Cabaye - Turning out to be a contender for Premier League signing of the season

In an interesting read by Mark Douglas over at the Sunday Sun, revealed that Newcastle United’s scouting team were keeping tabs on Yohan Cabaye, before signing him this summer. To  be honest, I find that slightly difficult to believe. If we date back five years from this very day, we’re in the year 2006. Those were the years of Glenn Roeder, and the likes of Damien Duff, Obafemi [Read more →]

Cabaye - Class act and another shrewd piece of business by Newcastle United

We may well look back at Saturday the 17th of September as the day Yohan Cabaye announced his arrival in the Premier League. The Frenchman played arguably his best ninety minutes in a Black and White shirt since his arrival and generally was sublime on the ball. It’s just a pity that he didn’t get his deserved goal on the day, the crossbar and a magnificent Shay Given save [Read more →]

Xisco - Looking for a way out of the club but hasn't succeed in finding a suitor

He was the final straw in Kevin Keegans last tenure at Newcastle United. A Spaniard brought in from Deportivo behind King Kev’s back, and indeed another player recruited against his wishes. Xisco knew no better though, and is probably still wondering what is going on in what has been a very turbulent 3 years on Tyneside. Of course we as fans are looking for a striker to be signed before [Read more →]

Gibson - Not good enough for our midfield and not worth five million

In the last couple of days, Irish midfielder Darron Gibson has been strongly linked with a move away from Manchester United and more noticeably to the Stadium of Light to join an already meagre midfield setup. However, as I mentioned in articles before this; Newcastle United and SAFC seem to share an awful lot of similar targets and are inevitably linked with the same players, over and over again. However [Read more →]