All things transfer and rumour related

[jhonny]

Can't believe that Xisco is still there, and one of the top earners.

[Guest Mirezzi]

Eh, Kebe has pace and little else. Nothing to see here.

 

I'm done with Pardew.

[Npoess]

@jhonny

 

sorry, I edited that picture.

 

They've actuallly made some really quality signings. But Pardew can be such a hypocrite sometimes.

Edited January 24, 2013 by Ceerial

[Guest Mirezzi]

Yeah, he's a fucking twat, lets' be honest.

 

I do love Gouffran though.

[YO303]

Eh, Kebe has pace and little else. Nothing to see here.

 

I'm done with Pardew.

 

Why does he keep buying second-rated frenchmen?

 

Nothing against the french but the players hes buying are so average, why didn't he splashed the money to buy M'villa? ugh Newcastle on the way down (probably not because wigan and reading are shit and Aston Villa keep getting shittier and shittier)

[Guest Mirezzi]

I think because depth is the biggest problem right now. One player of M'Villa's caliber isn't going to make much difference. They've been completely gutted by injuries.

[Guest Gary C]

So many January signings can work either way though. It can either rejuvenate a team and provide competition for places... Or it will completely break the spirit of the peripheral players already at the club.

 

Plus, that's like 10 Frenchmen or something... Did Pardew learn nothing from the national team's meltdown?

[Guest Mirezzi]

...or from Fulham circa 2003 under Jean Tigana.

Edited January 24, 2013 by The Overlook

[Guest Mirezzi]

Despite my problems with Pardew, this is a pretty excellent article about the recent influx of Frenchmen.

 

http://www.football365.com/f365-says/8440672/No-Identity-Crisis-At-Newcastle

 

I'll add to his article by saying that clubs the size of Newcastle are always going to look to Africa or France or Spain or South America for high quality young talent. Why? Because you can often buy 3 competent "International" footballers for the price of 1 Englishman. Worse yet, that Englishman may be Stewart Downing.

 

My favorite two bits from this article:

 

 

Debuchy + Yanga-Mbiwa + Cabaye + Ben Arfa + Tiote + Cisse = Andy Carroll

 

 

Ask Newcastle fans whether they were proud of their squad that contained 11 Englishmen and were relegated in 2008/9, and you will have your answer. Newcastle's business in this window has been hugely impressive, and fans would rather see 11 different nationalities playing Premier League football than 11 Geordies in the Championship.

Edited January 26, 2013 by The Overlook

[Guest Mirezzi]

Coutinho to Liverpool.

 

Thoughts?

 

A late game spark off the bench? Left wing? In the midfield?

[Guest Blue Peter Cheat]

I think Brodge has a thing for willowy young men.

 

He wants to get rid of older, hard gnarly looking men and replace them with young, lithe specimens, prancing to his tune. He can dominate them in his breast-zippered body warmer and blame them for all his shortcomings. Like being steamrolled by Oldham Athletic.

Edited January 30, 2013 by Blue Peter Cheat

[Guest Mirezzi]

flol. I'll admit that while watching that dreadful Being Liverpool show, I thought Brodge was a creepy and stupid fat fuck. In other words, he's a Liverpudlian wet dream of a manager.

[Npoess]

Samba to QPR.

 

Amazing signing for QPR, I reckon they have a chance of staying up now.

 

 

'Arry won't spend the owners money.

 

 

Edited January 31, 2013 by Ceerial

[Npoess]

Edited January 31, 2013 by Ceerial

[YO303]

If QPR go down .. hahaha

[dr lopez]

yeah i still think they will. if not.... then harry deserves a place in history

[Npoess]

Kind of bizarre seeing Chelsea and Manchester City in the bottom of this list:

 

 

 

[dr lopez]

what is this a graph of? goal differential?

[kakapo]

net spend

[dr lopez]

oh woah

[Guest Ron Manager]

So are the Newcastle fans still moaning about the French influx or are you all crying new dawn yet?

[chenGOD]

They've all started speaking geordie with a french accent.

[Npoess]

Neymar to Barca

 

If this happens, my already huge dislike of the club will raise with approx. +180%

[Guest Mirezzi]

The exodus of footballers from Dortmund to Bayern is sickening.

[Amen Lare]

The exodus of footballers from Dortmund to Bayern is sickening.

 

They have certain rule to not sell more than one player a season. I read it from their sporting director. Nuri Sahin, next year Kagawa, this year it was planned to be Lewandowski because of expiring contract, but fucker Goetze killed it. Anyway, Klopp says Lewandowski isn't out. And for Goetze - if they substitute him with Eriksen for less than half a price, they may become stronger, actually. Eriksen is better at passing and some other abilities, so it's Klopp's task to use it smartly.