TRon Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 The ironic thing about Ashley's penny-pinching approach to recruitment is that it actually costs the club significantly more over the long-term by refusing to meet the valuations of quality players like Aubmeyang, Lacazette, Tagliafico etc. Then we end up paying over the odds for players like Muto, Joelinton etc. The really sought after players like those you mentioned wouldn't come to us anyway, they would have far better options. Even with the takeover we'd have had to buy interim players to get us moving in the right direction before we would be able to attract the best young prospects ahead of the big clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 The ironic thing about Ashley's penny-pinching approach to recruitment is that it actually costs the club significantly more over the long-term by refusing to meet the valuations of quality players like Aubmeyang, Lacazette, Tagliafico etc. Then we end up paying over the odds for players like Muto, Joelinton etc. The really sought after players like those you mentioned wouldn't come to us anyway, they would have far better options. Even with the takeover we'd have had to buy interim players to get us moving in the right direction before we would be able to attract the best young prospects ahead of the big clubs. It's a cycle; if he wasn't penny-pinching to the extent he does, the club would be much more attractive to those players. And let's not forget that the club was normally linked to such players at stages of their career where they were much more attainable. It seems with a lot of these players if Ashley hadn't fucked around on prices for so long he could've had them before a more enticing offer came along. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 The ironic thing about Ashley's penny-pinching approach to recruitment is that it actually costs the club significantly more over the long-term by refusing to meet the valuations of quality players like Aubmeyang, Lacazette, Tagliafico etc. Then we end up paying over the odds for players like Muto, Joelinton etc. The really sought after players like those you mentioned wouldn't come to us anyway, they would have far better options. Even with the takeover we'd have had to buy interim players to get us moving in the right direction before we would be able to attract the best young prospects ahead of the big clubs. It's a cycle; if he wasn't penny-pinching to the extent he does, the club would be much more attractive to those players. And let's not forget that the club was normally linked to such players at stages of their career where they were much more attainable. It seems with a lot of these players if Ashley hadn't fucked around on prices for so long he could've had them before a more enticing offer came along. Well I agree with you that him being a penny pinching tight bastard has led to us becoming an unattractive club, don't think there's much dispute about that. Unfortunately for us we've ended up with one of the few owners who doesn't like football or football people in general. For him it's just about the money, there's no pride attached to the club or the city. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Abeid's better than any of our midfielders. He was better than Colback and Anita at the time, Carver just needed a scapegoat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Holden Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Abeid's better than any of our midfielders ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie john Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 For all of you who are interested, I have been able to obtain a confidential list of all of our transfer targets................... It will be an amazing summer for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Kill this thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 A regular starter for Nantes with almost 40 Int'l appearances wouldn't be able to help us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Holden Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 A regular starter for Nantes with almost 40 Int'l appearances wouldn't be able to help us? Bentaleb with nearly 100 appearances for Schalke and 35 int'l appearances didn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Oh c'mon. Abeid is probably on 1/5 the wages of Bentaleb, to boot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Oh c'mon. Abeid is probably on 1/5 the wages of Abeid, to boot. Well if he's half the player... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 A regular starter for Nantes with almost 40 Int'l appearances wouldn't be able to help us? Bentaleb with nearly 100 appearances for Schalke and 35 int'l appearances didn't. We've seen both play in a Newcastle shirt though, with Abeid arguably being far superior? No idea what point you're trying to make Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I don't get what's so controversial. He looked much more complete than either Longstaff. Hendrick will likely be a load of nothing, and Hayden is all about off the ball effort. This is all from watching him play for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Holden Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 A regular starter for Nantes with almost 40 Int'l appearances wouldn't be able to help us? Bentaleb with nearly 100 appearances for Schalke and 35 int'l appearances didn't. We've seen both play in a Newcastle shirt though, with Abeid arguably being far superior? No idea what point you're trying to make Abeid's shit. "Far superior", wey aye. Both did fuckall here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Medhi was a kid and hardly got a look in here, he's gone away and played in a decent league, played lots of international footy and grown up as a footballer. Whether he would help or not is debatable, but he would be back as a different player to the one that left, and with no Pardew and Carver to treat him like shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Would be interested in trying to bring back Clarence Acuna and Jamie McClen if we could Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Loved Acuna, never understood why it didn't work out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Loved Acuna, never understood why it didn't work out. Mum had cancer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Loved Acuna, never understood why it didn't work out. Mum had cancer Yeah I checked after I posted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Loved Acuna, never understood why it didn't work out. Mum had cancer Yeah I checked after I posted. I always felt that he should have played more games whilst he was here. Good all-round midfield player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Is Des Hamilton available? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Wonder if Ashley deliberately sanctioned the deal for joelinton knowing he was shit, just as an excuse not to spend big in the future? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Loved Acuna, never understood why it didn't work out. Mum had cancer Yeah I checked after I posted. I always felt that he should have played more games whilst he was here. Good all-round midfield player. Yeah, Bobby didn't use him anywhere near enough after his first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie john Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Loved Acuna, never understood why it didn't work out. Mum had cancer Yeah I checked after I posted. I always felt that he should have played more games whilst he was here. Good all-round midfield player. Yeah, Bobby didn't use him anywhere near enough after his first season. Maybe there was a reason for that? Perhaps Bobby didn't rate him either? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Who was his competition at the time? Jenas, Dyer, Speed and McClen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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