Newcastle United Thread - 2021/22

[ysmsa]

Agree totally. The last thing they need is those deadbeats from United. They need hungry young British players who want to make a name for themselves like Ward-Prowse, Calvin Phillips, Bellingham, Ollie Watkins, even Saka from Arsenal. They need to poach Brendan Rogers from Leicester and try and get Tielemans as well. The squad they have at present is not good enough to stay up in my view.

There is one young hungry British player at the Rags

Shaw :-)

 

[TFC]

The managerial appointment once they inevitably fuck Bruce off is absolutely crucial. An expensive fiddle means fuck all if you can't get a tune out of it.

Exhibit A - Noddy.

XD

 

[FantasyIreland]

Lala land if anyone believes they are making an assault on the top 4 anytime soon.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

We did very well. David Silva, Serge, Yaya and others signed.
We became a real force and a threat to the entitled ones.
Then came ffp...

Hopefully ffp won't impede the geordies too much, however, the geography is another question altogether.

It took us a little while to get to that though. Here are the signings after the takeover:

Summer 08: Robinho
January 09: Bellamy, De Jong, Bridge, Given
2009/10: Adebayor, Tevez, Lescott, Santa Cruz, Kolo, Barry, Johnson, Vieira, Sylvinho
2010/11: Dzeko, Yaya, Balotelli, Silva, Kolarov, Milner, Boateng
2011/12: Aguero, Nasri, Savic, Clichy

So it probably took us 2 years to get most of our team together, and 3 years before the squad was arguably finished. And that's with no FFP restrictions. What's also telling is how few of the signings in the first few windows were still in the team 3 years later.

It wouldn't surprise me to see them doing something similar to us when we went for John Terry and Kaka, failing miserably. The chances of first choice players going from established clubs to a club like Newcastle before they prove they are capable of challenging is very small. Yaya was probably our highest-profile signing, but even he wasn't a guaranteed starter at Barcelona, and certainly not in his preferred position. I reckon they'll make a bid for Kane, but I'd be surprised if he'd join at his age given that they're unlikely to challenge for a few years. It also wouldn't be surprising to see them bid for Sterling if he isn't getting into our team as much, but again, I'd be surprised to see him make that move.

 

[Larry Stranger]

We did very well. David Silva, Serge, Yaya and others signed.
We became a real force and a threat to the entitled ones.
Then came ffp...

Hopefully ffp won't impede the geordies too much, however, the geography is another question altogether.

Along with ffp transfer inflation will be a big problem for them. You look at the fees we paid for David and Yaya they were what around 24m each? Sergio was like 35m. What would they go for in today's market? Has to be like 70m or 80m a piece.

 

[Magicpole]

They do love a rebel song or five. Am I right @Magicpole?

Not the SFA. I was talking about getting away with bothering about FFP.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

Which players will survive the cull?
Depending on style of play from new manager they have decent goalkeeper options (not sure about playing out from the back) a Centre Half and an attacker worth building on. About 3 or 4 who would make ok second choices and the rest of the squad would be history.

 

[Coatigan]

Lala land if anyone believes they are making an assault on the top 4 anytime soon.

How soon is anytime soon?

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

A full section on GMB dedicated to this 'sports washing' purchase of Newcastle.

 

[117 M34]

Amanda Staveley disagrees. She said they'll win the league within 18 months...which by my reckoning means next season

Didn't Barry fry say something similar.
We will get Peterbrough out of this division within 3 years.
Season after they got relegated.