CastletonRam Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 Newcastle have signed already signed Richie, Gayle and now Gamez from Atletico. Conversely we've been very quiet on the transfer front, both with incomings and outgoings. The squad is still far too big and needs aggressive pruning. I fear that nobody wants our players, (Albentosa's move fell though yesterday). I'm glad we're not gung-ho and signing personal for the sake of it like last summer but no movement whatsoever this time around is equally frustrating. Either recruitment is biding their time and thinking about things, or they've run out of ideas. The O'Dowda link tells me we're just going over old ground. Hope to see some movement soon. Or we risk getting left behind while our rivals sail past the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Nobody wants our players? Ryan Shotton anyone? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsPolls Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 The lack of movement does bring up the question on whether or not NP is involved with signings. This time yesterday I would have said I was 100% confident he had alot of say in transfers. However with the O'Dowda thing creeping back up again it questions this theory. O'Dowda looks a good young youth player but surely doesn't improve our current team or even the U-21's. We need a striker and that is apparent, we cannot go into this season without investing in a mobile striker. People argue that Weimann can play that role, I agree with this. But would he prolific? I don't think so. I do not have any confidence in the current recruitment team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Or the business is being conducted behind closed doors and we will know once a player is signed? (Apart from SDSR LOL) I'm not worried in the slightest about other clubs signing players. We will have targets, don't worry about that, and some of them we will sign before the season starts. Sit back, enjoy the summer and don't get worked up about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbyram1983 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Think Pearson will let the team get a few games under their belt until he does something. I'm more than happy not signing anyone until we've off loaded and he's had plenty of time to assess the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, RamsPolls said: The lack of movement does bring up the question on whether or not NP is involved with signings. This time yesterday I would have said I was 100% confident he had alot of say in transfers. However with the O'Dowda thing creeping back up again it questions this theory. O'Dowda looks a good young youth player but surely doesn't improve our current team or even the U-21's. We need a striker and that is apparent, we cannot go into this season without investing in a mobile striker. People argue that Weimann can play that role, I agree with this. But would he prolific? I don't think so. I do not have any confidence in the current recruitment team. Absolutely improves our U21s. 100%. Would also get opportunity to win places in matchday squad, as would our other top tier youths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbyram1983 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 As it stands we have bent, Blackman, Weiman and Martin as strikers. How could any team justify signing another? One or two would have to go first. I don't rate the rest other than Martin but we can't keep adding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsPolls Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Absolutely improves our U21s. 100%. Would also get opportunity to win places in matchday squad, as would our other top tier youths. Would you push Mason Bennett out of the team to make way for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 minute ago, RamsPolls said: Would you push Mason Bennett out of the team to make way for him? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonRam Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, Derbyram1983 said: Think Pearson will let the team get a few games under their belt until he does something. I'm more than happy not signing anyone until we've off loaded and he's had plenty of time to assess the squad. He's already a month to watch footage from last season and realise what went wrong. We all know it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 7 minutes ago, RamsPolls said: The lack of movement does bring up the question on whether or not NP is involved with signings. This time yesterday I would have said I was 100% confident he had alot of say in transfers. However with the O'Dowda thing creeping back up again it questions this theory. O'Dowda looks a good young youth player but surely doesn't improve our current team or even the U-21's. We need a striker and that is apparent, we cannot go into this season without investing in a mobile striker. People argue that Weimann can play that role, I agree with this. But would he prolific? I don't think so. I do not have any confidence in the current recruitment team. If anything the lack of movement would suggest NP has a great deal of involvement with signings. If we had signed a load of players before he had even had a look at the squad that would tell me he had no control over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Our squad is large and plenty good enough for top 6. We don't need a raft of signings, we need deadwood out (Shotton, Baird, Albentosa...) and then if the right player comes along with the right quality we add one or two better than what we've got. Pearson needs time to assess that. If we go into the season without a single signing I won't be disheartened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rample Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I don't see what the panic is, we've only been back a matter of days. He can take as long as he needs to assess the squad for me, in fact his record suggests he will still be finalising it up until the window closes. Bear in mind Benitez had the tail end of last season to assess Newcastle's squad so can move that bit quicker. It's not just as simple as a quick training session and deciding they're good/they're bad. Once he's assessed the players he needs to work out whether to fit a formation to them or them to a formation, and only then, which may be in several weeks after the Portugal trip and a few friendlies, can he decide how he needs to boost that and subsequently who is surplus to requirements. I don't see us missing out on anybody amazing so far, and on the flip side I'm also glad we're not just selling off our assets for a total squad change. We all need to be patient with this appointment, possibly a lot longer than just pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeadlySaul Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 7 minutes ago, RamsPolls said: The lack of movement does bring up the question on whether or not NP is involved with signings. This time yesterday I would have said I was 100% confident he had alot of say in transfers. However with the O'Dowda thing creeping back up again it questions this theory. O'Dowda looks a good young youth player but surely doesn't improve our current team or even the U-21's. We need a striker and that is apparent, we cannot go into this season without investing in a mobile striker. People argue that Weimann can play that role, I agree with this. But would he prolific? I don't think so. I do not have any confidence in the current recruitment team. Why is it apparent? We are fine at scoring goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonRam Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 minute ago, TheDeadlySaul said: Why is it apparent? We are fine at scoring goals. We scored 19 less 2015/16 season than we did in 2014/15. Of course another striker is a priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Not worried in the slightest. Start the season tomorrow as we are for me. It's not often a manager can walk into a Championship team with the squad we have available to them. Probably licking his lips right now thinking of all the options he has, some of which are not even back from training yet. I would be disappointed if we start signing players before we come back from Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 If we don't start signing players soon my head will explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam the Ram Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Newcastle have had Benitez in since the back end of last season so he's had plenty of time to evaluate their squad and decide what needs changing. Add to that the fact they're in a completely different league so they're likely to have plenty of last season's first team players leave so it's no surprise they're signing players before we are. Pearson has had 5 days to watch the players train. Do you want us to just sign players for the sake of it before the manager has even had chance to work out what areas need improvement? As we saw last season, that's not the smartest thing to do as we can sign players who just don't fit our system, or we can overpay for players because we rush things. And as for players leaving, Warnock, Sammon and Shotton's departures probably freed up 50k a weeks wages. Albentosa's move fell through but there's still numerous Spanish clubs interested in him so he'll likely be gone. Buxton has been linked with a move away but according to Nixon 'wants to fight for his place,' and there's been plenty of interest in Hendrick and Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, CastletonRam said: We scored 19 less 2015/16 season than we did in 2014/15. Of course another striker is a priority. With over half a season passing it round aimlessly under Clement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsPolls Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 4 minutes ago, TheDeadlySaul said: Why is it apparent? We are fine at scoring goals. So you're saying you would be happy going into the season with Martin + Bent our only out and out strikers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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