With the transfer window set to open in just under a week from now, fans of all clubs throughout the Premiership will be hoping to see their team pick up the pace and get some new faces through the door, yet for some Newcastle fans things haven’t moved fast enough and they’re already getting restless and panicking even though hardly any transfers are being done by other Premiership clubs, it’s hasn’t always been like this…

Years ago before sites like this, the Summer was never filled with panic, the reason for that was we got our information about transfers either because of a rumour in the paper (which was more reliable than the rubbish printed now I should add) or on the news/teletext when the deal had been completed, the Internet has changed that completely and sites are operating 24 hours a day pumping out links to players, most of it is bollocks but occasionally some reliable bits will come through.

The new climate of constant information, no matter how unreliable has created a buzz amongst fans for things to be done quickly and constantly when in fact some players who are reported to be signing on the Internet are not even in contact with the club, since we last kicked a ball 52 days ago we’ve been linked with all sorts of players…

Arda Turan, Andrei Arshavin, Bafetimbi Gomis, Richard Dunne, Didier Digard, Diego, Mario Gomez, Dimitar Berbatov, Thierry Henry, Peter Crouch, Guy Demel, Kapo, Danny Guthrie, Aaron Spear, Sebastian Larsson, John Arne Risse, Emiliano Insua, Jack Hobbs, Jose Antonio Reyes, Anthony Gardner, Nikola Zigic, Deco, Dean Ashton, Michael Dawson, Mikel Arteta, Pablo Aimar, Stéphane Mbia, Oscar Cardozo, Carlos Cuellar, Fabricio Coloccini, Djbrill Cisse, Joaquin, Kieran Westwood, Gary Madine, Wayne Hennessy, Eren Derdiyok, Achille Emana, Sidney Govou, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Juan Manuel Vargas, Miguel Veloso, Jonny Evans, Amara Diane, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Edgar Davids, Aidan McGeady, Roque Santa Cruz, Sol Campbell, Steven Davis, Andrew Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Steve Sidwell, Giles Barnes, Mamadou Sakho, Sam Vokes, Stéphane Sesegnon and Rafael van der Vaart just to name a few.

It’s easy to see why some fans seem desperate for someone to sign when they get this level of information shoved down their throat, that’s the equivalent of being linked with someone new every day since we last played!

Sorting through the facts and bullshit is a lot of hassle so my advice would be to just get out, enjoy the Summer and worry about who we have and haven’t signed when the season kicks off.

Roll on August 16th!

A new era has dawned on Newcastle United. A new board, almost a new team too, in fact. During the summer we have brought in 9 new players – Barton, Capaca, Enrique, Smith, Viduka, Rozenhal, Geremi,
Beye and Faye.

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As if we haven’t had enough change to contend with already this summer, our first home game of the new Premiership season against Aston Villa on Saturday evening sees the brand-new “swipe card” season ticket make its competitive debut at St. James’ Park. Further proof, if it was needed, that the winds of change at Gallowgate haven’t finished blowing just yet.

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