Newcastle United Transfers: Every Graham Carr Signing Ranked Worst To Best

7. Cheick Tiote

Signed From: FC Twente

Though he faded in the last few years at Newcastle, Cheick Tiote was an absolute powerhouse when he first signed, and combined with Yohan Cabaye to create a fearsome central midfield partnership. Particularly great against the top teams, Tiote was the epitome of a full-blooded reductive defensive midfielder, and it was on his shoulders that most of Newcastle's expansive play was built for a good while.

Sadly, he died this year while training in China, but he will forever be remembered for that stunning equaliser against Arsenal and his jubilant celebratory sprint.

6. Papiss Cisse

Signed From: SC Freiburg

Signed in January 2012 to join up with fellow Senegalese striker Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse had the most stunning of immediate impacts, scoring 13 goals in his first 14 appearances as he immediately paid back his signing on fee.

Those goals - including two incredible wonder goals against Chelsea - helped Newcastle up to fifth in the Premier League, and while he was let-down somewhat by Demba Ba's apparent refusal to play wider the next season (a move that saw Cisse's goal-scoring rate drop dramatically) his impact at the end of the 2011/12 season is enough to make him one of Carr's best.

5. Gini Wijnaldum

Signed From: PSV

Hilariously unable to perform in away games, Gini Wijnaldum was still somehow one of the shining lights of Newcastle's relegation season, which saw him impressively score 11 goals.

Great in the air and boasting incredible vision (in home games at least), the attacking midfielder was let down by his team-mates' conservative style and Steve McClaren's lack of imagination and he moved on to Liverpool as the Magpies headed to the Championship for a huge profit. Ultimately, that proved to be a good bit of business though it would have been nice for him to bother playing in a single away game.