I love that 'Arry has already started to go exactly against his statement 3 weeks ago they don't need to bring in loads of players on big wages... What an idiot he is!
No idea what Newcastle have done to make them selves so unattractive though.
50p says unnamed club is Fulham but they have only offered 60k a week and the promise of no relegation but still living in London... (that or its Reading)
The quite hilarious thing is Harry has returned SWP, Derry, Hill to the line up, not used Faurlin, used Granero less, moved Mbia into midfield where he's looked a lot less good. Basically he either went for "have to be different to Hughes" or "put some good old english sluggers in the team, that always works" tactics. Hughes used SWP and then finally dropped him used Park, found out he was crap and dropped him, Mbia/Diakete were just starting to get decent in their positions, Granero was pretty damn good and improving by the game, Faurlin was fantastic for them last year. Oh, Harry started using Park again as well. Diakete was quite a driving force and was linking up with people well, Mbia doesn't seem good in midfield, bad shot, not creative with his passing, much better defensively and looked much better at CB than in midfield.
Now he's trying to replace all of them, what they needed really was the team Hughes was starting to play every game that was looking better, and buy a striker as Cisse was crap, Mackie isn't horrendous, but he's not good either and Zamora lost his form and then got injured(though he'd likely be better without Park/SWP/Cisse around him). No idea what Redknapp is up to, kind of strikes me as Redknapp playing the worst players so the owner will back all his dodging dealing, which I suspect Mancini did just before the summer transfer window shut.
Frankly if they managed to get a left back and Dawson or the like which they tried in summer, and a striker plus the team Hughes was playing it would be a not bad side. Getting rid of SWP, Cisse and Park would help them no end, big money, no talent... Cisse has shown ability before but looks horse**** at the moment.
AS for what makes Newcastle unattractive, they aren't, give a player a choice of clubs offering 40k a week and Newcastle would be near the top, random club comes in and offers player who is worth 40k an 80k a week contract, its not even a contest, as for being a mercenary, the vast majority of the worlds population work for money, not love and would take double the pay.
