25/26 January Transfer Window (106 Viewers)

[Grendel]

No one is arguing it isn’t … try to keep up.

Some have tried to argue incorrectly that spending today doesn’t impact tomorrow , but no one has suggested we shouldn’t invest this window

I think I’ve kept up to his argument as he doesn’t want a signing that gets promotion if the player can’t justify himself in the premiership

 

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[Grendel]

Thank Christ you don’t manage our finances !

How would it if we got promoted?

 

[Grendel]

What?

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He cost £4m or around that with no assurances on promotion?

 

[Deity]

Have you heard of PSR ?

 

[Grendel]

Have you heard of PSR ?

I don’t think a signing this window wioukd result in a £105 million trading loss in the next 3 years

 

[procdoc]

Have you heard of PSR ?

Christ

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Have you heard of PSR ?

hahahahahhaha

 

[procdoc]

I don’t think a signing this window wioukd result in a £105 million trading loss in the next 3 years

Unless we buy Dan Neil for 50 million or something

 

[Andy123456]

Oh my God, what's happened to this feed, why is it full of complete wet wipes thinking that it's Championship manager? Just say we spend big on a CDM who does he replace?

The lads have been absolutely incredible to get us in to this position, we have a fully fit squad and got two wingers in that will make all of the difference... Honest to God some of you need to go back to supporting Man U or better still go take your faces for a big shite

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Oh my God, what's happened to this feed, why is it full of complete wet wipes thinking that it's Championship manager? Just say we spend big on a CDM who does he replace?

The lads have been absolutely incredible to get us in to this position, we have a fully fit squad and got two wingers in that will make all of the difference... Honest to God some of you need to go back to supporting Man U or better still go take your faces for a big shite

We have a fully fit squad until theres injuries again lol.

 

[Otis]

Agree on Blue Riband, Tunnocks Caramel Wafers are a bit the same.

I used to have lots of different bars I liked equally...but then came along ...the Yorkie Raisin and Biscuit.

First time ever that I was able to buy an orgasm from a shop.

 

[DT-R]

He cost £4m or around that with no assurances on promotion?

18 months ago when we were bottom half of the table. He bought in the difference between a mid-table finish and a push/chance the the play-offs. He was a completely different signing at a completely different time in a completely different phase.

Im absolutely not against signing players, im also not against signing "players for the future". In fact, if on promotion a chance to sign Esse came about, I think we should be all over it. Same goes with Rushworth. And neither of them are proven in the PL. I dont think Dan Neil fits that description though. If given the chance of Neil for £2m or going back to the bank for a loan to get a Hamer or a Louza for £10? Id be on the steps of the bank at 9am tomorrow, cap in hand, begging for another £8m.

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[Grendel]

18 months ago when we were bottom half of the table. He bought in the difference between a mid-table finish and a push/chance the the play-offs. He was a completely different signing at a completely different time in a completely different phase.

Im absolutely not against signing players, im also not against signing "players for the future". In fact, if on promotion a chance to sign Esse came about, I think we should be all over it. Same goes with Rushworth. And neither of them are proven in the PL. I dont think Dan Neil fits that description though. If given the chance of Neil for £2m or going back to the bank for a loan to get a Hamer or a Louza for £10? Id be on the steps of the bank at 9am tomorrow, cap in hand, begging for another £8m.

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it was 12 months ago he signed last January

 

[DT-R]

it was 12 months ago he signed last January

Potato - tomato. You know what I mean.

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[Winny the Bish]

Me: 7 pages in 12 hours? Something must’ve happened!

Me after reading all 7 pages: I hate it here

 

[DT-R]

18 months ago when we were bottom half of the table. He bought in the difference between a mid-table finish and a push/chance the the play-offs. He was a completely different signing at a completely different time in a completely different phase.

Im absolutely not against signing players, im also not against signing "players for the future". In fact, if on promotion a chance to sign Esse came about, I think we should be all over it. Same goes with Rushworth. And neither of them are proven in the PL. I dont think Dan Neil fits that description though. If given the chance of Neil for £2m or going back to the bank for a loan to get a Hamer or a Louza for £10? Id be on the steps of the bank at 9am tomorrow, cap in hand, begging for another £8m.

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All that said though, if FL thinks Neil adds what we need, and thinks hes worth signing, then im all for it. Especially as we know how much extra he gets out of the midfielders.

Personally, I dont think Neil is the right signing, but would more than happily eat humble pie if FL does.

