Guest chopey Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Shearer was my top choice but Owen was a close second, even tho I hate him now more than any other player that has worn the black and white shirt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Rediculous that the ptb think that one loan signing over two transfer windows is an acceptable amount to even challenge staying in the top ten?!? Baffling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 On the question of real excitement, Ben Arfa was my last one. Remy was underwhelming after a pitiful transfer window and tbh I didn't think he'd make much of an impact given how badly the team had been playing and him being the only acquisition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I don't know - I'd have to say Moussa Sissoko & Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, most recently...funny enough. I was absolutely over the moon when we signed both given the links in the past. I genuinely didn't think we'd sign either, esp MYM. I tend to take time out to watch players we are linked with so I had spent a lot of time on Remy, Debuchy, MYM, and Sissoko. Prior to that - Cisse, as I genuinely believed he and Ba being Senegal internationals and wrongfully thinking they'd be mates, that we'd have a brilliantly potent strike force that would help us get CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Owen for me. I was absolutely buzzing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I got very excited for Cabaye and Yanga-Mbiwa but Ben Arfa was on a totally different level tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DebuchyAndTheBeast Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Owen, Luque and Kluivert for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Did people really know that much about Cabaye?... Seem to remember a lot of head scratching when he signed with no one having seen much of him... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Not that I think we were seriously linked but Jucilei has moved to the UAE from Anzhi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Owen, Luque and Kluivert for me. I remember watching a brilliant video of Luque with a System of a Down soundtrack when he signed and I thought - wow we have signed a superstar. Never trusted youtube since! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Owen, Luque and Kluivert for me. I remember watching a brilliant video of Luque with a System of a Down soundtrack when he signed and I thought - wow we have signed a superstar. Never trusted youtube since! I think that video has since been taken down... The irony... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Owen, Luque and Kluivert for me. I remember watching a brilliant video of Luque with a System of a Down soundtrack when he signed and I thought - wow we have signed a superstar. Never trusted youtube since! I think that video has since been taken down... The irony... Lost in hollywood. Watched it around 100 times. No sarcasm intended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just found this btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Not that I think we were seriously linked but Jucilei has moved to the UAE from Anzhi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Not that I think we were seriously linked but Jucilei has moved to the UAE from Anzhi The bloke clearly wants to be the best player he can. I admire that, a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ben Arfa was an exciting transfer because it dragged on so long and there was such a lot of drama and ups and downs before it happened. But I remember being very excited when Andy Cole signed. I saw him play for Bristol City against us, and our defenders just couldn't handle him. I thought then he'd be a great player to get and when it happened a few months later, I felt that it was the last piece of the promotion jigsaw. I'm pretty sure his performance in that game convinced Keegan to try and get him. That was a great time to be a supporter of this club. Having come so close to Division three the previous season, the momentum had completely swung. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just found this btw Fucking hell, the passion, what on earth have they put in his mug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Arsenal are preparing a 35M euro bid for Cabaye and Santon according to Dutch football magazine Voetbal International Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Arsenal are preparing a 35M euro bid for Cabaye and Santon according to Dutch football magazine Voetbal International Caught offside seemed to be the first to come out with this yesterday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 That story originated from Caught Offside.... i'd be shocked if there's anything to it. Mind you i wouldn't expect RMC to repeat a story from Caught Offside to begin with so who knows. I don't know Caught Offside but I can tell you RMC is s****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 There is no doubt that the signing of Alan Shearer was THE top signing NUFC have ever made in the modern era - he was the top CF in the UK, probably in Europe at the time and had the choice to sign for one of the biggest clubs in the world but chose to come home. He was 25 at the time of his signing and nothing before or since has topped this or even come close. Owen was close because of his reputation and the club he was playing for, but there was always a doubt in my mind about his total commitment and his fitness. The most exciting signing of a striker before Shearer had to be Macdonald but he was not an international at the time and only 21...he turned out to be sensational and the most exciting striker I have seen in the B&W, if not the complete player that Shearer almost was. Mirandinha was exciting simply because he was the first Brazilian to play in England and had scored against the national side 3 months earlier but he was a let down in many ways. Cole proved to be a much better striker than I suspect many believed he would when we signed him. None of the current side hold a candle to the excitement created by the signings above....and nobody we sign under this regime will do so either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Owen, Luque and Kluivert for me. I remember watching a brilliant video of Luque with a System of a Down soundtrack when he signed and I thought - wow we have signed a superstar. Never trusted youtube since! I think that video has since been taken down... The irony... Lost in hollywood. Watched it around 100 times. No sarcasm intended. I think I watched it more after he had gone... It was a great video and the music was a nice change from the usual Charva rubbish you find these days... I always subconsciously changed the line in the song to "You should never of come to Newcastle" as it drew to a close... It was probably taken down due to the trade descriptions act... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 There is no doubt that the signing of Alan Shearer was THE top signing NUFC have ever made in the modern era - he was the top CF in the UK, probably in Europe at the time and had the choice to sign for one of the biggest clubs in the world but chose to come home. He was 25 at the time of his signing and nothing before or since has topped this or even come close. Owen was close because of his reputation and the club he was playing for, but there was always a doubt in my mind about his total commitment and his fitness. The most exciting signing of a striker before Shearer had to be Macdonald but he was not an international at the time and only 21...he turned out to be sensational and the most exciting striker I have seen in the B&W, if not the complete player that Shearer almost was. Mirandinha was exciting simply because he was the first Brazilian to play in England and had scored against the national side 3 months earlier but he was a let down in many ways. Cole proved to be a much better striker than I suspect many believed he would when we signed him. None of the current side hold a candle to the excitement created by the signings above....and nobody we sign under this regime will do so either. Think Cisse was about on a par with Martins, but tbh, I was more excited at signing a £10m comedy haired centre back than Owen for a start. Ben Arfa felt like an unbelievable coup at the time. I suspect Debuchy/Mbiwa/Sissoko would have felt a lot better as well if circumstances were different (at least on a par with the arrival of Cabaye). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 There is no doubt that the signing of Alan Shearer was THE top signing NUFC have ever made in the modern era - he was the top CF in the UK, probably in Europe at the time and had the choice to sign for one of the biggest clubs in the world but chose to come home. He was 25 at the time of his signing and nothing before or since has topped this or even come close. Owen was close because of his reputation and the club he was playing for, but there was always a doubt in my mind about his total commitment and his fitness. The most exciting signing of a striker before Shearer had to be Macdonald but he was not an international at the time and only 21...he turned out to be sensational and the most exciting striker I have seen in the B&W, if not the complete player that Shearer almost was. Mirandinha was exciting simply because he was the first Brazilian to play in England and had scored against the national side 3 months earlier but he was a let down in many ways. Cole proved to be a much better striker than I suspect many believed he would when we signed him. None of the current side hold a candle to the excitement created by the signings above....and nobody we sign under this regime will do so either. Interesting collection of names there, because it's not always the big name signings that work out best. Owen's signing was the height of insanity. It still has me shaking my head. £17m for a player who only a few days before had made it clear that he only wanted to come here on loan. Even at that time, I thought it was twice as much as the player was really worth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexthegreat Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I was pretty excited about the Woodgate signing - there was a bit of a saga iirc, and prising him away from Leeds when they were only just starting their decline seemed a serious statement of intent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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