The Summer and Beyond!

I understand articles like this have been tiresomely repeated over and over again but I'm bored and like others want to put soem of my thoughts into writing...

NUFC Summer Transfer Activity Prediction

OUT
Jose Enrique - Liverpool
6 million

Cheick Tiote - Chelsea/abrord
20 million

IN
Johan Elmander - Bolton Wanderers
FREE

Shane Long - Reading
7.5 million

'anonomous right back'
5 million

Personally this is what I foresee.
I 100% believe that Tiote signing that 6 year contract was to get more money for him in the summer. I genuinely believe we have no intentions of keeping him, first and foremost because he'd like to play in Europe and secondly because MA is still looking to erase some dodgy debts of his.

I also think that Johan Elmander would be a HUGE flop and score anywhere in the region of 4-5 goals in the season.

I wish I could be more optimistic but Mike Ashley hasn't exactly been dishing out the evidence as to why we should trust him...

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

HWTL

 

I'm glad you're here to spread all this optimism

 

no problem! I'm here all week!!!

 

Misery loves company, therefore I'll go.

 

Piss off! If that actually happened I'd personally kill Mike Ashley!

 

Yeah looking back on it maybe I was a bit thin on the 'IN' section.
However I have no doubts Jose will go. And if Cheick did go it wouldn't surpirse me...

How about an extra slice of DM to cover for Cheick??
Maybe a Jay Spearing?
Young, physical....looks like he's from Liverpool??

 

You're forgetting Konchesky, Cole and Ngog if you're going by the papers.

 

Good thing I'm not going by the papers then!?!

 

Ah fair enough, just thought so with Shane Long and Enrique transfers.

Add Larsson to the in list as well, reckon he'll sign for us in the summer

 

sorry is this what you wnat or what you think?

 

Jose out for £6m?

 

Yeah thats not a bad shout...although someone with a more flair would be nicer.

I've been watching a lot of QPR recently and Adel Taarabt RUNS the show!
fantasic to watch but sounds like a bit of a workey ticket...

Don't think Pards has the right personality to cope with him.

 

Fair enough

Going into football manager mode here:

OUT: Perch (500k), Campbell* (free), Kuqi* (free), Forster (loan), Ranger (loan), Routledge (1m), Lua Lua (loan), Vuckic (loan), Soderberg (loan), Xisco (2m), Kadar (loan)
*offer coaching roles for defence/reserves respectively

IN (if budget is 20mil + player sales): Gameiro (8m), Kranjcar (4m), RB/LB cover (2m), cover CB (2m), [M'Bengue if we lose Enrique (6m)]

IN (if budget is 35mil + player sales): Gameiro (8m), Kranjcar (4m), RB/LB cover (2m), starting CB (7mil), Ireland (5m), [M'Bengue if we lose Enrique (6m)], Someone Else (5m)

 

think!

Can't stand Elmander but he seems like the type of player Pards would go for..
I'd prefer this Gameiro chap.

 

Oh yeah Traabt and Ben Arfa in the same squad

Arfa wins

 

This I like!
If only there was some way of getting Pards a copy of FM11..

 

Don't see Tiote going and if he wins this nufcfans player of the year award it might persuade him to stay and don't forget he turned down a move to Chelsea.

 

Jose's a gonner... Tiote, reckon he'll stay at least another year. Not convinced by Spearing, but given a chance to develop, who knows. Would soften the Enrique blow I guess...

 

Ah that helps me understand.
surely no one in their right mind would hope we sign them

 

Yeah... It would certainly be nice to see a few scousers coming our way for once...

Steven Gerrard could act as some tasty revenge...