Hughton expects transfer kitty

[2bias 3]

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton is confident Mike Ashley will back him in the transfer market this summer.

 

Having secured promotion back into the Premier League at the first time of asking, the Magpies know they must reinforce if they are to remain among England's elite.

 

A list of possible targets has already been drawn up, with Hughton aware of the areas he needs to strengthen.

 

Recruitment will obviously come at a cost, but the Newcastle boss believes club owner Ashley, who has come in for criticism in the past, will dig deep to ensure suitable additions are made.

 

"I was backed in the January transfer window and I will be bringing in players this summer, but we don't expect to be making wholesale changes," Hughton told the Daily Express.

Spirit

 

"We've just gone through a good season where the squad have developed a momentum and spirit.

 

"I'm keen not to disrupt and disband everything we've done but I'm aware we're going into a better division and need to bring in the right players for what will be a tough season."

 

Hughton also believes that Newcastle can hold their own back in the top tier, with the gap between the top two divisions having narrowed over recent years.

 

"We've definitely been buoyed by what Birmingham have done, and Wolves to a lesser degree," he said, with the Midlands duo having avoided the drop in 2009/10.

 

"They have coped very well in the Premier League."

 

Interesting to hear Chris is confident of getting players. We will see i guess.

[ewerk 30744]

He doesn't mention any money though. He may have a list of Bosman transfers.

[Happy Face 29]

"We've just gone through a good season where the squad have developed a momentum and spirit.

 

"I'm keen not to disrupt and disband everything we've done."

 

 

I totally agree like. I'm not chomping at the bit to see daft money spent at all.

[khay 10]

He said daft money not no money.

[Happy Face 29]

Exactly Khay.

 

We blatantly need to replace miudfield dynamo Nicky Butt.

[The Fish 10894]

"We've just gone through a good season where the squad have developed a momentum and spirit.

 

"I'm keen not to disrupt and disband everything we've done."

 

 

I totally agree like. I'm not chomping at the bit to see daft money spent at all.

 

Going bookmark this for when your cursing kevin nolan and co for being outclassed in the premier league again

 

tbh i'm in a mood of "don't really care" i think we're in for the normal season of, no changes, we get caught out by lack of talent and the fact houghton will be out of his depth, they'll try make some sort of change in january which will be too late and we'll go down again.

 

 

Normal? How often has that happened like?

 

I'm not keen on wholesale changes for the sake of it. But I'd like to know, of the teams that went up and stayed up, how many changes did they make to their Championship team? And how much money did they spend that wasn't made available due to the sale of players?

[Dr Gloom 22011]

we need to sign around 5 players with a bit of top flight nous about them if we want to avoid another relegation battle.

 

there are question marks over whether our right back, all of our centre midfielders and all of our strikers can perform at the highest level.

 

we don't have much depth out on the flanks either

[2bias 3]

I think Hughton has a good eye for players from who he signed in Jan. ( Apart from Best ) I reckon he is more likely to be looking at potential Premiership players in the Championship though. IMO

[Happy Face 29]

I'd like to know, of the teams that went up and stayed up, how many changes did they make to their Championship team? And how much money did they spend that wasn't made available due to the sale of players?

 

Edited May 19, 2010 by Happy Face

[The Fish 10894]

Striker, Creativity in the Centre and a right back are my priorities and I think w can get the latter for little or on a loan. The rumblings of Cleverly and Wilshere on loan could be great although I think that's stalling the inevitable. If they perform brilliantly their parent clubs will look to have them back come the end of the season and we'll be back in the same position. If they don't perform well we'll not have solved the problem and have to buy anyway. However, they could provide a stay of execution.

 

O'Hara is a player with the quality and the graft that would sit him well in our side. He's been making noise about wanting first team and I think we could get him cheap as Spurs look to throw money at their problem areas and will probably need a better player than O'Hara if they're to cement their place and keep pace with Citeh.

[The Fish 10894]

I'd like to know, of the teams that went up and stayed up, how many changes did they make to their Championship team? And how much money did they spend that wasn't made available due to the sale of players?

 

 

So an outlay of £14m, while not a guarantee, is a reasonable requirement if you want to stay up. However, that's just outlay, it doesn't show how much those teams made from sales, nor how many players were brought in. (I'm not dismissing your lovely graph, I'm just saying)

[Geordieracer 0]

It's inevitable that we'll be looking at loans and bosmans unless any windfalls appear from sell on clauses and even then I'm fairly sure we'll still be looking at freebies.

[Happy Face 29]

I'd like to know, of the teams that went up and stayed up, how many changes did they make to their Championship team? And how much money did they spend that wasn't made available due to the sale of players?

 

 

So an outlay of £14m, while not a guarantee, is a reasonable requirement if you want to stay up. However, that's just outlay, it doesn't show how much those teams made from sales, nor how many players were brought in. (I'm not dismissing your lovely graph, I'm just saying)

 

Aye.

