Topic: The Squad, Fringe Players and Transfers

[Kanji]

Says a lot that out of those listed (2015 and 2016) I'd probably only be really irked if Abeid left, and even he has barely done owt. What a shower of s***.

Same.

[Tomato Deuce]

While I'm fantasizing, as I tend to do when I should instead be productive, I decided to comb through the squad and determine who I'd dump completely. Because why not. It's fun to dream.

Goalkeepers

Jak Alnwick

Defenders

Mike Williamson
Steven Taylor
Fabricio Coloccini
Ryan Taylor

Midfielders

Cheick Tiote
Jack Colback
Jonas Gutierrez
Gabriel Obertan

Forwards

Emmanuel Riviere
Yoan Gouffran


Leaving us with, for next season...

GK: Tim Krul, Karl Darlow, Rob Elliot, (Freddie Woodman)

LB: Massadio Haidara, Davide Santon, (Shane Ferguson)
CB: Paul Dummett, Jamaal Lascelles, (Curtis Good, Remi Streete, Lubomir Satka, Kevin Mbabu)
RB: Daryl Janmaat

CM: Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Mehdi Abeid, (Gael Bigirimana, Olivier Kemen)
AM: Siem de Jong, Sylvain Marveaux, Haris Vuckic

F: Remy Cabella, Rolando Aarons, Sammy Ameobi, Adam Armstrong
ST: Papiss Cisse, Ayoze Perez, (Adam Campbell, Callum Roberts)


Obviously I don't expect to see the likes of Marveaux or Santon in a Newcastle kit again, and players like Sissoko and Cisse could easily be sold on in the summer.

So by my count, in this fantasy world in which we have competent ownership and management, we'd need 2 starting CBs, a fullback, a CM, and a striker. At the very least.

[Yorkie]

Our refusal to buy players two summers in a row has left the squad in a total mess, like.

[Belfast Boy]

While I'm fantasizing, as I tend to do when I should instead be productive, I decided to comb through the squad and determine who I'd dump completely. Because why not. It's fun to dream.

Goalkeepers

Jak Alnwick

Defenders

Mike Williamson
Steven Taylor
Fabricio Coloccini
Ryan Taylor

Midfielders

Cheick Tiote
Jack Colback
Jonas Gutierrez
Gabriel Obertan

Forwards

Emmanuel Riviere
Yoan Gouffran


Leaving us with, for next season...

GK: Tim Krul, Karl Darlow, Rob Elliot, (Freddie Woodman)

LB: Massadio Haidara, Davide Santon, (Shane Ferguson)
CB: Paul Dummett, Jamaal Lascelles, (Curtis Good, Remi Streete, Lubomir Satka, Kevin Mbabu)
RB: Daryl Janmaat

CM: Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Mehdi Abeid, (Gael Bigirimana, Olivier Kemen)
AM: Siem de Jong, Sylvain Marveaux, Haris Vuckic

F: Remy Cabella, Rolando Aarons, Sammy Ameobi, Adam Armstrong
ST: Papiss Cisse, Ayoze Perez, (Adam Campbell, Callum Roberts)


Obviously I don't expect to see the likes of Marveaux or Santon in a Newcastle kit again, and players like Sissoko and Cisse could easily be sold on in the summer.

So by my count, in this fantasy world in which we have competent ownership and management, we'd need 2 starting CBs, a fullback, a CM, and a striker. At the very least.

What is your thinking behind keeping Elliot?

[Tomato Deuce]

What is your thinking behind keeping Elliot?

He'd be a better 3rd-choice keeper than Alnwick?

Though I suppose I should've just sacked him off with everyone else, I wasn't worried about depth at any other position.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

Our squad has no strength in depth. The first 11 isn't even that good apart from a few players.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

It's that time again.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/full-list-who-newcastle-united-8956158

A full list of who Newcastle United could sign on a free in the summer

16:18, 31 March 2015
By Lee Ryder

Here's a full list of who Newcastle United could sign on a free in the summer - and who they face losing if they don't agree terms.

