The Prophet Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Pete Graves thinks Maddison wanted to move here, but we didn't move for him, potentially because of his wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Jonathan David mentioned in L'Equipe apparently: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/newcastle-united-transfer-news-to-bring-canadian-superstar-to-tyneside-in-surprise-signing-report-jonathan-david-lille-tottenham-hotspur-toon-magpies-signings-rumours-gossip-paper-talk-nufc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, sempuki said: Jonathan David mentioned in L'Equipe apparently: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/newcastle-united-transfer-news-to-bring-canadian-superstar-to-tyneside-in-surprise-signing-report-jonathan-david-lille-tottenham-hotspur-toon-magpies-signings-rumours-gossip-paper-talk-nufc Nonsense article. But he would be the natural successor to Wilson. Not convinced about the playing across the front three comment or the pressing one either but he probably has the ability to do both. He did excel in the false 9 and AM roles. We simply aren't spending 40-60m on him though with LB, CB, RW needs, for starters, more pressing. Would love it but it is nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 If Tonali was the only signing this window with no outgoings would you be bothered? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonjam88 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, Myleftboot said: If Tonali was the only signing this window with no outgoings would you be bothered? Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Probably yeah. We got through last season basically playing two center backs. No way we're getting through a CL season like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Bothered? I’d be questioning the owners judgement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Myleftboot said: If Tonali was the only signing this window with no outgoings would you be bothered? The season we only brought Bowyer in and the season we only brought Anita in were not the greatest. Leaves it all a little flat. Think we will do more though as it is needed. Edited July 14, 2023 by reefatoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 11 minutes ago, Myleftboot said: If Tonali was the only signing this window with no outgoings would you be bothered? Would be incredibly disappointed. I was never expecting an overhaul this window, was expecting/hoping for 2 big money and first team ready signings; a CM and a RW, plus 1 or 2 signings for depth, a LB and RCB. Still plenty of time. I was flapping last summer in the time we didn't make a single signing between 1 July and 26 August when we were crying out for a striker. We ended up with probably my favourite player at the club atm in Isak. Hope it doesn't take that long again obviously but I trust those at the club to get it right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Luckily we have people in charge now who know what they’re doing, so we shouldn’t be going into the new season with just one signing. Hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 22 minutes ago, Myleftboot said: If Tonali was the only signing this window with no outgoings would you be bothered? We’ve already made a second signing, or to be accurate Tonali was signing #2. Even just considering Tonali, we’ve brought in a top class player in our weakest position by far. If it ended here I’d have faith in Howe to make it work with the players at his disposal. I’m not expecting a season as good as the one just ended in any case. European football qualification, a decent CL campaign and perhaps a cup run would be pretty good considering the foundations are still being laid for this project we’re on. I’d be mildly disappointed, but hardly up in arms. I’d rather we buy only top class players and prospects rather than more of what we already have and will struggle to offload in years to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 35 minutes ago, Myleftboot said: If Tonali was the only signing this window with no outgoings would you be bothered? He won't be so not even worth answering at this point. Quote me if that turns out to be wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 We go through the merry dance of stressing about the number of incomings every single window, and every time it turns out fine. I've every confidence we'll get another couple at least (there's clearly something in the Barnes thing, for starters). But, in answer to the question, I wouldn't be horrified if it was just Tonali (which is an amazing signing and a significant investment) on the proviso that no one left. I'd be sad to miss out on the buzz of more transfers and I don't think we'd finish in the top 4 again, but the squad is so much better than it was a couple years ago. Plus I'm extremely pro us not doing the Chelsea/Man City thing and I feel very attached to the existing squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Yorkie said: the squad is so much better than it was a couple years ago. Yep! Just look at the internationals we had coming back in today's training video. Couldn't have dreamed that situation 2 seasons ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) Spent last season worried about key injuries (everytime Schar went down e.g.) and felt we were at our limits to play the way we did without being able to rest and alternate much, so with CL football on top of that I think we'd be guaranteed to drop back a bit as things stand. Luckily it would only be temporary (more 1995 than 2004). Edited July 14, 2023 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Boon Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Miggys First Goal said: Luckily we have people in charge now who know what they’re doing, so we shouldn’t be going into the new season with just one signing. Hopefully. We sure do do but it seems like they've all fucked off on holiday for the summer. Edited July 15, 2023 by Ken Boon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Have we signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viana Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Yorkie said: We go through the merry dance of stressing about the number of incomings every single window, and every time it turns out fine. I've every confidence we'll get another couple at least (there's clearly something in the Barnes thing, for starters). But, in answer to the question, I wouldn't be horrified if it was just Tonali (which is an amazing signing and a significant investment) on the proviso that no one left. I'd be sad to miss out on the buzz of more transfers and I don't think we'd finish in the top 4 again, but the squad is so much better than it was a couple years ago. Plus I'm extremely pro us not doing the Chelsea/Man City thing and I feel very attached to the existing squad. This is a great point. The year we finished 5th we didn't do a great deal with the squad and we all knew where the shortcomings lay. This squad, while not perfect, has genuine depth to it and we've just added a 55m midfielder to it (soz Vurnon, love ya m8). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 1 hour ago, mighty__mag said: Have we signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel yet? Turned us down, we have moved on to monitoring Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Stay tuned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 10 hours ago, sempuki said: Jonathan David mentioned in L'Equipe apparently: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/newcastle-united-transfer-news-to-bring-canadian-superstar-to-tyneside-in-surprise-signing-report-jonathan-david-lille-tottenham-hotspur-toon-magpies-signings-rumours-gossip-paper-talk-nufc Get tae fuck with Canucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonCanuck Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, mighty__mag said: Have we signed Ricky van Wolfswinkel yet? haha he was great for us in,what was it fm11 ? Edited July 15, 2023 by ToonCanuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 I feel nostalgic for the days when transfers happened overnight, you'd wake up, look at the back page of a paper and see another teams player in a new shirt. Great stuff, transfers these days go through a 2 week VAR, which takes all the surprise and excitement out of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Ben said: I feel nostalgic for the days when transfers happened overnight, you'd wake up, look at the back page of a paper and see another teams player in a new shirt. Great stuff, transfers these days go through a 2 week VAR, which takes all the surprise and excitement out of them. If you didn’t keep looking at your phone and hitting refresh every 2 minutes that’s exactly how it would happen. There are too many journalists and tap-in merchants out there (not to mention the WUMs and fake accounts) with no clue what’s going on giving constant non updates. Maybe just ignore them and all the noise and you’ll feel a bit better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Mike said: Get tae fuck with Canucks. What’s all this aboot eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 It's only mid-July. No need to press the panic button just yet. The Barnes link will probably go through, and if we were to add strength to the LB and CB positions that would leave us in good shape I reckon. Any more signings to that might lead to issues in integrating the newcomers. If we can just do that, I'd be optimistic of another top four finish, despite the European commitments. Eddie is worth an extra 25 points to us each season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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