Newcastle United Transfer Rumours and General Chat

vorbis · 22-08-2006 08:46PM

how on earth did Boumsong get a move to Juventus??? I wonder if he'll still play for them in serie A.

evilhomer · 22-08-2006 09:45PM

vorbis wrote:

how on earth did Boumsong get a move to Juventus??? I wonder if he'll still play for them in serie A.

I think the real question is. How did we get £3.3million for him??

He will mop up in Seris B , just like he did at rangers.

He had a tough time of it at Newcastle, His Wife and Kid were sick for a long time, plus the fans got on his back a good bit too.

Best of luck to him, but glad he is gone, room for another centre-half now.

Limerick Dude · 23-08-2006 12:56AM

cant believe we didnt go in for sol, he would of been perfect, steady the ship and bring on the young uns like ramage and taylor and maybe even help bramble into a decent defender.

Salmon · 23-08-2006 08:56AM

Would hate to see us losing martins!! We need another striker as well as him, I think a loan deal might be good news as when owen comes back next season that would leave us with too many front men. Defence will be a big problem for us this year though!! It'll be interesting to see how we do against villa!!

Spaco · 23-08-2006 12:07PM

Klose, Bridge and Gallas. That's who we need in the team before the window closes.
That would make everything good again.......

Limerick Dude · 24-08-2006 06:32PM

The signing of Obefami Martins is complete. 5 year contract.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~887839,00.html

kinaldo · 24-08-2006 06:38PM

Limerick Dude wrote:

The signing of Obefami Martins is complete. 5 year contract.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~887839,00.html

Woo hoo! Given a choice between Klose, Berbatov, Kuyt and Martins I think I'd choose the latter so absolutely delighted. Shepherd is conspicuous by his absence in that picture hopefully and with a bit of luck the fat man is out wrapping up the next signing as we speak. Roeder said he was confident on getting three in before Sunday.

smog · 24-08-2006 06:43PM

SWEET .. this mightn't be the disaster season i was assuming ...
good job on the newcastle thread btw

Revalco · 24-08-2006 06:44PM

kinaldo wrote:

Woo hoo! Given a choice between Klose, Berbatov, Kuyt and Martins I think I'd choose the latter so absolutely delighted. Shepherd is conspicuous by his absence in that picture hopefully and with a bit of luck the fat man is out wrapping up the next signing as we speak. Roeder said he was confident on getting three in before Sunday.

The more the merrier

Given the choice Klose would have been a dream signing for Newcastle, but Martins is a proven international stiker so im happy.

Limerick Dude · 24-08-2006 07:41PM

His goal record for inter milan isnt too good, tbh i havent seen him play for nigeria at all, so i will take someone elses word for it. I hope we dont put alot of pressure on him like we did with luque.

Speaking of luque. he is starting tonight, and i would love to see him get a goal or two, hopefully he will play with an extra umph seeing that we signed martins today.

kinaldo · 24-08-2006 07:51PM

Limerick Dude wrote:

His goal record for inter milan isnt too good, tbh i havent seen him play for nigeria at all, so i will take someone elses word for it. I hope we dont put alot of pressure on him like we did with luque.

Speaking of luque. he is starting tonight, and i would love to see him get a goal or two, hopefully he will play with an extra umph seeing that we signed martins today.

He's scored 49 goals in all competitions for Inter in 150 ish apps (subs included) so that's pretty good going considering he's only 21. Also, 3 in 2 for Nigeria.

Limerick Dude · 24-08-2006 07:55PM

Yeah thats not too bad actually.

kinaldo · 25-08-2006 10:41AM

Newcastle are the second highest seeded team in the Uefa Cup (with the highest coefficiant) behind holders Seville while Spurs are unseeded despite qualifying automatically

