NUFC Statement

[Aeris 0]

I'm guessing this is will be the continuing story of this club. Some of our players do decent this first half season, the best performer goes in the January window for a decent cash-in, then every player who either deserves wage rise or asks for a prolonged contract goes next summer, gets replaced with new free agent shite and cheap maybe's who needs to prove their worth, the ones who do will of course get sold. If we don't succeed in surviving and goes down, it will be the perfect oppurtinity to sell all players who want to stay in the league, we'll get younger players up the ranks which eventually will turn good added with some more free-agents and maybe's. We'll do just enough to get back up and all of the next Andy Carrolls who did well and will do well in the PL get's sold for heavy prices to Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham etc.

 

We'll never be anything but a feeder club under Ashley... and I guess he'll never sell Newcastle because it's too good a business for him to let go.

Edited September 5, 2011 by Aeris

[Monroe Transfer 0]

Not seen this posted elsewhere. Apparently Pardew is not happy. It's a Sunday Sun article (and a very long one so I've just pasted the best bits) so don't take it all as gospel.

 

Robust conversations have taken place at boardroom level.

 

The Sunday Sun understands United had identified FIFTEEN strikers and could not complete on any of them.

 

A senior St James’ Park source reckons the club were trying to do the “perfect deal” – trying to tie down a striker equivalent of Cheick Tiote or Yohan Cabaye for half of his true valuation – and eventually ran out of time.

 

The manager knew of the commitment to try and land foreign players with sizeable resale value but believed – and hoped – there would be room to add British players with experience and know-how too.

 

Among his suggestions at the various transfer summits held during the summer were the likes of Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and, most surprisingly of all, Stoke’s rangey former Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones.

 

Still, Pardew maintained an upbeat persona – convinced by assurances the striker would arrive. Mike Ashley was certain the forward would be recruited too.

 

However, as Wednesday began, Toon insiders were privately fearful the club would not broker a deal for the striker they so desperately needed.

 

While some black and white fanatics dreamed of three or four additions, there were long faces at St James’ Park as they faced the fact business on Newcastle’s terms was going to be virtually impossible to conduct.

 

Llambias was in London prepared to hop on a plane to finally complete the Maiga deal but Sochaux, despite indicating they would be prepared to sell a few hours earlier, called time on the deal.

 

By 9pm Newcastle had called time on their efforts to bring in a striker and declared their business was over, leaving the manager furious.

 

Pardew’s mood was hardly brightened by the fact his proposal to loan Federico Macheda was blocked.

 

He wanted to add the Manchester United striker but his record at Sampdoria – where he barely played – counted against the Italy under-21 striker.

 

As dawn broke on September 1 Pardew was indicating he would not be talking to media until he had had discussions with the United hierarchy.

 

Those talks have taken place, a statement has been released and the manager is now coming to terms with what has to be done over the next five months.

 

Players the Sunday Sun understands were ‘A’ targets by Newcastle before the transfer window started...

 

DMITRI PAYET

 

(£7.6million, St Etienne to Lille)

 

RAFAEL VARANE

 

(£6million, Lens to Real Madrid)

 

KEVIN GAMEIRO

 

(£10million, Lorient to Paris SG)

 

CHEIKH M’BENGUE

 

(Toulouse, went nowhere)

 

ERIK PIETERS

 

(PSV Eindhoven, went nowhere)

 

ALY CISSOKHO

 

(Lyon, went nowhere)

 

MODIBO MAIGA

 

(Sochaux, went nowhere)

 

LIAM RIDGEWELL

 

(Birmingham City, went nowhere)

 

SHANE LONG

 

(£6million, Reading to West Brom)

 

Others mentioned over the course of a frantic six months...

 

COLIN KAZIM-RICHARDS

 

NICKY SHOREY

 

PAUL KONCHENSKY

 

JERMAIN DEFOE

 

JEREMY MENEZ

 

CHARLES N’ZOGBIA

 

PETER CROUCH

 

DANIEL STURRIDGE

 

FEDERICO MACHEDA

 

KENWYNE JONES

[Monroe Transfer 0]

No idea if this is the right thread for it, mind.

 

Source: http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle...79310-29358632/

Edited September 5, 2011 by Tecato

[Kitman 2207]

What difference does a shooping list of strikers make? We didn't make it to the till, that's all that counts

[ewerk 31228]

What difference does a shooping list of strikers make? We didn't make it to the till, that's all that counts

 

The point is, why didn't we make it? Clearly Pardew and Carr appear to have been doing their jobs in drawing up a list of what appears to be realistic targets.

 

It was from that point that nothing was done.

 

Again though, we all know what the problem was.

[Craig 6700]

Dekka must be fucking awful to go out on the piss with. Spend all night refusing to go in certain pubs because the beer costs too much, you finally with 5 minutes to go get him to agree to go in the scabbiest of all establishments with the most fucking awful beer on tap and good ol' Dekka asks for it to be put on the slate promptly getting you all kicked out.

[Kitman 2207]

Dekka must be fucking awful to go out on the piss with. Spend all night refusing to go in certain pubs because the beer costs too much, you finally with 5 minutes to go get him to agree to go in the scabbiest of all establishments with the most fucking awful beer on tap and good ol' Dekka asks for it to be put on the slate promptly getting you all kicked out.

 

 

We understand that the board were working hard to get the beers in but were ultimately unsuccessful. The club worked hard all evening to identify suitable beers and at one point spent over two hours trying to negotiate the purchase of a Carling. That list of top targets again

 

Carling

Babycham

Strongbow

 

etc

[Craig 6700]

Dekka's the kind of bloke who'll order a bottle of Krug and expect to get it for a tenner. When he's promptly told to fuck off, he'll claim he wouldn't be held to randsom.

 

What an absolute cunt of a man.