Comments on: In The Know: Rumour Review 10th of June. Anelka and Ben Haim close.

By: george the greek

george the greek — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:30:33 +0000

after selling Parker and buying Barton and Viduka we could also buy Stellios Gianakopoulos
who is not in the plans of Sammy Lee the new
manager of Bolton.i say that, because i know him very good because i am also a fan of Olympiakos and he is a great striker.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:02:16 +0000

I don’t often understand offers to sign players. Okay, we wasted big money on Viana, Boumsong, Luque etc in the past and that has to stop. But if we really want players like Rosenhal, and others mentioned, then surely it’s worth the extra one million to secure a transfer?

I reckon that what BS is doing is right, though, in seeming to look to buy players that will add strength and spirit to the side before maybe adding any more flare players in the future.

As far as Owen goes (or stays)…shoot, I don’t know. If we do well this season he might even start to ENJOY himself at the Toon! I’ve noticed that Bolton players under BS always looked happy and focussed, something which our squad haven’t appeared to be between Sir Bobby leaving and the end of GR’s reign. Hopefully, if he stays he won’t regret it.
If he goes…………..well, we already have some good strikers and can use the money to buy another.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:19:10 +0000

I understand that we live in a time of absolutely no loyalty, but if Owen does leave I don’t know how he would dare show his face back at SJP. Happy or not he still has everything to prove to Newcastle aswell as the rest of the football world. I think Big Sam is not daft enough to build the team around him anyway. Should be interesting next season regardless of the comings and goings. I’m just glad the defence is high on the priority list and the more competition in all four fullback spots the better. I am in the middle of reading “fifety Years of Hurt” now fitety two, so I will keep in mind this is our beloved toon.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:08:58 +0000

Both players would be champion additions to the toon team! Hope we can get them.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:28:19 +0000

Owen never wanted to come in the first place, he had to come because we were the only Prem club that could afford and want him. The look on his face when he arrived said it all. The sooner he leaves the better. I cannot believe he was signed with a £9m transfer clause, did that not say something about both his intentions and his morals, or rather lack of them perhaps !! We’ll soon find out !

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:07:54 +0000

I’m not entirely sure about Anelka. Let him stay at one club for a few years for a change (i.e Bolton).
He’s a better player than when Souness wanted him, but even so.

By the way, a quick comment on Souness and his warnings about us being a big problem club. He might be right, but most of what he says smacks of hurt ego. GS has never been a particularly good manager in the Premiership (even if he is a nice guy) and he should give up trying and be less outspoken whilst others attempt to do better.

Back to potential signings, I’d love us to really dig deep on the defence, whilst keeping our best attacking players. 4 defenders plus Barton or Nolan (if the Barton ideal falls through) would be fine!

By: TinFinger

TinFinger — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:21:21 +0000

Read that Ben Haim was going into right back possition..

By: random

random — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:12:56 +0000

not as such - it’s just it seems ridiculous when some people list what Newcastle should do over summer, but base so little of it on actual experience or fact. For a comment to have any utility, it must be based on the world we actually live in - for instance, i could well list a team i’d like Newcastle to have next season, but if it contained names such as Ronaldo, Ronaldhino etc. it wouldn’t be of much value. Likewise what Geordie says - he fills his prospective squad with a lot of players we’re unlikely to buy singly never mind collectively, and also seems to believe that, just because we’re linked with certain people, they must be better than what we have - panaceas to all our current problems. Not so.

Lucas Neill, for instance - currently on £70,000 a week at West Ham, living in the nation’s capital, in a team which is likely to spend a lot of money this summer. Why on god’s name is he going to come to Newcastle to be understudy to Luke Young, of all people? One of his stated reasons for not going to Liverpool was because he wanted to play football - having gone to a place where he can do that, while earning more than we’ll be willing to play, he’s hardly going to cash it in to play second-fiddle to a completely average right-back from Charlton whilst halfing his pay packet. Let’s be realistic.

By: leo

leo — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:44:39 +0000

and no i can not tell you why i wrote that twice haha

By: leo

leo — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:42:33 +0000

oooh randon did the lad hit a nerve. nothing wrong with what the lad said, he has an opinion.i wouldnt have lucas neil in our squad, have solano as backup to young, or ben haim with young as backup. solano could even be back up. then sign a right winger as an understudy to milner