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I'll treat that like I treat what any manager says prior to a transfer window, complete tripe. He has no say and probably no clue on the ins and outs (which is a problem by itself)

 

He probably said it after spotting some Hoseasons brochure's on Kinnear's desk.  He will be knowing our Director of Football will be due another holiday, probably the whole month of January.

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Apparently we were in for Lukaku in the Summer but because we were trying to get Gomis we missed out. Imagine us having Remy and Lukaku up front.  :drool:  I think the only reason we loaned Remy and didn't buy him is because of the charge hanging over him. If he didn't have that we would have tried to buy him outright.

 

As for loaning Zaha, it doesn't make sense. Will he get ahead of Sissoko and Gouffran who currently are doing well on our wings? We've got Ben Arfa, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Gutierrez and Marveaux who can play on the wings. We'd have to sell/loan out one or two of them before bringing in Zaha and he still wouldn't be a guaranteed starter.

 

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/newcastle-transfer-deal-thats-dead-water-wilfried-zaha-manchester-united/

 

Newcastle Transfer Deal Surely Dead In The Water

4 hours ago by Jim Robertson

 

As we all know, nearly every Newcastle transfer deal that is mooted, has to be treated with the utmost caution.

 

The strike rate of rumours to eventual transfers is less than 1% when I look at my workings out on the back of this tab packet.

 

One transfer story though that refuses to go away is that Newcastle are constantly referred to as ‘favourites’ to take Wilfried Zaha on loan from Manchester United in January.

 

The more it is mentioned then even against your better judgement you start to wonder if there is indeed some truth in it.

 

The facts however, suggest otherwise.

 

All the talk is of Zaha being homesick for London – not Newcastle! Even if you get past that, exactly what would be in it for the two clubs?

 

Manchester United would clearly expect Zaha to get games but with Sissoko and Gouffran playing so well and our own enigmatic winger, Hatem Ben Arfa, champing at the bit – it is very difficult to see where the Man U player would be guaranteed game time.

 

The only way it would make any sense is if Newcastle were possibly willing to let somebody such as Ben Arfa or Cisse go, with Zaha seen as an option to fill in short term at Newcastle as a winger or second striker.

 

It is hard to see either Cisse or Ben Arfa attracting top dollar with their current status and therefore very hard to see Ashley ‘cashing’ in.

 

You can assume that if Zaha is to go out on loan then it will happen very early in the January window to allow him as much time as possible on the pitch at another club. So one silver lining is at least with this transfer ‘story’ we shouldn’t have to wait too long for it to sink or float.

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We're in a fantastic position to speculate to accumulate but that principle doesn't exist with these arseholes.

 

This post could quite easily be from any of the past 4/5 years. Should be grateful though, Leeds, Portsmouth etc.

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Apparently we were in for Lukaku in the Summer but because we were trying to get Gomis we missed out. Imagine us having Remy and Lukaku up front.  :drool:  I think the only reason we loaned Remy and didn't buy him is because of the charge hanging over him. If he didn't have that we would have tried to buy him outright.

 

As for loaning Zaha, it doesn't make sense. Will he get ahead of Sissoko and Gouffran who currently are doing well on our wings? We've got Ben Arfa, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Gutierrez and Marveaux who can play on the wings. We'd have to sell/loan out one or two of them before bringing in Zaha and he still wouldn't be a guaranteed starter.

 

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/newcastle-transfer-deal-thats-dead-water-wilfried-zaha-manchester-united/

 

Newcastle Transfer Deal Surely Dead In The Water

4 hours ago by Jim Robertson

 

As we all know, nearly every Newcastle transfer deal that is mooted, has to be treated with the utmost caution.

 

The strike rate of rumours to eventual transfers is less than 1% when I look at my workings out on the back of this tab packet.

 

One transfer story though that refuses to go away is that Newcastle are constantly referred to as ‘favourites’ to take Wilfried Zaha on loan from Manchester United in January.

 

The more it is mentioned then even against your better judgement you start to wonder if there is indeed some truth in it.

 

The facts however, suggest otherwise.

 

All the talk is of Zaha being homesick for London – not Newcastle! Even if you get past that, exactly what would be in it for the two clubs?

 

Manchester United would clearly expect Zaha to get games but with Sissoko and Gouffran playing so well and our own enigmatic winger, Hatem Ben Arfa, champing at the bit – it is very difficult to see where the Man U player would be guaranteed game time.

 

The only way it would make any sense is if Newcastle were possibly willing to let somebody such as Ben Arfa or Cisse go, with Zaha seen as an option to fill in short term at Newcastle as a winger or second striker.

 

It is hard to see either Cisse or Ben Arfa attracting top dollar with their current status and therefore very hard to see Ashley ‘cashing’ in.

 

You can assume that if Zaha is to go out on loan then it will happen very early in the January window to allow him as much time as possible on the pitch at another club. So one silver lining is at least with this transfer ‘story’ we shouldn’t have to wait too long for it to sink or float.

