StoneColdStephenIreland 74 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Imagine if Leazes could post in this thread right now. There'd be hell on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10543 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 How the Entertainers could have looked had NUFC got all their men That side needs a Batty and/or a Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 bollocks. it needs ronaldo in goal for a start. where's your ambition?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21566 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Ashley makes Shepherd look attractive, and that takes some doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10543 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Taking the fees from their moves around the time we were apparently interested in them, we could have had: Schmeichel £0.5m Barton £4m Peacock £2.7m Albert £2.6m Beresford £0.65m Beardsley £1.5m Gascoigne £4.3m Waddle £1m Figo £2.25m Shearer £15m Rivaldo £2.5m for £37m Or one Andy Carroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 £15 million for Shearer when you think of the goals and performances he put in for us every single penny was money well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10543 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 £15 million for Shearer when you think of the goals and performances he put in for us every single penny was money well spent. Old argument, but who do you think returned more on the investment? Lee Shearer Given etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29808 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I can't remember the argument but Shearer every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Yeah its Shearer for me always gave 110% for the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41520 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 The Shearer transfer announced us to the world, so for that alone, he wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4281 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yeah its Shearer for me always gave 110% for the team. Apart from in the run-up to England games before he retired from internationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 16723 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Its chicken and egg though; without the likes of Rob Lee getting us out of divi 2 then being utterly brilliant Shearer wouldnt have touched us with a bargepole, regardless of where he was born. If you can quantify it, our "value" as a club increased more as a club between 92-96 iyam. Good point about Shearer increasing our worlwide profile though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6382 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Peacock. Surely we had a better centre half!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Peacock was streets ahead of Dabizas. Actually Peacock must be one of our most underrated players ever. That said, Howey for the couple of seasons he was on his game and got an England call up would have been our next best centreback under Keegan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3742 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Peacock was streets ahead of Dabizas. Actually Peacock must be one of our most underrated players ever. That said, Howey for the couple of seasons he was on his game and got an England call up would have been our next best centreback under Keegan. Peacock was shit and not a patch on Albert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Peacock was shit and not a patch on Albert.He wasn't shit at all, he was just the only poor fucker trying to defend most of the time. But yes he wasn't a patch on Albert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 He wasn't shit at all, he was just the only poor fucker trying to defend most of the time. But yes he wasn't a patch on Albert. yep if we're talking post-keegan, woodgate was genuinely awesome for the one game he was fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 what would shearer have been worth in today's market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5131 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 At about the time we got him in his career... I reckon that before Torres went to Chelsea, a modern day Shearer would go for about £50m. Post-Torres, I think clubs would be more careful; maybe about £30m. I reckon Torres in his prime was about as good as Shearer pre-Newcastle. Just my opinion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 43229 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Torres is not fit to brush the Lion of Gosforth's mane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Torres has only had 4 seasons in which he's scored more than 20 goals. Shearer had 11 including 4 where he scored more than 30 (compared to Torres' 1). There really is no comparrison (well other than the one I just made) between the two of them. If Torres was ever worth £50m (he wasn't really) then Shearer at the time we signed him was worth twice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 There's no two ways about it, Shearer was the one of the best goalscorers this country has ever seen. An absolute goliath of a captain for us aswell. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Best crosser of a ball I've ever seen play for us too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Best crosser of a ball I've ever seen play for us too. He used to defend corners expertly also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 What was he like in goal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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