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[Grendel]

As some perspective here promotion and subsequent payments over 3 years would be worth around £450 million. That’s without increased sponsorship etc which King is pretty good at securing

The notion signing a Moore or a Jones would leave our Finance Director with many “what have I done” sleepless nights is really rather unlikely

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

I'd argue it's not obvious yet from his performances for us. If Tats were the same age he'd be worth at least the same. Can only assume Tatsu wasn't as good when he was 20.

Esse in 67m had 5 successful dribbles v Leicester… Sakamoto has had 12 all season.

Esse’s per 90m stats are already off the charts and yes, it’s only been 2 games but the player is already a top end Championship player.

Tate would not be a £15m player because in all statistical categories, he’s mostly just above average. By contrast, Esse is a top dribbler, chance creator who could defend v well for a winger. Hence Palace paid what they did.

That doesn’t demean Sakamoto, being a good jack of all trades is decent but let’s not pretend he’s on the same level as Esse or even EMC.

 

[procdoc]

Oh my God, what's happened to this feed, why is it full of complete wet wipes thinking that it's Championship manager? Just say we spend big on a CDM who does he replace?

The lads have been absolutely incredible to get us in to this position, we have a fully fit squad and got two wingers in that will make all of the difference... Honest to God some of you need to go back to supporting Man U or better still go take your faces for a big shite

Hi SBT

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Switch back to your other account

It's very obvious. Starve him of attention and the other one comes after you instead. Argue back and the other one the jumps in, even when it goes against the whole of the rest of the forum. Best to just ignore it. You should also keep up with your trolling rehabilitation though!

At this stage it would be silly not to sign better players if we can. Other teams around us are getting stronger and the lack of depth due to injuries and illness coincided with us dropping off a bit, and that gap closing. We really are in a fantastic position, but there's still many games to go. There are obviously good players out there avaliable, and would make us better. Doug shouldn't spare the change to bring one or two of them in.

It is true that we should wait until the window is closed before having a meltdown though. As others have said, things often come together in the closing days. I have a feeling we'll be alright.

 

[Skybluekyle]

Esse in 67m had 5 successful dribbles v Leicester… Sakamoto has had 12 all season.

Esse’s per 90m stats are already off the charts and yes, it’s only been 2 games but the player is already a top end Championship player.

Tate would not be a £15m player because in all statistical categories, he’s mostly just above average. By contrast, Esse is a top dribbler, chance creator who could defend v well for a winger. Hence Palace paid what they did.

That doesn’t demean Sakmoto, being a good jack of all trades is decent but let’s not pretend he’s on the same level as Esse or even EMC.

Poor Tats, you couldn't spell his first or surname correctly

 

[Grendel]

It's very obvious. Starve him of attention and the other one comes after you instead. Argue back and the other one the jumps in, even when it goes against the whole of the rest of the forum. Best to just ignore it. You should also keep up with your trolling rehabilitation though!

At this stage it would be silly not to sign better players if we can. Other teams around us are getting stronger and the lack of depth due to injuries and illness coincided with us dropping off a bit, and that gap closing. We really are in a fantastic position, but there's still many games to go. There are obviously good players out there avaliable, and would make us better. Doug shouldn't spare the change to bring one or two of them in.

It is true that we should wait until the window is closed before having a meltdown though. As others have said, things often come together in the closing days. I have a feeling we'll be alright.

he isn’t SBT and has no other account

 

[Yorkshire SB]

Esse in 67m had 5 successful dribbles v Leicester… Sakamoto has had 12 all season.

Esse’s per 90m stats are already off the charts and yes, it’s only been 2 games but the player is already a top end Championship player.

Tate would not be a £15m player because in all statistical categories, he’s mostly just above average. By contrast, Esse is a top dribbler, chance creator who could defend v well for a winger. Hence Palace paid what they did.

That doesn’t demean Sakamoto, being a good jack of all trades is decent but let’s not pretend he’s on the same level as Esse or even EMC.

Not per se disagreeing but the boys on the NTTT podcast suggested that though he’s a good player for the champ that Palace had signed for potential, rather than him being one of the stand out players in the division.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

It's very obvious. Starve him of attention and the other one comes after you instead. Argue back and the other one the jumps in, even when it goes against the whole of the rest of the forum. Best to just ignore it. You should also keep up with your trolling rehabilitation though!

