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  • IronHerbIronHerb
    edited January 2018
    SKY reporting Slimani is out for 2 weeks with a thigh injury. (May put your theory to the test Mrs G)

    Sign him up!
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    IronHerb said:

    SKY reporting Slimani is out for 2 weeks with a thigh injury. (May put your theory to the test Mrs G)

    Sign him up!

    That's incredible. We injure players by association alone now ;lol
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    The force is strong in this club.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Liverpool signed Carroll for £35m on deadline day despite the fact he'd been out injured for a month and he didn't play until March.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Liverpool signed Carroll for £35m on deadline day despite the fact he'd been out injured for a month and he didn't play until March.

    As he played since
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    edited January 2018
    Macca, here y'go ;biggrin

  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Sam Inkersole (@Football_LDN) claiming West Ham are "mulling over making a move" for Smolov.

    Mulling over?! The window closes in a little over 12 hours time ;lol
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    So, Sky Sports and the Sun have said we are in talks to sign him.

    An 'ITK' says we are still wondering whether to make a move.

    These clearly contradict each other.

    Should I believe one, neither or both?

  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Mrs Grey, it could all be just a rumour. ;wink
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    So that's a 'both' then.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    https://thisisfutbol.com/2018/01/blogs/premier-league/newcastle-edge-back-ahead-in-race-to-land-slimani/
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    You can still talk while considering whether to complete or not but I don't think this one will happen.
  • LukerzLukerz
    We’re gonna sign nobody aren’t we?
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    And Slimani is signing for..........SKY went to a break. ;puzzled
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2018
    Re Slimani, it would worry me slightly if players considered Newcastle, and indeed Swansea in Ki's case, to be more attractive than West Ham.

    Although, with everything going on at the club, I'm not sure I can blame them in all honesty.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Newcastle
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2018
    Lukerz said:

    We’re gonna sign nobody aren’t we?

    That was my prediction yesterday. Hoping I'm wrong, but with Zaba doing well in MF last night and Hernandez and Mario working well together, I think the concensus at the club will be to muddle on with what we've got.
  • brookingsironsbrookingsirons
    Talk about last minute , it was always going to be loans imo .
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    OCS

    I think it will be what Moyes said; if we can get one or two who definitely improve us, we will, but he won't just take 'bodies', so it may be that we get no one.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Declan Rice is like a new signing imo.

  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Batshuayi to Dortmund, done deal.

    Has anyone mentioned that?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    OCS

    I think it will be what Moyes said; if we can get one or two who definitely improve us, we will, but he won't just take 'bodies', so it may be that we get no one.

    Maybe, but if (and I know it's a big if) it's true that we've got bids in for 10 players, that rather suggests to me that we've taken an 'anyone will do' approach.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    No point in taking players who won't improve us, they are usually v expensive in January and we are still picking up points with all these injuries and we have a few players due back soon.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Depends who the 10 players are doesn't it? If Moyes said I would like any 2 from this list of 10 then that isn't a scattergun approach imo.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    As has been acknowledged by Moyes, the original plan for signings had to be amended once the injury blight struck late in the transfer window.

    If we are therefore getting someone in to cover an injury (which by definition is a time-limited need), I think it could be argued that a loan is probably a sensible way to go.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Its difficult to buy when Moyes is on a short contract himself. The club and players may not wish to commit in this situation so loans are the way forward at this time.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    MrsGrey said:

    Declan Rice is like a new signing imo.

    but he isn't
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    And even if he were, it's not in the positions that we need strengthening, IMO
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Yeold, that's why I said 'is like'. I mean he is a player who has upped his game and now is (imo) a genuine contender for the 1st team. Offering options, and numbers.

    OCS. DM?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Possibly, Mrs G, but he's a CB by trade, and I'd rather we signed a career DM rather than rely on Rice and/or Zaba filling in.
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