At first I chuckled, then ignored it as Newcastle would never pay wages in the region of £85,000-a-week to anyone, let alone a 30-year-old would they?
But when I read that a deal to bring Bridge to Newcastle is alleged to be a loan deal, with Manchester City paying a portion of his wages, the alarm bell started to ring. I mean isn’t that the kind of deal we’d go for?
The Star is alleging that Bridge would be signed as backup for Jose Enrique now that a move for Neil Taylor of Swansea seems to have died a fairly miserable death. It’s a lot of money for a backup though isn’t it? Would Wayne Bridge really settle for that role? I’m not so sure.
Inevitably he will be viewed as a replacement for Jose Enrique, who still hasn’t give any indication as to where his future lies. Hopefully we’ll get a bit more information on that next week as pre-season training starts tomorrow, and it’s kind of hard for Jose to hide if he has to be back at work, but the silence coming from the Spaniard’s camp is deafening in my view.
So where does that leave us? Well it is Sunday so it’s probably just more paper bollocks to be honest. I can’t see us signing Wayne Bridge, and in truth I probably wouldn’t want us to. I mean his last contribution to the Premier League was playing in a defence which ended up relegated……
If we’re looking at backup for Jose then we should be looking a someone like Neil Taylor in my opinion. Signing an experienced head like Bridge may have it’s merits, but would it be wise to put a lot of our seemingly limited eggs into one basket for a player who is tagged as a backup? I’m not so sure.
In other news….
The News of the World has us back in for Mevlut Erdinc and claims that we are ready to bid £7.5 million with Jose Enrique once again becoming a target for Liverpool after a move for Gael Clichy broke down.
Food for thought.
Signing Wayne Bridge, loan or whatever makes no sense, even paying part of his wages.
Looks like he’s coming then.. 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
iverybody still giving it zed’s today like ???
Munich Mag(Quote)
agree with Jay Jay on last thread Bridge is ****
B1GSTEVE(Quote)
Not only was bridge part of a team that was relegated he was the worst player in that team, but fortunately a **** 30 year old on big wages doesn’t seem part of the plan no matter what the deal is.
Mick G(Quote)
An act of lunacy – Bridge doesn’t deserve a TENTH of that money.
I’d prefer an unblooded kid from the reserves to a pampered, massively overpaid, petulant player who has disappointed everyone he’s played for.
When his Man City contract runs out, he’ll be lucky to get a TWENTIETH of that money, and will not get many after him
So why are we after a past it, overpaid drama queen ? (The John Terry thing was embarrassingly laughable)
Phil K(Quote)
I’d rather get Van Arnholt from Chelsea on a seaon long loan deal.
Shanghaitoon(Quote)
Wayne Bridge is a poor man’s Michael Gray.
lacedaemonian(Quote)
Thought we weren’t loaning anybody this window?
lacedaemonian(Quote)
Sparky and Bridge played together at Chelsea, so when he was City manager he came in on the old pals act. Trouble was he had spent years on the bench and it showed. He should kiss Sparkys feet for his contract, but now City have the problem of getting rid. Newcastle wouled be mad to take him, he is way past his best, which was never that good to start with. That means he is probably on his way.
jac(Quote)
Bridge is **** and so is the star, file it under bin
Big Dave(Quote)
IT COULD BE WORSE ,YOU COULD END UP WITH ROCKY-SANTA- LOOSE AS WELL!
BLUERICKY(Quote)
A Bridge to far far me…boom boom.
Can’t stand him as a man(use the word loosely) or player. As a player as others have said he’s ****. As a man he was a disgrace for pulling his hand away from Terry, instead he should have offered his hand to Terry in the shape of a fist at directly into his smug face 👿
richietoon(Quote)
*for me 😳
richietoon(Quote)
😉 Please,please,please take him then at least some of your team can get stuck to the back of Vanesa paroncell.
bluericky(Quote)
To be fair i wouldnt mind seeing that lass out of the saturdays at SJP, I bet pardew wouldnt either …
CC(Quote)
@11 I’d take Adam J off yous though 😀
richietoon(Quote)
There’s nee way we’d be in for Bridge surely? He’s fookin awful…
witters(Quote)
Great read this;
http://frenchfootballweekly.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/allez-the-lads-newcastle-uniteds-french-revolution/
dan4toon(Quote)
Dan….can you read it out loud to me, cos I’ve a bit of a heedache and my visions a bit blurry..cheers 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Hang on. IF Jose is determined to go (and from the noises I’d get the impression he would love to play in CL with Arsenal – but can’t see why Liverpool would be so great, other than money) then where are we going to find a proven PL left back? – and Bridge is not THAT bad! If we got him, Naylor and Kadar as back-up – that would be OK for me.
