NUFC Transfer Rumours

[Dr Venkman]

3 minutes ago, Fak said:

What did Eales say re. Howe?

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/07/16/newcastle-united-eddie-howe-hands-off-england-southgate/

 

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Part of the importance of [sporting director] Paul [Mitchell] coming in with Eddie, is to let Eddie do the strengths he’s got … take away from him some of the things that if it was up to Eddie, he would spend all his time and every waking hour on.

 

What we have to do is channel Eddie onto what he does best and that is on the grass, with that he is phenomenal in terms of putting that team together.

 

[SUPERTOON]

1 minute ago, Theregulars said:

While a lot of the negativity is over the top, I don't think it's unreasonable to conclude that something isn't quite right between the different departments of the club. Whoever is at fault sucks and has needlessly made our campaign a lot harder.

It does just add a layer of negativity to the club, and at our club in particular it seems to snowball and effect what happens on the pitch. That’s my biggest concern at the moment.

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, Ben said:

 

What's that got to do with it ? Our "Bomb Squad" is nowhere near Chelsea's but the keeper situation is just daft.

 

We can't force clubs to take our players and pay them daft wages. I don't know how Mitchell can get the blame for that since he's barely been here two months.

[LionOfGosforth]

7 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

 

If we were actually in for him (which I don't think was ever confirmed), maybe he didn't want to sign for us

 

Just because I fancy Michelle Collins and DM her on Insta to see if she wants to go on a date doesn't mean we'll end up sat in The Gunner with a pint of John Smiths each and a packet of ribbed Durex in her purse

 

 

 

 

 

That's an incredibly specific scenario that leads me to believe you may have attempted this before...

[McCormick]

2 minutes ago, gdm said:

I mean if it carries on then I get you but the reports that we’ll likely sign no one only dropped an hour or 2 ago. Let people be disappointed. Then when window shuts we just need to get on with it but it’s only natural people are going to be disappointed and angry to a degree. 

Yeah. It’s fine to be disappointed with what’s probably going to be a pretty barren window. There’s gray area between “heads should roll!” and “remember the Ashley days?!” Feeling a bit let down with the lack of permanent additions is a fairly reasonable reaction imo.

[Matt1892]

1 hour ago, The Prophet said:

Hope doing a Hope.

This is not helpful.

[Gallowgate Toon]

It'll be interesting to see if Hope has the balls to ask Howe this outright tomorrow in the presser.

[Slim]

Well at least we should have a load of cash to spend next season if we don't buy anyone. 

[TK-421]

1 minute ago, Matt1892 said:

This is not helpful.

or Hopeful.

[Matt1892]

The article also says that Howe sees the right wing as a priority position, which is quite bizarre, considering the amount of goals we scored last season.

[Upthemags]

Just now, Slim said:

Well at least we should have a load of cash to spend next season if we don't buy anyone. 

Heard we're laying our sights early on Luke Shaw for 140m

[Willow]

So will maze be available on a free transfer from Sunday

[timeEd32]

Just went back and watched the Eales interview that came out when we were in Germany. In hindsight, this section is pretty vague and points to limitations.

 

Q: What can fans expect from [the rest of the transfer window]?

 

A: Well, look, I think from our perspective we're excited about the season ahead. We think we've got the core of a really good squad going into that season, but we're always looking to strengthen. I think we'll always try to do that within our means. So I think we'll be looking - we've obviously got Paul Mitchell coming on as our sporting director ... so with him and Eddie, what they'll be looking at is are there areas we can improve and strengthen our squad within the headroom that we've got. And so, as you say, we've still got a couple months left in the window and we'll always be looking and striving to see what we can do. You know, how can we be innovative, how can we be thinking outside of the box to strengthen the squad.

[nufc123]

2 minutes ago, Slim said:

Well at least we should have a load of cash to spend next season if we don't buy anyone. 

Add a purple or two out then yes very much.

[duo]

This transfer window has been poor - can't believe we are saying we are aiming for CL football and then going into the season with a weaker squad. 

[nemtizz]

4 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

This is not helpful.

 

I mean he's a journalist. Why would that bother him?

[Slim]

4 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said:

It'll be interesting to see if Hope has the balls to ask Howe this outright tomorrow in the presser.

https://x.com/OverUnderPlay/status/705943806483558400?t=d_EVP3e4BUcWWXvU0Tvivw&s=19

[gbandit]

“I’m not the problem Steve” what a line 

[Shadow Puppets]

8 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

It does just add a layer of negativity to the club, and at our club in particular it seems to snowball and effect what happens on the pitch. That’s my biggest concern at the moment.

But this is the point isn’t it, and this is part of the reason why myself and some others on here are frustrated with the overreactions… because at this club in particular the fans / local press have a habit of making mountains out of relative molehills. See Bobby for prime example. We know where that over emotional self destruction gets us.

 

As a club, team, management structure etc, we are in a far better position than we have been in for years, with an excellent manager, team that tries (and wins more often than not) and a club that wants to progress. Overreacting and inventing stories just feeds instability, when in reality we’re in pretty damn good shape.

 

And dipshits like Craig Hope deserve ZERO airtime. I lost any remaining respect I had for him in January when he wrote that Trippier had “flown home from NYC to seal a deal to Bayern”, when the actual truth (that I knew 100% factually from the horses mouth) was that he and his family were on a family holiday and already on their way home, and there was no push from Tripps to leave. He’s a shit stirring prick.

 

 

[Yorkie]

3 minutes ago, duo said:

This transfer window has been poor - can't believe we are saying we are aiming for CL football and then going into the season with a weaker squad. 

 

Did you rate Karius or what...

[Vinny Green Balls]

3 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

 

I mean he's a journalist. Why would that bother him?

That word is doing a lot of heavy lifting when describing these tabloid level clowns.

[Harry 209]

6 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

Add a purple or two out then yes very much.

Can you explain what this 'purple' word means in this context?

[nufc123]

1 minute ago, Harry 209 said:

Can you explain what this 'purple' word means in this context?

Our three stars.

[Big River]

1 minute ago, Harry 209 said:

Can you explain what this 'purple' word means in this context?

 

Mike Ashley and his cronies used to refer to players in the starting XI as “purples”

[duo]

2 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Did you rate Karius or what...

Lost Anderson, Minteh