Newcastle United are yet to decide whether to hand players such as Jonas Gutierrez, Ryan Taylor and Sammy Ameobi a new deal.

The Magpies will sit down with the clutch of first team players who are out of contract at the end of the current campaign.

However, this summer the Premier League will see a host of stars available on a free transfer.

Here is a list of players up for grabs this summer –as well as the players who could leave Newcastle.

Arsenal: -
Mikel Arteta
Abou Diaby
Samuel Galindo
Semi Ajayi

Aston Villa: -
Ron Vlaar
Chris Herd
Benjamin Siegrist
Graham Burke
Lewis Kinsella
Darren Bent
Enda Stevens

Burnley: -
Steven Reid
Michael Duff
Dean Marney
Ross Wallace
Danny Ings
Tom Anderson
Luke Conlan
Jadan Hall
Cameron Howieson
Conor Mitchell
Alex Whitmore
Daniel Nizic

Chelsea: -
Didier Drogba
John Swift
Gael Kakuta

Crystal Palace: -
Damien Delaney
Jerome Thomas
Shola Ameobi
Brede Hangeland
Julián Speroni
Owen Garvan
Kwesi Appiah
Kyle De Silva
Ghassimu Sow
Hiram Boateng
Peter Ramage
Stephen Dobbie
Lewis Hiram

Everton: -
Sylvain Distin
Antolín Alcaraz
Luke Garbutt
Gethin Jones
Duffus Courtney
Conor Grant
Chris Long

Hull City: -
Steve Harper
Liam Rosenior
Paul McShane
Alex Bruce
Maynor Figueroa
Joe Dudgeon
Stepehn Quinn
Mark Oxley
Conor Townsend

Leicester City: -
Dean Hammond
Paul Konchesky
Matthew Upson
Marcin Wasilewski
Esteban Cambiasso
Conrad Logan
Zoumana Bagayoko

Liverpool: -
Glen Johnson
Kolo Toure
John Flanagan
Brad Smith
Brad Jones

Man City: -
Richard Wright
James Milner
Micah Richards
George Evans
Devante Cole
John Guidetti
Greg Leigh
Nana

Man United: -
James Weir
James Wilson
Andreas Pereira
Ben Amos
Tom Cleverley

Newcastle United: -
Ryan Taylor
Jonas Gutierrez
Sammy Ameobi
Adam Campbell
Remie Streete

QPR: -
Clint Hill
Bobby Zamora
Brian Murphy
Richard Dunne
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Rio Ferdinand
Karl Henry

Southampton: -
Jack Sinclair
Coady Cropper
Omar Rowe
Artur Boruc
Jos Hooiveld

Stoke City: -
Thomas Sorensen
Andy Wilkinson
Peter Odemwingie
Wilson Palacios
Joel Taylor
Adam Thomas
Alex Grant

Sunderland: -
Wes Brown
Anthony Réveillère
Tom Robson
Joel Dixon
George Honeyman
Carl Lawson
Peter Burke

Swansea City: -
Gerhard Tremmel
Curtis Obeng
David Cornell
Lee Lucas
Kurtis March
James Loveridge
Raheem Hanley

Tottenham: -
Shaq Coulthirst
Dominic Ball
Grant Hall
Jordan Archer

West Brom: -
Chris Baird
Claudio Yacob
Adil Nabi
Alex Jones
Daniel Barrow
Mani O’Sullivan

West Ham: -
Jussi Jaaskelainen
Carlton Cole
Guy Demel
Nene
Morgan Amalfitano
Sebastian Lletget
Danny Potts

[Klaus]

Shola available on a free  bargain

[chopey]

So Ryder is already peddling stories about free transfers it would have made much better reading if he printed a story about u21 players that are highly rated across Europe at lower clubs that could be bought, but I suppose that takes research, a bit of proper journalism and football knowledge . ah well I suppose a good copy and paste from the premier league website makes just as good reading .

