Tom Ince

[Bender]

He looks decent but we'd be signing him on the back of a good half-season in the Championship. Very unproven.

what did we sign carroll,downing,henderson on the back off ? each signing is a risk but more so when big money is involved

[Gibbo]

We signed Carroll on the back of a decent Championship season a good half a PL season.

Downing and Henderson had more PL experience, and had been consistentish for a while.

[Bender]

We signed Carroll on the back of a decent Championship season a good half a PL season.

Downing and Henderson had more PL experience, and had been consistentish for a while.

we signed carroll on the back of desperation

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

We signed Carroll on the back of a decent Championship season a good half a PL season.

Downing and Henderson had more PL experience, and had been consistentish for a while.

Most of us would probably have agreed with the Carroll transfer if, like Ince, he would have cost £5m

[Bernardicus]

Yeah, I heard we could've got Carroll for £2m at one stage.

[Leyton388]

£5m for Carroll or £8m tops would have been ok but **** me Newcastle saw us coming. That money from the Torres deal should have went on Llorente. If we'd have offered £35 or £40m for him Bilbao would have bitten our hand off IMO.

[The Birdman]

£5m for Carroll or £8m tops would have been ok but **** me Newcastle saw us coming. That money from the Torres deal should have went on Llorente. If we'd have offered £35 or £40m for him Bilbao would have bitten our hand off IMO.

By all accounts we did. Llorente was our 1st option but we got told no chance.

[Leyton388]

By all accounts we did. Llorente was our 1st option but we got told no chance.

IIRC We offered £30m for him but it was knocked back and we didn't go back with a better offer and offered £35m for carroll instead.

[meffin]

Buy Ince for no more than a few million in the summer and loan out to a mid table prem club to gain experience

[meffin]

IIRC We offered £30m for him but it was knocked back and we didn't go back with a better offer and offered £35m for carroll instead.

Brilliant thinking there...

[kubrickscube]

I think in the light of Carroll being largely meh for so long, people don't remember how good he was for Newcastle. He was a beast, and with goals against us and arsenal, the big boys were likely to make a move for him. His true value at that stage due to his age and nationality would have likely been £10-15m. In my opinion. Which doesn't count for much, even in my house.

[Kenneth]

Buy Ince for no more than a few million in the summer and loan out to a mid table prem club to gain experience

Or keep him and achieve the same result without the paperwork.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Buy Ince for no more than a few million in the summer and loan out to a mid table prem club to gain experience

We are currently a mid table prem club so we might as well keep hold

[Fivex]

I think in the light of Carroll being largely meh for so long, people don't remember how good he was for Newcastle. He was a beast, and with goals against us and arsenal, the big boys were likely to make a move for him. His true value at that stage due to his age and nationality would have likely been £10-15m. In my opinion. Which doesn't count for much, even in my house.

Haha, no I'd say that's completely fair.

[Alex]

Did Ince go to Blackpool as part of the Adam deal?