May 24
With Danny Simpson’s future shrouded in uncertainty and Santon looking like left-back will be his position, I think finding a decent right-back is one of Alan Pardew’s priorities. We need two class full-backs in order to impose ourselves and have more control over games than we did last season. Every great team these days …
May 23
Newcastle United today completed the signing of 22-year old Romain Amalfitano from newly-promoted Stade de Reims on a free transfer, tying him to a 4-year contract. The French midfielder flew into town on Tuesday and completed a medical on Wednesday to finalise the deal. After previous spells at Châteauroux and Evian TG FC, Amalfitano made …
May 22
Left-back or right-back? Just where Davide Santon should play has been a common debate for Newcastle fans throughout the course of last season. The 21-year old from Portomaggiore has returned to Italy for the summer and has enjoyed his maiden season in the Premier League, as is evident from the recent interview he gave to …
May 08
I recently watched a Youtube video of the 15 goals that Demba scored before he went off to the African Cup of Nations. It’s painfully obvious what the difference is now. Most have put it down to him being played on the left by Pardew since the arrival of Papiss Cisse. I think it is …
May 07
In a recent interview with Dutch website NUsport, this is what the 25-year old Belgian centre-back had to say: “I have a choice. There’s something happening with Tottenham, but there are other clubs interested.” “In England, there is a growing realisation that you can go far with good football. Arsenal started it and now you …