Tooj 17 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Flamini's a bit better than a decent option like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Haven't seen him for a while so was sitting on the fence a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEADMAN 0 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 i cant see us getten many maybe a defender and if where lucky a striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 half of them are too old anyway Malouda is 31 ffs  He is still fooking fast though. Dreading the january games, god help us when Ba leaves for the ACN. Who the fuck do we have up front? Best isnt even a good championship player, and Shola - well he could be Messi or Emile Heskey with a limp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Pardew confirms we won't sign a striker this January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 He said it in his 10am press conference - all over Twitter via Ryder and co. Â I think we still might sign this Maiga and the failed medical was a trick to try and get the price down. Sounds a bit OTT but I wouldn't put it past our lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 #nufc the news Toon fans were dreading , no striker purchase in January as confirmed by AP 10 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply   GeorgeCaulkin George Caulkin Pardew: "don't think will be bringing in striker after collapse of Maiga, which we'd put a lot of work in to. Will go with what got." #NUFC   Logged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 What have we got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Well Parky, it could mean Ben arfa gets to start games? Something good comes out of even the most vile of things I guess.. I`d play Ben Arfa off Shola tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 They should try and loan someone. There's plenty of younguns not getting games all over Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Aye, stupidity as expected. Ignore the fact that Ba could get injured or that he is away in ACN. How to strip away momentum. Sure Ben Arfa will get his shout but we NEED two forwards. They obviously know that hence their pursuit of Maiga. I said somewhere else that my fear was that we would only go after one player and the need of a back up centre half would push in front of a forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Tecato said we should wait until the transfer window before we start worrying. I`ll start now thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) Would you rather have Crouch for 10 million or carlton cole on 80 grand a week? They have only had 10 months and there is the knock-on effect. Give them time. Edited December 28, 2011 by Lake Bells tits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman02uk 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Come on guys, stop making excuses FFS, we all know exactly what this board is about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake Bells tits 1 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Sold players for 50 million the last year and we can barely afford a defender. Makes you wonder where the club would have been with an owner in the tottenham mould. Top-5 surely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman02uk 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Sold players for 50 million the last year and we can barely afford a defender. Makes you wonder where the club would have been with an owner in the tottenham mould. Top-5 surely... Â It doesn't even need a huge amount of ambition, retaining key players and buying 3 or 4 players and we could take a run at Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4355 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 It's not so much the failure to spend the Carroll money that gets me - I expected that - it's the fact that we've had since May to dump 3 shit strikers and get someone else in and now it's going to have been a full year with the useless fuckers. Â I know context is everything but it's about time somebody said that its piss poor management from Pardew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonyTOON 10 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 It's not so much the failure to spend the Carroll money that gets me - I expected that - it's the fact that we've had since May to dump 3 shit strikers and get someone else in and now it's going to have been a full year with the useless fuckers. Â I know context is everything but it's about time somebody said that its piss poor management from Pardew. Â This has been said before, but could it be a decoy? So they can work quietly to recruit someone who is wanted by bigger clubs. I fully expect no striker to come in, but it's just a thought. Ie, De Jong has been linked with other clubs in prem right? Liverpool or arsenal if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyff 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Could well be a decoy. It is like Villas-Boas saying he isn't going to have £140 Mil to spend in January. Okay, he probably isn't going to have that much, but if he says nothing then anyone he goes for will ask for double the asking price. If Pardew says outright that we are desperate for a striker then any club we make an offer to will know that and up the price.  Of course I am probably wrong, and we will probably end up disappointed, but might as well hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 To not bring in a striker this window (price being irrelevant; they could be a big fee, they could be on a free/loan) is basically just neglectful of the team's continued progress. Yes a defender has become massively important but it was at the start of the season anyway. It doesn't detract from our requirements up top in any scenario. Â It's all bullshit verbals with our lot anyway in my book until the deadline has passed, can't even be arsed speculating in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/16345791.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/16345791.stm  In other words the Maiga deal is off and we've got nowt else we're willing to pay an equivalent fee for because 'they' don't do that without a lot of homework. That shouldn't rule out a loan signing though as the argument put forward (increased January premiums) is irrelevant in that case. If we know Maiga isn't going to happen now (and for the last few weeks) then efforts should be being poured into finding who might be available on loan.  The incoming defender is hugely important but it's a completely different brief anyway. If we've got defender targets identified the Maiga fall out shouldn't affect any of the negotiations/prep there, you'd hope theyre already well down the road with it.  Lovenkrands at the very least needs to be got shut of now so his name can't keep being mentioned as striker back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Tecato said we should wait until the transfer window before we start worrying. I`ll start now thanks  Yeah, I also said that before these quotes came out.  But you know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Why say that the search is off? What's the point? Â Why would they not even try (even for a loan/free)? Â We needed another striker even when Carroll was at the club - we've got Ba now but we still need that second striker. Â We can't rely on Ba even if we wanted to as he's away at the ACN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Well at least we know now, probably better than spending a month expecting someone to come and in and getting pissed off on Jan 31st. Should mean we at least sign this defender but it's so short-sighted as we are fucked without Ba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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