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Post by haddock on Mar 25, 2009 17:24:15 GMT
GOOD SIGNINGS SINCE MAY 2008:
1. Abdoulaye Faye - 2M. Toss up between him and Beattie but overall it's got to be Ab. What would Newcastle give to have him fighting for them now?
2. James Beattie 3.5M. Fantastic signing - has that priceless knack of scoring even when he isn`t playing particularly well, goals that could well keep us up.
3. Thomas Sorenson. FREE. Some gaffs but overall you have to agree this was an astute piece of businees by Pullis.
4. Matthew Ethrington. 3.5M. Gives the team width, balance, pace, eveything we've been lacking for years. The best is yet to come.
5. Danny Higginbotham. 1.5M. Re-signed on deadline day in August and has been a virtual ever present. Solid and consistent but deep down probably a better centre half.
6. Amdy Faye. FREE. Has his critics but has been a very useful squad memeber.
TOTAL: 10.5M
SPUNKED UP THE WALL SINCE MAY 2008:
1. Kitson. 5.5M Nuff said.
2. Olyfinyana. 3M Bollox.
3. Tom Soares 1.5M Early potential but doesn`t in all honesty look like he´s gonna cut it in the prem.
4. Andrew Davies 1.5M
TOTAL: 11.5M
COULD STILL GO EITHER WAY:
1. Kelly 1M
2. Tongue 1.5M
3. Sonko 2M
4. Camara FREE
TOTAL: 3.5M
From a budget of about 25 million he has done ok IMHO. Strike rate of about 50 percent and the ones that he has got right have been very very important.
Finally I reckon it is about time Peter Coates' name was sung at the Brit - his money has given us a fighting chance and he is a legend. And I say this as someone who once lobbed coins at the exec. windows during a Coates out demo outside the Vic during the Ball era.
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Post by PenkhullStokie on Mar 25, 2009 17:25:23 GMT
Kelly was free just like camara , on loan  |
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Post by markscfc72 on Mar 25, 2009 17:26:45 GMT
Soares/Davies may still yet come good
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Post by DannyStokie on Mar 25, 2009 17:26:59 GMT
amdy faye wasnt free was he, just "undisclosed"
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Post by markscfc72 on Mar 25, 2009 17:27:47 GMT
yeah around £1m i think was said at the time
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Post by mickstupp on Mar 25, 2009 17:29:06 GMT
Agree oher than Andrew Davies, surely he should be in the "either way" section due to lack of opportunity and fitness since his move. Also, for me, Sonko is shite.
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Post by markscfc72 on Mar 25, 2009 17:30:20 GMT
Sonko is a good defender, its just his passing that lets him down a little
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Post by dozintheseventees on Mar 25, 2009 17:32:21 GMT
The 'maths' are no where near as bad as they seem on the face of it.
With a bit of luck, most of the loss on Kitson should be recovered (We paid no where near 5.5M up front) and we've already has 'some' back from Reading for his loan.
Any of the other 'bad signings' and the 'possibles' that leave will certainly command reasonable fees (if not what we paid) and so the loss is far smaller than it might seem.
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 25, 2009 17:34:11 GMT
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Post by mickstupp on Mar 25, 2009 17:39:51 GMT
So we are paying at least 750k for a full back ,on loan, who has played one and a half games for us?
Conna be right can it? Isn`t he out of contract at the end of the season??
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Post by dozintheseventees on Mar 25, 2009 17:40:46 GMT
Thought kelly did well off the bench last week. I think he'll turn out to be a good signing (famous last words!)
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Post by white wall boy on Mar 25, 2009 17:44:57 GMT
Soares is just a kid, perhaps one for the future and super Dave once he grabs a few at Reading he'll come back with a vengance ???
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Post by stokelad84 on Mar 25, 2009 17:47:55 GMT
WE DID NOT PAY £5.5 MILLION FOR KITSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by stokecity4eva on Mar 25, 2009 17:50:17 GMT
have we heard whether we are offering amdy faye a new deal as his contract was only for 1 year wasnt it???
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Post by Tubes on Mar 25, 2009 18:18:57 GMT
it is important as a premier league team to have good depth of squad, and as a promoted team, to get that squad together ASAP.
These two facts I think have contributed to the higher than usual number of "failed" signings.
The fact that we are in with a very good chance of staying up means that the ones TP has got right, have been very right indeed.
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Post by jacka118 on Mar 25, 2009 18:22:47 GMT
TP has made some decent signings and all of them (decent ones e.g abby, beattie, sorro, mattty and amdy) have all helped us get where we are in the prem...
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