r0cafella Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Sounds like the sort of character that would fit in well at us. Aye was thinking this, this is exactly the sort of player we should look to avoid given the fragile nature of our squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Signed squad players so far other than Ritchie and possibly Hayden. Need to get rid of Gouffran, Saivet, Rivière and the like and sign some quality first team players at LB, CM, LW and ST. Obvious to everyone. Agreed. Most of our signings have been squad players. We need proven quality. We're not thinking like a team that is aiming to win the division. Ritchie and Diame are the right type but when you look at how many we have sold and how shit we were to begin with, we haven't brought in enough of that type of player and our net spend is less than zero. Rafa isn't blameless, but I'm sure it wasn't his intention to buy a load of average or unproven players and bring in little proven quality. They're fine for building a squad, but I can't have been the only person who was concerned when I saw the first team lineup before the Fulham game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 would love an argie in the squad, cheating horrible cunts but they take winning seriously we could do with some of that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 would love an argie in the squad, cheating horrible cunts but they take winning seriously we could do with some of that And some Germans, they're ruthless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Didn't realise he was an Argie, would absolutely love him here - he's very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Forestieri refused to play yesterday? Their owner and manager have come out and said he's not going to be sold full stop. No idea who he is or whether he's any good, but for some reason I believe them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Very hard to keep players now if they want to leave - it happens but 9 times out of 10 they are usually sold. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieT Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Signed squad players so far other than Ritchie and possibly Hayden. Need to get rid of Gouffran, Saivet, Rivière and the like and sign some quality first team players at LB, CM, LW and ST. Obvious to everyone. Inclined to agree with this. Ritchie is the only one you would put forward as a definite starter. Arguably, no one else goes into a fully fit / available starting 11. Perhaps Hayden - but that's says as much about the quality in the squad. That's not necessarily to say we have made bad signings. Diame will get a lot of minutes this season, Gayle you would think would be good for 12-15 goals at least this year and Jesus Gamez is an astute opportunistic signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Hayden was absolutely awful yesterday like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Very hard to keep players now if they want to leave - it happens but 9 times out of 10 they are usually sold. When clubs like West Brom can keep hold of contract running down cunts like Berahino I wouldn't be so sure of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Hayden was absolutely awful yesterday like Got to admit I have been pretty disappointed with the signings we have made so for on a whole Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it's too early to be judging people, especially Rafa but I am worried about confidence. Remember last season, it took time for the confidence to come and Benitez mentioned it as an issue after almost every game. We've now got loads of new players, most of which never played regularly in front of fans like ours, and the added dynamic of us being strong favourites for the title. Benitez himself has only been in charge of the club for a dozen competitive games. It's going to take a while to find a rhythm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it's too early to be judging people, especially Rafa but I am worried about confidence. Remember last season, it took time for the confidence to come and Benitez mentioned it as an issue after almost every game. We've now got loads of new players, most of which never played regularly in front of fans like ours, and the added dynamic of us being strong favourites for the title. Benitez himself has only been in charge of the club for a dozen competitive games. It's going to take a while to find a rhythm. makes sense, just damn frustrating having players who lack confidence at home to a really shit huddersfield team. gotta really look at yourself as a professional footballer if teams like that make you shit your pants. the flags and the crowd may have been intimidating when they walked out but that all went after kick off. then it was 11 vs 11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it's too early to be judging people, especially Rafa but I am worried about confidence. Remember last season, it took time for the confidence to come and Benitez mentioned it as an issue after almost every game. We've now got loads of new players, most of which never played regularly in front of fans like ours, and the added dynamic of us being strong favourites for the title. Benitez himself has only been in charge of the club for a dozen competitive games. It's going to take a while to find a rhythm. Benitez will get it right, but he'll need some more options in this squad. Lacking in pace and goals at the moment. Ashley needs to make sure he gets whoever he wants one way or another. It's not like we're short of cash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it's too early to