Happy Face 29 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Didn't they say in the summer that the plan was to improve the bench rather than the first 11. Common sense would say you improve the bench by bringing in such quality you knock players out of the first team onto it. Frugality says otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6182 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Exactly. 12 days to go now and our money men are busy tying up a deal for probably one of our least problematic positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 You proved my point. Why buy kids from abroad for fees and wages when we have our own kids at home in the reserves and academy who would give their right nut to represent the club. I've seen Amalfitano 3 or 4 times now and been very unimpressed. I've seen Abeid more than that and been even less impressed. We are now paying 2.5mil for a kid who has fewer games under his belt than Ferguson and judging by the French journalists on Twitter has a long way to go before he's fit for purpose. We are in dire need of first team players, not strength in depth with kids that may or may not be good in 3 or 4 years. The match against Mid table, championship team Brighton showed how well that policy is going so far Maybe because our scouts rate him to be a better prospect than what we've got? Also that thing about the kids busting a gut is quite a myth as Ferguson and Sammy for me haven't shown that much of a desire when they've played. For whatever reason that might be. Also from the reports coming out of France this lad seems to be very highly rated. For such a low fee I don't see a problem with taking the risk as Ferguson hasn't shown he's anywhere near the player our fat fingered friend from Boldon believes him to be. Also are there any kids there who play in similar positions to Abeid and Amalfitano who are 'home grown' as you say and that you think are good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6182 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'm not arguing the toss with you. If you can't see how a club as tight as ours buying an unproven left back with the current state of our squad you should stick to chatting with CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'm not arguing the toss with you. If you can't see how a club as tight as ours buying an unproven left back with the current state of our squad you should stick to chatting with CT As long as it doesn't have an impact on elsewhere I don't see any problem with that do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Francois Piraux @F8Piraux West Ham have made an offer of €3.5M for Massadio Haïdara. Newcastle made an offer of €3M rejected by Nancy. #WHFC #NUFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Can people not do their own scouting these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULSTER MAG 0 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 That's another we'll miss out on then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Its a fairly obvious tactic though, we invest in scouting but refuse to pay over the odds. So, save money on a scouting network and use the money save to outbid NUFC. Simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20312 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 You proved my point. Why buy kids from abroad for fees and wages when we have our own kids at home in the reserves and academy who would give their right nut to represent the club. I've seen Amalfitano 3 or 4 times now and been very unimpressed. I've seen Abeid more than that and been even less impressed. We are now paying 2.5mil for a kid who has fewer games under his belt than Ferguson and judging by the French journalists on Twitter has a long way to go before he's fit for purpose. We are in dire need of first team players, not strength in depth with kids that may or may not be good in 3 or 4 years. The match against Mid table, championship team Brighton showed how well that policy is going so far Eg-fuckin-zactly We need first team players now if we don't want to go down. That means paying the going the rate ... a far smaller expense than relegation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Francois Piraux @F8Piraux West Ham have made an offer of €3.5M for Massadio Haïdara. Newcastle made an offer of €3M rejected by Nancy. #WHFC #NUFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 GFNFrance @GFN_France RE: #Haidara. From what we understand, #Nancy initially accepted #NUFC offer but they retracted when they received #WHFC's better offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Eg-fuckin-zactly We need first team players now if we don't want to go down. That means paying the going the rate ... a far smaller expense than relegation Nobody is saying that we don't though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) This is getting ridiculous. Can't we keep a deal quiet?? Need to teach these cunts a lesson, make a big bid and get into a bidding war and then pull out and sign someone else. West Ham left holding a 6m bid for Hadeira. Edited January 18, 2013 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 27300 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 GFNFrance @GFN_France RE: #Haidara. From what we understand, #Nancy initially accepted #NUFC offer but they retracted when they received #WHFC's better offer. It'll come down to where the player wants to go then. If he wants to dig his heels in to join us then he will. Though I'm guessing that West Ham will offer better terms than we will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniffer 0 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Even if they don't offer markedly better terms, London will generally trump Newcastle with foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeris 0 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 This is getting ridiculous. Can't we keep a deal quiet?? Need to teach these cunts a lesson, make a big bid and get into a bidding war and then pull out and sign someone else. West Ham left holding a 6m bid for Hadeira. edit:bidding for someone else yes, but never sign.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWalrus 0 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 We can't keep a deal quiet if the selling club leaks it. It's in their interest to start a bidding war and unfortunately that's out of our control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 It seems to be that clubs know we have a good scouting network so whoever we show interest in they will come in an hjack the bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6567 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 It seems to be that clubs know we have a good scouting network so whoever we show interest in they will come in an hjack the bid. Maybe they've cottoned onto this and our actual targets are 3rd or 4th choice. Let them fight over the dross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Maybe they've cottoned onto this and our actual targets are 3rd or 4th choice. Let them fight over the dross. Let's hope. I'm just counting on the fact we are keeping our real targets under wraps. Doesn't surprise me with West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Dodged a bullet, need centre backs not fullbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 15121 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Can't say any of this bothers me too much.....whoever comes in is Santons replacement iyam and for all his faults he knows what the perm is about....16 games to avoid relegation isn't the time to be blooding new young talent.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6567 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Dodged a bullet, need centre backs not fullbacks. Our mascot should be a bullet called Dodge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Dodged a bullet, need centre backs not fullbacks. We need a squad. Can't see that if we signed a cheap full-back this would stop us not looking for a centre half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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