At this stage it would be silly not to sign better players if we can. Other teams around us are getting stronger and the lack of depth due to injuries and illness coincided with us dropping off a bit, and that gap closing. We really are in a fantastic position, but there's still many games to go. There are obviously good players out there avaliable, and would make us better. Doug shouldn't spare the change to bring one or two of them in.

It is true that we should wait until the window is closed before having a meltdown though. As others have said, things often come together in the closing days. I have a feeling we'll be alright.

I've been getting trolling cold turkey sweats.

Like you say, I think not signing players now as it affects our future budget is naive.

I'd rather us go up and have a reduced budget than risk not going up at all.

We will see whats to come over the next week.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Not per se disagreeing but the boys on the NTTT podcast suggested that though he’s a good player for the champ that Palace had signed for potential, rather than him being one of the stand out players in the division.

Let’s take that at face value…

Last season, Esse had 4 goals in 25 games, Tats had 4 goals in 42.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Me: 7 pages in 12 hours? Something must’ve happened!

Me after reading all 7 pages: I hate it here

But what is your favourite chocolate?

 

[Otis]

But what is your favourite chocolate?

Waiting for someone to say they like their chocolate like they like their threads on here.

Dark.

 

[Bigelvesy]

Fuck me you lot are nauses.
You all have different opinions on the necessity of making a signing now and what “kind” of signing that should be. Noone here knows for sure what the “right” thing to do is as nothing makes promotion a certainty so can we please for the love of all things sky blue get back to talking about when Gus Hamer is going to sign…..

 

[Lamps]

Esse in 67m had 5 successful dribbles v Leicester… Sakamoto has had 12 all season.

Esse’s per 90m stats are already off the charts and yes, it’s only been 2 games but the player is already a top end Championship player.

Tate would not be a £15m player because in all statistical categories, he’s mostly just above average. By contrast, Esse is a top dribbler, chance creator who could defend v well for a winger. Hence Palace paid what they did.

That doesn’t demean Sakamoto, being a good jack of all trades is decent but let’s not pretend he’s on the same level as Esse or even EMC.

Anyone who has seen Esse play for us will have seen how good he is. He has terrorised defences, hit the post and scored a goal. If that isn't enough in a couple of games he has also been very good in defence.

There's only Grimes and Esse that have slotted in and played well from the start for a lot of years. When Esse is used to the way we play and gets more minutes in he is going to be even better.

 

[fatso]

Oh my God, what's happened to this feed, why is it full of complete wet wipes thinking that it's Championship manager? Just say we spend big on a CDM who does he replace?

The lads have been absolutely incredible to get us in to this position, we have a fully fit squad and got two wingers in that will make all of the difference... Honest to God some of you need to go back to supporting Man U or better still go take your faces for a big shite

Exactly, some completely clueless suggestions on here.

The fact is, our squad is stronger now than its been all season. We recruited exactly what we needed, in fact one of the new additions has yet to make a league start!
We dont need anyone else, if Grimes misses games then Eccles can drop in there or even Rudoni can fill in and that allows BTA to play as a 10. We dont need to spend millions on a player who may or may not cover for a couple of games.

Too many championship manager players on here.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Exactly, some completely clueless suggestions on here.

The fact is, our squad is stronger now than its been all season. We recruited exactly what we needed, in fact one of the new additions has yet to make a league start!
We dont need anyone else, if Grimes misses games then Eccles can drop in there or even Rudoni can fill in and that allows BTA to play as a 10. We dont need to spend millions on a player who may or may not cover for a couple of games.

Too many football manager players on here.

Rudoni in Grimes' position is superb!

 

[fatso]

Rudoni in Grimes' position is superb!

Exactly, Frank will make him a great DM if the situation requires it.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Exactly, Frank will make him a great DM if the situation requires it.

Incredible

 

[long way home]

We have depth in most positions and can change systems if need be to cover. But we have 2 covering LB spot which we don't need and dont have cover at no 6.

Its a simple equation lose a LB gain a CM and the 1st team squad is set.

Get Andrews out on loan and think we are pretty much good to go for the remaining games. So 2 out 1 in is reasonable and would give balance and competition that FL will be happy with

 

[shmmeee]

Oh my God, what's happened to this feed, why is it full of complete wet wipes thinking that it's Championship manager? Just say we spend big on a CDM who does he replace?

The lads have been absolutely incredible to get us in to this position, we have a fully fit squad and got two wingers in that will make all of the difference... Honest to God some of you need to go back to supporting Man U or better still go take your faces for a big shite

Can’t believe people are talking transfers in the transfer thread. Good on your for setting them straight.