Comments on: Interesting times.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:51:25 +0000

There we go…. Too little. Too late. Instead it was Benfica Aimar went too.

Nothing for weeks…. The a desperate attempt to land him as it becomes clear the Benfica deal will be sealed that day.

Very poor.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:54:28 +0000

Oh, and look at that. In addition to my thoughts below, Villa have just agreed a deal for Sidwell. A player we supposedly wanted….

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:45:56 +0000

I’m getting a bit worried that there are a few deals around at the moment that Newcastle should realistically have been in on.

Hetinga to Atletico Madrid and Crouch to Portsmouth are surely the type of deals we should be looking to do for ourselves? And by the looks of it after weeks of indecision from Newcastle (the ball has been in our court for over a month on this one!) Aimar could be off to Portsmouth.

If Ashley IS serious about the best interests of Newcastle then these are the types of players at the type of price we should be looking at.

Yes, the Gutterez deal is a good start, but the way it was done suggests to me Ashley is hoping to pay under £5M in total this summer on transfers…. Which, on the whole, is a stratergy which guarantees failure.

By: Kitman

Kitman — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:04:00 +0000

I wrote the above piece before the signing of Jonas Guttierez - the way we did our business there was very professional. Hopefully more to follow & patience required in the meantime!

By: Ghost of Baggio

Ghost of Baggio — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:36:20 +0000

For years Newcastle fans complained about Freddie Shepherd buying so called trophy signings coming to the end of their peak, talking bollocks in the press regarding the transfer market of how we would be “pleasantly surprised” and how our whole transfer plans were played out through Alan Oliver in the chronicle.

Yet now they’ve got a club pushing to bring in quality players in their early to mid 20’s that can enjoy their best years here, a club that doesn’t do the usual soundbites and prefers to go about their business with no leaks to the press the fans are still moaning!

Talk about fickle, you really couldn’t make it up.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:33:49 +0000

I think that what MA has done with the appointments of KK; DW &TJ is to actually set up a very strong management structure. To then ensure that the ongoing financial structure is sound, eg wages v income also makes a lot of sense.

That this means that ambition is put on hold for a couple of years whilst consolidating a top 10 place and a possibility for Europe is eminently sensible.

This scenario is in accordance with all communications from NUFC including KK’s not in my lifetime statement to top 4.

after a decade or more of soap opera I am very optimistic longterm if only a little impatient short term.

I also think our squad is almost there. we have 8 older players for experience and depth. We have 9 first team players of the right age, 10 if you include Barton, and in my reckoning a squad of 26 youth internationals pushing for places.