NG32 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 No we aren't :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyt Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 What kind of striker is he? The kind of one that plays in midfield. Greek Alan Smith? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 What kind of striker is he? The kind of one that plays in midfield. Thought he was a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 No we aren't :lol: He's not who you're thinking of Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 What kind of striker is he? The kind of one that plays in midfield. Greek Alan Smith? Got a similar goal record I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 According to Whoscored.com, 10 starts in the leagues 9 sub appearances, average rating per game 6.7 (7.3 for games started at CDM). 2 tackles per game (for comparison 10th best rating in Europe has 3.8). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Feels desperately premature this thread, but let's face it we are getting pretty desperate. In any case he does seem to be a serious target, it might just be a case of waiting until the fee is agreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 rafa must see something in this guy like for us to be spaffing that much of our load on him like, wonder if he envisages him sitting doing the xabi alonso thing or whatever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 State of that 'newspaper' ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 One of my picks/guesses at the start of the window. Hope it comes off! Possible first team squad: would that number of replacements be good enough? Even if not the exact players, similar quality? Caballero (Chelsea) or Hart (West Ham) Reina Rob Elliot Karl Darlow Ciaran Clark Jamaal Lascelles Semedo (Villareal) Lejeune Mangala Chambers Jansson Achraf Lazaar Paul Dummett Massadio Haidara DeAndre Yedlin Malone (Huddersfield) Gibbs Durmezi Willems Veltman? Manquillo ( ) Cairney (new contract) Fuckus-Cheek (Palace) Clucas Murphy J. Isaac Hayden Matt Ritchie Jonjo Shelvey Christian Atsu Aarons Sarr Samaris Sam Larsson Pires Boudebouz Holby Siem de Jong Perez Abrahams (Swansea) or Onyekuru (Everton) Das Bost Hernandez Dwight Gayle Mitrovic LOAN Sterry Toney (U23s) Armstrong (Bolton) Woodman SOLD/released Vurnon Anita Ameobi Mbabu Guoffran Mbemba Murphy D. Hanley Gamez Colback Diame Rivière Saivet Sels (loaned to Anderlecht) Krul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 rafa must see something in this guy like for us to be spaffing that much of our load on him like, wonder if he envisages him sitting doing the xabi alonso thing or whatever It's a pretty key position tbf. If there's one area where you need genuine quality it's through the spine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Is he signed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Didn't our resident Benfica fan say he was s***? Don't care tbh. Yeah, me neither. He's foreign and costs more than £10m, get the bugger in Basically the only reason I'm excited Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 One of my picks/guesses at the start of the window. Hope it comes off! Possible first team squad: would that number of replacements be good enough? Even if not the exact players, similar quality? Caballero (Chelsea) or Hart (West Ham) Reina Rob Elliot Karl Darlow Ciaran Clark Jamaal Lascelles Semedo (Villareal) Lejeune Mangala Chambers Jansson Achraf Lazaar Paul Dummett Massadio Haidara DeAndre Yedlin Malone (Huddersfield) Gibbs Durmezi Willems Veltman? Manquillo ( ) Cairney (new contract) Fuckus-Cheek (Palace) Clucas Murphy J. Isaac Hayden Matt Ritchie Jonjo Shelvey Christian Atsu Aarons Sarr Samaris Sam Larsson Pires Boudebouz Holby Siem de Jong Perez Abrahams (Swansea) or Onyekuru (Everton) Das Bost Hernandez Dwight Gayle Mitrovic LOAN Sterry Toney (U23s) Armstrong (Bolton) Woodman SOLD/released Vurnon Anita Ameobi Mbabu Guoffran Mbemba Murphy D. Hanley Gamez Colback Diame Rivière Saivet Sels (loaned to Anderlecht) Krul Can add Hernandez to to West Ham too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BergenMagpie Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It will be an honor to hear about him playing fifa 12 with Tony Fernandes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Meh. He's a bit slow for a holding midfielder in this league imo and makes too many errors due, in part, to poor positional awareness. That being said, he's a decent passer of the ball and should theoretically give our attacking players some defensive cover; strong, with a decent engine too. 13 odd million seems a reasonably fair price for him, I would say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hope Hellas longer than the last Greek midfielder we had. Awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Solid DM? Surely better than Colback/Diame on that score so I'm on board. If it's even true, don't think it's a very reliable source. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I really like the look of Samaris. Would be very happy with him joining us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 What kind of striker is he? The kind of one that plays in midfield. Thought he was a striker. DM/CM apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Meh. He's a bit slow for a holding midfielder in this league imo and makes too many errors due, in part, to poor positional awareness. That being said, he's a decent passer of the ball and should theoretically give our attacking players some defensive cover; strong, with a decent engine too. 13 odd million seems a reasonably fair price for him, I would say. What sort of slow is he? If he's Colback slow where he ends up pulling down players who run past him then it hardly seems worth it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-boss-rafa-benitez-closes-in-on-fifth-summer-signing-reports-1-8670319 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 TBF he's condensed the thread well there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 It will be a honour to see him at Benfica next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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