Following on from an article penned by Newcastle-Online Nicky Butt - Fantastic Signing! readers of this website have sent in their views in response to Butt’s arrival at the Toon. Check out the responses below.

Mel - Just thought I’d say I fully agree with your article. I’ve been wanting Butt for months just so he can be stuck on a stand and exhibited to our younger players so they know what winners look like and how they do all that victory malarky.

James - Nicky is a good player, and I’m sure he will strengthen the midfield but where does this now leave lee bowyer?

Kevin - I was a bit alarmed by the signing of Butt, however I hope Butt’s arrival is the perfect foil for Bowyer to sustain an extended and worthy run in the side at JJ’s expense. However JJ will need to take this in his stride and prove a few people wrong, like the progress a certain Mr. Lampard made in the last two years!!!! What potentially bothers me is will Sir Bobby pair Butt & JJ - I sincerely hope not!!!

Phil K - I think Nicky will be a great signing, he’ll add a bit determination into the midfield and grit. I would play him and Bowyer (also 100%) in the middle. Robert and Milner on the wings. Sorted! I wouldn’t make Dyer (Ed: Vice) Captain. Shay or Woodgate should be given that. Hopefully the new signings will settle straight in and god willing, key players stay injury free. Should be a good season if we play as well as we know we can and get three points rather than daft draws and losses at the likes of Bolton and Birmingham.

Gus - I think its a brilliant piece of business from SBR and Freddie Shepherd. only £2m and so much experience, attitude and skill. He might prove to be the difference that we have lacked to take that step up to the real top of the lot. As a massive Toon supporter I can just tell everyone to forget his Man Utd connections, wish him a very big welcome to Gallowgate and lets bring home the trophies! Howay the lads! Gus from Stockhom, Sweden.

Ryan H - I agree at that price it is a fantastic signing. Fat Fred knows how to do his business. now lets hope it works on miguel 5 mil take it or leave it you greedy beggars.

Mathew D - Butt is an excellent signing, and while it is a wrench to lose such a fantastic servant of both Newcastle and the game in Gary Speed, I think Gary said it best when he said that Newcastle United football club is not run for Gary Speed and in Nicky Butt we’ve got a perfect replacement. It beggers belief last season how Phil Neville kept him out of the Man Utd side, but what’s Ferguson’s loss is Bobby’s gain.

Lucas U - He’s a perfect signing!!! The right man for the Toon in this position. Given, Miguel?, Woodgate, O’Brien, Bernard, Ambrose/Bells, Butt Dyer/Jenas, Robert/Milner, Shearer Kluivert/Ameobi. First 3!!!!

John T - Anyone who thinks this is bad business needs examining. Butt will be a great asset to the club for years. He is class.

Dev - Nicky Butt, Nicky Butt, Nicky Butt - Fantastic!! Over the moon. Now can we have Paul Konchesky to challenge the cocky Bernard and also cover CB. Forget about Miguel, Dyer is a better RWB, spend the money on Konchesky and you have a LB and a CB/DM. At least think about it Freddie.

P. Stoff (Man Utd fan) - You’ve got an absolute bargain. £2.5 million for an England international = daylight robbery. Only 6 months ago Man Utd had agreed a fee of £5.5m with Birmingham. Best Wishes Nicky.

Csányi L - He’s the best in his position (after Speed). He’s the best player who play in the defensive midfielder position. This is a good signing again. (Milner, Kluivert) We can force for the title with this team!!

Tony A - I think Nicky is a really great signing. With selling Garry speed we were left lacking with no defensive midfielders unless of course we ask that of young Jenas! I was gutted when Speed left and I thought to myself that we would be doomed if we didn’t sign someone of Butt’s calibre if not Butt himself. I have really high aspirations for this season. It is not like last season where we hadn’t signed any player apart from Bowyer on free and we just expected to do well. This time we have made quality signings who we know will influence our team and strengthen those lacking positions. I wish you many happy years Nicky Butt and many big trophies! EXCELLENT SIGNING!

Nika - Nicky Butt is a very good signing.

Les R - Excellent signing. I hope he is the final piece to get the rest of the midfield to start playing to their potential and start taking more points away from home. Can’t wait for the season to start. Good luck for a successful season - lets get some silverware finally.

Kevin D - At last we’ve had the sense to buy an established, proven, Premiership player. Speedo’s experience was second to none and very hard to replace. It was easy to criticise his lack of skill and pace, but look how bad we were when he didn’t play; spineless ballet dancers. Nicky Butt brings a lot of what we lost with Speedo, and more ball control and better distribution. He tended to be overshadowed by glamour players at Man Utd, but he was great for England in the World Cup. He can only be good for us in my view.

Ian - Can’t see why there should be a debate. A proven winner who can protect a dodgy back four and add the odd goal. What was the question…

Anth - I think its an excellent signing and am looking forward to the coming season more than ever, this time last year I was bewildered by the lack of movement in the transfer market but this year has been good so far and I’m expecting a lot from the new signings and think they will all deliver. will we win the cup at the weekend? come on NEWCASTLE!

