WilliamPS Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Had a sensible regime sold Carroll for that money I’m sure the fans would have been ok with it. The kicker with Ashley was the squad was never going to see the reinvestment. Carroll never had a great touch and certainly never looked after himself - the stuff with Kevin Nolan was comedy at the time - but am fairly sure his career would have had a similar trajectory if he had stayed. Not really progressing, then injuries taking their toll. He certainly was never going to become Harry Kane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaksbigrightfoot Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 6 hours ago, LionOfGosforth said: Remember the Cole thing well and still recall the anguish and disbelief, especially where he went. Didn't even think the fee we got was particularly great either. I remember people saying "at least we got 7.5m for him", I think that was the fee but I mean Blackburn bought Sutton from Norwich the year before for 5m. Not saying he wasn't a good striker, he was more than decent for the type of player he was, dovetailed well with Shearer, but comparing him to Cole, Cole was Gerd Muller in the penalty area in comparison. Wasn’t it 6m plus Gillespie? Still a terrible transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 'Newcastle to step up scouting of Sporting defender Diomande' Newcastle will step up their scouting of Ousmane Diomande this month in a bid to head off expected stiff competition for the Sporting Lisbon defender, according to the Sunday Mirror. It is claimed Newcastle may have to break their transfer record to land the 20-year-old having paid £63m to sign Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad in August 2022. Sporting reportedly value the Ivory Coast international at £70m but Newcastle are likely to open the bidding below that. Diomande has starred for Sporting this season with the club sitting top of the Portuguese league and the report says he is expected to be in high demand due to his ability to pass out from the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Ronson333 said: 'Newcastle to step up scouting of Sporting defender Diomande' Newcastle will step up their scouting of Ousmane Diomande this month in a bid to head off expected stiff competition for the Sporting Lisbon defender, according to the Sunday Mirror. It is claimed Newcastle may have to break their transfer record to land the 20-year-old having paid £63m to sign Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad in August 2022. Sporting reportedly value the Ivory Coast international at £70m but Newcastle are likely to open the bidding below that. Diomande has starred for Sporting this season with the club sitting top of the Portuguese league and the report says he is expected to be in high demand due to his ability to pass out from the back. Double Botmans price? X to doubt. what’s the source for this btw, if it originated in Portugal then xx to doubt lol Edited January 15 by r0cafella Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 14 minutes ago, r0cafella said: Double Botmans price? X to doubt. what’s the source for this btw, if it originated in Portugal then xx to doubt lol Found it on Sky’s live transfer feed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just now, Ronson333 said: Found it on Sky’s live transfer feed I find it highly unlikely we are spending 80m euro on a defender tbh, the fee is so high you can’t resell, it’s a massive gamble signing such a young player for so much. It would require such incredible conviction to do so, I know our FFP situation is due to improve shortly but even then I can’t see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) 7 hours ago, WilliamPS said: Had a sensible regime sold Carroll for that money I’m sure the fans would have been ok with it. The kicker with Ashley was the squad was never going to see the reinvestment. Carroll never had a great touch and certainly never looked after himself - the stuff with Kevin Nolan was comedy at the time - but am fairly sure his career would have had a similar trajectory if he had stayed. Not really progressing, then injuries taking their toll. He certainly was never going to become Harry Kane I bet he’ll always wonder what his career might’ve been if he’d stayed put. But as you say it seems maybe given his lifestyle and just inability to stay fit that wherever he ended up things may not have been much different to how it turned out. He was absolute wrecking ball at the height of his game though. Edited January 15 by ExiledGeordie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Isaksbigrightfoot said: Wasn’t it 6m plus Gillespie? Still a terrible transfer. It was a British transfer record . It was 7m. Losing Cole was the problem, not the money we got the other way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, STM said: It was a British transfer record . It was 7m. Losing Cole was the problem, not the money we got the other way. Cole and Beardsley was just amazing to watch wasn’t it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, Ronson333 said: 'Newcastle to step up scouting of Sporting defender Diomande' Newcastle will step up their scouting of Ousmane Diomande this month in a bid to head off expected stiff competition for the Sporting Lisbon defender, according to the Sunday Mirror. It is claimed Newcastle may have to break their transfer record to land the 20-year-old having paid £63m to sign Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad in August 2022. Sporting reportedly value the Ivory Coast international at £70m but Newcastle are likely to open the bidding below that. Diomande has starred for Sporting this season with the club sitting top of the Portuguese league and the report says he is expected to be in high demand due to his ability to pass out from the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Looks like we are add Joe White to the first team squad to solve our midfield cover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 minute ago, LFEE said: Looks like we are add Joe White to the first team squad to solve our midfield cover. Rumours in EFL circles that he could be off to Stockport on loan for the rest of the season. (Though given the two weeks training we have now, I imagine they'll take the opportunity to look at him). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Solano leaving for Villa was the one that got me. Was absolutely gutted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just now, joeyt said: Solano leaving for Villa was the one that got me. Was absolutely gutted On the flip side of that when we signed Owen in 05 everyone was chanting his name at Owen's unveiling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Also not to the same extent but Milner having the game of his life against Coventry when Martin O'Neill was in the crowd and for him to join Villa against Keegan's wishes and to have such a long, illustrious career was a hard one to take Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 minutes ago, joeyt said: Also not to the same extent but Milner having the game of his life against Coventry when Martin O'Neill was in the crowd and for him to join Villa against Keegan's wishes and to have such a long, illustrious career was a hard one to take The moment that season totally fell apart, awful times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 minutes ago, joeyt said: Also not to the same extent but Milner having the game of his life against Coventry when Martin O'Neill was in the crowd and for him to join Villa against Keegan's wishes and to have such a long, illustrious career was a hard one to take Aye, first transfer we got right in a while when we got him from Leeds. Then we went and fucked the whole thing up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanegg Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 minutes ago, joeyt said: Also not to the same extent but Milner having the game of his life against Coventry when Martin O'Neill was in the crowd and for him to join Villa against Keegan's wishes and to have such a long, illustrious career was a hard one to take Was horrendous this. Was sat in the home end for it. Was Keegan’s last game too wasn’t it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 12 minutes ago, ryanegg said: Was horrendous this. Was sat in the home end for it. Was Keegan’s last game too wasn’t it? Na we got battered at Arsenal before deadline day which was his last game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 34 minutes ago, ryanegg said: Was horrendous this. Was sat in the home end for it. Was Keegan’s last game too wasn’t it? It was the match that happened immediately after Keegan was appointed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Hold on, I'm thinking of a different home match when Milner also played really well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: It was the match that happened immediately after Keegan was appointed Wasn't that Nachos debut.. No wonder Keegan got pissed off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Is Milner the most successful footballer to leave us? Or maybe Cole? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 In terms of leaving us and winning plenty of trophies after leaving us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just now, joeyt said: Is Milner the most successful footballer to leave us? Or maybe Cole? I'd say Cole. Multiple titles, the CL...even a League Cup at Blackburn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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