Newcastle Banter Archive January 04 2013

04 Jan 2013 21:49:10
everyone is saying we need a new cb and its our main priority. to be honest our main priority was a striker/winger even if ba was staying.to be fair when ba can't score or cisse, we both agree they're similar players e.g movement finishing speed etc, you can't take one off and expect the other to do it by himself even though the defence know what's coming. with a pacey strong winger, striker they're full off tricks and skills and the player becomes unpredictable for example at chelsea even though they're 50m striker can't score you look at mata, hazard, oscar, moses and marin to score because they're wingers who can finish like strikers. thats why they signed b because a soon as drogba left no one was a traditional striker. if abramovic gave drogba a new contract i guarantee he would be top goal corer with at least 17 goals because with the service from the midfield hazard, mata and oscar/moses he gonna get the most chances and everyone know's he's a top striker.

if we sign remy, aubameyang, seydu doumbia, kevin gamiero then we will bounce in to the top 8 of the table.

however i've got this feeling were gonna sign someone like bafetimbi gomis, harauro, maiga, austin, odemwingie then we might as well start a relegation battle.

What a load of tosh. Our defence has needed shoring up all season - this is why we have lost games. Colo has been out of form, Taylor injury
prone and Williamson a nightmare who should have been sold 2 seasons ago. We need a comanding CB who can lead the team and more creativity / skill in midfield. We failed to briong in players in the summer when we had something to offer - a top 6 side with a European challenge. Now we are in a relegation battle because we failed to invest and Puppet Pardew is talking about being patient which meaqns we will not buy as we need to yer again

The best inside for good money winger/striker we could get would be Lens; fast, a good finisher and a technically gifted footballer. He'd perhaps be a bit of a gamble as it's the Dutch league, but he wouldn't cost a lot coming from PSV in wages or transfer fee.
Remy would definitely be a good bet, but he'd cost more and also in France he's not known for being prolific and he IS known for being a bit stroppy. I'd be happy with either.
This is all irrelevant though, as the weakest link in the team is the defence (half fixed with Debuchy), WE NEED A CB - END OF STORY.

So signing 4 strikers will help in leaking goals left right and centre?

Goals strart from defence a weak defence and a lack of goals go hand in hand.... defences that cant pass quickly and accurately usually end up piunting long balls upfield hence lack of goals...some of our best goals came when Cabaye and Ben Arfa picked up the ball in defence and started attacks from there...we need a solid defence first and foremost

04 Jan 2013 19:18:26
Why not go after John Guidetti, he is a good striker and i think he can do a great job. And we can get him around 3-5 mill a good signing i think.

City don't sell to other teams in the league, would be a good player though.

They sold johnson to the mackems

Fair point.

04 Jan 2013 18:00:49
After reading that most of the players are out, who exactly is going to be playing?

Elliot
Tavernier--Williamson--perch--fergeson/santon
Bigiramana (maybe)--abeid--fergeson(if not left back)
Marveaux--ranger--obertan

This is the only team I can think we could put out unless we blood streete in defence which would push perch to midfield but then who's on the bench? To say we're stretched is an understatement! {Ed033's Note -

Dummett is in the squad.

Ranger doesn't deserve to play for us. Put Campbell in he's not too young and is a better player than Ranger already.
Elliot
Tav Willo Perch Santon
Oba Bigi(if fit) Abeid Ferguson
Campbell Ameobi

Be interesting to see how Williamson copes against a championship team. This could increase our case for a new cb by full time tomorrow.

04 Jan 2013 16:43:43
Let's hope our only decent striker Papiss Cissee doesn't get injured, as at present I'm not sure we are going to get a decent replacement for Ba reading Pardew' comments about shoala, together with comments about S Taylor coming back.

Hope i'm wrong but nervous, the next three league games are very important and if we are serious about another striker and quality centre half we need to get them signed now so they are bedded in and ready. We shouldn't be looking we should have had deals in place. We all knew that Ba was almost cetain to go and if he didn't another striker would provide competition anyway same applies to a centre half.

He took a knock against Everton and is being rested, collo too I think

04 Jan 2013 15:44:38
Pardew saying Staylor coming back is helping us out. Does anyone else think that he might be saying we're not going to get another Centre Back? I'll be livid if we don't because Staylor is a sicknote and Williamson wouldn't get into most Championship teams

Or maybe he's coming back and it will help us in defense!

Agree on that mate !

It will be sheer negligence again to not sign a quality defender imo.

04 Jan 2013 13:17:27
Right, our next four games in all comp. are must wins, brighton away, norwich away, reading home, villa away. If we lose against brighton and norwich i can't see us even getting into the top 12.
Team for brighton:
4-3-3 Krul, Santon, Willo, Coloccini, Ferguson, Perch, Bigiramana, Marveaux, Obertan, Cisse, Sammy Ameobi.
If we can get a good cup run going, it will give us confidence in the league. If we go unbeaten in the next 4 games, preferably with more wins than draws, and get more signings in, we can finish in the top 10. Especially with HBA, cabaye returning and play like we did last season, we can do an everton. We have to beat brighton, coz i don't think i can stand much more stick from my friends.

Krull

santon willo collo Fergy

Perch Biggi

anita marveaux Obertan

Cisse

You're willing to risk Cisse, Colo and Marveaux in a third round F.A cup game when we're in a relegation battle?

Need a win to boost confidence. Anyway Cisse and Collo have been left at home.

04 Jan 2013 12:48:23
Very pleased to see that the Debuchy deal has gone through as it will bring some much needed quality to out right-back position - something we have needed for past two seasons in my opinion.

Reading Pardew's comments today on other transfers though i must say i find them very frustrating! Apparently we need to be patient in out search for a new striker!? It seems Remy is as badly kept secret as Debuchy was, so why not just get the deal done?! A striker has been needed since the summer, and now even more so that Ba has moved on.

Also i hear him saying that a CB may have to wait until the summer. Sorry Pardew put that needs to be addressed in this window as well! Williamson is a clown and is constantly found wanting.

I've heard Pardew say that MA has said on a few occasions we should have signed an extra player in the summer, so there's 1 player. Surely we still would of signed 1 player in this window as well? So there's 2 players. A replacement for Demba Ba in my eyes makes 3 players in this window.

As a season ticket holder who has watched frustratingly as a season which should of seen us if not push on higher then at least consolidate has now placed us in a relegation battle i urge Ashley, Llambias, Pardew and co. to get the job done and with urgency. The time for scouting, discussing and analysing has long gone!!

It's also the selling side, they know there is great interest in their player so will hold out as long as possible to get the most money possible.

04 Jan 2013 12:34:08
hey ed have you heard anything about remy sitsuation {Ed013's Note - Still just the enquiry as far as I know}

04 Jan 2013 00:34:25
havnt seen remy, but people say put him on the left, cant we just stick marvoux on left ? and go for another centre attacking midfielder,

Remy is a world class player can play striker or left wing. 10m is a bargain for him, look him up on youtube. He's fast, powerful and clinical.

Fast, powerful and clinical......lol

I did alfonso on utube when we got him, he looked good, where the hell he disappeared to

Hardly world class... Decent for sure, 10 mil is an appropriate January price.

03 Jan 2013 23:55:49
I'm sorry to say this but I think krul need another young gk to put pressure on him and think one of the two keeper are keep and that is Ron-Robert Zieler of Hanover 23 gk 6"1 or Marc-Andre ter stegan of B.Monchengladbach 20 gk 6"2 . Toon Jegz

Too much fifa me thinks x

The club was crazy to let Fraser Forster go, it is not like his value was going to go down if we kept him.

We got peanuts for the potential next England number 1.