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seeduc2006.html

Round 1 (80 teams)
Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef.
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Sevilla (TH) Esp 61.006 CSKA Sofia * Bul 21.016
Newcastle United @ Eng 75.950 Tottenham Hotspur Eng 20.950
Panathinaikos Gre 66.587 West Ham United Eng 20.950
Schalke 04 Ger 64.960 Dinamo Zagreb *** Cro 20.647
Parma Ita 63.020 Red Star Belgrade *** Srb 20.600
Ajax *** Ned 60.640 Hearts FC *** Sco 20.023
Bayer Leverkusen Ger 57.960 Maccabi Haifa *** Isr 19.108
Feyenoord Ned 54.640 Standard Liège *** Bel 17.981
AJ Auxerre @ Fra 53.757 Sporting Braga Por 17.533
Club Brugge ** Bel 49.981 AS Nancy Lorraine Fra 16.757
FC Basel * Sui 49.537 Legia Warsaw *** Pol 16.104
Olympique Marseille @ Fra 48.757 Eintracht Frankfurt Ger 15.960
AZ Alkmaar Ned 48.640 Vitória Setúbal Por 15.533
Hertha BSC @ Ger 46.960 Nacional Funchal Por 14.533
Sparta Praha Cze 44.769 FC Groningen Ned 13.640
Glasgow Rangers Sco 43.023 FC Petrzalka * Svk 13.070
Celta de Vigo Esp 43.006 Iraklis Thessaloniki Gre 12.587
Paris Saint-Germain Fra 41.757 Xanthi FC Gre 12.587
Lokomotiv Moscow Rus 41.504 Trabzonspor ** Tur 11.634
RC Lens Fra 39.757 Atromitos FC Gre 10.587
Besiktas Tur 38.634 Rubin Kazan ** Rus 10.504
Palermo Ita 36.020 Zulte Waregem Bel 9.981
Slavia Praha ** Cze 33.769 Metalurg Zaporizhia ** Ukr 9.777
Espanyol Esp 33.006 Molde FK ** Nor 8.921
Heerenveen Ned 30.640 Chernomorets Odesa ** Ukr 8.777
Partizan Belgrade ** Srb 30.600 Mladá Boleslav *** Cze 8.769
Rapid Bucuresti * Rom 30.381 Austria Salzburg *** Aut 8.723
Wisla Kraków ** Pol 29.104 Kayserispor @ Tur 8.634
Slovan Liberec *** Cze 28.769 OB Odense @ Den 8.593
Fenerbahçe *** Tur 28.634 FC Sion ** Sui 8.537
Austria Wien *** Aut 27.723 Lokomotiv Sofia * Bul 8.016
Hapoel Tel-Aviv ** Isr 26.108 Start Kristiansand * Nor 6.921
Osasuna *** Esp 25.006 SV Pasching Aut 6.723
FC Lovech * Bul 24.016 SCP Ruzomberok *** Svk 6.070
Blackburn Rovers Eng 23.950 Randers FC * Den 5.593
Brøndby IF * Den 23.593 Åtvidabergs FF * Swe 4.372
Grasshoppers Zürich @ Sui 23.537 Ethnikos Achna @ Cyp 3.355
Chievo Verona *** Ita 23.020 Rabotnicki Skopje *** Mac 1.760
Dinamo Bucuresti * Rom 22.381 Derry City * Irl 1.430
Livorno Ita 22.020 Levadia Tallinn * Est 0.880

Spaco · 25-08-2006 11:02AM

Supposedly, the Cole - Gallas - Chelsea saga is drawing to a close. As soon as they all move, we should hopefully pick up Bridge. Not sure on Huth though. Are they making out that he has some sort of ankle condition ie injury prone defender?
Also, are Newcasle on tv this weekend or is it next weekend?

Limerick Dude · 25-08-2006 11:41AM

Well its definetly not this weekend spaco. We have villa on sunday, and im pretty sure its not on tv.

p.pete · 25-08-2006 11:46AM

Saw the 2nd half of last nights game and Duff was fantastic (playing on the right). Brilliant to see him being able to play football again. Despite the scoreline he put several chances on a plate for whoever was in the middle - if Martins is halfway decent he should enjoy playing with Duff

Spaco · 25-08-2006 12:17PM

Reading the match reports today and supposedly the lads missed a good few. was charlie on the left last night and duff on right.
Heard from someone that we're on setanta or rte one of these weeks. Would be nice to see the full new squad playing. Hopefully have another signing before the weekends over too

Limerick Dude · 25-08-2006 12:22PM

yeah hopefully rte will start doing soem newcastle matches with there being a good few irish players in the team.

therecklessone · 25-08-2006 12:25PM

kinaldo wrote:

Newcastle are the second highest seeded team in the Uefa Cup (with the highest coefficiant) behind holders Seville while Spurs are unseeded despite qualifying automatically

Bit of a thing for Spurs eh? Could have pointed out that West Ham qualified automiatically but were unseeded...:rolleyes:

p.pete · 25-08-2006 12:28PM

Spaco wrote:

Reading the match reports today and supposedly the lads missed a good few. was charlie on the left last night and duff on right.

