Comments on: Buying From Our Rivals: The Premier League

By: Ghost of Baggio

Ghost of Baggio — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:02:24 +0000

Arshavin is a done deal.

By: shane toon

shane toon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:56:51 +0000

everyone keeps banging on about defence and midfield , which is a fair point ,but dont you think we need a pair of top goal scorers . beacause viduka as the turning circle of an artic lorry ,owen aint the same player and obi misses most chances. not to say i dont respect them as players but if we really want to do something next year we need a 20 goal a season man and i dont yhink they are so i would love to see them go for someone that fits that bill . as for the midfield theirs been speculation about pablo aimar and to me if we could get him to sign i think he would be a great signing because i think keegan willget the best out of him and on his day hes up there with the best in the world.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:14:50 +0000

Newcastle needs balance in there midfield and the wigan pair Palacios and Valencia would really give them that emre is gone to fenerbache remeber that

By: Matt Hardy

Matt Hardy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:40:37 +0000

How will the new FIFA 6+4 rule affect the transfers?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:10:01 +0000

Think Jonny Evans would be an excellent signing if we were able to pursuade Man U to part with him, could grow into a quality premiership centre back, get Jack Hobbs in also.

Aaron Lennon or Shaun Wright Philips would please me as would Aiden Mcgeady from Celtic. Need a left back and Nicky shorey will do there, just need a creative midfielder and we would need to look abroad for that.

By: James Collins

James Collins — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:39:43 +0000

Neil, you have to remember that Lennon is still very young and has plenty of time to improve. You are right to say that he is a very raw player and his end product leaves much to be desired right now, but you can teach a player to pick out the right pass or cross, whereas you couldn’t teach Milner faster or beat his man. There are definitely better right wing options on the continent though, and we’ll see some of them soon.

Matt, as much as I’d love to see Lescott at the club, the different fortunes of both Newcastle and Everton over the past couple of seasons would make such a transfer very difficult, and the money required would be better off going elsewhere. Newcastle probably have the best back four we’ve had for years anyway, our focus must now be on sorting out our midfield and our attacking balance.

By: Neil B

Neil B — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:53:36 +0000

Must say, anyone who writes an article that suggest we should sign Aaron Lennon either doesn’t watch much football or was looking to stir things up.

It’s all well and good having a tricky player with pace, but when there is no end product and an attitude which has been questioned in the past it’s exactly the sort of signing a Shepherd-era would look to make.

In other words, a bad signing.

By: Matt Hardy

Matt Hardy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:59:03 +0000

I think we need to sort our defence out before we get on to anything else. A sturdy centre back that will cover back when we’re attacking, with potential to command the back line and has a decent track record.
Someone like Chimbonda or Senderos. There was no mention of Joleon Lescott who had a good season at Everton. I’d like to see him in the side.