NUFC transfer rumours in the press

[TK-421]

SSN: "We understand NUFC bid is £21m up front... not in installments"

 

[midstoon]

Wow £21 million up front as well.

[Disco]

Even Pulis isn't that thick

 

He's only arsed about kickbacks and centre halves at full back tbh.

[Twinport53]

Fuck me, we really do wanna stay up

[toontownman]

Jordan rhodes move fell through. Might yet be plan g.

[duo]

f*** me, we really do wanna stay up

Quite surreal seeing the yellow ticker....never thought I'd see that.

[TRon]

I would really like to have seen us get in another left back with the other deal falling through. The Berahino stuff is all very dramatic but at the end of the day probably going nowhere.

[Nepharite]

We'd probably get Bony for £21mil.

[Parsley]

We'd probably get Bony for £21mil.

Can't see City letting Bony go until they bring another forward in.

[jdckelly]

We'd probably get Bony for £21mil.

Can't see City letting Bony go until they bring another forward in.

thinking the same thing

[Guest]

'Davide Santon could be set for another deadline move, say Tuttsport. Several clubs interested. Would be his 4th deadline move'

 

Wonder if our name'll come up.

[BillClinton]

A journalist mentioned him with us yesterday I think.

 

Edit: from Douglas today "Valencia’s Lucas Orban may come back into play while the club have also made tentative enquiries about Davide Santon, who left 12 months ago."

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-united-sign-striker-before-10812403

 

Not that he knows anything..

[TRon]

'Davide Santon could be set for another deadline move, say Tuttsport. Several clubs interested. Would be his 4th deadline move'

 

Wonder if our name'll come up.

 

On loan would be ok, otherwise no thanks.

[nufc4eva]

At least for once we have some excitement at deadline day, even though we will probably be relegated in May.

[SiLvOR]

Init. Been so shit for so long seeing other clubs actually make moves, then there's us sitting around doing jack shit.

[The College Dropout]

At least for once we have some excitement at deadline day, even though we will probably be relegated in May.

 

Aye, screams panic.

 

I've said it before - signing so many first team players in January I don't think is the best thing to do in the short term.

 

Although I think if you are going down that path - it's better if the players are familiar with the PL.

[George Bailey]

At least for once we have some excitement at deadline day, even though we will probably be relegated in May.

 

Aye, screams panic.

 

I've said it before - signing so many first team players in January I don't think is the best thing to do in the short term.

Although I think if you are going down that path - it's better if the players are familiar with the PL.

 

I would have thought that was the main reason why players are signed in Jan though, for the immediate short term effect? 

If all is rosy in the garden then sure it would be daft to disrupt a side that is doing well. But for the struggling sides, new first team starters are surely a good thing to try and kick start a revival??

 

Agree with the being familiar or suited to the PL bit.

 

Would be delighted with what we have done if we also get a Berahino/Bony stature striker and a left back personally.

 

[Shearergol]

At least for once we have some excitement at deadline day, even though we will probably be relegated in May.

 

Aye, screams panic.

 

I've said it before - signing so many first team players in January I don't think is the best thing to do in the short term.

 

Although I think if you are going down that path - it's better if the players are familiar with the PL.

 

You keep massively missing the point. We're signing more players because the current ones are taking us down. We're not signing them simply for adding more players.

 

You seem to think adding better players now is worse than carrying on with what we've got, based on your project management courses.

[Twinport53]

At least for once we have some excitement at deadline day, even though we will probably be relegated in May.

 

Aye, screams panic.

 

I've said it before - signing so many first team players in January I don't think is the best thing to do in the short term.

 

Although I think if you are going down that path - it's better if the players are familiar with the PL.

 

The velocity of the project will be redundant. The gegenpressing incomprehensible poor.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Signing loads in January isn't the best way to build a team, get your preferred targets or build a squad long term, but if you're about to be relegated you don't have much choice.

[The College Dropout]

At least for once we have some excitement at deadline day, even though we will probably be relegated in May.

 

Aye, screams panic.

 

I've said it before - signing so many first team players in January I don't think is the best thing to do in the short term.

 

Although I think if you are going down that path - it's better if the players are familiar with the PL.

 

You keep massively missing the point. We're signing more players because the current ones are taking us down. We're not signing them simply for adding more players.

