leesaint88 Posted January 10 Posted January 10 3 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said: The Newcastle rumour seems to be sticking a bit, but I can’t see him going until the summer. There’s been no news coming out of the club about Bazunu for months now and I’m wondering if the injury and/or recovery is much worse than originally expected. What does that leave us with? McCarthy - as no.1 what does it matter…we’re dead anyway. But what about a decent no.2 / 3? I'm pretty sure the club had an image of Baz in his training kit recently? Suggesting he's at least working on his fitness. Lumley is out of contract in the summer? McCarthy is just going through the motions at the club. To be honest, I'm never glass half empty but I get the feeling we're going to drop like a stone next season in the Championship. I think the amount of players leaving especially in key departments I just can't see us replacing in time.
Nordic Saint Posted January 10 Posted January 10 16 minutes ago, pimpin4rizeal said: Easily the best keeper we have had since niemi,. Our best player imo .. it’s a painful thought that it’s likely we are gonna have to suffer bazunu again next season Not only, Bazunu, but also the "FFS, is he still here?" McCarthy, will still be here. It's a depressing thought, isn't it? Newcastle want Ramsdale. At least it proves what a good goalkeeper we signed, even if we didn't know that already. I agree with you, he's the best player we've got. He seems like a great bloke too. I feel sorry for him, being stuck in such a terrible team. 1
sadoldgit Posted January 10 Posted January 10 3 hours ago, Saint Scott said: It wasn't completely pointless, signing a top 6 quality goalkeeper was a real coup for us. The bigger issue was we neglected to upgrade our defenders from last season and RM's suicidal style destroyed our season before the 1st January The club were constantly slagged off for not signing a quality keeper then when they finally do, the signing is pointless apparently! Damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
hypochondriac Posted January 10 Posted January 10 5 hours ago, Saint Scott said: It wasn't completely pointless, signing a top 6 quality goalkeeper was a real coup for us. The bigger issue was we neglected to upgrade our defenders from last season and RM's suicidal style destroyed our season before the 1st January It was pointless in hindsight because we made very few other signings of Premier league quality so it was a waste of time.
hypochondriac Posted January 10 Posted January 10 2 hours ago, sadoldgit said: The club were constantly slagged off for not signing a quality keeper then when they finally do, the signing is pointless apparently! Damned if they do, damned if they don’t. It's not the signing of Ramsdale that made it pointless. It was not competing in virtually every other area of the pitch that made it so. 4
Baird of the land Posted January 10 Posted January 10 Resource wise i don't think Ramsdale was a great signing. the whole goalkeeping situation was completely botched this summer so that we ended up splurging a massive fee on him at the deadline as well as beeing stuck with mccarthy for the future. Would be ideal if Newcastle are desperate enough that we get that full fee back this wondow rather than settling for less in the summer.
saintant Posted January 10 Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Baird of the land said: Resource wise i don't think Ramsdale was a great signing. the whole goalkeeping situation was completely botched this summer so that we ended up splurging a massive fee on him at the deadline as well as beeing stuck with mccarthy for the future. Would be ideal if Newcastle are desperate enough that we get that full fee back this wondow rather than settling for less in the summer. Like everything else SR touches the goalkeeping situation has been a disaster. 1
pimpin4rizeal Posted January 10 Posted January 10 5 hours ago, hypochondriac said: It's not the signing of Ramsdale that made it pointless. It was not competing in virtually every other area of the pitch that made it so. Absolutely this. If every signing was as good in their positions as ramsdale we would have a hell of a side
St. Ciervo Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I wonder if that dutch keeper would have remained with us in the championship. Ramsdale is way above that, certainly.
bobby_charles Posted January 11 Posted January 11 4 hours ago, St. Ciervo said: I wonder if that dutch keeper would have remained with us in the championship. Ramsdale is way above that, certainly. I believe the term popadom wrists was used to describe his two assets so unless he can be a regular Higuita then that probably was best avoided..... actually come to think of it, he might be a free agent these days.
