Kid Dynamite 7594 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 Wonder if the Elanga deal is back on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10321 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 Meh. Fuck off. The whole system stinks. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4655 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 In the grand scheme of things this is the best we could have hoped for. Selling lads that probably won't have been first team regulars next season. While unfortunate and PSR can truly feck off, most people would have understood this. The scare with Isak and Gordon was not required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10321 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 (edited) The whole business is ridiculous and taking a lot of joy out of football for me. It’s ok trying to stop clubs just "buying" success, but basically forcing clubs with enough money to sell players just to comply with arbitrary regulations is plain bollocks. So we need to sell a prodigy like Anderson or an untried talent like Minteh in time of an arbitrary deadline just to probably be able to spunk absurd money on another player in the upcoming weeks. That’s without thinking about us needing to consider to sell untouchable assets to big six rivals. I am done with this. I unfollowed all journalists and won’t care about transfers. I will see what players will be there in August and then hopefully start to enjoy watching matches. But there is no excitement left thinking about how we will build a decent squad. Edited June 29, 2024 by Isegrim 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10321 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 Tragic how Anderson got robbed from scoring a goal for us multiple times. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 8376 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 37 minutes ago, Isegrim said: Meh. Fuck off. The whole system stinks. It's a fucking joke that has to boilover eventually. However we've come out of it OK IMO. Anderson is hardworking and talented and whilst it sucks to see him go he'd have been unlikely to have got much playing time this season unless we were hit with a similar injury crisis to last season (perhaps worse because Tonali is back). He hasn't yet realised the potential he has shown and would have been unlikely to with limited time on the pitch. Minteh, it would have been great to bring him in, exactly why you try to sign and develop the best and brightest youth talent but not to be. We have to ride out a few more seasons like this but as our profile grows and our youth investment continues we'll find ourselves able to sell more effectively with less impact on the first team. And anyone we sign will be youngish and on lengthy contracts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23516 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 Yeah, if you park whatever we think about the players who need to be sold to comply with this nonsense, you have to feel for Anderson. He’s just broken through into the first team squad of his hometown club, was injured for most do the season then just as he started to get a few games the club are forced to sell him to “balance the books”. Bullshit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 5124 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 He never scored for us. 44 league games, 7 cup games and he never got a goal. Youd be gutted wouldnt you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10321 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 We can probably do without him but they probably robbed a player from fulfilling his dream. Bollocks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23516 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 1 minute ago, Andrew said: He never scored for us. 44 league games, 7 cup games and he never got a goal. Youd be gutted wouldnt you? he was robbed of a perfectly legitimate header by VAR wasn’t he? The other thing killing the game 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23516 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 Just now, Isegrim said: We can probably do without him but they probably robbed a player from fulfilling his dream. Bollocks. 100%. even if he’d only hung around for a few seasons as a bits and pieces squad player like longstaff. We’ll never know now. I hope the move works out for him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 8376 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 17 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Yeah, if you park whatever we think about the players who need to be sold to comply with this nonsense, you have to feel for Anderson. He’s just broken through into the first team squad of his hometown club, was injured for most do the season then just as he started to get a few games the club are forced to sell him to “balance the books”. Bullshit Agree, that's absolutely the worst part of it especially as we have such a tight knit squad. But as I said honestly he was not likely to see much time on the pitch next season with our reduced game count. Ridiculously even if we did qualify for Europe we'd still have had to sell him and then buy players to fill out the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 8376 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 16 minutes ago, Andrew said: He never scored for us. 44 league games, 7 cup games and he never got a goal. Youd be gutted wouldnt you? He scored in some quite competitive pre-season games in front of good crowds so there's that at least. Just about single handedly won the game for us IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3402 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 This whole situation leaves a bit of a sour taste tbh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3402 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 Really intelligent of the administrators to make the deadline in the middle of two international tournaments by the way. Not to mention it's a time when most footballers not involved in international football would be taking a holiday. Genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49641 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 4 hours ago, Andrew said: He never scored for us. 44 league games, 7 cup games and he never got a goal. Youd be gutted wouldnt you? He sounds shit, get rid! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 10216 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 5 hours ago, Isegrim said: The whole business is ridiculous and taking a lot of joy out of football for me. It’s ok trying to stop clubs just "buying" success, but basically forcing clubs with enough money to sell players just to comply with arbitrary regulations is plain bollocks. So we need to sell a prodigy like Anderson or an untried talent like Minteh in time of an arbitrary deadline just to probably be able to spunk absurd money on another player in the upcoming weeks. That’s without thinking about us needing to consider to sell untouchable assets to big six rivals. I am done with this. I unfollowed all journalists and won’t care about transfers. I will see what players will be there in August and then hopefully start to enjoy watching matches. But there is no excitement left thinking about how we will build a decent squad. aye. you open up the bbc's premier league page and the first thing you see is we've apparently tried to pimp out our player of the season to the fucking red dippers while he's over at your place in an international tournament. it makes me want to vomit in all honesty.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7506 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 I’m absolutely gutted for Anderson. A young Newcastle fan that dreamed of playing for his home town club an no doubt doesn’t want to leave. Now we are out of Europe his game time would have been less but I’m sure the aim would be to get back in next year. He can cover loads of positions and looks like Eddie rated him. Sadly he has been the sacrificial lamb. I would have rather got rid of Longstaff or a load of the dross but I’m sure we tried. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49641 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 It's a real shame for him personally, but I'll be amazed if he ends up good enough for where we want to get to. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4630 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 26 minutes ago, Gemmill said: It's a real shame for him personally, but I'll be amazed if he ends up good enough for where we want to get to. Agreed. Said it before but what is he meant to be good at? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7506 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 Just now, strawb said: Agreed. Said it before but what is he meant to be good at? He is strong, can play multiple positions, either footed, decent in the air. I think what I like about him most is he can take a ball on the turn superbly. Not many players can do that. He might well end up being an average player but I think there is a player in there and moving away from Eddie Howe will affect his career. From the financial position we are in , I can see why the club have done it but it’s sad for a player to be shifted out for PSR rather than being unwanted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11306 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 On 07/03/2024 at 08:30, Toonpack said: He's worried he may be sold (genuine ITK) Told you so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4630 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 3 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: He is strong, can play multiple positions, either footed, decent in the air. I think what I like about him most is he can take a ball on the turn superbly. Not many players can do that. He might well end up being an average player but I think there is a player in there and moving away from Eddie Howe will affect his career. From the financial position we are in , I can see why the club have done it but it’s sad for a player to be shifted out for PSR rather than being unwanted. I think he is a decent enough player but he doesn’t have any standout attributes for me, being able to play in so many positions has probably done him a disservice cos I don’t know what kind of player he is. Obviously I would like him to stay and improve here but needs must and he unfortunately one of our weaker midfielders, where we have the most other players, who someone is will to pay for. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7506 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 2 minutes ago, strawb said: I think he is a decent enough player but he doesn’t have any standout attributes for me, being able to play in so many positions has probably done him a disservice cos I don’t know what kind of player he is. Obviously I would like him to stay and improve here but needs must and he unfortunately one of our weaker midfielders, where we have the most other players, who someone is will to pay for. Yeah, agree with that. I’m not sure what his best position is and if he even fits in with a Howe formation. I think he has been particularly unlucky with injuries when he has tried to break through and has never had a run in a settled position. I just find it sad when a local lad with a bit of talent is sold on. Longstaff doesn’t have his ability and is surely at the point where we need to upgrade him so if it was a toss up I’d lose Ciggy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22675 Posted June 30, 2024 Share Posted June 30, 2024 Holden be hating on Longy? Longy ✅ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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