Yeah, certainly in the second half - can't comment before that. He looked good too but didn't create as much or have as much involvement as Duff who just looked a different class. Seeing him on the right I'm pissed Liverpool didn't get him!

kinaldo · 25-08-2006 08:17PM

therecklessone wrote:

Bit of a thing for Spurs eh? Could have pointed out that West Ham qualified automiatically but were unseeded...:rolleyes:

Only cos I consider Spurs to be our main rivals this season, in the league & the Uefa Cup. The two clubs have a lot in common, but we have Duff

evilhomer · 25-08-2006 10:10PM

Martins could turn out to be a good signing. But I can't help but think we could do with another striker too. Ameobi is notoriously prone to injury and thats all we have.

Maybe a loan signing? Hopefully we will get Bridge, Babayaro isn't the greatest in defence.

Really think we could do with another option up front though.

kinaldo · 25-08-2006 11:41PM

Interesting develpements...

I've taken this from another forum as I wholeheartedly agree with everything said

Ohmelads said:
As things stand there are not many options. If it's Huth on loan or Woodgate on loan then I'd take Woody every time. The potential risk is small, worst case scenario is we're paying a small portion of his wages while he gives us a couple of games and breaks down. The potential gains are very big, we know he's a top class defender who wouldn't take any time at all to settle at the club as he's been here before. If he gives us 15 games it could make all the difference to our season, it could be the difference between midtable and UEFA Cup, or between UEFA Cup and Champions League.

Real know that no club will be willing to pay all of his wages so I'm pretty sure Real will pay the majority. With no transfer fee to pay and probably a small portion of his wages, I don't see why this is a big risk.

I'm confident about this one because it smacks of Freddy Shepherd. Freddy has apparently tried to bring Woodgate back before and was definitely a big fan of him when he was here. When he left, Woodgate said Freddy had joked about keeping the number 6 shirt for him, but I think it was half-serious because there was always a chance things wouldn't work out in Spain. Woodgate has confirmed he will be going back to England on loan, which limits him to a few clubs. It's much easier for him to come back to the club he knows, and it's an easy deal for Roeder and Shepherd to sort out.

Those who are dead against this signing, I'm interested what realistic alternatives there are? By realistic I mean defenders who can be signed in the next week, defenders Roeder would consider, defenders we can afford. We've got 6 days and as we pursure Gravesen and Bridge, very little money for a central defender.

eirebhoy · 26-08-2006 12:14PM

According to Guilleme Balague on Radio 5 live, Graveson is expected to join Celtic and not Newcastle very soon. :eek: Jesus, the Celtic midfield will be stronger than most premiership teams if this goes through. Graveson, Petrov, Jarosik, Nakamura, Maloney, McGeady, Riordan and then others like Pearson, Lennon, Thompson and Sno. Jesus I'm excited.

mike65 · 26-08-2006 12:20PM

Bit late to this thread, does anyone reckon the Magpies will be contenders for top 6 this season?.

Mike.

evilhomer · 26-08-2006 01:17PM

mike65 wrote:

Bit late to this thread, does anyone reckon the Magpies will be contenders for top 6 this season?.

Mike.

Hard to say Mike.

If we get Woodgate, Bridge and another forward, then we should definately finish top 6.

But then again with the same squad we have now we won a bucket of games in the last 3 months of last season.

I wouldn't mind Mido on loan for the season, we really are short up front.

Limerick Dude · 26-08-2006 06:18PM

I hope we get woodgate on loan. But i think he is going to boro instead

kinaldo · 26-08-2006 08:15PM

mike65 wrote:

Bit late to this thread, does anyone reckon the Magpies will be contenders for top 6 this season?.

Mike.

We finished 7th last year and we've improved greatly since Souness was rightly sacked, so I don't see why not. If we can avoid the injury massacre of last season the squad should be good enough, especially if Woodgate, Bridge, Huth or Graveson sign. We usually do well in the Uefa Cup and I think we could finally win it this year.

deise_boi · 26-08-2006 09:05PM

There was a lot of compassion shown towards Woody from NUFC, when he'd returned to training at Real then was crocked again in training and had to go for the op.

He was also an instant hit with the Toon Army and was cheered whenever he made a crunching tackle or a trademark header.

I'm sure that deep down Woody would prefer to come back to the Toon and if it's his choice between us, boro or Villa, he'll be back next week.

Big Ears · 26-08-2006 09:28PM

In the 19(I think) games Woodgate played for Newcastle their form was good enough to challenge for the league title , simply because we conceaded much less . He is a world class defender and makes us a world class team(even incompetent defenders like Bramble were make to look solid beside him) .

I would love Woodgate to come back on loan , even if we could only get 10-12 games out of him it would be worth it .

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