Transfer deadline day - Ger talks to Adam Pope.

[The Subhuman]

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[Sean_Nile]

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[White Lotus]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... gr35xgvjdo

We got 7m for our past woes and have spent 98m, what a fantastic achievement by LUFC it will be if we manage to stay up, and right in the face of the naysayers' if Farke goes and does exactly that seeing as they think we've bought nothing but garbage.
Stick it right up em gaffer , let them eat cake.

All Premier League clubs' spending
Use the column header buttons to sort columns by ascending or descending orderCurrently not sorted

TEAM

SPENT
RECEIVED
NET SPEND
Wolves
£121,000,000
£119,000,000
£2,000,000
Bournemouth
£120,000,000
£207,000,000
-£87,000,000
Everton
£112,000,000
£3,500,000
£108,500,000
Burnley
£111,000,000
£31,000,000
£80,000,000
Leeds
£98,000,000
£7,000,000
£91,000,000
Brentford
£85,000,000
£134,000,000
-£49,000,000
Brighton
£69,000,000
£133,000,000
-£64,000,000
Aston Villa
£57,500,000
£47,000,000
£10,500,000
Crystal Palace
£47,000,000
£63,000,000
-£16,000,000
Fulham
£34,500,000
£15,000,000
£19,500,000

[1964white]

Buonanotte chose Chelsea for Champions League football.

[SG90]

Buonanotte chose Chelsea for Champions League football.

I wonder if it was some plan by Chelski to leave him in the reserves all year, so his value decreases, and then they sign him on the cheap next season.

[The Fish]

Alright lads, it's abeen a while.

How's Longstaff settling in? For us he was always a decent lad and hard worker. Never going to be the most talented footballer, or the one to unlock a stubborn defence, but the lad worked his knackers raw and had a good football brain.

He was decent against us, for sure.

Good luck for the season and if you need pub advice for the return fixture, let me know.

Cheers

[White Lotus]

Alright lads, it's abeen a while.

How's Longstaff settling in? For us he was always a decent lad and hard worker. Never going to be the most talented footballer, or the one to unlock a stubborn defence, but the lad worked his knackers raw and had a good football brain.

He was decent against us, for sure.

Good luck for the season and if you need pub advice for the return fixture, let me know.

Cheers

Brilliant to know Fish thanks for that, it's just what LUFC need, power houses with good engines and win the ball backability

[The Subhuman]

Alright lads, it's abeen a while.

How's Longstaff settling in? For us he was always a decent lad and hard worker. Never going to be the most talented footballer, or the one to unlock a stubborn defence, but the lad worked his knackers raw and had a good football brain.

He was decent against us, for sure.

Good luck for the season and if you need pub advice for the return fixture, let me know.

Cheers

Hopefully make a decent back up, think we overpaid a bit but Stach/Tanaka/Ampadu looks our best centre mid by a distance, and Aaronson is another very good works his bollocks off type.

[White Lotus]

Alright lads, it's abeen a while.

How's Longstaff settling in? For us he was always a decent lad and hard worker. Never going to be the most talented footballer, or the one to unlock a stubborn defence, but the lad worked his knackers raw and had a good football brain.

He was decent against us, for sure.

Good luck for the season and if you need pub advice for the return fixture, let me know.

Cheers

I promise you this Fish, Longstaff is now a nailed on starter bar injury
He will become part of a hopefully yet - 'Well-balanced' defensive and attacking unit, he will obviously need to be rested from time to time because of the nature of his game, but i think a winner for where we're currently at and the job in hand.
many thanks again for nipping in

[CUSSIE01]

Alright lads, it's abeen a while.

How's Longstaff settling in? For us he was always a decent lad and hard worker. Never going to be the most talented footballer, or the one to unlock a stubborn defence, but the lad worked his knackers raw and had a good football brain.

He was decent against us, for sure.

Good luck for the season and if you need pub advice for the return fixture, let me know.

