ScottishMagpie Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 "I can exclusively reveal that steve bruce is currently working furiously on his world-wide address book to bring in much needed quality that matches his brilliance as he tries to save the basket case club in in the armpit of the north from dropping in to the championship which is were I'm sure you'll agree they've always belonged and should have just been grateful to be in the same league as Burnley for this long. All this despite him being 'shafted' by the club hierarchy who promised him a Sports Direct loyalty card with hundreds of points on it which he thought could be redeemed at any football club for an Andy Carroll. What a guy! Lucky to have him so they are!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Any player abroad now seems difficult. Downie or someone said there is a lot of paperwork to be done on those deals. Lingard or nothing.. Edited January 31, 2022 by nufc123 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 No wonder we didn’t go for him 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWMag Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Sorry if mentioned, not kept up with the thread due to work, but could the surprise Ando mentioned be Yannick Carrasco? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Targett and Burn tied up within the new few hours then. Plenty of time left for Lingard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Can't wait for Ando7 to try and claim that 'the surprise' was Matt Targett Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, NWMag said: Sorry if mentioned, not kept up with the thread due to work, but could the surprise Ando mentioned be Yannick Carrasco? Could well be Targett. Said nothing about the level of the player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, NWMag said: Sorry if mentioned, not kept up with the thread due to work, but could the surprise Ando mentioned be Yannick Carrasco? Rumoured to be interested but the Athletic have stated his release clause for this window has expired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Unlike for as long as i can remember, if a bid went in from us for a player not yet mentioned you wouldn't be surprised, it's such a weird but good feeling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 If we bring in Lingard in and I think we will, it's an 8/10 window for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Pinkman Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 So it looks like the final transfer in the pipeline is Lingard? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranna Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) The lack of signings up front will be a very big problem. Even with Guimarães, I don't think Newcastle is safe without at least a player like Lingard. Edited January 31, 2022 by cranna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Bruno, Lingard and ASM keep us in the league, I'm convinced of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: If we bring in Lingard in and I think we will, it's an 8/10 window for me. Tbh thinking about I couldn’t disagree maybe a 7. 3 really good players and 2 solid ones but apparently that’s negative Edited January 31, 2022 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Shame about Ekitike. Burn and Targett are all but done. Perhaps we'll have a double reveal. Lingard NEEDS to be done now, essential we have another attacking player/goal threat in. Still hopeful we might see something else completely out if left field. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintdempsey Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Well, what started out as a great morning has me feeling a bit nervous. Overall I’m happy with the business we’ve done. It’s the obvious weaknesses we haven’t addressed that make me a bit scared. We really, really needed a top class CB, we really, really needed a top class forward and probably an attacking midfielder as well. Still time left I suppose but other than that it’s hard to say that this window has been any better than a 6/10. IMO anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Get Aubameyang back on his jet and on the way to Newcastle? Wouldn't say no as things stand..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Alright, so I came into the window hoping we'd get a RB, CB(R), CB(L), LB, CM, and ST, based on the media reports and where I felt our main weaknesses were. I still thought we might be able to achieve that today, but it is looking unlikely with six-and-a-half hours left to go. We do look like we've done RB, CB(L), LB, CM, and ST, but we've gone from the potential high of Trippier, Botman, Digne, Guimarães, and someone like Nuñez/Zapata to Trippier, Burn, Targett, Guimarães, and Wood. (Carlos obviously didn't happen.) To get our apparent first choices at RB and CM is fucking class, but it's a shame we managed to only do third/fourth/fifth choices at CB(L) and LB. I've no idea where Wood was on the list, but I'd imagine similar. IF we get Lingard then that does augment our goalscoring options a fair bit, so it doesn't make the Wood deal look too bad in the context, but if he doesn't come we have fallen a little bit short of the absolute best we could have probably managed to do. Still, for my own personal expectations, we really haven't done too badly at all and we have been incredibly