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Pilko

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French for water. Nice. :thup:

 

Will look good in our five man bastard midfield.

 

Charnley: How much is Acquah on for?

 

Torino: He's on at £325,000.

 

Charnley: Will you take three hundred and twenty.. four?

 

Torino: ..yeah

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French for water. Nice. :thup:

 

Will look good in our five man bastard midfield.

 

Charnley: How much is Acquah on for?

 

Torino: He's on at £325,000.

 

Charnley: Will you take three hundred and twenty.. four?

 

Torino: ..no, 325,000.

 

Charnley: Fine 320 it is

 

Torino: ...325,000.

 

Charnley: 275 and we have ourselves a deal

 

Torino: fuck off

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French for water. Nice. :thup:

 

Will look good in our five man bastard midfield.

 

Charnley: How much is Acquah on for?

 

Torino: He's on at £325,000.

 

Charnley: Will you take three hundred and twenty.. four?

 

Torino: ..yeah

 

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I just hope it's not a priority, because there are at least four other positions that are desperate for replacements before getting onto having a midfielder destroyer.

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I'd say sorting out the midfield has to be has main priority minus a new GK.  The midfield is causing most of the issues in the side imo.

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TRon

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Limited defensive midfielders are useful in garbage sides like ours. I’d kill for a Tiote like player in our midfield at the minute. I personally think limited is fairly harsh description of him anyway, he may not have been able to thread a weighted through ball but his anticipation, interceptions and athleticism were all extremely good

 

 

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Exactly what we need IMO. I had hoped Hayden would provide this, but he seems to be pretty poor at the tackling and interception part of it. I still think there's a player in there though, maybe just needs to be playing in a team with more confidence.

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Just my opinion, but midfield will always been seen to cause problems because that's where all of the action is and things can't always work as they should in a side like ours. I'd much rather we fix things that are broken than things that are a bit lacking. Goalkeeper, number 10, striker, left back in that order imo. A good number 10 will fix part of the problem in midfield as well I reckon.

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I did previously agree that a striker was the no 1 priority, followed by a keeper, that's probably still true, but I am getting fed up with the midfield coming second best against every team we come up against. Some of that might be down to formations, but even if you are playing defensively, surely you should still be able to pass it simply, and close down a man when required?

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The midfield was fine when we played a 4231 imo, everyone was working hard enough and we had the numbers when Ritchie or Perez dropped in to help out, but it obviously limited our attacking options as a result. I still think that's the way to go, I'd rather we went for an Okazaki than a Kante if that makes sense.

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https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/rafa-benitez-reveals-how-many-signings-he-needs-to-keep-newcastle-in-the-premier-league-1-8913263

Rafa Benitez is confident that he can persuade players to join Newcastle United – despite the club’s lowly league position.

 

Benitez met Lee Charnley, the club’s managing director, for talks this week ahead of next month’s transfer window.

 

United’s manager wants to strengthen a squad which has been found wanting in the first half of the Premier League campaign.

 

But Benitez believes a couple of signings “can change everything”.

 

The situation, however, is complicated by the ongoing takeover talks at Newcastle, put up for sale by owner Mike Ashley.

 

A takeover is unlikely to be completed in time for would-be buyer Amanda Staveley to invest in the squad next month.

 

However, Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners could come to an agreement over January funding while the Premier League ratifies a change in ownership – if a deal is agreed this month.

 

Asked about his plans for the January window, Benitez said: “I have an idea. I expressed my idea – Lee knows what I think.

 

“We have to do the best for the team now.

 

“What’s best for the team’s the best for the club. That’s it.

 

“We have some names.

 

“We have quite a lot (of names), but that’s normal, because sometimes the clubs don’t want to sell or they don’t want to come.

 

“But, now, we have to start to see what we can afford, because we need this, we need that.

 

“We need some experience or something different. We knew that.”

 

Benitez believes he can attract quality players to the club, despite sitting in 16th place in the table and just a point above the Premier League’s relegation zone.

 

“It depends on the players we want to sign,” said Benitez.

 

“When we were in the Championship, I was talking to one or two and they said ‘oh no, we want to play in the Premier League’.

 

“But now I think we have enough potential to do well. We can stay in the Premier League if we bring in a couple of players.

 

“They can see that, because a couple of players can change everything.”

 

Benitez, speaking ahead of this afternoon’s game against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, will also look closely at the loan market.

 

“We have to try to bring the best players possible for us now,” said Benitez.

 

“That means if you have a player on loan who’s quite good now, then we have to do it.

 

“There aren’t too many options with Premier League experience, with the maximum level and the right personality, so it’s not easy, but you have to do your research everywhere.”

 

Benitez is prepared to take “risks” in the transfer market.

 

“When I was at Liverpool, people were saying ‘oh Rafa, he’s signing these young players, they are not good enough’,” recalled Benitez.

 

“We were signing players for 200,000 Euros, some of them, and some of the top sides were playing £5million for players of the same age.

 

“So you have to take risks, because you can’t compete against them. Sometimes you have to do it.”

 

There could also be movement out of the club, though striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, keen to play week in, week out before heading to the World Cup with Serbia, will not be sold unless a replacement is secured.

 

Asked about outgoings, Benitez said: “It depends on the market. At the moment, if you don’t have any players coming you can’t sell anyone.

 

“What I don’t have at the moment is any offers of £15million or £20million for any of our players.”

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Mo Diame may be on the way out of St James’ Park after struggling for regular games this season.:megusta:

 

The Newcastle midfielder, 30, is wanted by Turkish sides Goztepe and Sivasspor in a £2.5m deal. :sweetjesus:

 

With only one full season left on his deal, Toon risk losing the ex-West Ham star for free in 2019. :pokerface:

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