If Newcastle signed Defoe...

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Over The Line » Fri May 19, 2017 2:13 pm

Apparently wants £100,000 a week and a £6m signing on fee.

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Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri May 19, 2017 2:14 pm

Over The Line wrote:Apparently wants £100,000 a week and a £6m signing on fee.
So £11.2m for one season...
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Remember Colo » Fri May 19, 2017 2:36 pm

Go kick rocks Defoe. The guy will want one last big pay day - has never cared about winning, and although he should be commended for performing well into his 30s and longer than most of his striker peers, it's only a matter of time until he really declines.

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri May 19, 2017 3:11 pm

I'm over Colo wrote:Go kick rocks Defoe. The guy will want one last big pay day - has never cared about winning, and although he should be commended for performing well into his 30s and longer than most of his striker peers, it's only a matter of time until he really declines.
I think he has one decent season left. Could argue that he could easily score the goals to keep us (or quite a few teams) up, therefore he'd more than pay back that outlay.
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Duke » Fri May 19, 2017 3:18 pm

Over The Line wrote:Apparently wants £100,000 a week and a £6m signing on fee.
<laugh>
I dunno

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Post by Ol' Dirty Bas Dost » Fri May 19, 2017 3:26 pm

Yeah, no

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Chappy » Fri May 19, 2017 4:12 pm

Ol' Dirty Bas Dost wrote:Yeah, no
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by krully » Fri May 19, 2017 4:33 pm

nah

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by TJR » Fri May 19, 2017 6:48 pm

Bodacious Benny wrote:
I'm over Colo wrote:Go kick rocks Defoe. The guy will want one last big pay day - has never cared about winning, and although he should be commended for performing well into his 30s and longer than most of his striker peers, it's only a matter of time until he really declines.
I think he has one decent season left. Could argue that he could easily score the goals to keep us (or quite a few teams) up, therefore he'd more than pay back that outlay.
So could Gayle and he's already here.

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri May 19, 2017 7:24 pm

TJR wrote:
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I think he has one decent season left. Could argue that he could easily score the goals to keep us (or quite a few teams) up, therefore he'd more than pay back that outlay.
So could Gayle and he's already here.
I'd happily have two goalscorers. And only one of those is a proven PL goalscorer.
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by TJR » Fri May 19, 2017 8:55 pm

Bodacious Benny wrote:
TJR wrote:
So could Gayle and he's already here.
I'd happily have two goalscorers. And only one of those is a proven PL goalscorer.
Gayle was top scorer for Crystal Palace for the last three seasons before joining us. Palace were in the Premier League all three of those seasons. To say he isn't a proven Premier League goalscorer is simply untrue.

I agree we need more than one goal scorer. However there are plenty of better options out there than Defoe. Defoe is on the decline as a player, has no resale value and probably wouldn't even want to join us anyway.

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri May 19, 2017 9:04 pm

TJR wrote:
Bodacious Benny wrote:
I'd happily have two goalscorers. And only one of those is a proven PL goalscorer.
Gayle was top scorer for Crystal Palace for the last three seasons before joining us. Palace were in the Premier League all three of those seasons. To say he isn't a proven Premier League goalscorer is simply untrue.

I agree we need more than one goal scorer. However there are plenty of better options out there than Defoe. Defoe is on the decline as a player, has no resale value and probably wouldn't even want to join us anyway.
Didn't he score 15 PL goals in 3 seasons for Palace?
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by TJR » Fri May 19, 2017 9:07 pm

Bodacious Benny wrote:
TJR wrote:
Gayle was top scorer for Crystal Palace for the last three seasons before joining us. Palace were in the Premier League all three of those seasons. To say he isn't a proven Premier League goalscorer is simply untrue.

I agree we need more than one goal scorer. However there are plenty of better options out there than Defoe. Defoe is on the decline as a player, has no resale value and probably wouldn't even want to join us anyway.
Didn't he score 15 PL goals in 3 seasons for Palace?
25 in three seasons. Their top scorer in all three. Even despite Pardew bizarrely only using him as a sub in his last season.

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri May 19, 2017 10:06 pm

TJR wrote:
Bodacious Benny wrote:
Didn't he score 15 PL goals in 3 seasons for Palace?
25 in three seasons. Their top scorer in all three. Even despite Pardew bizarrely only using him as a sub in his last season.
23 according to the PL website, only one season where he got double figures when he got 10, seasons before were 7 and 6.

Not saying he can't do a job, but wouldn't say he's entirely proven as a PL striker.
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by biggeordiedave » Sat May 20, 2017 12:48 pm

Defoe is undoubtedly a great player, but I think the days of us paying huge sums of money to players who are in the last few years of their careers are thankfully over.
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by TBC » Tue May 23, 2017 3:45 pm

Agreed to go to Bournemouth, £130k a week apparently.

Decent agent. <notbad>
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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Remember Colo » Tue May 23, 2017 5:43 pm

TBC wrote:Agreed to go to Bournemouth, £130k a week apparently.

Decent agent. <notbad>
He's always preferred the south - although I can't believe they're giving him those wages when they can still benefit from adding more depth to their side.

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by beardface » Tue May 23, 2017 5:51 pm

He was always going to get a ridiculous wage because he was available on a free.

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by jpg » Tue May 23, 2017 6:39 pm

beardface wrote:He was always going to get a ridiculous wage because he was available on a free.
Still, it surprises me that a club like Bournemouth are able to part with that much a week on one player.

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Re: If Newcastle signed Defoe...

Post by Bodacious Benny » Tue May 23, 2017 7:06 pm

Shows how much being in the PL nets you now if Bournemouth can pay those kind of wages. The weekly wage of a bog standard pl footballer is probably around £40k a week. It's part of the reason why the majority of fans are so detached from those on the field now. I've no problem with the best of the best earning decent money, but when you get someone completely average on about £50k per week it takes the piss.
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