Newcastle United Thread - 2021/22

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I think it's a great signing for Newcastle though he could be jumping out the frying pan and into the fire with the plight of both teams.
What's the betting Burnley stay up and the geordies go down!
 
manimanc said:
Just like us signing Roque Santa Cruz.
His name sounded world class but he wasn't.
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difference is that Santa Cruz was actually a very decent striker till he came to us and got injured.
This wood player is bang average and 30 years old…

so far they have signed…
Trippier age 31 for 12 mill (plus add one)
And wood age 30 for 25 mill

they have blown 37 million on two players with a combined age of 61.
Hardly building for the future at the minute
 
Brodymcfc said:
difference is that Santa Cruz was actually a very decent striker till he came to us and got injured.
This wood player is bang average and 30 years old…

so far they have signed…
Trippier age 31 for 12 mill (plus add one)
And wood age 30 for 25 mill

they have blown 37 million on two players with a combined age of 61.
Hardly building for the future at the minute
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They're not building for the future at the moment. They're desperately trying to stay in the league so that they can begin building for the future in the summer
 
Brodymcfc said:
difference is that Santa Cruz was actually a very decent striker till he came to us and got injured.
This wood player is bang average and 30 years old…

so far they have signed…
Trippier age 31 for 12 mill (plus add one)
And wood age 30 for 25 mill

they have blown 37 million on two players with a combined age of 61.
Hardly building for the future at the minute
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Worth pointing out that Trippier is £12m minimum, at least £24m if they stay up. Of course that might then be worth it.

Can't really plan when relegation is looming I suppose.
 
Brodymcfc said:
difference is that Santa Cruz was actually a very decent striker till he came to us and got injured.
This wood player is bang average and 30 years old…

so far they have signed…
Trippier age 31 for 12 mill (plus add one)
And wood age 30 for 25 mill

they have blown 37 million on two players with a combined age of 61.
Hardly building for the future at the minute
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Both decent steady players. If they drop down a division, woods goals will get them back up. You don’t need big names in a relegation fight but hard working reliable players.
 
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Brodymcfc said:
difference is that Santa Cruz was actually a very decent striker till he came to us and got injured.
This wood player is bang average and 30 years old…

so far they have signed…
Trippier age 31 for 12 mill (plus add one)
And wood age 30 for 25 mill

they have blown 37 million on two players with a combined age of 61.
Hardly building for the future at the minute
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They need to build for the now.
 
Brodymcfc said:
difference is that Santa Cruz was actually a very decent striker till he came to us and got injured.
This wood player is bang average and 30 years old…

so far they have signed…
Trippier age 31 for 12 mill (plus add one)
And wood age 30 for 25 mill

they have blown 37 million on two players with a combined age of 61.
Hardly building for the future at the minute
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He was fucking shite.

Only twice broke 10 goals in his career before he signed for us and only managed it again once back in Paraguay.
 
BlueTG said:
He was fucking shite.

Only twice broke 10 goals in his career before he signed for us and only managed it again once back in Paraguay.
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I think in his younger day, Santa Cruz was a very decent player (way before we signed him). Had a good season at Blackburn and he's been on fire in his late 30's in Paraguay.

I would say better than Wood at his peak but nowhere near as consistent in the Premier League.

I saw Newcastle fans actually comparing his price as similar to Jo (£7m more than Jo tbf, although inflation). If he plays anything like Jo for them then they are fucked.
 
The signing of Chris Wood in itself won't keep Newcastle up but rather Burnley losing some goals might do it.
 
David El Mago Silva said:
The signing of Chris Wood in itself won't keep Newcastle up but rather Burnley losing some goals might do it.
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I suppose it depends on whether Burnley were the team stopping them, I thought Burnley were the most likely to get out of it based on current squads.

Watford could surprise us though, big game between them and Newcastle this weekend.
 
Brodymcfc said:
difference is that Santa Cruz was actually a very decent striker till he came to us and got injured.
This wood player is bang average and 30 years old…

so far they have signed…
Trippier age 31 for 12 mill (plus add one)
And wood age 30 for 25 mill

they have blown 37 million on two players with a combined age of 61.
Hardly building for the future at the minute
Click to expand...
I think they are signing players to help them this season, hence their ages. Ready made players might do a better job rather than someone aged 20/21 and trying to find their feet.
 
Reality check for all those Geordies who have been mouthing off about all their stellar signings this January. The rest of us all knew that they'd end up paying over the odds for whoever happens to be available. That's the position they're in. Unlikely survival is the name of the game for them right now.
 
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