Newcastle Rumours Archive January 13 2013

13 Jan 2013 22:20:30
Alright lads, ive no alligance to your club but thought id just let you know that Loic Remy has arrived in Newcastle in last hour, i know this cause my wife worked on his flight, well for use having 10 mill to spend, i wish my club spent £10, best of luck for rest of Season

Yes £8 million
and we have been wishing for a long time that our club would spend money, we just hope its not too late

Fantastic news if true mate!

25 games 5 goals lol

"25 games 5 goals? LOL". You think just because that is his goal scoring record that he is useless? He has an amazing assist record and is an impact player, Fast, stronger and energetic. He's a great player. Also he is young which is a great asset to have. He hasn't scored many goals mainly due to being third striker for his former club (hopefully former!) When he does get on the pitch it is due to being a last ten minute spell so the 25 games aren't exactly full games. The lad is a great signing.

^^ totally agree, remy is a quality player, and for just 8.3m? that's a bargain, he was originally priced at 22m. I say this all the time, form is temporary, class is permanent. A change of leagues will help him and so will 50,000 most passionate fans In England. Soon remy will be a fans favourite, but will people please just stop going on about his form this season, he's a quality player and will show it at newcastle.

But 19 of those 25 games he only played a total of over 400 mins which is more like 5 games therefore when you look at his goals per minutes on the pitch it's far healthier reading. More like 5 goals in 10 about 1goal every 180 mins not bad for a player apparently out of sorts

He's going to qpr sadly, bigger wage packet

He's going to QPR.

13 Jan 2013 19:58:38
Just herd Danny graham in talks as well with toon me for one would be happy with remy and graham

Danny Graham doesn't have a particularly good goal scoring record for any team he has played for and 1 in 3 in the championship is not good just look at AC and Shola's records when we were in the championship, he is also 27 and would cost a fair bit and we don't want to play hoof ball so what would he actually bring to our team, would be a waste of money and wages, rather see a younger player brought in or players like Adam Campbell given the chance over Danny Graham

Need Danny as back up

We don't want to play hoof ball? have you watched NUFC lately? we play more "hoof balls" than any other team in the premier

Since when have Swansea played hoof-ball? Danny would be ideal backup and would provide a different option to cisse & remy

Danny Graham scored 24 goals in 45 games in his last season in the championship.

That is better than 1 in 2, so please do not try to dress up his goal tally.

He knocked in 12 league goals last season and was not even a regular, that is not many goals shy of what Ba scored last season.

Have you watched Danny Graham play in many games?

I would be willing to bet that Danny Grahams goals to shots ratio is as good as anyone we already have.

''We don't want to play hoof ball? have you watched NUFC lately? we play more "hoof balls" than any other team in the premier''

Actually no we don't, have you watched the last 5 or 6 games?

We did not play hoofball against Man you or Arsenal, same against Norwich.

Maybe 10 or more games ago we were still considered a hoofball team but that is not our style anymore, it creeps in now and again if we are behind in a game and need a fast goal but we are by no means the biggest hoofball team in the league anymore.

Look at opta stats, before xmas we'd played more long more balls than any other team in the league it may have altered if you include the last games but we'll still be right up there

For one, Swansea don't play the 'hoof ball as most of their players in the upper half are quite small and won't win a header! second of all, Graham as a third striker is a great signing. The chances are we will play Ben area, remy and cisse upfront. so for a third striker and probably a Europe starter, him and his goal record are welcome as far as i am concerned.

We've missed Leon Best desperately, he was a solid striker without being spectacular that was always capable of scoring goals. The same can't be said for Shola...

Just because we play hoof ball doesnt mean we want to, It is mostly down to williamson playing and not being able to do anything but hoof it 40 yards up the pitch to no one, and picking out one good season doesn't make graham good, before that he was barely managing 1 in 3 in league 1, don't see any difference between him and shola in my opinion and feel the money would be better off spent improving our defence this january

Graham has not played in league 1 since the 08/09 season.

Come on... you are not going to judge a striker on their goal record from that long ago are you?

Robin Van Persie would still be rubbish by that thinking.

13 Jan 2013 14:44:03
Marseille President has confirmed they have accepted a bid for Loic Remy. Now he will enter talks, and hopefully the player will be a NUFC player by the end of the week.