 

But Ashley doesn't mind if we get relegated.

 

His 5 year plan is to position the club such that relegation wouldn't mean we run at a loss.

 

People seemed to take from the statement that he planned to stay up and break even. The latter part of that is the only one they stipulated though.

[2bias 3]

Striker, Creativity in the Centre and a right back are my priorities and I think w can get the latter for little or on a loan. The rumblings of Cleverly and Wilshere on loan could be great although I think that's stalling the inevitable. If they perform brilliantly their parent clubs will look to have them back come the end of the season and we'll be back in the same position. If they don't perform well we'll not have solved the problem and have to buy anyway. However, they could provide a stay of execution.

 

O'Hara is a player with the quality and the graft that would sit him well in our side. He's been making noise about wanting first team and I think we could get him cheap as Spurs look to throw money at their problem areas and will probably need a better player than O'Hara if they're to cement their place and keep pace with Citeh.

 

O'Hara would be a good signing. Noises from him in the last couple days though are he wants one more season at Spurs. Be interesting to see if we can take anyone from Pompy? They got a couple good players. If we had a bit of cash could go for Boateng or Belhadj? Although he is getting on now Finnan might be worth a punt for a season as cover.

[The Fish 10894]

We went down when good players played poorly. Now we have half decent players playing well. Is that enough? I'm not sure. I definitely think we're weak in the three positions I mention, and I think other areas will need to be fleshed out for fear of leaving the squad lightweight. However, I think the team that we're taking to the Premiership is stronger than most who go up so I'm not sure we have to spend the same sums as other teams have.

 

I'm just worried we'll weaken areas in which we feel strong, in order to fund poorly scouted players for the really weak areas

[sandman02uk 0]

We went down when good players played poorly. Now we have half decent players playing well. Is that enough? I'm not sure. I definitely think we're weak in the three positions I mention, and I think other areas will need to be fleshed out for fear of leaving the squad lightweight. However, I think the team that we're taking to the Premiership is stronger than most who go up so I'm not sure we have to spend the same sums as other teams have.

 

I'm just worried we'll weaken areas in which we feel strong, in order to fund poorly scouted players for the really weak areas

 

Team spirit is all well and good but when you're getting tonked week in week out, that spirit wont last

[Happy Face 29]

Shola is one of our starting strikers, how many premier league teams would you take him ahead of what they have for example, do that for every position and we look a lot worse off.

 

Harsh on Shola IYAM.

 

Look at the top scorer charts for last year. Apart from Bent, no club in the bottom half has a player that scored more than 10.

 

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statisti...,,12306,00.html

 

It's well within Shola's ability to score 10 if he plays more than 30 games.

[Ayatollah Hermione 13909]

Shola is one of our starting strikers, how many premier league teams would you take him ahead of what they have for example, do that for every position and we look a lot worse off.

 

Harsh on Shola IYAM.

 

Look at the top scorer charts for last year. Apart from Bent, no club in the bottom half has a player that scored more than 10.

 

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statisti...,,12306,00.html

 

It's well within Shola's ability to score 10 if he plays more than 30 games.

 

When did he last play 30 PL games though? It's rare that he's ever had a good run in the side without getting injured. At least in recent memory.

[Happy Face 29]

Shola is one of our starting strikers, how many premier league teams would you take him ahead of what they have for example, do that for every position and we look a lot worse off.

 

Harsh on Shola IYAM.

 

Look at the top scorer charts for last year. Apart from Bent, no club in the bottom half has a player that scored more than 10.

 

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statisti...,,12306,00.html

 

It's well within Shola's ability to score 10 if he plays more than 30 games.

 

When did he last play 30 PL games though? It's rare that he's ever had a good run in the side without getting injured. At least in recent memory.

 

Aye, not in 5 years.

 

Poor lad.

[Dr Gloom 22011]

finnan would be good and would probably start ahead of simspon. 34 isn't too old

[peasepud 59]

I expect a threesome with Kylie and her Dani should I ever be in the neighbourhood.

 

 

 

 

Still reckon Ive got more chance of that than Hughton has of getting some cash.

[khay 10]

finnan would be good and would probably start ahead of simspon. 34 isn't too old

 

 

No thanks. Must have even less pace now...

[The Fish 10894]

I'll be interested to see who Hughton believes his first choice strikers are. Carroll and Shola? Lovenkrands?

 

I reckon that Carroll will be more likely to get 10 goals in the Prem than the other two, but I'd be much happier if we had better options.

 

Don't think Finnan is the right move. He certainly doesn't fit the purported transfer plan. Neither under 28, nor does he have a resale value.

[ewerk 30744]

Finnan would be free and wouldn't be on massive wages, as far as Hughton is concerned that makes him an option.

[Happy Face 29]

he got 11 in 21 in the championship,

 

That's the kind of harshness I mean.

 

He scored 10 goals in 11 starts in the championship.

 

11 goals in 12 starts in all competitions.

Edited May 19, 2010 by Happy Face