Demba Ba (Newcastle United)

Extremely strong rumors that Newcastle have agreed a £10 million fee for Papiss Demba Cisse, a very good striker I must say. Would get in our team ahead of Carroll, but this could mean that Demba Ba is on his way out, if Newcastle manage to sign Cisse.

Ba - Humbug !

Not for me. I think hes just flavour of the month.

Hes done well for the toon and he did well at West Ham too no doubt about it, but personally wouldn't want Ba leading our line on a permanent basis.

Don't think hes the right choice to partner suarez either.

Not for me. I think hes just flavour of the month.

Hes done well for the toon and he did well at West Ham too no doubt about it, but personally wouldn't want Ba leading our line on a permanent basis.

Don't think hes the right choice to partner suarez either.

He's not flavour of the month, he's a quality striker.
The only reason I wouldn't want to put all our hopes on him is, knowing our luck with injuries,
his knee will pack up a month after we sign him.

No new links then

F**k off Del Boy you dodgy tw*t, what has Newcastles business got to do with him?

He is one sly c**t that fella, he's won f**k all in his time as manager bar an FA Cup, spent sh*t loads of money are Spuds, has them in the top 4 and now qualifies as the leading England candidate.

F**k that off. 

Yep totally agree, its also fair to point out that every club that he has managed has also gone into administration and been relegated shortly after he left them!! Wonder why?

or his knees will last the test of time.

I'll admit to not knowing what the problem is with his knees mate: are they as dodgy as Bellamy's?

I think he has a deteriorating tendon in one of his knees.
Not sure what the ramifications are in terms of timescale.

I think he has a deteriorating tendon in one of his knees.
Not sure what the ramifications are in terms of timescale.

The trouble is that kind of injury can be quiet as you like for a season or so and suddenly the wrong tackle comes in and you've got a problem that will keep coming back. Everytime you hurt it again you're making the knee weaker and more easily injured.

It's not easy to say, "Oh, his knees are fu**ed, we shouldn't sign him", because that's what Stoke did and Ba's goals could well be seen as the difference between Stoke and Newcastle's positions at the moment. It's a simple conclusion, but not that far fetched, and demonstrates the difference between taking a risk and not.

In the end it's a gamble with any player who has a suspect injury record. For the present, Ba seems to be comfortable on his knee, but one bad bit of contact and suddenly his recurring problem will be exacerbated. Personally I think we could go for a 'safer' option in terms of injury record, especially as Newcastle may want a significant fee now.

I'll admit to not knowing what the problem is with his knees mate: are they as dodgy as Bellamy's?

He failed the medical at Stoke because of them and Reports said he passed it at West Ham after because they decided to not include those tests.
As Racer said i think its a tendon problem. Again bits i read said that they could last for his career or could go at any minute.

It just makes it more of a gamble, probably the reason he hasnt gone for much of a transfer fee in the move to West Ham (and they didnt offer him a long contract probably due to that fact - But that is a guess, but why only such a short one for a talented lad?) Then moved on a free to the Barcodes.

I reckon lots of players have similar injury's but the info never got out into the public.. With Ba its out there.. In other words, we've probably signed players in the past with similar problems but because we never got hold of the info we haven't a clue..

http://www.nufcblog.com/2012/01/30/reports-liverpool-to-come-in-for-demba-ba-tomorrow/

Who knows??

Who knows??

More likely Kenny tried getting the game put back because we had a massive game on the weekend and Wolves didnt play.

I can just see the conversation tomorrow...

" Demba Ba?"

"40m"

"Nah that's ok"





They won't let us get a bargain will they...  Deja vu anyone..

Not going to happen.

We did alright outta Newcastle for Enrique!