 

You seem to think adding better players now is worse than carrying on with what we've got, based on your project management courses.

 

It seems to me, in the PL or perhaps modern football. Most people think the only way for a team to improve is to spend money and buy better players. The more - the better. Different manager, different tactics, players understanding tactics better, better teamwork, players developing etc.

 

When has a team kept a manager, signed a boatload of new players in January and dramatically improved?

 

I'm thinking of the great escapes in the PL. Wigan, Sunderland, Leicester, Palace, Villa etc. it was never down to signing 4-5 first team players in January. Sometimes 1 or 2 new signings, more often a new manager but never the 4-5 signings for the first 11 we are looking to make in total.

 

So to be clear - i'm not advocating sticking with what we are doing, I just don't think signing 5 first team players is the only or right answer. At a certain point every additional signing - the impact to the team diminishes. Questions get raised tactically by their introduction, they need to understand the team and tactics, the team needs to understand them, the manager has to figure the team out etc.

 

From a playing staff perspective I think really good 1 or 2 signings is best for immediate impact. An Anelka. Vidic & Evra.

 

Only time a raft of new signings has improved a team is for Harry Redknapp - who seems to feed off it. He'll end up not playing most of them anyway. He's not a manager keen on tactics. And the last time he did it, his team got relegated.

[The College Dropout]

Signing loads in January isn't the best way to build a team, get your preferred targets or build a squad long term, but if you're about to be relegated you don't have much choice.

 

That's not true though. Think of any great escape in the PL, it didn't happen from loads of signings.

 

We aren't even far away. I'm really excited by Berahino if we could land him regardless. Sign Saido - if we stay up, we should hit the next season running.

[Shearergol]

At least for once we have some excitement at deadline day, even though we will probably be relegated in May.

 

Aye, screams panic.

 

I've said it before - signing so many first team players in January I don't think is the best thing to do in the short term.

 

Although I think if you are going down that path - it's better if the players are familiar with the PL.

 

You keep massively missing the point. We're signing more players because the current ones are taking us down. We're not signing them simply for adding more players.

 

You seem to think adding better players now is worse than carrying on with what we've got, based on your project management courses.

 

It seems to me, in the PL or perhaps modern football. Most people think the only way for a team to improve is to spend money and buy better players. The more - the better. Different manager, different tactics, players understanding tactics better, better teamwork, players developing etc.

 

When has a team kept a manager, signed a boatload of new players in January and dramatically improved?

 

I'm thinking of the great escapes in the PL. Wigan, Sunderland, Leicester, Palace, Villa etc. it was never down to signing 4-5 first team players in January. Sometimes 1 or 2 new signings, more often a new manager but never the 4-5 signings for the first 11 we are looking to make in total.

 

So to be clear - i'm not advocating sticking with what we are doing, I just don't think signing 5 first team players is the only or right answer. At a certain point every additional signing - the impact to the team diminishes. Questions get raised tactically by their introduction, they need to understand the team and tactics, the team needs to understand them, the manager has to figure the team out etc.

 

From a playing staff perspective I think really good 1 or 2 signings is best for immediate impact. An Anelka. Vidic & Evra.

 

Only time a raft of new signings has improved a team is for Harry Redknapp - who seems to feed off it. He'll end up not playing most of them anyway. He's not a manager keen on tactics. And the last time he did it, his team got relegated.

 

You could have Pep in charge with a midfield consisting of Colback and Anita and we'd still be down there.

 

We should have signed better players in summer, but we ignored glaringly obvious weaknesses and hired a shit manager. The only way to sort that is by bringing better players in now and bringing a better manager in (and knowing that we won't do the latter we're relying on the new players).

 

It's obvious to most people why we're buying in January.

[The College Dropout]

Repeat: I'm not opposed to signing better players. Just think we are going after too many for short term benefit. 2 starters and a back-up in January I think is the best you can do for the rest of the campaign. More and I think you create more problems than are solved.

[Shearergol]

Repeat: I'm not opposed to signing better players. Just think we are going after too many for short term benefit. 2 starters and a back-up in January I think is the best you can do for the rest of the campaign. More and I think you create more problems than are solved.

 

So you wouldn't replace dummett at this stage? Or buy a goal scorer?