They will have already agreed terms with Remy's reps, otherwise a bid to Marseille is pointless.

I know this is wrong with the official protocols of getting permission, but we all know how the world works!

Hopefully this gets done by the morning, and see at least one more before Reading too!

By end ov week.should be signed well before weekend....

He has left the team hotel to travel to newcastle the nite

It could be done by tomorrow from what I hear

Med and negs will take a couple of days, I would think.

If he signs by Thursday he can play in the Reading game

Don't know why you would disagree about Medical takeing a bit longer as he has a heart condition so test will be more extensive, no.

By 12 noon fri, would make a player avail sat at 3

13 Jan 2013 13:23:33
Tomkins trying to force through his move to Newcastle....Big sam trying to stop him leaving but the chuckle brothers can see the money!

Didn't Tomkins refuse to come to us when they were relegated? I don't see this one happening

WH quoted as wanting £10 million for Tomkins..... get real !!!....£3 million would be about realistic from what I've seen.

Tomkins won't join us now that Collins has a torn Hammy, they will need him to cover.

13 Jan 2013 10:05:26
newcastle looking seriously at port vale 20 goal striker tom pope.

13 Jan 2013 01:26:38
Despite all the speculation over Collo - He won't be leaving any time soon. He only signed a four year contract just little less than a year ago and he is 30. Despite all his class, He won't be bought. Especially not by his fathers smaller club, who are the only one's that he will sign for. We would have to sell him for equal to what we payed for him, which was round the 10 mill mark! (better player now than what he was!) Despite the lads wishes, and all fairness to his wife falling ill. The boy should know, you can't just ask to leave in football. Especially not with a 10 mill price tag on your head and especially not to a smaller club for nothing. The lads would have been better keeping his mouth shut!

What you on about...all fairness to his ill wife but he should know better, he has to stay..have you heard yourself?

Smaller club? ashley has made us a tiny club that sells best players

He can leave if he is that desperate he can buy out his contract himself

Colo will go on strike to force move

If he wants to leave, hope pards can come to resolution they'll let him leave in summer of suitable bid comes. we need him for these next 4 months.

His wife is seriously ill which is far more important than football at this time...Show some respect man!

Wait, wait, wait. he never said that he can't leave because his wife is ill. he is saying that just because he says he wants to leave doest mean he can walk out. the lad was bought for ten million. he can't just be allowed to walk out whenever he wishes. at the very least he has to buy out his contract, so 4 years times his weekly wage = a few million. And i don't think you all need reminding, ashley couldn't give a rubbish, he spent the money and he will intend to get his moneys worth.

To the top comment -out of what you said, 'have you heard yourself', you made no clear point. the comment is clearly true. He has a contract, which means the club own him for four years. Newcastle will never in a million years let him go for nothing to his dads club nor will they sell him cheap. the most he can do is buy his contract out which will cost the lad millions to do. its fairly obvious that just because he has asked to leave it doesn't mean he will just be aloud to go. and Have some respect? that's why i said 'allfairness to his wife being ill'. My point was that he would have been better speaking to Pardew and ashley 1 to 1 rather than having a public outcry which has sparked nothing but speculation and rumour. If i was in his shoes i would want to return back to my home country too. Surely you are all not naive enough to think just because he asked, he will get it. And strike? sure ye can go on strike, but again that will cost him millions to do. as every day he doesn't train/play he is refusing to secombe to the contract HE SIGNED! At the end of the day don't have a tiff and slag me off for making a a point which is true. Football is business at the end of the day and i would move you all to challenge for Ashelys soft side to let the boy go for free when he cost ten mil

I agree with the above point that it should have been kept between senior management, I'd hope that pardew and ashley would have been understanding and would have offered to help. He is our club captain and a great centre back, I hope we stand by him and do our best to help our black and white brother. I do feel let down that he or his family went to the press, it has just sparked rumours, which to me seems disrespectful to the club, and the collocinis. I hope sincerely that she gets well soon.

I wasnt intending to make a point, it was an observation of your statement, which judging by peoples reactions (mine included) was deemed disrespectful. Of course Im sure you considered collo would have to buy himself out if he wanted to leave, Im not disputing that, however that was not what you had you written, it came as if Newcastles current predicament was more important than his wife's health. In any case, Im not here to argue and your last post explains your point and opinion a lot more clearly