Cheers

Hi Fish, He had a cracking game against yourselves and could prove to be one of our best signings this season. Pub advice would be appreciated as long as it’s accompanied by 2 tickets What are your thoughts on the Isak situation and his replacement ?

[The Fish]

Hi Fish, He had a cracking game against yourselves and could prove to be one of our best signings this season. Pub advice would be appreciated as long as it’s accompanied by 2 tickets What are your thoughts on the Isak situation and his replacement ?

Every step of the way has been mishandled. I don't think we managed the situation well (should have offered him a deal in 2024, or sourced his replacement), Liverpool have been underhanded and Isak has been a ****.

Genuinely hope his career peters out and he ends up as loathed on Merseyside as he is on Tyneside. Just like Owen. I'm not usually one to wish ill on people, but if his knee got absolutely pretzeled while away with Sweden, I'd be sipping tea in the sunshine. His agent has either given him bad advice, or not given him good advice.

Woltemade and Wissa for £120m doesn't look like great business to me. However, I think we were boxed, or boxed ourselves, into an unwinnable position. From what I've read since his departure it sounds like there was zero chance of reintegrating Isak. Reports of players having to be calmed down by teammates when he downed tools. So if we couldn't reintegrate, we'd have to replace. Woltemade might be the replacement for Isak, he might not... But we also had to replace Wilson, or at least the Wilson of a couple of seasons ago. Wissa is that I guess.

The minute Mitchell reneged on the gentleman's agreement to offer a new deal to him in the summer of 2024, we should have been planning for (and lining up) his replacement. Even if Reintegration became feasible, at least have a contingency plan.

Had we planned for his departure, we could have had Ekitke in already for buttons, or Woltemade for a little less and maybe a better striker than Wissa too (JSL went to Wolves for £24m only a few weeks ago, right?). But, because our CEO and DoF positions are still effectively vacant, we're a bit of a rudderless ship. There was a lot wrong with how Staveley and Ghoudoussi lead things, but since their departure we've been a bit over-reliant on Eddie Howe to keep us plotting a steady course. And obviously when things like this window happens, there's little the Head Coach can do.

So from this window we needed a top class striker and a deputy, from a market with a dearth of strikers in general and a surfeit of clubs wanting them. Our task was made harder by having to compete with the established elite clubs suddenly all needing forwards. We can't compete with Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea or Arsenal for the likes of Sesko, Ekitike, Pedro, Delap et al. So we have to unearth another Isak. Woltemade looks promising, but isn't a 20+ goal a season kind of player, the hope is that he'll get 30+ goal contributions but they might be 50/50 goals and assists. £55m is mental money for Wissa, he's only got 1yr left on his deal, he's had one very good season, and he's going to miss some key games due to the AFCON. Would have much preferred JSL from Wolves if we're talking that kind of money; he's younger, has a higher ceiling and is a more prototypical centre forward. Wissa is a goal scorer, but I don't know how we balance him, Woltemade, Elanga, Gordon, and Barnes, when we play with 3 in midfield.

If the Isak and Wissa situations had been sorted at the beginning of the summer I'd be looking at this window with cautious optimism. But it looks like we've overpaid for every transfer, for me. They're all decent players, but £55m for Elanga, £70m for Big Nick, £55m for Wissa, £44m for Ramsey, £30m on Thiaw... Just shy of £200m and while we have definitely improved our strength in depth and raised the floor of the squad, I'm not sure we've been particularly shrewd in the market.

I think we've paid the price (literally) for not being more agile in the market. Again.

[White Lotus]

Every step of the way has been mishandled. I don't think we managed the situation well (should have offered him a deal in 2024, or sourced his replacement), Liverpool have been underhanded and Isak has been a ****.

Genuinely hope his career peters out and he ends up as loathed on Merseyside as he is on Tyneside. Just like Owen. I'm not usually one to wish ill on people, but if his knee got absolutely pretzeled while away with Sweden, I'd be sipping tea in the sunshine. His agent has either given him bad advice, or not given him good advice.

