Newcastle Banter Archive January 23 2013

23 Jan 2013 23:12:21
Just heard Colo not playing for toon again.My god what next?

Always a low after our highs :c

23 Jan 2013 22:34:52
1 Tim Krul (Dutch)
2 Fabricio Coloccini (Argentinian)
3 Davide Santon (Italian)
4 Yohan Cabaye (French)
5 Danny Simpson (English)
6 Mike Williamson (English)
8 Vurnon Anita (Dutch)
9 Papiss Cisse (Cameroon)
10 Hatem Ben Arfa (French)
11 Yoan Gouffran (French)
13 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa. (French)
14 James Perch (English)
15 Dan Gosling (English)
16 Ryan Taylor (English)
17 Romain Amalfitano. (French)
18 Jonas Gutierrez. (Argentinian)
20 Gael Bigirimana (Burundian)
21 Rob Elliot (English)
22 Sylvain Marveaux (French)
23 Shola Ameobi (English)
24 Cheick Tiote (Ivory Coast)
25 Gabriel Obertan (French)
26 Mathieu Debuchy (French)
27 Steven Taylor (English)
28 Sammy Ameobi (English)
29 Haris Vuckic (Slovenian)
31 Shane Ferguson (N-Irish)
37 James Tavernier (English)
37 Steve Harper (English)
39 Mehdi Abeid (Algerian)


So that's our team players including nationalities and squad numbers.

When you look at it the whole French influence ain't as bad as they make out in the tabloids.

Ain't we only allowed to register 25 per season ed??

Who would be your 25? Anyone?? {Ed001's Note - 25 over the age of 21, any under that don't need to be registered.}

Cisse is from senegal to be fair

23 Jan 2013 22:15:34
i think we should go for stephen ireland he would be cheap and he would be a good squad player

I got a laugh at that one.

Ha are you kidding or what

Tell the truth you are a Villa supporter are you not

More like a mackem

23 Jan 2013 21:54:20
Gouffran has officially signed. It's on the club's official site with a picture of him holding the shirt so it's definitely official

23 Jan 2013 19:53:25
What is going on with this club? Will we be signing a french goalkeeper next, that will make the squad complete (french be or see team), with the exception of a few! What happened to fielding a team of Geordies (was it Shepherd or Hall who said that in Keegans days!!!). We will soon be running out to the french national anthem. Soon local lads like Ameobi won't be able to get into the team (not the best example of local, but you know what I mean)!! Totally disgusted, can Graham Carr not scout anywhere other than France or does Llambias only get airmiles or nectar points (whatever the french equivalent is) from there. Ed your thoughts please! {Ed001's Note - nothing wrong with buying the best priced talent out there, no matter where they are from. It just needs the academy to step up now, so that it can provide the Geordies to compliment the players brought in.}

Me for one agrees totally with ed001is there no satisfianing some people last week they were complaing about the lack of signings look it makes sense .Man you are going to sign a young Englishman for 15mil who's got no prem experience we've hopefully might have 4 players in for roughly the same price .

Does it matter where a player is from providing he's good. The comment regarding Ameobi I hope it's not intended the way it reads. We've moved on from the 70s {Ed001's Note - I was hoping he meant just that he is not a very good player!}

Football in this country is behind Europe when it come to youth football, been well documented. Until that's sorted the team of geordies will have to wait.

Agree abit, but English clubs want far too much for their talent, would of like to see ince from Blackpool but they want 6 mil hughes from derby the want 5 mill plus. And Zaha looking to be 10 mil plus. With sammy he needs to gain more experiance should be out on lone, not good enough to be in our first team

So your not pleased with the scouting and signings of absolute gems of your cabayes and Ben arfas who are potentially now worth 20m. We potentiallly have one of the best scouting networks in France in the premier league. Are you not happy? To get montpellier captain, 23 years old.for just 6m, that's a bargain!

I agree mate, but as long as dipping (swimming) into the French market helps us avoid relegation and kicks us on nxt season then so be it. We wouldn't be able to
compete signing the likes of zaha, sterling etc due to silly prices and silly wages

The real reason that we haven't got many youngsters coming through is because our academy is producing absolute rubbish and needs an overhaul.
The further away Sammy is from the first team the better he is shocking and I find it rather embarrassing that he has played for our first team.

The days when you just had to shout down a mine shaft for a centre-forward have long gone, mate. It's a big world and we need the best players we can get, wherever they're from.

