Newcastle Banter Archive August 15 2011

15 Aug 2011 22:03:17
Definately need a stiker and left back but woried that we looking to pay roughly the same price for either position. A left is important to the team for both defending and helping to start attacks.

But surely spending more on striker who will score goals that turns loses into draws and draws into wins is more important for us to finish in the top half of the table which should be the least of our ambition if we are to kick on from last season and re-establish out selves as a premier club and get into Europa cup.

15 Aug 2011 21:07:18
Just for info:
Modibo Maiga-23 y.o
2010/11- 15gls in 35 games for Sochaux
2009-10- 7gls in 23 games for Sochaux
2008-09- 8gls in 26 games for Le Mans

For Mali-full int'ncl- 1gl in 10 games.

Compare that with other strikers who we could get and I think its a huge risk. T
Psycho

His goal scoring rate seems to be getting as time goes by Look at henry he didnt exactly get a lot of goals before he joined arsenal and with this lad being only 23 it looks like he is improving with age so not too risky really considering some of the strikers we been linked with for the same kind of money

15 Aug 2011 20:27:24
Question.. Can anyone remember late 50s early 60 toon beating a team from Brazil. I think they were called Bella Vista and Author Bottom and Len White both scored 5 goals, or was I dreaming

You weren't dreaming. I was there.

I thought I they did, were you also there when we beat everton 8 2 and man utd 7 3

15 Aug 2011 17:18:26
just want to say, all the people that complained about Pardew now trying int he tranfer window and that we were in for a disapointing summer. Well it looks like hes making moves for as many players as possible. Like i said lets wait until 1st September to judge TOON TOON

Well said mate some people will twist on 21

Agreed. There's no point judging the success of a transfer window until it's over. We all know how much business gets done in the last 24 hours and that's a while away yet.

No idea if there's truth behind the rumours regarding Aly Cissokho, but if so, we should strike while the iron's hot. We need a solid LB and he more than fits the bill.

We needed to have left back and no.9 sorted out for start of season.we play mackems at weekend and even if we sign two players chances are they wouldnt do themselves justice in such a short space of time...del

Pardew promised he would sign players this summer who would exccite the crowd. Are you exited by what he has signed so far - free transfers and bargain basenent deals. Our most expensive signing lookd out of place, out of touch and totally off the pace against Aresenal. Excited - I could wet myself. Now in the last few weeks he is chasing anybody and everybody - the good ones will not sign and we will not pay the money for quality. Now you are saying wait until the 1st Sep - what cloud do you live on

Can't argue with any of that. If we were going to let JE go, we should have had a replacement lined up. £6m ffs.

But that's not how it works. We should know this by now. Same story - different season.

We'll see how it goes. LB, striker, 100%. That's what Pardew said. Newcastle Utd is a business.

Obviously you don't know how to spot the real quality of a player, Cabaye is a league above what we have in a creative sense at the moment, were you expecting an aguero style performance 1st game like?

Cabaye will be a good player, it was his first game in the epl for ffs. As for enrique a new lb should of been purchased before letting him go and we should of had a new striker by now. rant over

Players need to find there feet
Look at enrique when he arrived didn't look promising did he

Remember it tokk shearer 5 games to score for us Let the lad settle as it was only his first game in the premier and was against a good side

Times ticking lads, but I wouldn't get your hopes up on big name signings, Championship players or players from abroad that are not that well known I'd say being honest

15 Aug 2011 14:28:53
do we really want a striker who refuses to play for sochoax just cos he cant get his own way on a move to the toon, i mean whos to say if we sign him and another club come in for him then he will go on strike with us so he can push forward a move to the next club i for one dont want a player like that but lets hope he proves me wrong

Better than trying get somebody like Erding for months, who clearly just did not want to come though

Lets hope which ever striker comes in can surprise us all, as its very unlikely to be a high profile player

Did you want ben arfa?

Hatem Ben Arfa did it and no one is complaining about him being unloyal now.

Isn't this how Ben Arfa got his transfer??

Just let him suffer and put him upfront with Strolla Ameobi so he has to do all the work

Shola actually won stuff genst arsenal but there was no one to pick up pieces. ba was tsih

Well actually marsielle were unloyal to ben arfa by taking away the number 10 away from him. all he said was i am interested in a move to newcastle and try english football. after they did that to him he left and forced a move to be honest i would of done the same.

