January 2011 Transfer Window Speculation Thread

[karl1987]

Surprised we arent in for Keisuke Honda, he'd be relativeley cheap at 12 -15million and was just named MVP in the Asia Cup

 

Were would he go though? He's not a winger.

[KinskiRage]

Carroll needs to get out of Newcastle if he's to leave that off-the-pitch stuff behind. It's still a big risk, mind, but Kenny's as good a man as any to get him straightened out. I think he'd be dominant for us, but I agree 35m is over the odds.

 

It's all a bit mad and its only lunchtiime.

[Pidge]

Honda is staying in Russia until the summer now.

[KevieG]

I've compared him to Duncan Ferguson before. As have many others I'm sure.

 

And I would hope he's a far better player than him, becuase for all his "cunt" - sorry "cult" - status, and frenzied quacking about how "unplayable" he was, Duncan Disorderly was an overrated, perma-injured pisshead halfwit, who scored about 7 goals a season at best.

 

I guess it depends on Kenny's plans. I kind of agree on the Fergsuson evaluation too,

 

Again from limited viewings of Suarez(mainly the world cup), it would seem like an old fashioned big man, poacher type partnership that he is going for. Not even sure how relevant that is in todays game but I guess we may well soon find out.

 

If we got 15 goals from Carroll and 25 from Suarez then it would be a great partnership. I'll defer to the King on this one.

 

Nostalgia i know, but this has the hallmarks of the summer of 87.

 

The irreplaceable Rushie left and we improved with buys from Oxford/Watford/Newcastle.

[silverlining]

I guess it depends on Kenny's plans. I kind of agree on the Fergsuson evaluation too,

 

Again from limited viewings of Suarez(mainly the world cup), it would seem like an old fashioned big man, poacher type partnership that he is going for. Not even sure how relevant that is in todays game but I guess we may well soon find out.

 

If we got 15 goals from Carroll and 25 from Suarez then it would be a great partnership. I'll defer to the King on this one.

 

Nostalgia i know, but this has the hallmarks of the summer of 87.

 

The irreplaceable Rushie left and we improved with buys from Oxford/Watford/Newcastle.

 

Yeah, but we had a better defence and midfield then.

Lucas or Steve McMahon?

Agger or Hansen?

Hmmm, tricky one.

[mht1892]

if we signed Carroll and had two decent wingers or even one who could cross the ball the Carroll/Suarez partnership would be fucking lethal, id love us to sign Young or N'Zogbia.

[J-V]

Apparently Warnock deal is not happening

 

No Anelka, no Warnock. Two good bits of news in the last 24hrs at least.

[dennis tooth]

Honda is staying in Russia until the summer now.

 

The cheeky little bastards.

[ThewaytoRome]

is'nt he injured for a month? May as well wait until summer.

[KevieG]

Yeah, but we had a better defence and midfield then.

Lucas or Steve McMahon?

Agger or Hansen?

Hmmm, tricky one.

 

Not saying we'll win the league, but on the whole we might just end up better off coming out of this when all finally settles.

 

Torres just couldn't be arsed playing for us lately. At least we should have some players who want to be here.

[J-V]

Adam will sit on the bench.

Unless we're getting rid of Lucas or Meireles I see no point in Adam. It's not as if he can spray passes to our wingers who have the pace or a dead cat.

[Kobayashi Maru]

Suprised no one has gone in for Lacina Traore.

[PaulMcC]

Apparently Warnock deal is not happening

 

Good news for us if true.

[Red-Ed]

More twitter rumour or maybe fact - NUFC have cancelled press conference - carroll deal could be on!

[Evil_Ways]

Newcastle fans are probably pretty fuckin pissed right now...

Blame Torres and Chelsea though.

[Evil_Ways]

SSN confirmed the cancelled press conf in Newscastle.

 

So things are probably moving on the Carroll front.

[silverlining]

Newcastle fans are probably pretty fuckin pissed right now...

Blame Torres and Chelsea though.

 

I dunno. £30m for Andy Carroll is outrageous and too good to turn down.

 

That said, they will be pissed off, because that money will go into Ashley's casino account, rather than the team.

[JermainePennant]

If we can get carrol and a winger, N'zogbia or alexis sanchez our team will be considerably stronger, this would help me get over the prick torres going.

[Hugo Sanjeev]

Suprised no one has gone in for Lacina Traore.

 

Most clubs are so inept in the transfer mkt, I'd be surprised if many of them are even aware of him!

 

For the right price, I think Carroll could go onto be a brilliant buy. But with how much he is likely to cost, we could buy both Lukaku and Traore for that price.

[kurt5561]

Suprised no one has gone in for Lacina Traore.

 

I agree with you on this. Looks a decent player with plenty of potential. Would get him for around the 10m mark.

[Red-Ed]

Andy Reid on way to Blackpool, pretty like for like replacement of Charlie Adam.

[Ronnie Whelan]

what about this:

 

Out Torres (50 million)

In

Suarez (23 million),

Ashley Young (20 million - crazy price with him nearly out of contract but great player),

Jamie McCarthy (10 million - would make more sense than Adam - quality young player)

Andy Carroll (33 million - crazy price but quality player)

 

That would be great business. bring in hazard and contreao in the summer, then I'll be hopeful of the future.

[Evil_Ways]

I dunno. £30m for Andy Carroll is outrageous and too good to turn down.

 

That said, they will be pissed off, because that money will go into Ashley's casino account, rather than the team.

 

It is pretty outrageous. But considering the situation we are in i reckon it might be worth it.

Personally from what i've seen of Carroll i really rate him, but i totally agree 30 million is pretty crazy.

[JermainePennant]

jamie mccarthy has done nothing to show he is worth 10m, I would say 5m at most and that would be for his potential, if it was a choice between adam and mccarthy I would take adam.

[PaulMcC]

If we sign Caroll we need a winger to supply him.