Richard J - Nicky Butt is a brilliant signing for Newcastle and hopefully he can form a partnership with Kieron Dyer in midfield and get a few goals between them. This season is looking very promising with the signings we have made. The only signing we need now is Miguel for right back.

Andrew W - Great, seriously great signing. This is the same player who got such good reviews at the WC only 2 years ago, wasn’t he picked out by Pele as one of the players of the tournament? Not that he’ll actually win anything with us, has anyone actually told him that?

Andy R - I think Nicky is a great signing for United and we have now signed 2 world class players this summer, and it’s not been in my living memory since we did that last. Nicky Butt proved his class in the last World Cup 2002 and he can do it again. With Milner, Robert, Jenas, Butt, Bowyer, Ambrose we now have a very strong, and importantly young midfield. If Robert and Dyer perform more consistently for us, I see no reason why our middle four couldn’t cope with any side. All we need now is a right back (Come on Miguel!!!), and we’ll be set for the season with perhaps the strongest squad of players I can remember.

Nick N - An experienced performer who has won almost everything at club level. He will allow the likes of Dyer, Bellers, Robert, and JJ to push forward. I’ll definitely be less worried about being caught on the counter attack! Credit to Freddy Shepherd. Kluivert, Butt, and Milner are very good signings. If he gets Miguel it will have been a fantastic summer in the transfer market for the Toon!

Matt - With Butt we know exactly what we are getting. he’s a quality player who will stop the last minute goals being conceded away from home. He will give us the winning mentality and will be the sort of player to help develop the likes of Milner and Jenas into world beaters

Dom - Nobody stays at Man Yoo that long without being a class act no matter what anyone says, we have ourselves a bargain. Maybe Bobby’s gonna pursue his efforts to turn Jenas into our own Vieira still, but I think now would be the right time to let JJ settle back into the attacking role he so obviously craves and was so successful in not so long ago. But this can only be good for the team. Elsewhere, Miguel isn’t right for Newcastle. Watching him in Portugal, he looks like a good attack-minded fast full back. Unfortunately he looks a bit of a Bramble in defence. Why oh why didn’t we chase Melchiot on a free…

Dan - Well the price is right. At that fee we can possibly sign 2 defenders, although even one would suit me and cap off a decent summer.

Nik - The Butt signing in my view is the best signing of the summer. It may not be the most high profile signing such as wor Kluivert but this signing tops the lot. Even before we could start thinking of strikers and attacking midfielders we seriously needed a midfield destroyer. Butt is our new Batty. Ever since Dalglish sold Batty the midfield had become flimsy even though Speedo did a great job. Now that Butt has arrived it will allow our attack minded players to concentrate on what they do best - attack. Last season we took stick from the press about how sloppy we were in our defending and that meant the midfield was perhaps scared to play the football that we know that they can play and so last season was not so great. I think Butt will come good now that he has finally stepped out of Keane’s shadow and he’ll probably prove to Fergie it was a mistake to let him go. I think it was a rare mistake Fergie has made and its great NUFC capitalised on it. This signing along with Milner (wonderkid in my opinion) and Kluivert will spring board NUFC to greater heights. We need a right back only now…get Miguel and we’ve got the most balanced team in the Premiership. Come on the Toooooon!!!!

The Troff - He is a pure, real class act. Excellent signing, you’re spot on. For all the wannabe’s at wor club, this MAN has been there seen it done it and won it! You’re not yet fit to lace his boots so pull your fingers out or ship out. Names need not be mentioned. Welcome Nicky Butt. Now to kick some!

Steve D - One word sums up his signing for the Toon, “WINNER”. Have to agree with you this is a fantastic signing, bring on the new right back.

Ted K - Wonderful signing at a remarkable price.

Mick S - Who cares what club he joined from, he’s a great player, better than the rest we have. Can’t wait to see him in action. Got to be him and Bowyer for me. Not much will get past them.

Mel - I’ve always rated him and now that we have him, especially at the low price that we have paid he can only be classed as a great signing.

Paully - I wasn’t too keen myself but after reading the above article I have high hopes. We still need a new right back though and some cover for Bernard. It’s been a good summer spending wise though. Keep up the good work FS & SBR.

John L - I still can’t believe we signed him for such a low price and when you consider how much we paid for Viana-Butt could well be one of our best ever signings. He will add steel and a winners mentality to our midfield and others will hopefully get jealous when he talks about his winners medals and want some of the same. Best bargain of the Season without a doubt.

Chris T - I don’t rate him as highly as you seem to do in your article but if he can recover his form of two years ago he could be a very good player for us. I’m a bit worried about his passing though, we need a good ball player in the middle of the park and I don’t see Butt as being able to do that.

Steve P - Fantastic signing for the Toon. It’s about time we bought in winners of his class. Great price, great player now lets go and have a great season. Come on the Toon!

Sara - Excellent signing by Sir Bob - just what we need. We have the goalscorer in Bowyer and the pace and crossing of Robert and now we have the terrier in Butt. We just need a decent right winger now…shame we sold Solano as that would be some midfield.

Thanks to everyone who wrote in - N.O team.