Woltemade and Wissa for £120m doesn't look like great business to me. However, I think we were boxed, or boxed ourselves, into an unwinnable position. From what I've read since his departure it sounds like there was zero chance of reintegrating Isak. Reports of players having to be calmed down by teammates when he downed tools. So if we couldn't reintegrate, we'd have to replace. Woltemade might be the replacement for Isak, he might not... But we also had to replace Wilson, or at least the Wilson of a couple of seasons ago. Wissa is that I guess.

The minute Mitchell reneged on the gentleman's agreement to offer a new deal to him in the summer of 2024, we should have been planning for (and lining up) his replacement. Even if Reintegration became feasible, at least have a contingency plan.

Had we planned for his departure, we could have had Ekitke in already for buttons, or Woltemade for a little less and maybe a better striker than Wissa too (JSL went to Wolves for £24m only a few weeks ago, right?). But, because our CEO and DoF positions are still effectively vacant, we're a bit of a rudderless ship. There was a lot wrong with how Staveley and Ghoudoussi lead things, but since their departure we've been a bit over-reliant on Eddie Howe to keep us plotting a steady course. And obviously when things like this window happens, there's little the Head Coach can do.

So from this window we needed a top class striker and a deputy, from a market with a dearth of strikers in general and a surfeit of clubs wanting them. Our task was made harder by having to compete with the established elite clubs suddenly all needing forwards. We can't compete with Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea or Arsenal for the likes of Sesko, Ekitike, Pedro, Delap et al. So we have to unearth another Isak. Woltemade looks promising, but isn't a 20+ goal a season kind of player, the hope is that he'll get 30+ goal contributions but they might be 50/50 goals and assists. £55m is mental money for Wissa, he's only got 1yr left on his deal, he's had one very good season, and he's going to miss some key games due to the AFCON. Would have much preferred JSL from Wolves if we're talking that kind of money; he's younger, has a higher ceiling and is a more prototypical centre forward. Wissa is a goal scorer, but I don't know how we balance him, Woltemade, Elanga, Gordon, and Barnes, when we play with 3 in midfield.

If the Isak and Wissa situations had been sorted at the beginning of the summer I'd be looking at this window with cautious optimism. But it looks like we've overpaid for every transfer, for me. They're all decent players, but £55m for Elanga, £70m for Big Nick, £55m for Wissa, £44m for Ramsey, £30m on Thiaw... Just shy of £200m and while we have definitely improved our strength in depth and raised the floor of the squad, I'm not sure we've been particularly shrewd in the market.

I think we've paid the price (literally) for not being more agile in the market. Again.

What a fantastic educated read Fish, please hang around for input on yours and our team, especially Longstaff, i've got high hopes of him underpinning our fight for first year survival and would appreciate your thoughts going forward on what Farke should do with him. You know Newcastle inside out mate Top top post, I wish there was more here well balanced and thought out as such.

[CUSSIE01]

Every step of the way has been mishandled. I don't think we managed the situation well (should have offered him a deal in 2024, or sourced his replacement), Liverpool have been underhanded and Isak has been a ****.

Genuinely hope his career peters out and he ends up as loathed on Merseyside as he is on Tyneside. Just like Owen. I'm not usually one to wish ill on people, but if his knee got absolutely pretzeled while away with Sweden, I'd be sipping tea in the sunshine. His agent has either given him bad advice, or not given him good advice.

Woltemade and Wissa for £120m doesn't look like great business to me. However, I think we were boxed, or boxed ourselves, into an unwinnable position. From what I've read since his departure it sounds like there was zero chance of reintegrating Isak. Reports of players having to be calmed down by teammates when he downed tools. So if we couldn't reintegrate, we'd have to replace. Woltemade might be the replacement for Isak, he might not... But we also had to replace Wilson, or at least the Wilson of a couple of seasons ago. Wissa is that I guess.

The minute Mitchell reneged on the gentleman's agreement to offer a new deal to him in the summer of 2024, we should have been planning for (and lining up) his replacement. Even if Reintegration became feasible, at least have a contingency plan.