23 Jan 2013 19:02:50
Since we have signed Yanga-Mbiwa.... I was thinking we could play 3-2-3-2. Now I know that playing 3 at the back is risky... looking at Wigan etc etc but Steven Taylor when on form is excellent and always gives 100% for us. So I was thinking Krul, Saylor, Yanga Mbiwa, Coloccini (C) then in the 2 CDM roles I would put Tiote and Anita. Cabaye at CAM Marveaux at LAM and Ben Arfa at RAM. Then up from Gouffran and Cisse... but I'm not sure Gouffran is the type of player that will support Cisse becoz as we all know Cisse is a goal poacher.. not a target man. Now some of you will be going where the f is Santon and Debuchy? Well I was thinking that against the top 4 and teams who are very effeective down the wings... we could replace Gouffran with Debuchy and Santon with Marveaux. then put Debuchy at RAM and Santon at LAM this would allow Ben Arfa to play a CF role in front of Cabaye but behind Cisse free to roam and use his flair. This would be very good as the back 3 would be solid, then Debuchy and Santon would get back and get forward as much. Against the weaker sides, we must keep possession effectively to allow Marveaux and Ben Arfa in those wide areas to thrive, and when any of the sides we play does attack us, we must hit them on the break like we did last season against West Brom, that was excellent football! We could rotate this squad a lot if the projected players were to come. Sissoko in for Anita as well which would literally be an incredible side. Next season I don't think we will have a set starting 11 which will help us in terms of fatigue. that's all guys... what do you all think? JoeyNUFC98

Can't afford to start experimenting now should not leave the back helpless. Maybe a 4231 formation would be better :
Krill
Debuchy saylor/colo MYM haidara

Tiote Anita/ sissoko

Ben arfa cabaye santon

Cisse /gouffran

If we can get RVW then put him LAM and santon back to LB

23 Jan 2013 17:16:17
i hear collo stayin, for me I wasnt to bothered if he went was cracking last season but this season a big flop. how can he focus all his attention on football when his wife and kids have gone back to argentina and this is showing so far.hes not been the leader we have had in previous seasons i'd love to see cabaye as captain but then mite have an even bigger impact on collo tricky situation.

Rubbish.

I think we should all be glad he is staying our situation would be a lot worse if he left. we would be right up a certain creak without a paddle! If he does go in the summer due to personal reasons the he should go with our blessings he has been fantastic for us over the years!

Lewis

Hows it rubbish he been ran around all season not just williamsons fault
.just because he's the captain no need for everyone to lick his a**e.

23 Jan 2013 16:38:52
Bafetimbi Gomis is out of conract in the summer, surely this is the sort of player we should be chasing tying down for next season or getting him at a bargan price now, he is a provem goalscorer and would fit perfectly into the premiership

Just a thought. There just might be other, bigger clubs willing to give him a trial...

23 Jan 2013 16:00:20
interesting who leaves now harper, xisco, simpson all out of contract in summer all on good contracts

It's beginning to look as though Llambias has finally seen the light and set about strengthening the first-team squad instead of looking for cheap prospects. If he keeps on like this I can see a big clear-out of second-raters this summer (Simpson, Williamson, Perch) and loads of kids shipped out on long loan (Fergy, Sammy, Tav, Abeid, Amalfitano).

23 Jan 2013 15:24:06
panic buys are a big mistake when the club needing strengthening was in the summer as most fans new the squad was wafer thin mr pardew and mr ashley are bricking themselves as they didn't see this coming and were not expecting a relegation battle if the team don't get nothing at villa and are then losing at home it will be weird to see how all these foreigners will understand the 50,000 geordies booing them difficult times ahead

If your going to boo I would prefer that you stay at home and boo at the radio/tv.
Not sure that the signings are panic buys due to the fact we have been scouting most of the players we are signing for over a year. It just so happens that they are available now, at prices we can afford. The fact that we are in a sticky position in the league, may have given Ashley a nudge to get some bodies in, but they are not panic buys.

Col

Trying to be civil... A. I think 'foreigners' well understand boos and B. most of the players we are buying have been long-term targets. its not as if we're getting them at stupid prices or anything.

HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY SPIN THE EXCITING STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING NEGATIVELY?

How can you say these are panic buys. We have already confirmed two excellent defenders who we have been after since we'll before this season started and hopefully signing sissoko who again we've been linked with for a while now. The other two who are having medicals will be coming in as squad players for competition. Yes we still need another striker but still a week left so let's wait and see. And just a little fact, to date we have spent a quarter of all the money spent in the premier league by teams this window

23 Jan 2013 14:03:02
For once, i'll be able to go to bed at;;]]; 9pm on deadline day and not worry about if nufc are going to sign anyone.

We'll leave that to Villa and Harry hijack in the last chance saloon.

We could sell a top player on the last day, have you learnt nowt about this regime yet lol

23 Jan 2013 13:10:52
Does anyone no when Ben Arfa will be fit again?

February he should be back for Spurs game

23 Jan 2013 00:51:31
Anyone worried that mike ashley might be relocating us to normandy.. I hear he's just baught a place over there..

Dannitoon

French flag colors match the sports direct logo - seems the only other country we scout is Holland... there is a theme here