BJG123 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Is this guy any good? Can't be worse than Shackell and Doherty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Has all this stuff about Guiterez's contract and the Argentinian club been sorted ? You have to pay ? He has to pay ? Deal is 100% done then ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted July 15, 2008 Administrators Share Posted July 15, 2008 Kadar has looked very good in the reserves, very highly rated by the club. I think technically he'll be fine, just not sure if he's up to it physically. Even so, I'd take the risk if I was a Championship club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Just been reading some posts on NO - seems we might still be in the hunt for Aimar. Benfica thought they had the deal wrapped up, but it's not happened yet. 'Outside Interference' according to the Portugese press. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 All I know Razzler is that he will be wearing a toon black and white shirt next year. Should be a good experience for Kadar especially with Roeder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 More of the media going with the Aimar story this morning. Some suggest that a deal has been struck with Zaragoza, and that the player and his agents will soon be en route to Newcastle for talks. I hope it's true - he'd be a very good signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwig Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 How do you know he'd be a good signing? Has anyone seen much of him or just going off his reputation from years ago? I'm not saying he's bad or anything, but I haven't really seen much of him since his Valencia days and since then he's been to Zaragoza and is now being linked with Benfica and us so I'm wondering just how good he is now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted July 16, 2008 Administrators Share Posted July 16, 2008 The thing is, we still desperately need a playmaker and Aimar would certainly fit the bill in the sense we all have seen what he is capable of. Thing is obviously his career hit a major stutter last season with the relegation, but if we could get him in the side with pacy good footballers around him, there is certainly potential for him to become the player he was at Valencia. Also we do have a fair few Spanish speaking players at the club such as Spiderman, Geremi, Enrique and Owen so he would have a chance to integrate himself into the club. Still won't believe it until it's confirmed on the site but this could end up being quite a coup if KK pulls it off. Also we've been linked with Nigel De Jong this morning, for something between £3-5m - but that seems like just more tabloid tattle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 .com are running with the Aimar link now, so there maybe some truth in it. I think the kid would be a good signing. As NBrocky said, we've been crying out for a genuine playmaker for some time now and hopefully Aimar could fill that job. He's at a good age (28) and certainly comes with a shed load of experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I think Aimar is someone you kind of need to build the side round a little, cant really fudge him into the side, bit like Riqelume, his star has waned a bit in recent seasons, not seen much of him recently but used to be golden boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I agree Razz - he'd most definitely have to be one, if not the focal point of the side. Will be interesting to see what KK has in mind for him, if he does sign on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Snippets from today's Ronnie Gill. They are reporting (no quotes though) that the club are hoping to tie up the signing of Aimar in the next 48 hours. We are also said to have enquired about Anton Ferdinand, who apparently doesn't want to up-sticks from London (no great loss). And Chelsea are supposed to be interested in signing Tim Krul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 De Jong would be better than Butt by a country mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 oh and Robbie Elliott is now back at the club as conditioning coach. His chicken celebration used to be fb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 De Jong would be a very good signing but I can't see it happenning unfortuanately. Not entirely sure about Aimar but if he comes here and plays his heart out, I'd (as well as all the other Geordies) would love him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Chelsea want Tim Krul http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/07/16/chelsea-target-toon-goalkeeper-tim-krul-72703-21350535/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Just been reading .com, and thought this worth posting after I missed it last week. A few quality pearlers from our man at the top; Owner speaks: "...not a thing you would make a profit on" From The Guardian, Thursday, some candid, amusing and faintly startling/reassuring words from the sports shop proprietor: Mike Ashley, the maverick businessman behind Newcastle United, today said he hoped to sell part of the club to local investors, but denied persistent rumours that he is looking to offload it outright. Ashley also rubbished recent stories that he has been in talks to sell Newcastle to the family of Osama Bin Laden, headlines that had infuriated fans who instantly threatened a boycott. "Genuinely, genuinely, I am not looking for Newcastle shareholders in a cave in Afghanistan," he said. "Good morning Bin, how are you in your cave in Afghanistan? Would you like to come and sit next to me at the Toon army? Clearly not. Is that a rucksack you've got with you? Oh