gbandit Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 1 minute ago, McCormick said: Only one of our signings (possibly 2) could be argued “came out of nowhere”. Not sure what people are talking about when they say this. Tonali, Isak, Wood, Tripps, Bruno? There wasn’t much chat about any of these and then they moved quickly, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said: Nobody seriously thinks we won’t get a class signing at RW and CB, do they? No I think we know who we want and all the negotiations are going on right now. CB and RW are the key positions and closely followed by a forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 3 minutes ago, gbandit said: Tonali, Isak, Wood, Tripps, Bruno? There wasn’t much chat about any of these and then they moved quickly, no? We had a much publicized inquiry for Isak many weeks before we finally had a bid accepted. The Tonali bid was dragged across several weeks, Bruno and Wood I can’t really remember as that January was a bit hectic and we were seemingly in for everyone. Trippier? We were linked to Trippier for a month before him coming in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 5 minutes ago, gbandit said: Tonali, Isak, Wood, Tripps, Bruno? There wasn’t much chat about any of these and then they moved quickly, no? Isak there was talk of interest weeks before he signed but went cold for ages then all of a sudden he was on a plane! Don't remember anything about Tonali until he'd almost signed. The Jan '22 window is a bit of a blur for me seeing as we welcomed a newborn right in the middle of it 🥱 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 I feel like the 'out of nowhere' aspect of transfers is it can seem like there's no interest at all, then suddenly you get a reliable journo like Ornstein suddenly dropping 'Newcastle in advanced talks with (insert club) for (insert player we've never been linked to). Growing optimism that ta deal can be done.' From there things suddenly slow down and its a week plus till its actually all done. We've not done the Villa thing of signing players out of nowhere yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 6 minutes ago, Keegans Export said: Isak there was talk of interest weeks before he signed but went cold for ages then all of a sudden he was on a plane! Don't remember anything about Tonali until he'd almost signed. The Jan '22 window is a bit of a blur for me seeing as we welcomed a newborn right in the middle of it 🥱 We had the smokescreen of Barella and Nmecha before Tonali came in by surprise. Isak had the Joao Pedro accepted bid before it. Botman was long and drawn out over 6 months. Bruno was quite out of the blue too. Tino and Hall were quite quick, Barnes too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 25 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Nobody seriously thinks we won’t get a class signing at RW and CB, do they? CB I think we'll definitely get one. RW and striker I THINK we will, but if it depends on Miggy or Wilson leaving, that might not happen. So the lack of links is making me a bit twitchy I'm not going to lie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Dunno who the reports in Spain and Italy are from so pinch of salt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Can someone start a thread for everyone that wants to spend a page every day discussing if transfers come out of nowhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 1 minute ago, Fezzle said: Can someone start a thread for everyone that wants to spend a page every day discussing if transfers come out of nowhere? Hold fire for a few days and one will appear unexpectedly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 3 minutes ago, TRon said: CB I think we'll definitely get one. RW and striker I THINK we will, but if it depends on Miggy or Wilson leaving, that might not happen. So the lack of links is making me a bit twitchy I'm not going to lie. Of all the positions I think forward might be the one we might not get because of the Wilson situation. I think we’ll sort CB and RW, both are critical positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Feel like we've gone backwards so far - yes Tonali is back but lost Anderson (who would've gotten better), Minteh, lots of filler and now probably losing Trippier too. Adding Kelly is ok, not life changing. Ditto two GK's. Honestly feel we need 2-3 marquees to fill out the team at RCB, RW - not sure Thiaw is marquee but can accept it's one of the big ones. Pope Tino *RCB (Thiaw) Botman Hall Tonali Joelinto Bruno *RW Isak Gordon What I would want other than Thiaw (or Tobdibo or whatever the RCB profile is): A top class RW - Raphinia, Chiesa type An Ayedemi (RW plus CF cover) A young CAM - Desire Doue type who can open doors - added creativity Bonus - young RB to replace Trippier and Krafth That would be a great window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumG6 Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 The shred of positivity I'm taking out of all this silence is the extensive due diligence being taken by the recruitment team. We don't want a bad apple or worse Tonali MKII to scupper plans again like they did last year. Patience is a virtue after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Glad you dont expect too much mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 2 minutes ago, kingxlnc said: Feel like we've gone backwards so far - yes Tonali is back but lost Anderson (who would've gotten better), Minteh, lots of filler and now probably losing Trippier too. Adding Kelly is ok, not life changing. Ditto two GK's. Honestly feel we need 2-3 marquees to fill out the team at RCB, RW - not sure Thiaw is marquee but can accept it's one of the big ones. Pope Tino *RCB (Thiaw) Botman Hall Tonali Joelinto Bruno *RW Isak Gordon What I would want other than Thiaw (or Tobdibo or whatever the RCB profile is): A top class RW - Raphinia, Chiesa type An Ayedemi (RW plus CF cover) A young CAM - Desire Doue type who can open doors - added creativity Bonus - young RB to replace Trippier and Krafth That would be a great window How have we gone backwards by losing someone who never played for us, potentially losing our second best RB and are essentially replacing Elliot Anderson (Who was pretty meh for large parts of the season) in the squad with Sandro Tonali. Oh and we'll have about 8 players who hopefully won't be injured all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Not sure I really want Thiaw or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Talking about 'losing Minteh' really boggles my mind A guy who was signed as an investment, never played for us and was arguably never intended to play for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Just now, nufc123 said: Not sure I really want Thiaw or not. Give it some Thiawt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Just now, nufc123 said: Not sure I really want Thiaw or not. How many games have you seen him play, out of curiosity? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said: Give it some Thiawt. I think the two signings we are going to make we need pure quality. I'm really not sure on Thiaw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 (edited) 4 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Talking about 'losing Minteh' really boggles my mind A guy who was signed as an investment, never played for us and was arguably never intended to play for us. He was still our player. Fuckin hell people are still going on about Bobby Clark going to Liverpool but no one can talk about ‘losing’ minteh I understand we lost him for free and the differences but point still stands it stings losing a player and seeing them do well. Seeing Toney score still stings me Edited July 25, 2024 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 (edited) 1 minute ago, Dr.Spaceman said: How many games have you seen him play, out of curiosity? just reading reports, and they are positive and negative. Edited July 25, 2024 by nufc123 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Thiaw seems like one we've tracked for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Just now, gdm said: He was still our player. Fuckin hell people are still going on about Bobby Clark going to Liverpool but no one can talk about ‘losing’ minteh I get it I guess, it's a shame he didn't come through and everything, but it's still a bit of a leap to use it to critique our transfer business and argue we're now weaker in the RW position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upthemags Posted July 25, 2024 Share Posted July 25, 2024 Fact is we have to be last-movers on account of how judiciously we have to spend our precious little money under PSR. If we had a revenue cushion of hundreds of millions, no doubt we'd be wheeling and dealing like the big 6, but we just don't, and so we have to be shrewd. Much shrewder, actually, than our competition, since we need to squeeze every ounce of value we have out of our spending budget. Makes for a boring transfer window when we'll swoop in at the eleventh hour to grab someone we feel has been undervalued, with a club eager to sell for whatever reason (PSR issues, logjam, what have you), but that's what comprises a successful window for us and where we are as a club at the moment. Mom gave you some pocket change to spend at the candy store, and the rich kids are grabbing everything off the shelf they fancy... We'll have to wait until the smoke clears, and see if we can snag a gem the others have missed/overlooked. Absolute faith in Mitchell to get it done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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