Patience is a virtue!

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Roeders only problem in the Transfer market was being too cagey. He refused to throw money at solving the problem. Which wasn't a bad thing imo.

 

I wouldn't argue with any of Allardyce's buys at the time though, except for barton who I wasn't happy to see here.

 

Has Rodders been proved right in not rushing to sign Kuyt ??? Hmmmm

 

It seems that's debatable. Personally I'd have loved him here but after Souness had spent over £45M in a season, I think Roeders frugality had the best interests of Newcastle at heart and was comendable.

 

 

Hang on, didn't he spend £10.5m on Martins when Liverpool spent £9m on Kuyt ?

 

Martins was proven in a tougher league and has scored more than Kuyt*.

 

*I guess.

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He wasn't really proven in Italy really. He was used primarily as a sub iirc.

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I think he spent all he had.

 

Probably.

 

 

He wasn't really proven in Italy really. He was used primarily as a sub iirc.

 

But he did score goals in Italy and the champions league, as opposed to Holland.

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I think he spent all he had.

 

Probably.

 

 

He wasn't really proven in Italy really. He was used primarily as a sub iirc.

 

But he did score goals in Italy and the champions league, as opposed to Holland.

I wasn't having a pop at him but Roeder took a punt and Martins still has a lot to prove and by that I mean he needs to achieve a lot more consistency.