Nobody Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Graeme Bailey @GraemeBailey Newcastle confident that deals for Christian Atsu and Callum McMananman are just about done. Thought he'd be back up if the Atsu deal didn't come off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'm just gonna stay out of the McManamananana thread as it will only be depressive in most ways Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Graeme Bailey @GraemeBailey Newcastle confident that deals for Christian Atsu and Callum McMananman are just about done. It's not so bad. The deal for McMananman is for some radgie from Scotswood to cave his head in with a half brick for £20. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ronaldo Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Good. Get him some games at Championship level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Good move for him. Hope he bangs the goals in and gets some games here in the second half of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Good move for him. Hope he bangs the goals in and gets some games here in the second half of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddles mullet Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Sterry going to Coventry apparently Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Newcastle United have completed the signing of young goalkeeper Otto Huutanen from Finnish club FC Ilves. The 16-year-old, who was born in Tampere, Finland, arrives at United's Little Benton Academy having undertaken a week-long trial last July. And the teenager will link up with Dave Watson's Magpies Under-18 squad. Huutanen has been playing for Ilves' under-19 side in his homeland, and he has also been capped by Finland at under-17 level. Will be our keeper when we win the Champions League in 10 years time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Smart loan for Armstrong to see what he can do at this level with a team that could hurt our rivals but probably wouldn't challenge us. We can keep close eye on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I have to agree that we have signed some not so very exciting players this summer. But how many of them are going to be first choice when looking at the positions that they play in? For example Hanley and Clark will probably sit on the bench in most games, and so will Murphy. And i'm pretty certain that "higher profile" players would have expected to start more often than not. These players are mainly signed because they can do a solid job when called upon and they have experience in this division so when needed they can come in and do a decent job and they wont have to be bedded in adapt before they get thrown in. Meanwhile players like Ritchie, Gayle, Diame, Hayden, Lazaar, Yedlin are more likely play a bigger role as our main starting players, together with players that we have since before. I think Rafa is having a pretty good idea which 11 probably will be his main players, even though our "second eleven" will have a couple of players jumping in every now and then and start. To keep the main players fresh as well as when there are injuries and suspensions or whatever it might be. I'm pretty certain though that he wont play too many of his second eleven players at the same time as he will want to be sure that the eleven that starts will mainly include his more important players. It might sound weird when i say second eleven players and he will do rotation and all that, but the core in each team he starts will include more of his important players than the ones mainly used as squad players. I also think that Rafa is trying to get a good good balance when it comes to signing new players, i would like to think that he wants to make us as strong as possible without spending crazy money. He will want to make sure that we go up without spending a ridiculous amount of money on the squad as whole, on too many players he probably wont see as good enough when/if we go up. I think he is a year ahead in his planning and is keeping his powder a bit dry as he aims to sign more high calibre players when we hopefully are in the Premier League again. That is probably why we haven't signed too many players in the £10-15m bracket. He will aim big next season and that's why i'm not too worried that we arent signing as many exciting players as we probably could. Wouldn't even surprise we if we sell a couple of players next season that we've just signed, without losing too much money on them (the ones not seemed good enough for our starting eleven or as backup) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I have to agree that we have signed some not so very exciting players this summer. But how many of them are going to be first choice when looking at the positions that they play in? For example Hanley and Clark will probably sit on the bench in most games, and so will Murphy. And i'm pretty certain that "higher profile" players would have expected to start more often than not. These players are mainly signed because they can do a solid job when called upon and they have experience in this division so when needed they can come in and do a decent job and they wont have to be bedded in adapt before they get thrown in. Meanwhile players like Ritchie, Gayle, Diame, Hayden, Lazaar, Yedlin are more likely play a bigger role as our main starting players, together with players that we have since before. I think Rafa is having a pretty good idea which 11 probably will be his main players, even though our "second eleven" will have a couple of players jumping in every now and then and start. To keep the main players fresh as well as when there are injuries and suspensions or whatever it might be. I'm pretty certain though that he wont play too many of his second eleven players at the same time as he will want to be sure that the eleven that starts will mainly include his more important players. It might sound weird when i say second eleven players and he will do rotation and all that, but the core in each team he starts will include more of his important players than the ones mainly used as squad players. I also think that Rafa is trying to get a good good balance when it comes to signing new players, i would like to think that he wants to make us as strong as possible without spending crazy money. He will want to make sure that we go up without spending a ridiculous amount of money on the squad as whole, on too many players he probably wont see as good enough when/if we go up. I think he is a year ahead in his planning and is keeping his powder a bit dry as he aims to sign more high calibre players when we hopefully are in the Premier League again. That is probably why we haven't signed too many players in the £10-15m bracket. He will aim big next season and that's why i'm not too worried that we arent signing as many exciting players as we probably could. Wouldn't even surprise we if we sell a couple of players next season that we've just signed, without losing too much money on them (the ones not seemed good enough for our starting eleven or as backup) One of Hanley & Clark won't be here this time next year imo. We'll have Lascelles, Mbemba, one of those two and hopefully a senior first-choice CB. Sels, Diame, Yedlin & Lazaar are four who you'd think might start in a bottom half Premier League team so will be useful, Ritchie similar. I'd expect Gayle to be a sub by then. Hayden has potential and probably fits the profile of the first two. I doubt the rest will be here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Now when i read my post again it looks horrible but you get the idea of what i'm trying to say i guess... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Seen the size of it and thought I need a cuppa before I tackle all that. Came back to see your response there, so don't think I will bother now. Tea doon the sink in disgust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I have to agree that we have signed some not so very exciting players this summer. But how many of them are going to be first choice when looking at the positions that they play in? For example Hanley and Clark will probably sit on the bench in most games, and so will Murphy. And i'm pretty certain that "higher profile" players would have expected to start more often than not. These players are mainly signed because they can do a solid job when called upon and they have experience in this division so when needed they can come in and do a decent job and they wont have to be bedded in adapt before they get thrown in. Meanwhile players like Ritchie, Gayle, Diame, Hayden, Lazaar, Yedlin are more likely play a bigger role as our main starting players, together with players that we have since before. I think Rafa is having a pretty good idea which 11 probably will be his main players, even though our "second eleven" will have a couple of players jumping in every now and then and start. To keep the main players fresh as well as when there are injuries and suspensions or whatever it might be. I'm pretty certain though that he wont play too many of his second eleven players at the same time as he will want to be sure that the eleven that starts will mainly include his more important players. It might sound weird when i say second eleven players and he will do rotation and all that, but the core in each team he starts will include more of his important players than the ones mainly used as squad players. I also think that Rafa is trying to get a good good balance when it comes to signing new players, i would like to think that he wants to make us as strong as possible without spending crazy money. He will want to make sure that we go up without spending a ridiculous amount of money on the squad as whole, on too many players he probably wont see as good enough when/if we go up. I think he is a year ahead in his planning and is keeping his powder a bit dry as he aims to sign more high calibre players when we hopefully are in the Premier League again. That is probably why we haven't signed too many players in the £10-15m bracket. He will aim big next season and that's why i'm not too worried that we arent signing as many exciting players as we probably could. Wouldn't even surprise we if we sell a couple of players next season that we've just signed, without losing too much money on them (the ones not seemed good enough for our starting eleven or as backup) i agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I think we've had an excellent summer. - Got rid of the dead wood and the drains to the wage bill (Cisse, Colo, Saylor) - Signed some good squad players to reflect the level we're playing at (Hanley, Clark, Murphy etc.) - Replaced the first team players that we've sold (Ritchie, Diame, Gayle) In some instances, I think the players we've signed have been better than the ones released which is outstanding considering we've been relegated. I think the team we've got now is stronger than the one that went down, especially due to the new squad depth that we have. The days of playing players out of position and having the likes of Jak Alnwick in goal because of injuries look long gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 The only position you could argue we are weaker is the attacking midfield, but Diame and Ritchie look impressive there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Squad full of DNA now imo, you'll never get promoted without it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I think we've had an excellent summer. - Got rid of the dead wood and the drains to the wage bill (Cisse, Colo, Saylor) - Signed some good squad players to reflect the level we're playing at (Hanley, Clark, Murphy etc.) - Replaced the first team players that we've sold (Ritchie, Diame, Gayle) In some instances, I think the players we've signed have been better than the ones released which is outstanding considering we've been relegated. I think the team we've got now is stronger than the one that went down, especially due to the new squad depth that we have. The days of playing players out of position and having the likes of Jak Alnwick in goal because of injuries look long gone. We haven't really seen what the ones we released could achieve at this level though? What's to say Cisse wouldn't have been lethal at this level? Wijnaldum would destroy this league, I think Tiote also would have been a monster. Rightly Colo & Taylor had to go, but we know from last time some shocking players looked half decent in this league. Williamson and Shola looked like champions league level down there. Shola played a dozen games down there and scored his record tally for us, lovenkrands & Harewood putting goals away no probs. Seriously, if we had kept the relegation side, we would have destroyed the division, what we have is good still. Wouldn't say it's stronger/better. If Rafa had not sold any, or clauses inserted. The likes of Townsend/Thauvin/Gini/Sissoko/Cisse/De Jong, many would have ran riot. We only needed to sort the defence out. You only have to note Gouffran already, to see a total write off has found his level. The sad truth is it had to come to this, because none of the Prem side gave a fuck, but they are better than this, no question. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 The biggest difference is we now have (in the main) players that want to be here and want to play for Newcastle United and buy into the managers methods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I think we have a squad and obviously the manager to get promoted, I would have preferred a better winger to come in but still think we have more than enough. Assuming we are promoted, we are probably looking at a similar size rebuilding job next summer, but that would be a positive because we would have achieved our objective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Considering it's a fact that a lot of your best players leave when you go down, we've done very well to end up with such a strong squad. Yes some of the players going out would probably destroy this league, but realistically they were never going to hang around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 The biggest difference is we now have (in the main) players that want to be here and want to play for Newcastle United and buy into the managers methods. this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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