Simpson set for Reading move?

Heading out of NUFC?
Premier League new boys Reading look to have won the race to sign Danny Simpson, according to a whole host of media outlets.

Pretty much all of the daily national newspapers are reporting the story, which doesn’t mean much granted, but with this one I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

At the end of the day Simpson is in the last year of his contract and is stalling on signing a new deal with the club. This puts him in a dangerous position regarding his future at the club as they won’t want to let him walk away for nothing which means he is likely to move on over the summer if he doesn’t agree to a deal at St James’ Park.

I think some of the treatment that Simpson has been on the end of has been harsh in fairness. I see quite a lot of people calling him greedy and such, but he’s first choice right back at the club currently and has been since our time in the Championship so does he not have a right to seek a better wage? And let’s be honest, nobody knows what kind of wage he is after or what has been offered by the club.

In terms of his ability I also think he has been hard done by. I don’t think he is the most gifted right-back ever and I know he has his flaws, but he also has his plus points and will work for the team. Obviously there are better players available, but remember we only paid £500,000 for him or something daft like that so I think it’s fair to say that he has exceeded what should have been expected from him.

Besides, this is all paper talk anyway so we’ll just have to see what is going on in the fullness of time. I’m just wondering if the stars are starting to align in our chase for Mathieu Debuchy though? Simpson potentially going, Lille lining up a right back in the form of Jose Bosingwa, Alan Pardew saying he expects a signing within 14 days? You never know…

If it is true and Simpson does go he’ll get a warm reception upon his return from me, and I’d like to hope he’d get the same from the vast majority of fans. Love him, hate him, or somewhere in the middle of the two, it can’t be denied that overall he has done a good job for us through the Championship to securing Premier League survival to helping us get back into Europe.

And that shouldn’t be forgotten whatever happens!

About toonsy

A lifelong Newcastle fan and current webmaster of this very 'blog who has the sole aim of creating a place by Newcastle United fans, for Newcastle United fans.

213 thoughts on “Simpson set for Reading move?

  1. Ice,
    Apologies for not getting back yesterday,had to go to work.
    The auld fella is fine, taking him to SJP to see Brazil v New Zealand as my lad has been selected as an Olympic flag bearer.

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  2. Kim,
    Thanks, aye he has been selected for 3 matches in total. The family are all proud and looking forward to seeing him on the telly as they don’t give any tickets away. So due to work committments we are going to see the Brazil game ;-).
    How is your boy?

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  3. I wonder is Debuchy coming to replace Simpson or actually add on.

    if is replacement,i am kinda sad with this kind of policy.

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  4. Rangers in the third div? That is crazy to think of a club that size having to start from the bottom , but that is what can happen when a club is ran incorrectly.
    Terry not guilty? Im sure his legal team have earned their wedge on that.

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  5. Just clicked on hitman’s link. Says its the stream for the monaco game, is tonight’s game online?

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  6. TGS@80, he’s not too bad ,been home from day centre for over a week with heavy cold and bad chest but slight improvement I think.
    Hope your lad enjoys himself ,it’s once in a lifetime you get to do that sort of thing ,if ever ,what a fantastic thing to look back on when he’s older. 😎

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  7. Andy @83
    – I found this posted on one of the other blogs:

    “Hi guys, for anyone slightly confused the match kicks off at 18.30 in Germany which is 17.30 UK time. You can watch the match on German regional TV here:
    http://www.sachsen-fernsehen.de/Zum-Livestream/Seite/

    The commentary will be in German but as far as I’m aware it’s the only place streaming the match. Hope that helps.”

    Also, the club have recently uploaded these pics of the first training session in Germany this morning:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/40191515@N05/show/

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  8. Sidekick @ 74: Thanks for that. Obviously you’re not a fan.

    But it suggests a more attacking policy is under consideration.

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  9. Can’t say I would lose too much sleep. Debuchy is twice the player. Thanks for everything and good luck.

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  10. Anyone else quite excited for tonight’s match ❓ Must be the lack of football, I’m so bored.

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  11. I know I’ve missed most of the discussion on Simmo, but I’m bored, so here goes:

    I’d like Simmo to stay; I think he plays unspectacular but effective football, works hard and has consistently improved to the point where I think he’ll be a big loss.

    And he’s English, which is becoming depressingly rare. I’m sure this Debuchy guy’s great, but I’m starting to feel the need to wear a beret to matches. 😯

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  12. Whumpie
    I know what ya mean, it was one thing to wear a corset but now I feel the need to randomly carry a baguette around 😕

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  13. Seems that Sameobi is playing up front either that or Pardew’s taking what he said about playing like Spain too literally.

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  14. Oh well id rather eat me own excrement than have lee ryder fill me in on events, Ill watch the goals on ssn later…

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  15. anyone have a different link? Neither of those seem to work for me…maybe because I am in the US? Or perhaps because I am at work…hmmm.

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  16. anyone who can watch it could u do this
    .
    post the path to the video file (if it’s visible from view source). The site can’t handle the load but the video is most likely hosted on another server.

    so every poor lads on here can see
    cheers !!

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  17. 267 i appreciate all help

    but….. that might as well of been in fucking japanese lol thanks tho

    anyone who can see the link just post updates im donald ducked here

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  18. Toonsy good read and have to agree that Simmo isn’t the best but he is miles from being the worst, yet he still seems to get more abuse than most. If he does go good luck to him as he has been an ever present in the team.
    I just hope that if he does go we get better as I don’t think potential is good enough in this case.

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  19. Man this sucks, I want information 😡 Also the sachsen-fernsehen link is just loading nothing is appearing on the screen 😡 x2

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  20. its been quite some time since i posted. its good to be back.

    so excited for the new season. cant wait.

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  21. Demba relieving Stoke at home last season, chesting a ball he shouldve headed and losing the opportunity to score

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  22. to all of u who couldnt watch the game….. u missed nowt of interest

    Bring on Monaco, Monday nite on ESPN!

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  23. things are great.

    happy wife check
    healthy kids check
    steady job check
    awsome football club check

    Im so looking foward to this year. Every year i support NUFC they get better. hopefully this year is no different.

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  24. Ba had 15 min on the pitch against a third division German side and didnt score 😯 , sell him 😡

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  25. Pardew’s a puppet
    Ashley’s stealing from us again
    I bet we’ll be relegated
    oh woops I’m twelve months too late 😳 my bad 😉

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  26. Kim im not that keen on it they still have them cheap crappy badges and I hate the jacked bits on the stripes 😥 but i’ll still get the wee lad one when they eventually release them.
    Ice you not seen the rest of kims pics on facebook 😯 I was a bit shocked at how racy they were but all done in the best possible taste 😉

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  27. i like the new strip i think its nice.
    sorry i havnt been doing ya heeds in lads but the hitmans life isnt an easy one 😆

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  28. Anyone see this on Sky Sports Transfer Centre:

    “According to reports in L’Equipe, Turkish giants Galatasaray have made a €9million (£7.1m) offer for Bafetimbi Gomis, with Lyon prepared to let the striker leave for the right fee. However, France Football reports that Rubin Kazan have offered €8m (£6.3m) and that Newcastle, Sunderland, Stoke and an unnamed German side could also be interested in Gomis, who has two years left on his contract.”

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