joeyt Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I think we'd get rid of Riviere on a free if we could but we'd struggle to find teams willing to match his wages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Unsurprisingly theres not a lot of interest in our deadwood. You'd think that we could find buyers for Darlow and Hanley. Krul, Saivet, Riviera, Haidara and maybe even Lazaar may have to be sent on loan, with us paying a proportion of their wages still as they haven't exactly impressed anywhere lately. Also Gamez possibly. That leaves Mitrovic, Colback, Diame and Mbemba as the only real saleable assets. Can't (unfortunately) see Rafa getting rid of Colback or Diame this summer, think Mitro may well be sold. That would leave us with 20 senior players, and needing a new GK, LB, CM, CF and hopefully no10. Lot of work to be done if we want to be prepared for the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 weeks till the first game. Squad looks seriously shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Re deadwood/services not required, 7 out (inc two loans) and 4 in. We are getting there assuming momentum continues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Still linked with James McCarthy in The Sun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Odd tweet: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Odd tweet: I haven't a fucking clue who we're after but let's make it seem like I'm itk and have to keep quiet about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 weeks till the first game. Squad looks seriously shit. Certs for relegation in my eyes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 We wouldn't go down with this squad. We've stayed up with far worse with John Carver in charge just 3 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 If Carver was in charge for the whole season we'd have definitely been relegated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Tempted sticking a fiver on Leicester at 16s, the wheels have got to come off at some point, new manager bounce in Shakespeare will subside, Huth and Morgan have got to die eventually, Mahrez off and Vardy off the boil perhaps.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 16s for Leicester isn't half bad tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 weeks till the first game. Squad looks seriously shit. Certs for relegation in my eyes At the end of last season 8 points separated 8th and 17th in the Premiership. I'd say the top clubs of the Championship aren't much difference in squad quality to the bottom 8 or so teams of the Premiership. A lot of players are loaned out near the end of the transfer window. Our squad could look very different by the end of the window. Newcastle at worst only have to stay ahead of Huddersfield, Brighton and one other team. Hopefully we'll be able to aim our sights higher than that though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Was looking at those betting odds earlier - bookies have us on average finishing 15th, although that probably factors in further assumed spending - get to the start of the season with no more in and I would expect to see those odds change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 If we go into the season without strengthening in key positions we'll get what we deserve. As it stands we're having to hope that players who have struggled in the PL before will now be good enough to get us to around 40 points. I just don't see it. We struggled quite a bit at home last season and our away form was based on keeping out second rate attacks and us taking some of the chances that came our way. We were relegated with better players than we've currently got. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 If we go into the season without strengthening in key positions we'll get what we deserve. As it stands we're having to hope that players who have struggled in the PL before will now be good enough to get us to around 40 points. I just don't see it. We struggled quite a bit at home last season and our away form was based on keeping out second rate attacks and us taking some of the chances that came our way. We were relegated with better players than we've currently got. Agree but a lot of teams just sat back and hit us on the break in the Championship. Apparently Rafa prefers his teams to be counter attacking teams. We didn't get to do that much in the Championship. Not many teams are going to sit back against NUFC in the Premiership. Time will tell if this squad can cope with being attacked better than they could breaking stubborn teams down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Was looking at those betting odds earlier - bookies have us on average finishing 15th, although that probably factors in further assumed spending - get to the start of the season with no more in and I would expect to see those odds change. Nah people underestimate how bad the bottom of the league is, unless we get really unlucky with injuries we'd probably stay up as is. That's nowhere near good enough though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 weeks till the first game. Squad looks seriously shit. Certs for relegation in my eyes Bookies view. That isn't the bookies' view based purely on our squad now, to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianovthetoon Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Sam Clucas again in the Sun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Hope he's got some factor 50 on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I'd be surprised if we finish below any of those first three teams even without any signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 This relegation talk is a bit stupid like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Odd tweet: Dosn't usually stop them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Odd tweet: Dosn't usually stop them The string is 1.5 m and we've offered 30 cm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 The current squad with Benitez is probably good enough to survive but not a great deal more. Looking at an old Football Pink (2005) yesterday, this team was 8th in the table, had beaten West Ham 4-2 away that day and exactly the same eleven had beaten Arsenal at home the week before. How would it compare with our current best starting eleven even before,hopefully, some quality is added ? GIVEN RAMAGE ELLIOT BOUMSONG BRAMBLE SOLANO FAYE PARKER AMEOBI SHEARER OWEN. LUQUE CHOPRA and GATE were among the 5 subs and Souness was the manager. Granted a couple of them would walk into today's starting eleven but Shearer was way past his best by then and almost all of them would have been ripped apart by someone for something on here. Yes I know the league was very different back then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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