Newcastle United Thread

[Carrick Dave]

Sounds like 10% then. Better than nowt.

[weasel]

Will be a big blow for Burnley considering how well he has consistently done for them. Even if he doesn't do well for Newcastle it may not matter as it may condemn Burnley and result in Newcastle having 1 more team below them.

[The Subhuman]

Jesus, Dan James is twice the player for the same price

[Muppet the Cat]

Jesus, Dan James is twice the player for the same price

This isn't having a go at Dan James................but do you really think so ?

IMO Chris Wood is a very decent player and much underrated, who I think will do well at Newcastle.

CW's PL stats show 50 goals (inc. some real crackers - for a team consistently much nearer the bottom than anywhere near the top) in 155 apps; whilst DJ has 8 goals in 65 apps.

Not really a MB team/style of player I would acknowledge, but we could do with someone who puts the ball in the net with CW's regularity at the moment.

[The Subhuman]

Never rated Wood at all, Just a big lump. So yes, absolutely

[Cjay]

In his 4 full seasons at Burnley they have scored 157 goals at Premier league level

Wood has scored or assisted 53 of those.

He isnt a fancy name but their are players who have played for far bigger clubs and have cost far more that would give there left foot for a record like that.

Smart signing by Newcastle and aside from Bamford id take Wood over our other senior strikers.

[Muppet the Cat]

In his 4 full seasons at Burnley they have scored 157 goals at Premier league level

Wood has scored or assisted 53 of those.

He isnt a fancy name but their are players who have played for far bigger clubs and have cost far more that would give there left foot for a record like that.

Smart signing by Newcastle and aside from Bamford id take Wood over our other senior strikers.

Agree, Cjay

[Scoobychief]

Chris Wood lump of wood as he was known I reckon Newcastle have paid well over the odds and apart from heading the ball don't think he is much else. Really surprised at that signing, in my opinion that was a panic buy from Newcastle I can well see them getting another striker before window shuts

[weasel]

Chris Wood lump of wood as he was known I reckon Newcastle have paid well over the odds and apart from heading the ball don't think he is much else. Really surprised at that signing, in my opinion that was a panic buy from Newcastle I can well see them getting another striker before window shuts

I think a clever buy by Newcastle as it has seriously weakened one of their main relegation rivals. If Wood also scores a couple of goals that end up winning matches for Newcastle it might be enough to keep them up.

[Mountain]

It just shows what Leeds are up against. Villa bring in Coutinho, once trabnsferred for 145 million and on 380k a week, Newcastle buy a player for £25 million just to head a few goals, but realistically he will be dumped pretty quickly once he does that job.

[Byebyegeegee]

It just shows what Leeds are up against. Villa bring in Coutinho, once trabnsferred for 145 million and on 380k a week, Newcastle buy a player for £25 million just to head a few goals, but realistically he will be dumped pretty quickly once he does that job.

I suppose you could say £25m is like back pocket change to Newcastle now. As you say, probably just a temporary fix in an attempt to stay up this year. If they do they’ll be competing in the £100m price range next year!

[1964white]

I think a clever buy by Newcastle as it has seriously weakened one of their main relegation rivals. If Wood also scores a couple of goals that end up winning matches for Newcastle it might be enough to keep them up.

Very clever move in that respect

[mentalcase]

Didn't likeWood at first but correct me if I'm wrong, his tally was around 1 in 2 for us, thats a great return.
Hope we have a sell on fee due.
I think its smart business from Newcastle, Burnley have the £25 million for a 30 yr old, again good business, but, Newcastle drag a top scorer from a rival for relegation, if Wood keeps Newcastle up, it will be fantastic business, that seems like 2 clubs looking for a way out of a relegation battle instead of relying on what they already have.

[The Subhuman]

I think a clever buy by Newcastle as it has seriously weakened one of their main relegation rivals. If Wood also scores a couple of goals that end up winning matches for Newcastle it might be enough to keep them up.

Equally as a good a chance it makes Burnley better and Newcastle worse .... Addition by subtraction plus they get 25M, maybe, to spend on someone..

[1964white]

Equally as a good a chance it makes Burnley better and Newcastle worse .... Addition by subtraction plus they get 25M, maybe, to spend on someone..

Yes, Burnley may have a clever signing in mind, as they did in the summer with Cornet.

[1964white]

With Callum Wilson ruled out for two months due to a calf-injury, Newcastle have wasted no time finding a similar replacement.

[BGwhite]

I suppose you could say £25m is like back pocket change to Newcastle now. As you say, probably just a temporary fix in an attempt to stay up this year. If they do they’ll be competing in the £100m price range next year!

Someone like Grealish then .

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[Cjay]

Newcastle will attempt to sign another striker after Chris Wood.

As we have already seen this season standing still at this level will get you bitten on the bum.

Fair play to Newcastle for being proactive not reactive.

We could learn a bit from them.

And before people talk about money, between the venture capitalists backers and Radz we have a top 6 net worth for Premier league owners.

Money in theory should not be an issue for us.

It's only an issue when your investors don't want to invest and this is something that will become more and more frequent if the venture capitalists takeover as they have not invested 1 single penny into LUFC personally.

Only doing so by buying Radz shares and he then invests the money they paid him.

[1964white]

Oh dear Cjay, we are in for a rough ride then, it's turbulent enough now.

[Mountain]

We could learn a bit from them.

Have a weak manager and just throw tens of millions at aging stop gap players to fight off relegation as part of a sportswashing process?

There is not one thing I would want Leeds to learn from NUFC, they (and Man City) are stains on football.