Had we planned for his departure, we could have had Ekitke in already for buttons, or Woltemade for a little less and maybe a better striker than Wissa too (JSL went to Wolves for £24m only a few weeks ago, right?). But, because our CEO and DoF positions are still effectively vacant, we're a bit of a rudderless ship. There was a lot wrong with how Staveley and Ghoudoussi lead things, but since their departure we've been a bit over-reliant on Eddie Howe to keep us plotting a steady course. And obviously when things like this window happens, there's little the Head Coach can do.

So from this window we needed a top class striker and a deputy, from a market with a dearth of strikers in general and a surfeit of clubs wanting them. Our task was made harder by having to compete with the established elite clubs suddenly all needing forwards. We can't compete with Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea or Arsenal for the likes of Sesko, Ekitike, Pedro, Delap et al. So we have to unearth another Isak. Woltemade looks promising, but isn't a 20+ goal a season kind of player, the hope is that he'll get 30+ goal contributions but they might be 50/50 goals and assists. £55m is mental money for Wissa, he's only got 1yr left on his deal, he's had one very good season, and he's going to miss some key games due to the AFCON. Would have much preferred JSL from Wolves if we're talking that kind of money; he's younger, has a higher ceiling and is a more prototypical centre forward. Wissa is a goal scorer, but I don't know how we balance him, Woltemade, Elanga, Gordon, and Barnes, when we play with 3 in midfield.

If the Isak and Wissa situations had been sorted at the beginning of the summer I'd be looking at this window with cautious optimism. But it looks like we've overpaid for every transfer, for me. They're all decent players, but £55m for Elanga, £70m for Big Nick, £55m for Wissa, £44m for Ramsey, £30m on Thiaw... Just shy of £200m and while we have definitely improved our strength in depth and raised the floor of the squad, I'm not sure we've been particularly shrewd in the market.

I think we've paid the price (literally) for not being more agile in the market. Again.

That’s a hell of a reply Fish , I’m glad I asked the question. A large portion of this forum aren’t happy with our transfer window and even the Pocketdippers are complaining about their defence after missing out on Guehi so the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Football fans are never satisfied it’s in our DNA.
Hopefully you’ll drop in again as the season progresses.

[The Fish]

Oh, pub advice.

Newcastle has about 100 pubs within a mile of the ground. None of them are 'away' pubs, and the overwhelming majority will make you welcome as long as you're not causing bother.

Any that are driving up and back on the day; park at the Metrocentre and get the train across. Free, safe, CCTV-ed parking. Plus there's the usual food options in the shopping centre itself for travel snacks on the way back.

Around St James' you've got Shearers which is part of the stadium itself. Big, loud, always busy so if you go I'd recommend getting a couple of rounds at a time, rather than queueing twice. Stack is a boxpark but you might struggle to get inside if you're wearing colours. Not because of any fear of bother, but it's used a lot for social media stuff and they prefer a sea of black and white.
The Strawberry, the home pub, good atmosphere, good beer, you'll have your ears bent about Longstaff and all that, but this will be heaving on matchday.
Rosies was a staple, had a bit of a makeover now but it's still decent.

Tilleys is a bit further from the stadium but great range of beers and good atmosphere.
Forth Hotel and Town Wall are both favourites, the latter is a bit bigger though.

Loads of food and bar recommendations if you're staying over, but that'll do for now I reckon.

[1964white]

Alright lads, it's abeen a while.

How's Longstaff settling in? For us he was always a decent lad and hard worker. Never going to be the most talented footballer, or the one to unlock a stubborn defence, but the lad worked his knackers raw and had a good football brain.

He was decent against us, for sure.

Good luck for the season and if you need pub advice for the return fixture, let me know.

Cheers

Comfortably our Man of the Match against his former club, Fish.

[weasel]

Every step of the way has been mishandled. I don't think we managed the situation well (should have offered him a deal in 2024, or sourced his replacement), Liverpool have been underhanded and Isak has been a ****.