[La Parka]

Darren Bent
Danny Ings
Luke Garbutt
John Flanagan
James Milner
Micah Richards
John Guidetti
James Wilson
Tom Cleverly
Andy Wilkinson

All kinda realistic. Imagine milner coming back (Realistic for the club to aspire to sign, not necessarily my choice)

[sempuki]

Darren Bent
Danny Ings
Luke Garbutt
John Flanagan
James Milner
Micah Richards
John Guidetti
James Wilson
Tom Cleverly
Andy Wilkinson

All kinda realistic. Imagine milner coming back (Realistic for the club to aspire to sign, not necessarily my choice)

Would take Richards and Ings but Fatty won't pay the signing-on fees.

[Roger Kint]

Only Ings and Garbutt i would even consider on that list of s****. Obvious a few kids who i havent seen too but guessing most are garbage

[Ash]

Darren Bent
Danny Ings
Luke Garbutt
John Flanagan
James Milner
Micah Richards
John Guidetti
James Wilson
Tom Cleverly
Andy Wilkinson

All kinda realistic. Imagine milner coming back (Realistic for the club to aspire to sign, not necessarily my choice)

Milner definitely isn't realistic.

[The College Dropout]

LOL @ Milner. He would never come here again.

[Tomato Deuce]

Milner would be a very good signing. No chance of it happening.

[triggs]

Milner would instantly be one of our better players if he signed like, probably wouldn't get him though

[r0cafella]

Miller is the Jack Colback upgrade :s

[Ryan]

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/endendevertraege

Players with expiring contracts according to Transfermarkt. From that list I'd go for:

Konoplyanka
Ayew
Ings
Neto
Demarai Gray

Can only see us going for Ayew though.

[r0cafella]

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/statistik/endendevertraege

Players with expiring contracts according to Transfermarkt. From that list I'd go for:

Konoplyanka
Ayew
Ings
Neto
Demarai Gray

Can only see us going for Ayew though.

Can't see us matching the wage demands given how flush with cash the rest of the league is.

[morla84]

There's only 2 people we need to get rid of, Ashley and Charnley. We don't have a big enough squad to let anyone else go, even if they aren't good enough. Because they won't all be replaced and definitely not with better.

[HawK]

There's only 2 people we need to get rid of, Ashley and Charnley. We don't have a big enough squad to let anyone else go, even if they aren't good enough. Because they won't all be replaced and definitely not with better.

Tbh I think Obertan playing is like giving the opposition a paid-off player.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

As people were discussing the squad in the Rafa thread I thought I'd resurrect this thread.

Contract information taken from: -
http://www.nufc.com/2016-17html/squad.html

Out of contract in June 2017
Vurnon Anita
Yoan Gouffran
Christian Atsu (end of loan from Chelsea)
Sammy Ameobi

Out of contract in June 2018 (i.e. one year left on contract so Mike Ashley may be looking to cash in)
Massadio Haidara
Jesus Gamez
Daryl Murphy
Curtis Good
Tim Krul
Kevin Mbabu

NUFC.com have "tbc" for the contract length of some players e.g. Emmanuel Riviere. Some players like Haris Vučkić aren't listed.

[xLiaaamx]

Anita, Gouffran and Ameobi should be let go. I'd look to sign Atsu though.

[NEEJ]

Anita is definitely worth keeping at least for next season.

[Ryan]

Anita, Gouffran and Ameobi should be let go. I'd look to sign Atsu though.

Agree with that but Anita is a strange one, don't think I'd be that fussed either way. Wouldn't be too surprised if he did get a new contract as he can play in a few positions but happy with Yedlin and Gamez as our RB options for next season and I don't really rate him as a CM. Would hope we'd be bringing in at least 2 new ones in the summer anyway.