The Summer 2025 Transfer Window Thread

[Elephant Pyjamas]

And in due course we will have a captain. If Semedo doesn’t want to sign we can’t make him and we’ll have to choose a new captain. Not really sure what your point is? Do we offer even more to Semedo? Do we go and buy new player to be captain?

Well I wouldn't expect you to understand my point, as as you have said you don't think captaincy is important, so of course it isn't something you have thought about.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Well presumably we have a contingency within the squad in case Semedo got injured or suspended, as parachuting in a new captain can often go awry (see Johnson, R. for details).

So I imagine whomever the contingency is will be announced as captain in due course. I don't think it will make an iota of difference just now.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Well presumably we have a contingency...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Yes - called last season's vice captain. It isn't that far beyond comprehension.

And again nothing would be announced about it until the Semedo situation is resolved, but the players would be brought straight up to speed on it. Just not worth concerning oneself about really.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Well presumably we have a contingency within the squad in case Semedo got injured or suspended, as parachuting in a new captain can often go awry (see Johnson, R. for details).

So I imagine whomever the contingency is will be announced as captain in due course. I don't think it will make an iota of difference just now.

Exactly!

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Yes - called last season's vice captain. It isn't that far beyond comprehension.

And again nothing would be announced about it until the Semedo situation is resolved, but the players would be brought straight up to speed on it. Just not worth concerning oneself about really.

Who was last seasons VC?

We had Sa, Agba, Toti, Gomes(?), Doc, Cunha all wearing it at some point.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Well I wouldn't expect you to understand my point, as as you have said you don't think captaincy is important, so of course it isn't something you have thought about.

I don’t think having a captain on day 1 of preseason is particularly important. By the start of the season we will have one. What should the club have done differently?

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I don’t think having a captain on day 1 of preseason is particularly important. By the start of the season we will have one. What should the club have done differently?

We should have offered him a contract in January, the issue would have been resolved by now one way or another if we had.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Speak to Vitor then. He made the decision in March.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

We're so conditioned to the club being ran poorly, that now, unless it's something huge it's not recognised as being such.

 

[Lycan]

Newcastle have only just announced that Callum Wilson is leaving. This really isn't an issue.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

There are a MILLION other things to batter the club about. We need to get bodies in bloody quickly.

The identity of the captain isn't the most crucial thing right now. The overall composition of the squad is. Sort the big problem and the one you are worrying about will naturally be sorted as part of that process

 

[YoungWolf]

Who was last seasons VC?

We had Sa, Agba, Toti, Gomes(?), Doc, Cunha all wearing it at some point.

I guess technically it was Nelson.. !

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Newcastle have only just announced that Callum Wilson is leaving. This really isn't an issue.

Did Newcastle say they had offered him a contract? Was Callum Wilson their captain?

Or was Callum Wilson a player that appeared fleetingly because of injury and that no one expected them to keep?

 

[Kenny]

We should have offered him a contract in January, the issue would have been resolved by now one way or another if we had.

We should have offered him a deal last year but the Hobbs/Shi dream team decided it was better to save the money and let him go.
Backed up by signing Lima (deemed 1st team ready by Hobbs)

Vitor only got his transfer policy power around March time. That's when he asked for the club to offer him a deal. Probably wanted to do it earlier but we still used the Hobbs in control set up them.

I still think if we had offered him a deal in January he would have ran his contract down and explored his options though.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

There are a MILLION other things to batter the club about. We need to get bodies in bloody quickly.

The identity of the captain isn't the most crucial thing right now. The overall composition of the squad is. Sort the big problem and the one you are worrying about will naturally be sorted as part of that process

Oh, is Nelson not a body?

I didnt say it was the most crucial thing , but it is yet another thing.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

We should have offered him a deal last year but the Hobbs/Shi dream team decided it was better to save the money and let him go.
Backed up by signing Lima (deemed 1st team ready by Hobbs)

Vitor only got his transfer policy power around March time. That's when he asked for the club to offer him a deal. Probably wanted to do it earlier but we still used the Hobbs in control set up them.

I still think if we had offered him a deal in January he would have ran his contract down and explored his options though.

Exactly so the club could have done things differently at many junctures so we weren't in this situation now.

 

[Lycan]

Did Newcastle say they had offered him a contract? Was Callum Wilson their captain?

Or was Callum Wilson a player that appeared fleetingly because of injury and that no one expected them to keep?

Do any of those things matter?

Contract negotiations regularly go on into the Summer. He'll sign or he won't, there's no need to shit yourself because it hasn't been announced yet.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Do any of those things matter?

Contract negotiations regularly go on into the Summer. He'll sign or he won't, there's no need to shit yourself because it hasn't been announced yet.

Im not shitting myself.

It's a talking point for christ sake.

Or apparently not it would seem.

 

[Kenny]

Exactly so the club could have done things differently at many junctures so we weren't in this situation now.

As I said, dont disagree with that part of your argument and the constant flipping on our transfer business is a shambles.

Only bit i do disagree with you on is us announcing something as there is nothing to announce outside of what has already been said.