good." Ashley has been dogged by rumours that he is looking for a way out of Newcastle ever since he took over at the club 14 months ago for £134m. The club was forced to issue a statement earlier this week insisting that Ashley remains a fully committed owner, but the once reclusive businessman has not previously spoken publicly about his plans. Ashley also denied a story from last week that he had hawked the Premier League club for £420m to the American private equity firm InterMedia Partners. "There is absolutely no truth in that at all. It is absolutely ********." Instead Ashley, who was raised in Slough, said he hoped to sell a "portion" of the club to local Newcastle businessmen. "It would be quite nice, be quite nice for the fans and everything else if we can get one or two partners in Newcastle United who are from Newcastle, so that's what we will try and do," he said. Asked what percentage of the club he was looking to sell, he replied: "I would be quite happy to sell 1%. Just local guys, mad Newcastle fans and everything. I meet them and they say the only thing we regret is when you took the club, we then couldn't be a shareholder. If you want 1% of Newcastle, buy 1% of Newcastle for exactly the same price I paid for it. You can put in your money every year like I do, sit on the pitch and say this is one expensive season ticket, but I am having a lovely time. "Newcastle United is not a thing you would make a profit on," he added. "Newcastle United is a thing you have to enjoy and love and enjoy going to the games and everything else. It would be very useful if we had some multi-billionaire partners that wanted a stake in Newcastle United. It would help." Ashley said he would also welcome fans who wanted to club together and buy a stake, no matter how small, but that he had not yet held any formal talks with investors. "It would be quite nice if we were able to do something. It's good for Newcastle, for everybody to get together behind it." Ashley made almost £1bn when he floated Sports Direct on the stock market in March last year. He said he wasn't personally bothered by the media attention he has had since buying the club but said he sometimes felt sorry for the fans. "It is upsetting for them to read these things; they read I am a mad Spurs fan and this sort of thing, and of course it is not true – I absolutely hate Spurs. I always have done." ------------------ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsMonk Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Real Zaragoza's Argentine midfielder Pablo Aimar, 28, says he will sign for Benfica - dealing a blow to Newcastle's hopes of luring him to St James' Park. (A Bola, 2016 BST) , ^ From BBC's Transfer Gossip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Just been reading that. Makes you wonder if we were ever in for him, or whether the club was just used to get Benfica to pay what Zaragoza wanted. Either way - changes nothing as new faces are still needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1892 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Who would you all start with in goal next season? and who do you think will? I assume i'm not the only one wanting Harper to start but expecting Given... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted July 17, 2008 Administrators Share Posted July 17, 2008 I really do like and rate Harper, but depending on pre-season, Given would still be my first choice. He has it all to lose though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think you were kind of hi-jacking that Benfica deal anyway so not really 'lost out' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I really do like and rate Harper, but depending on pre-season, Given would still be my first choice. He has it all to lose though. agree here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToMexico!! Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Disappointed we didn't sign Aimar. Are Benfica playing European football next season? Nevermind hopefully KK has something up his sleeve. De Jong would be a good signing if rumours are true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 So... today I here rumours that we want Chimbonda but Everton also want him. I'd just let Everton have him. Also we have apparently had a bid turned down for Stephen Warnock and we are being offered Torsten Frings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToMexico!! Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 So... today I here rumours that we want Chimbonda but Everton also want him. I'd just let Everton have him. Also we have apparently had a bid turned down for Stephen Warnock and we are being offered Torsten Frings. Surely if that were true Frings would be better than Butt. Maybe not defensively but he can sit in front of the back 4 still and pick a pass with ease. Warnock played well last season for Blackburn i thought. And yeh we should steer clear of Chimbonda would be another Robert/Bellamy moaning little arse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Also we are being linked with a 20-year old Czech defender called Marek Suchy and Everton, Villa and Rangers are interested in him too. ToMexico, I agree Frings would be a decent player for us but I find it a bit depressing when we are being offered players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael F Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Is Frings not like 30 now anyway? Doesnt fit our profile of signing younger players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Yup - as good a job as he'd do, Frings is too old and would command too much in wages. Looks very much that we'll be signing younger players this summer, so perhaps best we can hope for next season is mid-table again. It's frustrating, but I can understand why Ashley is trying to change the methodology of the club and also bring the wage bill down. It's very much going to be a long term project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Chimbonda linked with Sunderland today along with 3 other Spurs players (Tainio, Steed and Kaboul IIRC) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Kaboul's agent has since laughed off the Sunderland link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Kaboul said 'he wouldn't join Sunderland even if there was an earthquake' Tim Krul now linked with Feyenoord and Heerenveen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToMexico!! Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Krul is definately one for the future, KK wouldn't let him go. 2 seasons time he could be our first choice. Maybe another seasons loan would be good for him and next season be the understudy to Given if Harper goes. I don't rate that Kaboul. Please don't be in the race to sign him KK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Just heard on SSN that they think we are in talks with Weat Ham and Anton Ferdinand. Two of my most hated players in the EPL: Anton Ferdinand and Pascal Chimbonda. If we sign both of these I might start supporting another team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToMexico!! Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Just heard on SSN that they think we are in talks with Weat Ham and Anton Ferdinand. Two of my most hated players in the EPL: Anton Ferdinand and Pascal Chimbonda. If we sign both of these I might start supporting another team I don't rate either of those aswell. Whiney moaning players that the club doesn't need. Both drop their heads when things aren't going their way. We need players that can inspire others to play better when the team aren't playing well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Not sure where this love of Anton Ferdinand comes from tbh - him and Taylor as a centre back pairing ? Should be interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I thought Ferdinand didn't want to shift north? :confused: I won't be over-enamoured if he signs - he's one of the Baby Bentley brigade isn't he? Feckin big time charlies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwig Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I wouldn’t read too much into what players we’re linked with. Last season most of our signings came out of the blue and so far this season we’ve signed two players without being linked with them previously. The press are doing their usual trick of linking us to players who they think we should be after rather than who we actually are after. Doesn’t stop the likes of Joey reporting on every single link though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Is N'Zogbia on his way out then ? There were reports linking him away last week, not sure if they're true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 He apparently wants to London and has said Arsenal would be an ideal club. If he does go, he'll more likely end up somewhere like Fulham. He seems to be a sulky character, which is a shame as he's got the potential to be a cracking little player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 KK commented today saying he doesn't want to sell any players except Shola as he is not in his plans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Return of the Geordie One Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 Ferdinand has turned us down apparently I'm crushed tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 4-1 win at Hartlepool today. A Duff hattrick(!) and Guthrie also scored. Sounded like it was a useful workout. No Owen or Harper though, as they had picked up little knocks. Both should be OK for Doncaster, next weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 No Beye either who I think was rested. Wp Duff, although I didn't see the goals it sounded as though he deserved his hattrick. Well done Danny Guthrie too but I just hopoe he doesn't turn out like Alan Smith, who also scored on his debut in a friendly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 http://101greatgoals.magnify.net/item/DP8MC6JVBM0YDWYY Yesterdays goals with Spiderman in the crowd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Cheers for the link, Joey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 No probs, BG http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/newcastle/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/07/19/SOCCER_Newcastle_Jonas.html&TEAMHD=newcastle&DIV=prem&TEAM=NEWCASTLE&RH=Newcastle&PREV_SEASON= Spiderman can't wear his mask when he scores Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebeto Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 http://101greatgoals.magnify.net/item/DP8MC6JVBM0YDWYYYesterdays goals with Spiderman in the crowd Having seen the goals, it has looked like Duff's hat-trick had much to do with the quality of the opposition defense and keeper.. Wouldn't jump too fast to the conclusion he's back in form.. (Though I hope he was) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 We are linked with Dorin Goian (Romanian 6'5'' defender, 27) and Pascal Chimbonda again. Please KK don't buy Chimbonda. Please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 According to the Chronicle (Alan Oliver), it says that CNZ wants to stay at SJP which is good news but I think if a London based club come in his attitude will change back again. Also we have put in an improved offer for Stephen Warnock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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