Seems to making noises about going to Pool in the summer anyway
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Seems to making noises about going to Pool in the summer anyway
Is irony, no?
Of those Podolski (Scum), Shaqiri (wanted to go to Italy), Salah (Chavs) were impossible deals. Probably Milner and Jovetic too as we're too close at the table. If they were available I would have guessed other trying? Mirallas being their most important player - a no go for them, although we might try in the summer again? Destro? To come and sit on the bench because of Kane?
You make it sound that we can just buy whoever we want and they would come running. Of those above mentioned I can't see any easy deals at all.
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Look you want a player you offer the price, if Bony turned us down then he turns us down but I have seen nothing to suggest we offered the price Swansea wanted for him to turn us down, we cannot barter over every player and we needed to solve that position, we have had two transfer windows and fialure miserablely to sort it. You can't get players if you don't meet the price tag.
As for media stories, there will almost never be a quote of a manager saying give me 30 million, it doesn't work like that, football is all about difficult negiotation and backroom meetings but if you have several different scources saying this is whats going on that is about as good as you will get on the subject until the deal is finalised. We seemed quite able to get players after the Bale sale even if Baldini fucked up so when we have been in money we have got the job done, doesn't that even suggest we are being a bit tight.
But this cognitive dissonance is what makes this thread so rewarding!
Out of the same mouth you'll hear "ITK are WUMs, the lowest of the low, true pond scum joined only with the lazy 2 + 2 = 4 football press"
And then "fuck Levy for being so tight-fisted and last minute in failing to sign that player we were linked with in the ITK threads and in the red tops!"
Mirallas has hardly featured this season, especially after the penalty incident
Those were just some of many examples - there were options out there - deals were possible
Corrected
Southampton - who lost their manager, Chambers, Shaw, Lambert, Lallana, Lovren...and then went on a spending spree for that money. Much like Spurs did the year before; only Eriksen and Chadli were definite successess from that summer. Capoue, Chiriches, Paulinho, Lamela and Soldado have either been fiascos or not very successful.
He's become a parody of himself. It's like his quest to troll every one and everything has removed any last shred of irony and reason from him, all he knows now is how to type his made up insults. It's like a cat that's gone feral, it can see the litter tray in the corner, but it can't help but bury it's shit under the pillows on the sofa.
Disagree with this bit I'm afraid. Quarter final. Chelsea, Saints and Liverpool all drew championship teams, we played a premier league side. Semi final yes can't argue with and tbh we still made hard work of that.
We do have depth but the depth has a lack of confidence/real quality which could be a problem. Plus I'd say we've relied on Chadli as well as Eriksen and Kane for goals a bit too much so would have liked to see us add in another option for LW/CF.
However, I'm not totally concerned. January is usually a tough month to do business and not get completely ripped off. I agree with
Tucker
that some of the targets you've listed were not realistic (and Mirallas isn't a fringe player imo) but there were certainly players who were available who could have done a job for us. To use your list, I'd have definitely been looking at Shaqiri or anyone on the fringe of the City squad.I wasn't expecting too much this season, I don't think a lot of us were and we may be passing up an opportunity to push on into the top 4, but hopefully Levy is now buying into the long term rather than a quick fix what we had under Redknapp. We don't know the budgets, the wages etc available for players and transfers so obviously this is all speculation. We don't know if we were trying to offload more players to pave way for signings. What we can do is trust the manager to get the best out of what he's got to work with (hey, he might be more than happy with the squad). As some others have said, we're in contention 3 fronts so it can't really be all that bad.
TL;DR etc etc.
I find rewards in taking the piss....horses for courses I guess...
Or
ArcspacE
calling everyone Trolls or melts when he should be looking in the mirror!
Well, Pochettino said he wanted no one in summer as he didn't know the squad. So it's not a wasted window, unless you think Levy shouldn't listen to him.
As numerous more creditable people pointed out, in this January many clubs across Europe were facing FFP issues if they excessively bought and sold players. This choked demand and made for a much quieter window than has been the case for several years.
Another well constructed Transfer-related post from the resident OG troll - great contribution once again. Tell us - why did you chase all your 'mates' back to TFC?
Sure. But then the manager needs to have a look whether the player will fit in at the club. Maybe he wants to keep the squad together until the end of the season and then make a clear cut, with even some of the players on the fringes of the squad given a chance? Capoue, Kaboul, Ade and Paulinho for instance.
The fact that a player also has to agree to move is also a significant part of this.
As long as it's not you that's pissed upon
Me neither - but come January we found ourselves in a favourable position to push on from. I'm just bitterly disappointed we didn't consolidate that by bringing in one quality attacking player to improve the immediate squad.
The inside of your head must be like quntception.
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