Nine Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Agree with this. Hence my want of a DM/#6 to cope with that scenario, but it's far from the most pressing matter that requires attention in our squad. Striker and winger are far more important. This is what I've been saying, I know everyone wants Paqueta but I personally think a quality DM would see us much more effective against the top 7 or 8 sides in the league. Our midfield isnt robust or industrious enough without a DM with destroyer attributes in certain games, we saw this vs City, Liverpool and Spurs. Edited July 3, 2022 by Nine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon No9 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Broja on loan with option to buy would be a great deal. That would free up some money to spend on Diaby or Paqueta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Nine said: This is what I've been saying, I know everyone want Paqueta but I personally think a quality DM would see us much more effective against the top 7 or 8 sides in the league. Our midfield isnt robust or industrious enough without a DM with destroyer attributes in certain games, we saw this vs City, Liverpool and Spurs. Yep, fully agree and what I've been trying (and failing ) to articulate. Bruno has been amazing for us in the role he currently has, restricting that or moving him deeper to accommodate Paqueta doesn't make too much sense to me as good a footballer as Paqueta is (not that I've watched him extensively, which I haven't). We could then change from 4-3-3 to another formation, but I don't see why we should alter the formation that has us in top 4 form post January just to fit him or another attacking midfielder in. If we want to compete in midfield in the games against the top 6 you need that destroyer; Liverpool have Fabinho, Man City have Rodri, Spurs have Hojbjerg/Bissouma, Arsenal have Partey, Chelsea have Kante. Man Utd are washed. No idea who that could be as like I say its a medium term problem. Striker and winger are far more important. Edited July 3, 2022 by HaydnNUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Broja on loan with an option to buy with the main chunk of the budget going on a RW would be good business. Haven't watched or know too much about Broja but him pushing Wilson or coming in when Wilson gets injured would be good. Diaby in pls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 24 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Absolutely no one is going to believe we’ll only fork out for half a forward. Ridiculous bluff! We have wood and Gayle for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I'm still on board with their stated intentions of increased, but not extravagant, spending and deliberate growth. £70-80m a window, in today's player valuations, is reasonable for the measured rebuild Mehrdad and Mandy have been preaching. If the extent of our business this window was another striker I'd be well happy tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 27 minutes ago, Nine said: Romano follows this guy I mean I really want Paqueta but I'd wait until January if the clause was true. The rest is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I get a sense that the club are far more astute in terms of the 'NUFC tax' now than, say, in January. They'll be briefing the FFP/tight purse strings whilst they plan behind the scenes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, thomas said: I'm still on board with their stated intentions of increased, but not extravagant, spending and deliberate growth. £70-80m a window, in today's player valuations, is reasonable for the measured rebuild Mehrdad and Mandy have been preaching. If the extent of our business this window was another striker I'd be well happy tbh Exactly. The biggest fear for me is that a significant proportion of our fanbase lose their shit and kick off because their own ridiculous expectations of what they want aren't met. You know the type, throwing tantrums (probably on twitter) because the new owners haven't addressed all of the issues with 2 windows. Slagging them off despite spending an unheard of amount of investment at the club. What they've done so far has been magnificent, they've transformed the team by spending over £100m so far, lifted the fans' morale, ensured that the ground is sold out for every match, started upgrading the training facilities, boosted the profile of the women's team, looking into extending the ground etc. But Billy Daftcunt from Wallsend is booting off and moaning like fuck on twitter because they've only bought 5 players when he wanted 8. Only spent £85m when he thought £140m was needed. A sizeable section of our fanbase need to grow the fuck up and appreciate that it's going to take time and won't happen in a year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 43 minutes ago, James said: Sonny Perkins, 18 years old, played three times for West Ham has left them for an unknown club having rejected Hammer’s contract offer. Leeds, Villa and now spurs all linked with him. No mention or us yet with Leeds supposed to be the destination but spurs trying to hijack the move. (According to the press) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, LFEE said: Always thought he struggled athletically personally. Nice player, neat and tidy with good passing range but we’d basically be blowing our budget on almost replicating Shelvey. Not seeing what others are seeing on this one. What am I missing? Honestly Shelvey under Eddie has been better than Tielemans has been this season. Tielemans is a better player but they do have alot of the same weaknesses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Please, please, please, please, please, please stop posting anything Sean Casey says. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: Please, please, please, please, please, please stop posting anything Sean Casey says. Sorry Had no idea about him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 6 hours ago, gbandit said: I don’t know, didn’t realise his account was gone, just thought he was taking a break. @Slim is he doing ok? Sure he won't mind me saying that he's got a job scouting for Stoke. I didn't know his account was gone but I'm due to catch u/celebrate with him. Hrs alive so thats always a positive! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jaqen said: Honestly Shelvey under Eddie has been better than Tielemans has been this season. Tielemans is a better player but they do have alot of the same weaknesses. Yep that was my main point. Wasn’t me not rating Tielemans but him and Shelvey lack the things we are needing to add to our midfield if Bruno and Joelinton are 2 of the 3. They also have similar strengths. Hence why they do belong in the same sentence together. Actually thought Tielemans was more dynamic when playing in Belgium the couple of times I saw him. Maybe it’s just the difference of intensities of the leagues but felt he’s went backwards particularly this last 12 months. Have a funny feeling Arsenal are having second thoughts about him now after initially being their No.1 target. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Nine said: Romano follows this guy Get to fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Broja surely only plays if Wilson is injured or out of form, doesn’t he? Would he/Chelsea go for that after a season where he played almost every game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David Edgar Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Destined to stay at Lazio forever cos they want daft money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Not a chance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 SMS is the perpetual transfer rumour that never actually happens Not to us, just in general. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I never picked up on Tielmans being slow tbh, always thought he looked class every time I watched him. I guess people outside of Newcastle must think that of Shelvey as well though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Got fucking burnt by Willock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 8 minutes ago, David Edgar said: Destined to stay at Lazio forever cos they want daft money. And the player wants CL if he was to leave. Already turned us down apparently. https://thelaziali.com/2022/06/10/milinkovic-savic-likely-stay-lazio/amp/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, LFEE said: Yep that was my main point. Wasn’t me not rating Tielemans but him and Shelvey lack the things we are needing to add to our midfield if Bruno and Joelinton are 2 of the 3. They also have similar strengths. Hence why they do belong in the same sentence together. Actually thought Tielemans was more dynamic when playing in Belgium the couple of times I saw him. Maybe it’s just the difference of intensities of the leagues but felt he’s went backwards particularly this last 12 months. Have a funny feeling Arsenal are having second thoughts about him now after initially being their No.1 target. He's played an insane amount of professional football for his age, like. Which probably hasn't helped. Bruno is a year rounger for example with under 10k minutes played, Tielemans has 32k! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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