miserableoldgit Posted January 11 Posted January 11 51 minutes ago, bobby_charles said: I believe the term popadom wrists was used to describe his two assets so unless he can be a regular Higuita then that probably was best avoided..... actually come to think of it, he might be a free agent these days. Due to him being unable to pick up a pen to sign a contract? #popadomwrists 1
bobby_charles Posted January 11 Posted January 11 6 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said: Due to him being unable to pick up a pen to sign a contract? #popadomwrists Better get practising those scorpion kicks
OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint Posted January 12 Posted January 12 On 10/01/2025 at 17:45, Baird of the land said: the whole goalkeeping situation was completely botched this summer so that we ended up splurging a massive fee on him at the deadline as well as beeing stuck with mccarthy for the future This typifies SR's approach to management and recruitment. Last minute and arse about face. In isolation, it was a great signing, but if I recall, there was increasing concern as deadline day was approaching that we were incredibly light on the goalkeeping front, so this was a kneejerk reaction to get him in and sod the cost. But up front we went for lightweights and midfield (other the Fernandes which sounded like a punt) wasn't much better. Ramsdale was supposedly low on confidence last season. Not sure picking the ball out of the net five time a game helps improve it!
HarvSFC Posted January 12 Posted January 12 35 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said: This typifies SR's approach to management and recruitment. Last minute and arse about face. In isolation, it was a great signing, but if I recall, there was increasing concern as deadline day was approaching that we were incredibly light on the goalkeeping front, so this was a kneejerk reaction to get him in and sod the cost. But up front we went for lightweights and midfield (other the Fernandes which sounded like a punt) wasn't much better. Ramsdale was supposedly low on confidence last season. Not sure picking the ball out of the net five time a game helps improve it! Yes. Another example of a decision that the club has made, that makes no sense regarding McCarthy's contract. There's no sell on opportunity, he's 35. He spent most of last season as our third choice goalkeeper, Lumley was our cup goalkeeper and then he came in at the back end of last season, playing a good role in getting us promoted, but all were aware that he isn't good enough to be a Premier League number one. He could have left the club in a good light. However, the decision makers thought we could go into the season with McCarthy as our number one and it soon become apparent that we could not, hence the Ramsdale panic signing. A good signing, but one good signing among plenty of other poor decisions. McCarthy must have been one of Martin's favourites, is the only explanation I can find and now we're stuck with him until 2026 when he's had around two contracts too many here.
Chez Posted January 12 Posted January 12 16 minutes ago, HarvSFC said: Yes. Another example of a decision that the club has made, that makes no sense regarding McCarthy's contract. There's no sell on opportunity, he's 35. He spent most of last season as our third choice goalkeeper, Lumley was our cup goalkeeper and then he came in at the back end of last season, playing a good role in getting us promoted, but all were aware that he isn't good enough to be a Premier League number one. He could have left the club in a good light. However, the decision makers thought we could go into the season with McCarthy as our number one and it soon become apparent that we could not, hence the Ramsdale panic signing. A good signing, but one good signing among plenty of other poor decisions. McCarthy must have been one of Martin's favourites, is the only explanation I can find and now we're stuck with him until 2026 when he's had around two contracts too many here. Maybe we signed McCarthy to be back up, because we negotiated a fee with PSV for Bijlow in mid August, but he obviously failed a medical. Ramsdale was then signed. Not sure why we gave McCarthy a two year deal with Baz likely back in the frame half way through that deal.
hypochondriac Posted January 12 Posted January 12 On 11/01/2025 at 10:20, bobby_charles said: I believe the term popadom wrists was used to describe his two assets so unless he can be a regular Higuita then that probably was best avoided..... actually come to think of it, he might be a free agent these days. Has he played this season do we know?
Ex Lion Tamer Posted January 12 Posted January 12 5 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Has he played this season do we know? Appears to have been fit this season but only used on the bench
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