An insult because you can't take an opinion LOLOk, if you say so. Football isn't FIFA or Football Manager.
I get it, you're life revolves around trolling on a forum to prove your self worth. I hope you find something soon to fill to very obvious gap in your life,
Have a good day and I hope you find a working stream for the game on Saturday,
Any actual evidence to back this up? Given we'd bid for CBs long before the Sheaf bid was made that story lacks legs.It looks pretty likely that Sheaf was sold in the end to fund the Woolfenden deal as it seemed at the time...
quite possibly. it seems odd to sell him and not have anyone lined upIt looks pretty likely that Sheaf was sold in the end to fund the Woolfenden deal as it seemed at the time...
If someone knocks on my door and offers me above market price for my house, I would not have a specific plan in place for the next house I buy. I might even bank the money and move into rented for 6 months and assess my options.If there had been interest in Sheaf that had been communicated to us ahead of time, it would have made sense to have a contingency plan in case we were to sell him.
The bid came in Saturday morning, if we had a target lined up, 2 days is more than enough to get a deal over the line. Its poor planning nothing else.
That cant be true as people on here were telling me that the scouting team would have contingency targets if we sold any of our squadIf someone knocks on my door and offers me above market price for my house, I would not have a specific plan in place for the next house I buy. I might even bank the money and move into rented for 6 months and assess my options.
I suspect the plan was not to sell Sheaf, until the deal became too good to turn down in Frank and Dougs view.
It looks suspiciously like we had hawked MVE, Rudoni and Thomas to raise money and eventually had an offer for Sheaf which we accepted based on not getting offers for the others near what we thought they were worth. Big bids for Hughes and Rushworth may have been based on a big sale in my opinion, or that's how it looks to me anyway
It's crazy how many people assume if we didn't sign anyone it's because we didn't have targetsWe had targets lined up. We bid what we thought they were worth. The clubs wanted more. We walked away. Doesn’t mean we don’t have the cash to spend, just means we don’t want to waste it.
It's crazy how many people assume if we didn't sign anyone it's because we didn't have targets
Several have an agenda and poo poo anything else that doesn't fit in with their agenda without making any valid points.It's crazy how many people assume if we didn't sign anyone it's because we didn't have targets
Long term - no effect. All players leave eventually. You're unlikely to be unsettled mid season, unless you're not playing (unlikely) or we're struggling and in no contention for the top 6. I've said to friends that there's likely to be a big turnover in the summer if we don't go up this season - but we ought to have a serious amount of money to play with as a result of losing the likes of Wright, MVE and Rudoni next summer. The short, medium and longer term future of our club has rarely looked brighter imo.I'm of the same opinion as JSL on this one and I'm not sure what the effect on Said players will be long-term.
It looks suspiciously like we had hawked MVE, Rudoni and Thomas to raise money and eventually had an offer for Sheaf which we accepted based on not getting offers for the others near what we thought they were worth. Big bids for Hughes and Rushworth may have been based on a big sale in my opinion, or that's how it looks to me anyway
Literally no one has an agenda. Everyone wants what’s best for the club. Everyone has an opinion on what they think is best to achieve our ambitions. I thought it was an average window and the squad is paper thin in certain areas. Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.Several have an agenda and poo poo anything else that doesn't fit in with their agenda without making any valid points.
I said at the time that palace were waiting for a winger to sign and it never happened, so I imagine they pulled the plug
I think we rejected the MVE approach from Wolfsburg, which didn't meet our valuation. We then offered him to Wolves apparently (possibly among others, who knows) but they had other targets so we were left to sell Sheaf, who we now know that Wrexham had been interested in for some time. I think we were only buying Hughes, for example, if we'd sold MVE and being unable to move him messed up the window. Of course King isn't going to say that directly but looking at the window as a whole that is my reading of it.Any actual evidence to back this up? Given we'd bid for CBs long before the Sheaf bid was made that story lacks legs.
If we needed money we would have sold Milan to Wolfsburg.
Did we?I think we rejected the MVE approach from Wolfsburg, which didn't meet our valuation. We then offered him to Wolves apparently (possibly among others, who knows) but they had other targets so we were left to sell Sheaf, who we now know that Wrexham had been interested in for some time. I think we were only buying Hughes, for example, if we'd sold MVE and being unable to move him messed up the window. Of course King isn't going to say that directly but looking at the window as a whole that is my reading of it.
