ChezGiven 0 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Not much and as I've said it's all relative. I wonder what will happen to Gomis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToony 41 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 How many more ways can Mike Ashely fuck over the fans? Change the club name from Newcastle to Cockney something or other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12736 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Not sure out posts are inconsistent. We buy in the winter as its easier to judge if money is needed to coast along. To be fair, the squad is better than last September. So is everyone else's obviously. Â Think that strategy is asking for trouble tbh. The fifth placed finish was built on a good start brought on by signing the likes of Ba and Cabaye early. Granted, Cisse helped a lot in January but that's how clubs shooting for Europe each season operate. I know you're not defending it btw. Â I think the first XI is stronger (with Marveaux, Steven Taylor, Anita as your subs to make it 14) but after that, I think we're poor. Players like Simpson and Perch were at least dependable, solid options and we lack those decent hands now. Dan Gosling is ineffectual a central midfielder as we'll ever have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Is January 13 not a special case because of a possible relegation threatening Ashley's asset? If we're operating on the idea that is being floated around regarding Ashley hoping to coast along and profit along the way? January windows are fairly productive for us. worth noting Cissé & Debuchy were both summer targets we put off until the January window.  2010: Williamson, Routledge, Simpson 2011: Ben Arfa*, Ireland 2012: Cissé 2013: Debuchy, Mbiwa, Gouffran, Haidara, Sissoko  *made permanent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12736 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 (edited) January windows are fairly productive for us. worth noting Cissé & Debuchy were both summer targets we put off until the January window.  2010: Williamson, Routledge, Simpson 2011: Ben Arfa*, Ireland 2012: Cissé 2013: Debuchy, Mbiwa, Gouffran, Haidara, Sissoko  *made permanent  The special case was in the money we spent. Had we been relatively safe, I'd have argued it was only Debuchy that would have came in. Maybe Sissoko's contract situation would have seen him come in too. Obviously, we don't know anything, mind. Edited September 2, 2013 by Ayatollah Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 The special case was in the money we spent. Had we been relatively safe, I'd have argued it was only Debuchy that would have came in. Maybe Sissoko's contract situation would have seen him come in too. Obviously, we don't know anything, mind. Agreed. Â Sissoko was all set for a pre-contract, but we moved it forward. I vaguely remember his club having a moan about it. Â http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/190169.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-I-S-S-O-K-O 0 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 We buy in January because the season ticket cancellations are in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Got to hand it to Ashley he's like a Colonel Kurtz at the end of a long dark river. His thinking is pure and crystalline. Summer spends? Nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26162 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Sissoko and Gouffran were the only two targets we brought forward in January? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6129 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Can someone please collate quotes from the club/Pardew/Kinnear regarding our transfer intentions and dealings in the summer and arm a credible journalist with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26162 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I'd guess that any credible journalists are already close to the final draft of their Kinnear assassination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6129 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I'd guess that any credible journalists are already close to the final draft of their Kinnear assassination. If we're deemed to be worthy of the bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 How many more ways can Mike Ashely fuck over the fans? Change the club name from Newcastle to Cockney something or other? Â Not sure why he'd do that, given he isn't from London... Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6129 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 He's not from Mongolia either, yet he's carrying on like a right mong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 2406 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 No surprises then. Â JFK can fuck off then considering he has accomplished exactly nothing since being brought in. Â Trot on now John Kinnary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26162 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 When things are so shit that even Derek Llambias is jumping ship then you know you're in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Since no new striker has been brought in we're massively reliant on the form and fitness of the rapist. Shola is a sub at best and gouffran is a support striker. We can't rely on hba to score wonder goals each week and cisse is also out of form. Myopic transfer policy imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 When things are so shit that even Derek Llambias is jumping ship then you know you're in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14525 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 We buy in January because the season ticket cancellations are in February.  There may be more than a grain of truth in this  I'd guess that any credible journalists are already close to the final draft of their Kinnear assassination.  They'd be missing the point though. Ultimately its not Kinnear's money and if he'd turned round to Ashley and said "we need four players priced 5-10 million each Mike" it wouldnt have made a blind bit of difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3418 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 All the idiots saying we did our summer spending in January, yes we did, but it was the previous summers' spending not this one ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3418 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Even bloody West Brom finally managed to shell out some cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14525 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 All the idiots saying we did our summer spending in January, yes we did, but it was the previous summers' spending not this one ffs. Â Not sure if thats actually true. We get what we get, I dont think there are any hard and fast rules as such. We've spent in the previous two January windows, both for completely different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3418 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Whatever. I think this is the proper way to close this thread and sum up everyone's feelings: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19732 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 As predicted, Pardew had been royally stitched up for the second summer running. Our second string is appalling. We're a couple of injuries away from another relegation battle. It's going to be another long, hard season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 When you've got Joe Kinnear turning up to a club to negotiate a transfer, can anyone blame a player for not wanting to sign for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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