 

Don't you mean Giggs?

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Apparently we were in for Lukaku in the Summer but because we were trying to get Gomis we missed out. Imagine us having Remy and Lukaku up front.  :drool:  I think the only reason we loaned Remy and didn't buy him is because of the charge hanging over him. If he didn't have that we would have tried to buy him outright.

 

As for loaning Zaha, it doesn't make sense. Will he get ahead of Sissoko and Gouffran who currently are doing well on our wings? We've got Ben Arfa, Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Gutierrez and Marveaux who can play on the wings. We'd have to sell/loan out one or two of them before bringing in Zaha and he still wouldn't be a guaranteed starter.

 

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/newcastle-transfer-deal-thats-dead-water-wilfried-zaha-manchester-united/

 

Newcastle Transfer Deal Surely Dead In The Water

4 hours ago by Jim Robertson

 

As we all know, nearly every Newcastle transfer deal that is mooted, has to be treated with the utmost caution.

 

The strike rate of rumours to eventual transfers is less than 1% when I look at my workings out on the back of this tab packet.

 

One transfer story though that refuses to go away is that Newcastle are constantly referred to as ‘favourites’ to take Wilfried Zaha on loan from Manchester United in January.

 

The more it is mentioned then even against your better judgement you start to wonder if there is indeed some truth in it.

 

The facts however, suggest otherwise.

 

All the talk is of Zaha being homesick for London – not Newcastle! Even if you get past that, exactly what would be in it for the two clubs?

 

Manchester United would clearly expect Zaha to get games but with Sissoko and Gouffran playing so well and our own enigmatic winger, Hatem Ben Arfa, champing at the bit – it is very difficult to see where the Man U player would be guaranteed game time.

 

The only way it would make any sense is if Newcastle were possibly willing to let somebody such as Ben Arfa or Cisse go, with Zaha seen as an option to fill in short term at Newcastle as a winger or second striker.

 

It is hard to see either Cisse or Ben Arfa attracting top dollar with their current status and therefore very hard to see Ashley ‘cashing’ in.

 

You can assume that if Zaha is to go out on loan then it will happen very early in the January window to allow him as much time as possible on the pitch at another club. So one silver lining is at least with this transfer ‘story’ we shouldn’t have to wait too long for it to sink or float.

 

Don't you mean Giggs?

 

Obviously not, that was in 2004.

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Don't you mean Giggs?

 

I wasn't repeating it as new news. Some people may not have been aware that we had been in for Lukaku in the Summer. Well done you for your reply though.

 

Badly worded, then. And that's something coming from me.

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Don't you mean Giggs?

 

I wasn't repeating it as new news. Some people may not have been aware that we had been in for Lukaku in the Summer. Well done you for your reply though.

 

Badly worded, then. And that's something coming from me.

Other people had been discussing the loan system and how West Brom and now Everton benefit from loaning Lukaku. I was just pointing out that NUFC had discussed loaning Lukaku therefore we could have had both Lukaku and Remy on loan here. Good on paper but not so good when both of your best strikers are on loan.

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We're in a fantastic position to speculate to accumulate but that principle doesn't exist with these arseholes.

 

This post could quite easily be from any of the past 4/5 years. Should be grateful though, Leeds, Portsmouth etc.

 

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The club doesn't want to go anywhere, on the basis of that We don't really need anyone, not unless we pick up a big injury, even then we'd probably just play it out. Even a key sale we could cope with as long as it's not Krul.

 

In: Gomis would be great but I'm not holding my breath. No chance of Remy the player himself won't commit he'll want to see what is on offer in the summer ie arsenal or Tottenham.

 

Out: Obertan, Cisse & Marv need to be moved on permanently while we need to get Sammy out on loan. Shola can go if Gomis comes in. Decent off for Cabaye and I think we could cope playing Anita.

 

I really can't see us signing anyone.

 

 

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Pardew's comments foreshadow a transfer window with no signings or, at best, a thoroughly generous signing of Gomis that we should all be extremely grateful for. He really likes to champion last January too, whether it's claiming we spent double what we did or, this time, claiming it was really difficult. Er, we lost a game then signed five players immediately cos they were all pre-agreed for the summer. :lol:

 

Meh. No expectations for the coming transfer window, as usual. There's no speculating regarding the intentions of the 'sign-ers' at this club. Two or three quality additions could even give us a fighting chance of getting into the CL, but we took that punt before with Cisse and it had ungodly ramifications (EL qualification), so we won't do that again.

 

I'd be content if we got Gomis.

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Barely even realized it was almost January. Two or three years back I'd be counting down the days till the window open. (And then again until it "slammed shut" and we signed nobody.) Dialing down expectations helps keep you sane.

 

Like Yorkie, I'd be content with anybody who'll push Shola out of the team. Anything else is a bonus and an extremely unlikely one at that.

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