Did we?
So basically you have no evidence of this at all. Ok
Apologies for the late response man, i've been away. I missed the conversation, went on with what?@Jimmy87 anything you can tell us about what went on? I believe you said an older player was lined up, any idea who that was?
I haven't heard anything to be honest.Now dust has settled a little , guess got to look at big picture.
stadium the most important purchase, ever. But does feel like a little step back/stagnate on pitch to go forward in future. Wonder what Lampard thinks on that, given he will want here and now.
sheaf and Rapha moves in isolation best for both, however the lack of replacements is bizzare and has now left us very short. We must must be planning to use KKH and Brau as backup wings.
be intersting what @Jimmy87 has heard, it wasn’t for want of trying, I’m pretty sure we tried for Smallbone from small snippet I heard , not sure in what capacity but obviously went to Millwall. frustrating we have been left really short on wings, Lampard can’t be happy.
we really need to cross our fingers until Jan injury and suspension wise.
International break come at right time!
I haven't heard anything to be honest.
Agree there with what you said about the stadium being the most important purchase. Looking back over the window, it wasn't really a disappointing one, i think it's clear we were trying.
Losing Sheaf at the last minute was probably a shock to some people, coupled with a tense last day of the window, possibly left people feeling a bit deflated.
It may not have been a position we were looking at filling this summer, but i've got faith in Eccles to fill that gap for now. (I know some people don't rate him)
I'd love to see us aiming to bring in a progressive midfielder in January.
With regards to the winger, it seems from an outside point of view that we waited all summer on Fulham, if that's the case, it's very naive.
We've looked at Rak-Sakyi in the past so i'm not surprised we tried last minute for him, seemed like too little time to get anything done obviously. A shame really as i think thats one area where we were desperate for some real depth.
Can only hope they are already putting plans in place for January.
It's tough, can't complain with what we are trying to do, but sometimes i think it's not unfair to wonder if we need another body in and around the transfer side of things, i've heard some people on match day's questioning whether Austin is out of his depth. I've no idea what his true role is, but maybe if we are looking at shaping up to Premier league pushing sides, then we may need to see an addition of a Director with higher experience in that department in the near future.
Team spirit and elan counts for a lot.99.9% of people that had an issue with our window would take nearly all of Sheff U’s last 3 windows signings over our’s.
That’s not always how the Championship work’s. We are in infinitely better shape than Sheff U, whether we have more “inferior” individual players or not.
It’s not inevitable, as many will make you believe, that signing 6 top top players in a summer window will get you over the line, again not how the Championship works.
Time to draw a line on the transfer window now maybe? Move on with what we do have and build a run of form and a connection between fans and the players we do have.
The Championship front runners will nearly always be the teams with the deeper, “better” squads, of course - but there are always 3 or 4 teams who challenge that status quo.
Having 7 or 8 quality starters, a unified fan base with the players and manager, a bit of luck, goals can put you right in the mix - our summer activity success rate opinion or not aside, all of these things in what I list are already there or are within our “control”.
I guess depends if they can recall it, as if they can then they could bring him back once they knew a sale was going to happen like the Sobra Thomas rumours from last season.JRS joined Turkish side on loan for the season, so can scrap that for Jan.
Nearly all loans have recall options so not an issue i would sayJRS joined Turkish side on loan for the season, so can scrap that for Jan.
No, i haven't heard anything about something being well progressed. Just my own opinion based on chatter.Hi @Jimmy87, are you hinting that the DoF is well progressed or expressing an opinion ? I thought it was slightly odd that Doug didn’t answer a question on this (given I assume multiple people will have asked the question ) and I wondered whether it was because he didn’t want speculation ahead of an appointment ….
“You have to keep your best players if you want to succeed, or you have to have incredible succession plans and at this point that’s not exactly where we’re at”
I can’t imagine Lampard is particularly happy with how the summer window went.From Lampard’s pre-match interview yesterday:
Not entirely sure who (if anyone) that’s aimed at, but seems a little more pointed than usual…
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