credibility in the astuteness stakes when he sees players being sold at a loss all thanks to the mastermind Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Impresses Roma that they wanted to tie up a permanent deal before the agreed 4.5m end-of-season option. NUFC facilitates the sale of an in-demand player by accepting a discounted 4m fee. Surely this has to annoy Ashley. Can't be happy throwing money away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Astute as he is a selling lee cooper converse knock offs and Lonsdale boxers; he knows fuck all about football, even if he is aiming to keep us at a certain level, the way we're carrying on will just get us relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Impresses Roma that they wanted to tie up a permanent deal before the agreed 4.5m end-of-season option. NUFC facilitates the sale of an in-demand player by accepting a discounted 4m fee. Surely this has to annoy Ashley. Can't be happy throwing money away. It will be 4m + the 1m loan fee for MYM, a loss of 1.7m. Essentially peanuts to Ashley, considering we sold a few players for nice profits. Possibly the only way it would piss Ashley off is if MYM gets sold for big money as Roma did for Marquinhos and Benatia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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