Well i did want ben arfa av always wanted him even when he was at lyon but that besides the point as the post above shows that marseile were un fair to HBA, but like i said wot if another team comes in for him then he will jump ship as soon as the offer arrives and go on strike, wot is the point having sum 1 only wanting to play for a team just so he can wait for the next team to arrive with an offer?

Alot of players only sign for teams like us and hope to use us as a stepping stone but it may work to our advantage.
For example:
Maiga if he wants to use us to sign for one of the big teams he's going to have to score goals, goals win games and his price will drive up and if we are winning games we will be finishing higher in the league which in turn will make us a more popular choice to players.

Well if you put it like that then i do see where your coming from and we wud benefit then but it just i hate how footballers hav no commitmenr these days its complete tosh now

Yeah that's why I like seeing the youngsters coming through such as Sammy Ameobi, Vukcic and Ferguson as they feel they owe the club for giving them the chance.

15 Aug 2011 12:10:19
does anyone know owt about this maiga guy is he the pacy forward we need...id have robbie keane i know he's older than what ashley want but come on the guys got goals in him...he knows the prem like the back of his hand ...ED what you heard m8 .geordie tom

{Ed042's Note - Covered Maiga on other posts mate, as for Keane hes off to LA Galaxy by the looks of things}

Well another week of wait and see ED...cheers again...geordie tom

Hes not pacey hes like a younger version of strolla ameobi :(

15 Aug 2011 11:10:51
Modibo Maiga - SSN reporting he refused to play at the weekend for Sochaux in order to force a move to NUFC for £7 million? ED, anyone know anything about this guy? Apparently one of the top scorers in France last season?

Pete Toon.

{Ed042's Note - Scoring record of approx. 1 every 2.5 games, very good in the air but his work rate isnt the best from what I seen of him last season, very similar player to Ba imo}

15 Aug 2011 12:38:44
The ritual castigation of Joey Barton in the press is getting ridiculous. The Gervinho incident is the sort of handbags that happens every week in football. How many times have you seen a player dive and then an opposition player drag them to their feet? Notice how the Song stamp, which is the real violence that people should be talking about, has been roundly ignored in the media. If Joey Barton had stamped on Song, commentators and writers would form a lynch mob calling for him to be banned from football. You can't have one rule for some and another for everyone else, in spite of Joey's past. Judge incidents on merit, and not the players involved. Joey, like most honest men, can see the red mist descend, but what about the wirters who start foaming at the mouths every time he makes a tackle. With a bit of perspective, any football fan would call the Gervinho incident handbags. At least Joey had the decency to come out and admit he over-reacted. The same can't be said for Song and Gervinho, but of course nobody cares about that.

We are right behind you Joey

The bloke is a nutter now hes slagging shearer off

15 Aug 2011 11:03:11
NUFC have bid £7 mil for Sochaux and Mali 23yr old Striker Madibo Maiga (confirmed on skysports website he scored 15 goals in his 1st season for sochaux looks like a handy player my only reservation is another African CF Ba Shola and Maiga could all go to the ACN so Could SAMeobi wwhich is a dangerous game by nufc

Nigeria didn't qualify so Shola and Sammy won't be going.

What about mali?

Ooooooh we - get to keep Shola - I'm now brimming with confidence

15 Aug 2011 09:51:04
I personally wouldn't go for Bellamy. The last thing the club needs right now is another player that could potentially throw a spanner in the works and cause unrest.

I think we should go back with a bid for Nicky Maynard. Scored again yesterday and lets be honest Bristol City are in turmoil. Why would he want to stay there?

Also, after watching the game on Sat it was obvious that we don't need someone like Bendtner. He is a very similar type of player to Shola and Demba. We need a smaller striker with pace and skill that can penetrate defences.

Obertan looked good as well, I'm not going to say I told you so yet, i'm just saying.....................

Geo

I allready said that in an earlier post m8 about forwards being similar...we defo need a nippy forward ...

Sorry mate, I didn't see that earlier post. We're both agreed

Geo

Ba is similar to Bendner?
We obviously watched different matches.
Ba is crap,