Magpie6699(Quote)
😯 Our No 11 AJ is far to good for you and you could’nt afford him anyway.
bluericky(Quote)
Rich 😆
dan4toon(Quote)
Bluericky….defo agree with the second bit 😉
Dan….aye,canny read that. 😛
richietoon(Quote)
you could do a lot worse than looking towards “bellamy” I know he’s another “barton” but when the shirt goes on 100% dedication is what he gives you 😈
bluericky(Quote)
come on guys..after sol…do u think ashley is going to pay them wages on a player who wont care…ferguson is ready 2 play..u just reading into enrique going…man city are not giving clubs free feeds anymore..they will wont all his wages wont happen lads..pardew is not looking that way or is ashley..taylors coming..so paper talk…
asim(Quote)
Bluericky….back to wages though and he still has 2 years left on his contract, can’t see him giving that up 🙁
richietoon(Quote)
yes but we simply have to cut the wage bill before the fair play rule starts 😯 😉
bluericky(Quote)
To reiterate several previous comments – Bridge is ****, really **** these days.
Van Aanholt is a far better left back and you have to think a decent strategic bid might get him back here again.
The kid loved his time here as well. Got to be worth a punt surely?
GeordieDan(Quote)
Bluericky, what’s happened to Michael Johnson 😆
I can’t believe we bid £8 million for him, then again Kinnear was our manager 🙄
dan4toon(Quote)
he,s still with us, not a bad prospect but not worth £8M , £3m maybe.
bluericky(Quote)
Wayne Bridge can fck off, he’s one of the most overrated players around. I don’t think we would go for him at his age anyways – plus Man City would probably rather sell him.
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
Bluericky did you’s have any bother from Bellamy while he was with you’s ?.
And what are your expectations for this season ?
Big Dave(Quote)
I actually would really like Bellamy, just a shame he doesn’t fit in to any criteria we look for 😆
dan4toon(Quote)
nice chattin with the “TOONERS” but its time to smoook some tabs an drink some bear. 😎
bluericky(Quote)
😛 just before i go,he never caused much trouble on the pitch but in the dressing room he was never far away from it. my expectations for 11/12 are as follows- nothing less than 2nd in the prem and semi,s in the CL
bluericky(Quote)
BlueRicky….so you think you’ll finish behind us then? 😯 …..sorry just living up to our media imposed “deluded” tag 😆
richietoon(Quote)
Looking forward to the season, can’t bloody wait 🙂
jay jay(Quote)
I hope a club as big as your and one that is not suported by “glory hunters” does well but i cant see it happening soon, i think atop half finish is about all you can hope for and europe is miles away 🙁
bluericky(Quote)
Jamie
Just been talking about that with Dan, really cant wait!
AndrewNUFC(Quote)
I will settle for a top 10 finish, and would like a decent run in a cup 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
its all over the french media about erding and newcastle!!! i think newcastle could land erding if we offer psg 8-9 million!!
Army69(Quote)
Do sky announce the tv dates tomorrow?
jay jay(Quote)
I have been ther for 30 years its so frustrating i know how you feel but sadly the game now like most things in life is all about MONEY and without it you WILL remain a mid table club for the forseable future and it p***** me off, not because you have not got our money but you are like us in away a footballing football club and your fans deserve better than what they are getting eg bridge he is **** he really is 😡
bluericky(Quote)
Bluericky – Do you not think the semi’s of the CL is a stretch for your first time?
toonsy(Quote)
look at spurs it was ther first CL at our expence,they had a great run and with a few more signings and teves staying why not 🙂
bluericky(Quote)
i don’t know why all of u don’t want wayne bridge!! he didn’t play badly at all last year at west ham, in fact i’d say he was our best player apart from parker!
ashwesthamfan(Quote)
@ASHWESTHAMFAN you cant fool us 😉
bron(Quote)
ref ashwestham thats why your playing derby next season 🙂
bluericky(Quote)
Bluericky – True, and its a knockout eventually so if you’re in you never know…..
realistically you’ll be back there again next season so id look at this one as a learning curve. That’s just my carefullness though lkm
toonsy(Quote)
toonsey of course its a learning curve but like you say we’ll get another shot next year and probably years to come, it would just make my life worthwhile to knock salford out in the quarters 😛
bluericky(Quote)
This is exactly a deal MA/DL would be looking for. It may be an emergency solution or it might be down to the club being unable to identify any lb prospects?? Or it may be a “mentor” for Taylor if he comes in and Enrique is gone.
But most probable it is a **** tabloid sunday rumour.
AlanPardewProject(Quote)
think hes a bit of a woosey is bridge meself
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)
got no fire in his belly how many blokes ya nar let some1 hump his missus and let him get away with it lmao
TOONARMYELITE(Quote)