be judging people, especially Rafa but I am worried about confidence. Remember last season, it took time for the confidence to come and Benitez mentioned it as an issue after almost every game. We've now got loads of new players, most of which never played regularly in front of fans like ours, and the added dynamic of us being strong favourites for the title. Benitez himself has only been in charge of the club for a dozen competitive games. It's going to take a while to find a rhythm. Benitez will get it right, but he'll need some more options in this squad. Lacking in pace and goals at the moment. Ashley needs to make sure he gets whoever he wants one way or another. It's not like we're short of cash. not short of cash but there is a shortage of quality willing to sign for a championship club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it's too early to be judging people, especially Rafa but I am worried about confidence. Remember last season, it took time for the confidence to come and Benitez mentioned it as an issue after almost every game. We've now got loads of new players, most of which never played regularly in front of fans like ours, and the added dynamic of us being strong favourites for the title. Benitez himself has only been in charge of the club for a dozen competitive games. It's going to take a while to find a rhythm. Benitez will get it right, but he'll need some more options in this squad. Lacking in pace and goals at the moment. Ashley needs to make sure he gets whoever he wants one way or another. It's not like we're short of cash. Agreed, statement required in the next two weeks IMO. Look at Villa's striking options. We need similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it's too early to be judging people, especially Rafa but I am worried about confidence. Remember last season, it took time for the confidence to come and Benitez mentioned it as an issue after almost every game. We've now got loads of new players, most of which never played regularly in front of fans like ours, and the added dynamic of us being strong favourites for the title. Benitez himself has only been in charge of the club for a dozen competitive games. It's going to take a while to find a rhythm. Benitez will get it right, but he'll need some more options in this squad. Lacking in pace and goals at the moment. Ashley needs to make sure he gets whoever he wants one way or another. It's not like we're short of cash. Agreed, statement required in the next two weeks IMO. Look at Villa's striking options. We need similar. It definitely feels like we've bulked out our squad with squad players for sure we need some real first team options to make a difference. Without the right players were always going to be short in areas and lop-sided. Trouble is this has been a pattern for far too long at NUFC and it needs to change. Just give him the money and let him get on with it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Still think it's too early to be judging people, especially Rafa but I am worried about confidence. Remember last season, it took time for the confidence to come and Benitez mentioned it as an issue after almost every game. We've now got loads of new players, most of which never played regularly in front of fans like ours, and the added dynamic of us being strong favourites for the title. Benitez himself has only been in charge of the club for a dozen competitive games. It's going to take a while to find a rhythm. Benitez will get it right, but he'll need some more options in this squad. Lacking in pace and goals at the moment. Ashley needs to make sure he gets whoever he wants one way or another. It's not like we're short of cash. not short of cash but there is a shortage of quality willing to sign for a championship club. Knockaert and the lad from Shef Wednesday are our reported targets but they don't want to sell. We might just have to blow them out of the water with an offer they can't refuse. Everyone has their price and we can afford to pay it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 We need a bully of a striker to play next to Gayle / Perez or with Mitrovic. We need a LW to provide similar quality that Ritchie plays with on our right and someone who Aarons can rotate in with. We need a CM to play with Diame, and that means placing Hayden, Shelvey etc on the bench. We need a LB who offers us something going forward. We need to keep Sissoko until January and play him wherever we can because we need him more right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Think we'll get 3 of those 4 Kanji, not really that confident we'll get a CM of any kind though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 just my thoughts on the needs. We need to start playing Gamez too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 New player in before Tuesday according to the Chron, Saivet to Etienne too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Think it'll be Galloway once Kone goes to Everton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Actually says that now you mention it, cheers: "Benitez also wants more reinforcements, and has made it clear he is after a striker and a winger, while a move for Brendan Galloway should be completed early next week." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Saivet linked with St. Etienne for a seasons loan with an obligation to buy. They would pay half his salary. Would Gibbs consider dropping down a division? Doesn't get to start for Arsenal anymore, only 26 and a serious upgrade on our hopeless options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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