ambitious in our approach. We haven't really been taken for mugs by anyone, we've negotiated hard and known when to walk away, but we've still strengthened the first team significantly, all without a DoF/CEO in place. We're currently looking at: Manquillo > Trippier Schär/Lascelles > Burn Dummett > Targett Willock/Shelvey > Guimarães Gayle > Wood We might be able to add Fraser > Lingard to that list. All-in-all that's a pretty significant upgrade in over half the positions in the team. We'll end the window as top spenders and with the most incomings in the division, unless I'm mistaken, and once the DoF/CEO pieces are added and the infrastructure is built out further on the recruitment side the potential is mind-blowing. I just don't see how anyone can be down in the dumps after this window. A little bit underwhelmed like me, sure, but ~£100M spent and five/six first-teamers brought in by a club that was 19th at the opening of the window? Three or four of them full internationals, at that. We've come a long way in a matter of months and Howe does now have enough to avoid the drop, surely, especially with that win at Leeds banked. It's a fantastic time to support NUFC, so it'd be grand if people could make a bit of effort to look on the bright side more often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranna Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, cranna said: The lack of signings up front will very big problem. Even with Guimarães, I don't think Newcastle is safe without at least a player like Lingard. Surviving relegation with Ryan Fraser and Chris Wood? Good luck with that! Edited January 31, 2022 by cranna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Rating this window as it stands, assuming Burn and Targett are the only two in today. I think my rating is 7 at the very very most, but that's only because of the coup of signing Bruno. If it was someone lesser at the level of Targett, Wood or Burn but a CM Instead of Bruno then it would have been a weak 5 out of 10. Edited January 31, 2022 by Ikon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillingtonMag Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Need a forward to be confident of staying up i think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, cranna said: Surviving relegation with Ryan Fraser and Chris Wood? Good luck with that! Burnley managed it every season, and Bournemouth did for 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 8 out of 10 if we get Lingard! 7 if we don't. 10 out of 10 if we stay up though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 With 6 hours to go it's a 10/10 for effort (the trying that we all wanted) and a 7/10 for execution for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Rich said: Alright, so I came into the window hoping we'd get a RB, CB(R), CB(L), LB, CM, and ST, based on the media reports and where I felt our main weaknesses were. I still thought we might be able to achieve that today, but it is looking unlikely with six-and-a-half hours left to go. We do look like we've done RB, CB(L), LB, CM, and ST, but we've gone from the potential high of Trippier, Botman, Digne, Guimarães, and someone like Nuñez/Zapata to Trippier, Burn, Targett, Guimarães, and Wood. (Carlos obviously didn't happen.) To get our apparent first choices at RB and CM is fucking class, but it's a shame we managed to only do third/fourth/fifth choices at CB(L) and LB. I've no idea where Wood was on the list, but I'd imagine similar. IF we get Lingard then that does augment our goalscoring options a fair bit, so it doesn't make the Wood deal look too bad in the context, but if he doesn't come we have fallen a little bit short of the absolute best we could have probably managed to do. Still, for my own personal expectations, we really haven't done too badly at all and we have been incredibly ambitious in our approach. We haven't really been taken for mugs by anyone, we've negotiated hard and known when to walk away, but we've still strengthened the first team significantly, all without a DoF/CEO in place. We're currently looking at: Manquillo > Trippier Schär/Lascelles > Burn Dummett > Targett Willock/Shelvey > Guimarães Gayle > Wood We might be able to add Fraser > Lingard to that list. All-in-all that's a pretty significant upgrade in over half the positions in the team. We'll end the window as top spenders and with the most incomings in the division, unless I'm mistaken, and once the DoF/CEO pieces are added and the infrastructure is built out further on the recruitment side the potential is mind-blowing. I just don't see how anyone can be down in the dumps after this window. A little bit underwhelmed like me, sure, but ~£100M spent and five/six first-teamers brought in by a club that was 19th at the opening of the window? Three or four of them full internationals, at that. We've come a long way in a matter of months and Howe does now have enough to avoid the drop, surely, especially with that win at Leeds banked. It's a fantastic time to support NUFC, so it'd be grand if people could make a bit of effort to look on the bright side more often. Wtf very similar views to me but you just said im negative just coz I said the window wasn’t ‘stellar’ (it will be close to it if we get lingard in) Edited January 31, 2022 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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