Transfer Window Summing Up
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 lefty27  ipswich 01 Feb 18 6.53am |
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
There were only 44 deals done in January - including pre-arranged ones - for players coming in to Premier League Clubs. Edited by The Dolphin (01 Feb 2018 6.29am) This 100%
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| dp Tunbridge Wells 01 Feb 18 6.57am |
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I know enough about the football transfer business to know that I know nothing. From where I am sitting, it seems completely unregulated and full of sharks, although I can’t even be sure of that. The one thing I do know is that I am glad that the window is finished, and that it won’t be coming back next season.
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 01 Feb 18 6.58am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle Originally posted by Harry Beever
Remember Parish at the close of the last window when we missed out on Niasse saying that meant the good news was there would be lot more to spend in January... I've lost all belief in anything that Parish says from now. It started to look likely we wouldn't get a decent CF, GK plus some much needed squad players in. I don't know why, it's been obvious what we've needed for quite literally years, but would have settled for one marquee signing. Parish doesn't know anything about football and is full of s***!
Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!! |
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| laddo london 01 Feb 18 7.05am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle Originally posted by The Dolphin
As i posted in another topic just now There were only 44 deals done in January - including pre-arranged ones - for players coming in to Premier League Clubs. Post of the year! The fact is none of us know what goes on behind the scenes. Sadlly, a number of fans get seduced by sky making what is a pretty boring day drama and then go mental when things don't happen. We're all guilty in a way. Yesterday I was gutted we didn't spend 18m on a player I know nothing about in a position of the pitch where we're strongest. I allowed sky to make me an irrational buffoon. Has it been our best window? Nope, injuries are making it harder to stomach. However, to blame parish and DF is harsh when none of us really know the intricacies behind transfers.
laddo "People say, live fast, die young. I say live fast, die old. That's me, the non-conformist". |
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| dp Tunbridge Wells 01 Feb 18 7.11am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle Originally posted by laddo
Post of the year! The fact is none of us know what goes on behind the scenes. Sadlly, a number of fans get seduced by sky making what is a pretty boring day drama and then go mental when things don't happen. We're all guilty in a way. Yesterday I was gutted we didn't spend 18m on a player I know nothing about in a position of the pitch where we're strongest. I allowed sky to make me an irrational buffoon. Has it been our best window? Nope, injuries are making it harder to stomach. However, to blame parish and DF is harsh when none of us really know the intricacies behind transfers. Nice post. I have just tried to say a similar thing on another thread. I am just glad it is over.
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| bifffabazz Highworth, Wiltshire 01 Feb 18 7.12am |
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Originally posted by dp
I know enough about the football transfer business to know that I know nothing. From where I am sitting, it seems completely unregulated and full of sharks, although I can’t even be sure of that. The one thing I do know is that I am glad that the window is finished, and that it won’t be coming back next season.
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Mwncisee  Middlesbrough 01 Feb 18 7.14am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle OK looks like people are going to be up in arms blaming Parrish for this transfer window. It has been apparent, for anyone who has been following the Amadou saga, that this is NOT Parrish's fault. For those who are coming on and just saying `just give them more money` and `get your cheque book out` Firstly it is nowhere near that simple. We are restricted by FFP as to what we can spend and so the fee was always on the understanding of a fee for a loan until the end of the season and then a fixed payment, which could be made once we had received more incoming funds in the form of finishing position prize money. It was Lille who allowed negotiations to go on and then had an 11th hour change of mind as they could not recall one of their players on loan. Although we always want a signing to come into the club I think it is worth remembering that at the beginning of January neither us as fans nor the club felt a new Defensive Midfielder was the highest priority. The club felt Amadou was a good `extra` to the window. Of course we all want big signings, its exciting for us but not always what is best for the club. Last season we did big business in the January window which did work well for us but this put a strain on our finances in the summer signings and there is a natural legacy of this. We have spent the season concerned with the lack of strength in squad depth and we have come out of the transfer window in a better position than when we went into it. The much demanded need for a striker has been sorted with a young lad with potential. New over and CB and Midfield. The question of GK is still unanswered but I think (As I have said repeatedly) that Guiata is a done deal for the end of the season and personally I think us spending 7-8 mill (Euros) just to bring him in before the summer would be bad business. Yes he might keep us up with some great performances but he is just as likely to come and not be able to adapt or settle.
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| The Dolphin 01 Feb 18 7.21am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle I suspect that most other fans forums for our direct opponents are also all bemoaning the window.
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| Harry Beever Newbury 01 Feb 18 7.22am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle Originally posted by laddo
Post of the year! The fact is none of us know what goes on behind the scenes. Sadlly, a number of fans get seduced by sky making what is a pretty boring day drama and then go mental when things don't happen. We're all guilty in a way. Yesterday I was gutted we didn't spend 18m on a player I know nothing about in a position of the pitch where we're strongest. I allowed sky to make me an irrational buffoon. Has it been our best window? Nope, injuries are making it harder to stomach. However, to blame parish and DF is harsh when none of us really know the intricacies behind transfers.
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| Painter Croydon 01 Feb 18 7.27am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle Only 7 purchases were made by Premiership clubs on deadline day, just goes to show how difficult it it is to get deals completed.
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| matt_himself Matataland 01 Feb 18 7.30am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle I am delighted that we have bought two with potential, rather than spunk money on players at the end of their careers. This window has been slow and clubs don’t like doing deals in January. We should have enough to get us out of trouble, injuries permitting, and then add in the summer. Be grateful for what we have. It wasn’t so long ago that we were signing Andy Dorman and Owen Garvan.
"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02 |
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| Harry Beever Newbury 01 Feb 18 7.32am |
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Sums up this transfer window' by Midlands Eagle Originally posted by Mwncisee
OK looks like people are going to be up in arms blaming Parrish for this transfer window. It has been apparent, for anyone who has been following the Amadou saga, that this is NOT Parrish's fault. For those who are coming on and just saying `just give them more money` and `get your cheque book out` Firstly it is nowhere near that simple. We are restricted by FFP as to what we can spend and so the fee was always on the understanding of a fee for a loan until the end of the season and then a fixed payment, which could be made once we had received more incoming funds in the form of finishing position prize money. It was Lille who allowed negotiations to go on and then had an 11th hour change of mind as they could not recall one of their players on loan. Although we always want a signing to come into the club I think it is worth remembering that at the beginning of January neither us as fans nor the club felt a new Defensive Midfielder was the highest priority. The club felt Amadou was a good `extra` to the window. Of course we all want big signings, its exciting for us but not always what is best for the club. Last season we did big business in the January window which did work well for us but this put a strain on our finances in the summer signings and there is a natural legacy of this. We have spent the season concerned with the lack of strength in squad depth and we have come out of the transfer window in a better position than when we went into it. The much demanded need for a striker has been sorted with a young lad with potential. New over and CB and Midfield. The question of GK is still unanswered but I think (As I have said repeatedly) that Guiata is a done deal for the end of the season and personally I think us spending 7-8 mill (Euros) just to bring him in before the summer would be bad business. Yes he might keep us up with some great performances but he is just as likely to come and not be able to adapt or settle.
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