NUFC Transfer Rumours

[Guest]

1 hour ago, The Prophet said:

 

Wow, you're a harsh man.

 

Aye, I've just watched that. Course he could have done a bit better but it's a goal you see 100s of times against top defenders.

[Memphis]

25 minutes ago, Kanji said:

Worst analysis of a clip i've seen in ages. 

 

I watched it expecting to see something bad. Instead, I see a player for a team down 4-1, probably could have gotten a bit tighter, made more of a challenge, but the clip itself shows absolutely nothing of value in "scouting" the player. 

 

You can make almost any player look good or bad based on a selective edit of their performances. It's hard to YouTube scout without watching full games, especially for defenders, when so much of their activity goes unseen or undiscussed on the TV broadcast.

[Toon1892]

1 hour ago, jigen said:

 

 

He is slow in the change of direction and acceleration. He is not quick.

 

This is the gol of Thuram against Thiaw. You can see his weakness. 

 

Hmmm yeah that’s shocking defending. Had to show him down the wing rather than let him cut inside, then was slow once he did cut inside.
 

Hopefully just a one off and he isn’t always like that.

[HayDen Traces]

In Eddie we trust. If he's seen something in Thiaw he thinks fits his system, he's got my support.

 

 

[Matt1892]

Diaz is hardly going flat out in that video to be fair.

[tarie4]

6 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

Diaz is hardly going flat out in that video to be fair.

If that was Burn or even Schar, they wouldn't be able to get back up to make that tackle.. 

[WilliamPS]

1 hour ago, Armchair Pundit said:

Anything new on Raphina?

Nothing beyond he’s on insane wages, has had no links with Newcastle, and would seem pretty unlikely to swap Barcelona for a club not even in Europe.

[The Bonk]

2 hours ago, jigen said:

 

 

He is slow in the change of direction and acceleration. He is not quick.

 

This is the gol of Thuram against Thiaw. You can see his weakness. 

 

 

 He's plenty quick, he unfortunately left too much space between him and Thuram which gave him time to score a borderline worldie.  

[STM]

What's really strange is the lack of any movement, incoming or outgoing. There's just nowt.

[Ben]

Just now, STM said:

What's really strange is the lack of any movement, incoming or outgoing. There's just nowt.

There must be loads going on behind closed doors 

[Slim]

7 minutes ago, STM said:

What's really strange is the lack of any movement, incoming or outgoing. There's just nowt.

[SUPERTOON]

15 minutes ago, STM said:

What's really strange is the lack of any movement, incoming or outgoing. There's just nowt.

Mitchell supposed to be doing a squad audit, that may explain it as frustrating as it is.

[Ikon]

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Mitchell supposed to be doing a squad audit, that may explain it as frustrating as it is.

Definitely to some extent. Having said that I think we’ve been quite “slow” in earlier windows. We don’t usually get any deals done early in the windows. (From the top of my head/overall feeling) 

 

 

Edited July 23, 2024 by Ikon

[Yorkie]

We have signed four new players n'all, excluding Hall. Obviously none of them are exciting (though Kelly might be a solid signing) but it's not strictly true to say there's been nowt.

[SUPERTOON]

1 minute ago, Ikon said:

Definitely to some extent. Having said that I think we’ve been quite “slow” in earlier windows. We don’t usually get any deals done early in the windows. (From the top of my head/overall feeling) 

 

 

 

We are quite slow in everything we do tbh, not just transfers. 

[Ikon]

2 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

We have signed four new players n'all, excluding Hall. Obviously none of them are exciting (though Kelly might be a solid signing) but it's not strictly true to say there's been nowt.

I think the point is “real” signings. Even Howe himself doesn’t see it as we’ve done “a lot” or any proper transfers yet that kind of count. They obviously count but the bigger picture is that we haven’t really done much yet. Hall was more or less done last season and Kelly on a free plus one Gak for the squad and one oldie to make up numbers? 

 

 

Edited July 23, 2024 by Ikon

[Kimbo]

I think we’re just not at the top of the food chain for the pool of players we’re after, so we have to wait around a bit until the clubs that are at the top have made moves. That’s my theory anyway.

[Novocastrian]

2 minutes ago, Ikon said:

I think the point is “real” signings. Even Howe himself doesn’t see it as we’ve done “a lot” or any proper transfers yet that kind of count. They obviously count but the bigger picture is that we haven’t really done much yet. Hall was more or less done last season and Kelly on a free plus one Gak for the squad and one oldie to make up numbers? 

 

 

 

What we've done so far just amounts to housekeeping.

[Ikon]

Just now, Kimbo said:

I think we’re just not at the top of the food chain for the pool of players we’re after, so we have to wait around a bit until the clubs that are at the top have made moves. That’s my theory anyway.

Definitely one of the reasons 👍

[LFEE]

For those who whinge about our lack of activity and speed in the transfer market. Please give me a list of realistic players who would come to the club (ambition/fee size/wage amount considered) that have went to another club already in this window that you wanted?

[Weezertron]

Signing Tripps and Wilson on extensions will be like new signings. 

 

 

[gbandit]

Just now, Kimbo said:

I think we’re just not at the top of the food chain for the pool of players we’re after, so we have to wait around a bit until the clubs that are at the top have made moves. That’s my theory anyway.

This is it. We’re fishing in deep waters here and are probably being extremely selective about players. They’re likely needing to tick almost every box for us: age, position, attitude, no baggage, potential value to increase, potential to be among the best in their position etc. We’re a slightly difficult sell for players that meet all those criteria 

[PauloGeordio]

Just now, Weezertron said:

Signing Tripps and Wilson on extensions will be like new signings. 

 

 

[Ikon]

3 minutes ago, LFEE said:

For those who whinge about our lack of activity and speed in the transfer market. Please give me a list of realistic players who would come to the club (ambition/fee size/wage amount considered) that have went to another club already in this window that you wanted?

I don’t see a lot of whinging? I might have missed it if so. What I mostly see is people craving for new signings, excitement and content to watch. More about the lack of excitement than criticism about it imo. At least how I see it and feel. Apart from Twitter the shithole…

 

 

Edited July 23, 2024 by Ikon

[SUPERTOON]

3 minutes ago, LFEE said:

For those who whinge about our lack of activity and speed in the transfer market. Please give me a list of realistic players who would come to the club (ambition/fee size/wage amount considered) that have went to another club already in this window that you wanted?

How would we have a clue what the budget is ?