Genuinely hope his career peters out and he ends up as loathed on Merseyside as he is on Tyneside. Just like Owen. I'm not usually one to wish ill on people, but if his knee got absolutely pretzeled while away with Sweden, I'd be sipping tea in the sunshine. His agent has either given him bad advice, or not given him good advice.

Woltemade and Wissa for £120m doesn't look like great business to me. However, I think we were boxed, or boxed ourselves, into an unwinnable position. From what I've read since his departure it sounds like there was zero chance of reintegrating Isak. Reports of players having to be calmed down by teammates when he downed tools. So if we couldn't reintegrate, we'd have to replace. Woltemade might be the replacement for Isak, he might not... But we also had to replace Wilson, or at least the Wilson of a couple of seasons ago. Wissa is that I guess.

The minute Mitchell reneged on the gentleman's agreement to offer a new deal to him in the summer of 2024, we should have been planning for (and lining up) his replacement. Even if Reintegration became feasible, at least have a contingency plan.

Had we planned for his departure, we could have had Ekitke in already for buttons, or Woltemade for a little less and maybe a better striker than Wissa too (JSL went to Wolves for £24m only a few weeks ago, right?). But, because our CEO and DoF positions are still effectively vacant, we're a bit of a rudderless ship. There was a lot wrong with how Staveley and Ghoudoussi lead things, but since their departure we've been a bit over-reliant on Eddie Howe to keep us plotting a steady course. And obviously when things like this window happens, there's little the Head Coach can do.

So from this window we needed a top class striker and a deputy, from a market with a dearth of strikers in general and a surfeit of clubs wanting them. Our task was made harder by having to compete with the established elite clubs suddenly all needing forwards. We can't compete with Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea or Arsenal for the likes of Sesko, Ekitike, Pedro, Delap et al. So we have to unearth another Isak. Woltemade looks promising, but isn't a 20+ goal a season kind of player, the hope is that he'll get 30+ goal contributions but they might be 50/50 goals and assists. £55m is mental money for Wissa, he's only got 1yr left on his deal, he's had one very good season, and he's going to miss some key games due to the AFCON. Would have much preferred JSL from Wolves if we're talking that kind of money; he's younger, has a higher ceiling and is a more prototypical centre forward. Wissa is a goal scorer, but I don't know how we balance him, Woltemade, Elanga, Gordon, and Barnes, when we play with 3 in midfield.

If the Isak and Wissa situations had been sorted at the beginning of the summer I'd be looking at this window with cautious optimism. But it looks like we've overpaid for every transfer, for me. They're all decent players, but £55m for Elanga, £70m for Big Nick, £55m for Wissa, £44m for Ramsey, £30m on Thiaw... Just shy of £200m and while we have definitely improved our strength in depth and raised the floor of the squad, I'm not sure we've been particularly shrewd in the market.

I think we've paid the price (literally) for not being more agile in the market. Again.

A well written and balance post. An unusual occurence on this site

[The Subhuman]

A well written and balance post. An unusual occurence on this site

Similar to CJays stuff for us.. but we don't really care what he thinks about Newcastle. He's said they've overpaid for players, say that here and you're chastised

[weasel]

Similar to CJays stuff for us.. but we don't really care what he thinks about Newcastle. He's said they've overpaid for players, say that here and you're chastised

I feel they definitely overpaid for Wissa. Hard to know yet if we overpaid for players. I don't think any of our signings were for overly excessive fees - though time will tell. You have suggested Longstaff as an overspend but even if he was it would be by a couple of million I would have thought and certainly not overly excessive given his premier league experience.

[The Fish]

I feel they definitely overpaid for Wissa. Hard to know yet if we overpaid for players. I don't think any of our signings were for overly excessive fees - though time will tell. You have suggested Longstaff as an overspend but even if he was it would be by a couple of million I would have thought and certainly not overly excessive given his premier league experience.

£55m, 1 really good season, 29yr old, 1yr left on his deal...

The only reason he cost that much is because Brentford had already been picked apart and they knew we were desperate.

[1964white]