Championship Planning

[Tubestationatmidnight]

Keep

 

Elliot

Darlow

 

Anita

Dummett

Lascelles

Mbemba

 

Townsend

Aarons

 

Mitrovic

 

Scrap the rest.

[shintonsghost]

we will have a team to compete whatever happens

 

this is our level, just accept it

[huss9]

add mbabu to that list, and perez if he can be persuaded.

[TRon]

priority is getting a decent striker in.

Probably be ripped apart for this but we could do a lot worse than Dwight Gayle for our attempted promotion charge.

 

Not likely. Pardew is going to have a similar lightbulb moment to Allardyce when he realises that a striker who scores is more important than a one who does everything else but.

[Optimistic Nut]

Would someone like Caulker be realistic? Could see us going for someone like Crouch or Lambert too.

[54]

Would someone like Caulker be realistic? Could see us going for someone like Crouch or Lambert too.

Crouch and Terry dream team.

[fgsilva]

If Rafa leaves what are the options that we have?

[JH]

Championship Planning 2016/17

 

Newcastle United's two point plan to guaranteed stability and increased promotion chances:

 

1) Give Rafa Benitez whatever he asks for

2) Let him sort it all out

[Troll]

If Rafa stays, it'll also be a big statement of intent.  We'll find it much easier to sign/keep hold of players than if we just appointed a Neil Warnock.

[fgsilva]

What are the chances to have Barton back to the team?

[steve_69]

What are the chances to have Barton back to the team?

 

Based on what he said last night on Talksport, absolutely zero

[fgsilva]

What are the chances to have Barton back to the team?

 

Based on what he said last night on Talksport, absolutely zero

 

Our best players will leave for other PL teams?

 

What to you think that should be our signings?

[steve_69]

He said that Steve McLaren wanted to sign him but Derek Llambias said absolutely no chance.

Barton was open to the move and was prepared to bury the hatchet with Mike Ashley but the club weren't prepared to have him back under any circumstances.

[Karjala]

                  Darlow

 

Anita Lascelles  Dummett Mbabu

 

Aarons Colback Shelvey Ameobi

 

          Armstrong Mitro

 

Realistic from the current crop of shite?

[Deckard 13]

Need a spine of solid players who probably should have a history or knowledge of playing with cloggers. Should just buy a mix of the best youngsters in the league with a bunch of reliable, productive older lads. Leadbitter has been in the team of year the past two seasons so it can't be too hard to find players.

[Ketsbaia]

Douglas suggested a few names in his article today - Nakhi Wells, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Richard Keogh and Adam Reach

 

[Mick]

Douglas suggested a few names in his article today - Nakhi Wells, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Richard Keogh and Adam Reach

 

How many divisions are we dropping?

[samag]

Championship Planning 2016/17

 

Newcastle United's two point plan to guaranteed stability and increased promotion chances:

 

1) Give Rafa Benitez whatever he asks for

2) Let him sort it all out

 

This ,

[Ketsbaia]

Douglas suggested a few names in his article today - Nakhi Wells, Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Richard Keogh and Adam Reach

 

How many divisions are we dropping?

Exactly

[Optimistic Nut]

Could someone like Ryan Gauld on loan be a realistic option? Not sure how he's doing at Sporting Lisbon.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

Without meaning to be arrogant, we don't want to load the squad with Championship standard players. If Rafa stays we're more likely to attract better players than you'd usually expect for a Championship club. Rafa wants a "strong" team so we go for promotion at the first attempt. We'll probably keep a few players you would've expected to leave, get new players of a good standard (some decent players may be willing to play in the Championship for one season if they expect to get promotion) and get the pick of the loan players available.

[mrmojorisin75]

Without meaning to be arrogant, we don't want to load the squad with Championship standard players. If Rafa stays we're more likely to attract better players than you'd usually expect for a Championship club. Rafa wants a "strong" team so we go for promotion at the first attempt. We'll probably keep a few players you would've expected to leave, get new players of a good standard (some decent players may be willing to play in the Championship for one season if they expect to get promotion) and get the pick of the loan players available.

 

i was just considering this actually, i wonder what way he'll go - you'd imagine he'll have some spanish players targetted (certainly on loan) but they'll have to be up for the physical side of that division, will he go heavy on youth from what he already has (armstrong, aarons, mbabu etc.)? 

 

intruiging actually, what a manager of his calibre will do now he's dropped from CL games/qualification challenges to the fucking championship

 

 

[geordiesteve710]

Without meaning to be arrogant, we don't want to load the squad with Championship standard players. If Rafa stays we're more likely to attract better players than you'd usually expect for a Championship club. Rafa wants a "strong" team so we go for promotion at the first attempt. We'll probably keep a few players you would've expected to leave, get new players of a good standard (some decent players may be willing to play in the Championship for one season if they expect to get promotion) and get the pick of the loan players available.

 

This all day long. Obviously there are financial considerations and cloth will have to be cut to an extent, but if we're serious about going for promotion* we need to be giving ourselves as much of a headstart over the other teams in this division in terms of squad quality and not be shy about it.

 

I don't think, for example, we need to be pissing about going into the season with Armstrong as the first choice striker only to realise by October he's not good enough and we're writing the season off because we don't score enough goals.

 

We'll also need players with guts and character. Our away record last season was horrendous which points to a lack of mental strength and if that's not sorted it could be our downfall.

 

*goes without saying this is a big "if" with these jokers in charge.

 

[wyn davies]

All will depend on whether Benny remains on how we progress, it could be the case we sell no-one keep the relegation team and progress from there and run with it.

[quayside]

He said that Steve McLaren wanted to sign him but Derek Llambias said absolutely no chance.

Barton was open to the move and was prepared to bury the hatchet with Mike Ashley but the club weren't prepared to have him back under any circumstances.

 

Weird, Llambias left the club 3 years ago. I wonder why he had any say on whether Barton should or should not join us last year? I didn't hear the interview but that sounds a bit like Joey visiting make believe land tbh.