Andreas Samaris

[BeloEmre]

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-boss-rafa-benitez-closes-in-on-fifth-summer-signing-reports-1-8670319

Nothing new there.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

TBF he's condensed the thread well there.

 

A lot of journalism is basically embedding social media posts in a webpage now TBH.

[Optimistic Nut]

Do the local press have any contacts these days? For all the stick Oliver got he always seemed to know what was going on. These lot seem to get their stuff from other media outlets. Take Manquillo for example. First time he was even mentioned was that Spanish paper telling us he was flying in to sign for 3-years which is exactly what happened.

[Disco]

Do the local press have any contacts these days? For all the stick Oliver got he always seemed to know what was going on. These lot seem to get their stuff from other media outlets. Take Manquillo for example. First time he was even mentioned was that Spanish paper telling us he was flying in to sign for 3-years which is exactly what happened.

 

Ryder knows Steve Wraith who knows the ghost of Pav.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Not sure TBH, no idea how someone who works for the Chronicle could be expected to have contacts all around European football. Maybe someone in the club.

[GeordieDazzler]

Hope Hellas longer than the last Greek midfielder we had.

 

We'll need to make a Con-Crete offer first

[Guest neesy111]

The chronicle wasn't competing with 100's of different outlets in Oliver's day, plus different ownership etc means you have different contacts.  Club under Shepherd and Hall's had 1000% more positive relationship than they do now under Ashley.

[Optimistic Nut]

Not sure TBH, no idea how someone who works for the Chronicle could be expected to have contacts all around European football. Maybe someone in the club.

 

You'd think they'd have had some idea that deal was going on though when it was practically 95% complete by the time it first came out. The Journal, Chronicle, etc didn't have a fucking clue.

[Si]

Finally, a replacement for Moussaka Sissoko.

Bravo sir, bravo.

[Optimistic Nut]

The chronicle wasn't competing with 100's of different outlets in Oliver's day, plus different ownership etc means you have different contacts.  Club under Shepherd and Hall's had 1000% more positive relationship than they do now under Ashley.

 

That's true, but surely Ryder, Waugh (no relation to the former Australian cricketing brothers I must add) or someone must have some contact within the club who could give them a nudge saying 'By the way, Manquillo should be flying over to Ireland tomorrow'. Or are they really just that poor journalists?

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Hope Hellas longer than the last Greek midfielder we had.

 

We'll need to make a Con-Crete offer first

 

I'll bOLIVE it when I see it

[maybe_next_year]

A midfield without Colback? I'll go Greek at the knees.

[mattypnufc]

This guy just Ouzos class.

[mrmojorisin75]

The chronicle wasn't competing with 100's of different outlets in Oliver's day, plus different ownership etc means you have different contacts.  Club under Shepherd and Hall's had 1000% more positive relationship than they do now under Ashley.

 

That's true, but surely Ryder, Waugh (no relation to the former Australian cricketing brothers I must add) or someone must have some contact within the club who could give them a nudge saying 'By the way, Manquillo should be flying over to Ireland tomorrow'. Or are they really just that poor journalists?

 

[cookidge]

Making inRHODES on this signing.

[Darth Crooks]

This guy just Ouzos class.

 

Heard he's a Plato shite

[Guest neesy111]

The chronicle wasn't competing with 100's of different outlets in Oliver's day, plus different ownership etc means you have different contacts.  Club under Shepherd and Hall's had 1000% more positive relationship than they do now under Ashley.

 

That's true, but surely Ryder, Waugh (no relation to the former Australian cricketing brothers I must add) or someone must have some contact within the club who could give them a nudge saying 'By the way, Manquillo should be flying over to Ireland tomorrow'. Or are they really just that poor journalists?

 

I suspect the latter.

[SuperFlat]

It's all Greek to me.

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He's a feta option than Colback in the centre

[1964]

This better stop Kos its driving me mad

[toontownman]

Smashing plates...

 

[Darth Crooks]

Pull this off and I'll get a right pork Stifado

[Optimistic Nut]

I'll not believe it until Athena Newcastle top on his back.

[David Icke - Son of God]

The chronicle wasn't competing with 100's of different outlets in Oliver's day, plus different ownership etc means you have different contacts.  Club under Shepherd and Hall's had 1000% more positive relationship than they do now under Ashley.

 

That's true, but surely Ryder, Waugh (no relation to the former Australian cricketing brothers I must add) or someone must have some contact within the club who could give them a nudge saying 'By the way, Manquillo should be flying over to Ireland tomorrow'. Or are they really just that poor journalists?

 

They do, but I think it depends on how the powers that be at the club are feeling on any particular day as to whether the Ronny get tipped off. The Wijnaldum and Townsend arrivals were fairly well signposted for example, and I know media were told by the club on each occasion which flight they were arriving on. Others less so.

[Guest palnese]

Haven't bid for him -Ryder