Isn't needed now.
Might end up at his 19th choice of club ...... Palace.
Might end up at his 19th choice of club ...... Palace.
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[Albion] Isaac Hayden
- Thread starter Dick Swiveller
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Leave it until right near the end of the window. If no offers have been made for him then put in a sneaky 5 million bid.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Still wants OUT of Newcastle.
Not impossible that he is still on our radar for January.
Not impossible that he is still on our radar for January.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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Do our U23s need an extra overage player?
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Do we need 6 fullbacks in our 25 man squad ?
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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Do we need 6 fullbacks in our 25 man squad ?
Well no, but surely that doesn't mean you bloat the squad further with another player we don't need that would struggle to get any game time...?
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Well quite. We currently have Dale Stephens and Davy Propper occupying the two central midfield positions, with Yves Bissouma and Beram Kayal, (hopefully), fighting to replace them.
We really don't need him. If it were to be a marquee signing, someone who was going to vbe noticeably better, then maybe, but Isaac Hayden just isn't that player.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
My suggestion is to rebalance the squad by reducing the number of fullbacks and increasing the number of central midfielders.
With the midfield 'V' we have :
Pröpper----------Groß ( Bissouma, Kayal )
--------Stephens-------- ( New recruit )
Meant to add : Mathias Normann could move to the squad to be the 'New recruit'.
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Machiavelli
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It's a perfectly logical suggestion too. What I'd like to see, however, is an upgrade on Stephens and that's unlikely to happen this window. I'm not convinced Hayden constitutes an upgrade, although he's a decent player.
Edit: we're now in such a position of strength that squad changes are about improvement, and that means targeting quality over quantity.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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The logic is fair enough, until you get to the stage where you think there's any point in bringing in Hayden to be a back up to Stephens. We currently have plenty of central midfield options - if we're going to invest, why not wait until the summer and look to upgrade Stephens rather than looking to pay big wages to a back up?
the right footed denilson
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With the likes of Normann and Sanders in our U23 Team (third in a league including most of the 'big 6'), isn't it sensible to buy NOBODY who isn't in serious contention for a first team place? Anyone just seen a first team squad member will block the progression of this type of player. Even in the unlikely event of 3 of our CMs being injured, I'd rather one of the aforementioned was involved than some half-rate journeyman.
Postman Pat
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He wants to leave Newcastle to be nearer his kid who lives in South Wales,
"The 23-year-old handed in a transfer request during the summer in a bid to move closer to his daughter and her mother, who are understood to live in South Wales."
I can't see coming here making that commute any easier than the one he currently has.
"The 23-year-old handed in a transfer request during the summer in a bid to move closer to his daughter and her mother, who are understood to live in South Wales."
I can't see coming here making that commute any easier than the one he currently has.
- Jun 27, 2012
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We are missing one player in the squad which Nick Powell was lined up for in the summer and Izzy Brown was lined up to do last season.
Locadia has stepped up to it (but in a 4-3-3) in the last month and Hughton has toyed with playing Kayal and Propper further forward. And March filled in when Gross was injured.
And there's (hopefully) more to come from Jose/Al J in the 2nd half of the season.
We have a flexible squad and Hughton has moved away from 4-4-1-1 but there's no like for like #10 type player replacement for Gross.
Thats where (i assume) they're looking.
Locadia has stepped up to it (but in a 4-3-3) in the last month and Hughton has toyed with playing Kayal and Propper further forward. And March filled in when Gross was injured.
And there's (hopefully) more to come from Jose/Al J in the 2nd half of the season.
We have a flexible squad and Hughton has moved away from 4-4-1-1 but there's no like for like #10 type player replacement for Gross.
Thats where (i assume) they're looking.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
A phone call to Neil Warnock perhaps?
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Hayden to Cardiff it is then.
Postman Pat
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Or Swansea if Newcastle don't want him to go to a relegation rival, I think they used that as a reason for not selling us Mitrovic.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Naylor Says Yes(ish) in article about Clarke ( also Yes ).
https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/17664652.albion-interested-in-portsmouths-matt-clarke/
https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/17664652.albion-interested-in-portsmouths-matt-clarke/
BensGrandad
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I was impressed with his performance for Newcastle against us at The Amex. so on that basis I would say he would be an improvement on Kayal as a squad player.
You really don't miss any opportunity to put the boot into Kayal, do you?
BensGrandad
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Not putting the boot in at all but to get better we need to improve both our squad and 1st team and I dont think that he would replace Propper or Stephens but would improve the back up to them along with Bissouma .