Aidan Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 hours ago, Btay said: There’s 1 day left in the window yeah? Typical Everton to leave it late. Bemused that we’ve kept Morgan on the books and let a younger player like Besic go out. Still hopeful of a deal or two in and out. Amazing to think we probably haven’t seen the worst of the damage Walsh, Koeman and Alladyce have done yet. to be fair Besic is 27 now! Crazy I thought he was like 23. Btay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Aidan said: to be fair Besic is 27 now! Crazy I thought he was like 23. Plus he is crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofanon Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Nothing happening today is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 minute ago, jofanon said: Nothing happening today is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofanon Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, MikeO said: Is that a real quote? Surely he hasn't swallowed the "like a new signing" pill already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Bailey said: Plus he is crap! This, a million times this! However much anyone hates Schneiderlin, he’s twice the player Besic is. Bailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, MikeO said: I think Carlo just wants a bit of squad stability. Might be wrong, but that’s how it seems to me. As well as there not being much available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted January 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 i would say Carlo knows we have Niasse, Stek, Sidibe, and Martina out of contract come summer. and that brands will be better suited to sell players in the summer to begin the squad overhaul. Also he hasn't seen Gomes Iwobi or Gbamin play yet to see how they respond to him and his tactics and managing. i think we will end up top half of the table still. I just hope Brands has a ton of stuff lined up this summer, we need players OUT. Wiggytop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn balor Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Romey will be gutted lossl has gone. I remember him saying what a great signing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, Finn balor said: Romey will be gutted lossl has gone. I remember him saying what a great signing He's gone? Edit: Josh says he's gone to Huddersfield on loan but I missed it, he must be really shite if we're keeping Stek ahead of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I know it isn't over but the fact we couldn't reinforce central midfield this window is extremely disappointing. Complete lack of ambition from the board. c1982 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, Aidan said: I know it isn't over but the fact we couldn't reinforce central midfield this window is extremely disappointing. Complete lack of ambition from the board. Or complete confidence in the squad from the manager. StevO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, MikeO said: Or complete confidence in the squad from the manager. That would be a worry. No European football this season with the current squad unless Gomes is back very sharpish and Holgate and Mina can keep up good form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post c1982 Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Aidan said: I know it isn't over but the fact we couldn't reinforce central midfield this window is extremely disappointing. Complete lack of ambition from the board. This is nonsense. Lack of ambition? No, sensible with a long term plan under a world class manager. The right players clearly aren’t available. What should we do? I know let’s sign more substandard players so we can be stuck with them on high wages. We’ve already got Tosun, Sandro, Bolasie, Besic taking up valuable wages and doing nothing - thankfully Niasse and Martina’s time is almost up - but we’ve got the likes Schneiderlin, Walcott, Sigurdsson and Keane who are on huge wages but aren’t likely to take us forward - I’m glad we’re not adding to the squad for the sake of it as we’ve made that mistake before! Btay, barryj, StevO and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, c1982 said: This is nonsense. Lack of ambition? No, sensible with a long term plan under a world class manager. The right players clearly aren’t available. What should we do? I know let’s sign more substandard players so we can be stuck with them on high wages. We’ve already got Tosun, Sandro, Bolasie, Besic taking up valuable wages and doing nothing - thankfully Niasse and Martina’s time is almost up - but we’ve got the likes Schneiderlin, Walcott, Sigurdsson and Keane who are on huge wages but aren’t likely to take us forward - I’m glad we’re not adding to the squad for the sake of it as we’ve made that mistake before! Long term plan? We've had one of those for the long term now haven't we? The right players aren't available? What players couldn't improve our Midfield right now? Recruitment this Jan either on loan or a signing is pivotal to gaining European football and failing to do so will massively hinder us. The board have had months to plan for this and it is again a massive failure and the sole reason seems to be 'brands doesn't like the winter transfer window'. A load of shit even ancelotti said we were looking for signings. StevO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, Aidan said: The right players aren't available? What players couldn't improve our Midfield right now? Obviously not. Settling for someone who would just improve us has got us into the mess we’re in. Tosun and Walcott improved us at the time we signed them - we’ve been stuck with them since in big wages and offering very little. We need to strengthen 100% but ultimately we need to act smarter in the transfer market and a massive part of that will be reducing the wage bill before adding quality. Matt and StevO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, c1982 said: Obviously not. Settling for someone who would just improve us has got us into the mess we’re in. Tosun and Walcott improved us at the time we signed them - we’ve been stuck with them since in big wages and offering very little. We need to strengthen 100% but ultimately we need to act smarter in the transfer market and a massive part of that will be reducing the wage bill before adding quality. Literally anybody would improve us right now. Even if it isn't a loan signing at least a rotation player we can have for a few years. Christ our Midfield is championship level. Davies, Morgan and delph... and Siggy doesn't even fit into our system. Why do you keep assuming I want us to spend 100m and 250k a week on a player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Aidan said: Why do you keep assuming I want us to spend 100m and 250k a week on a player? No assumptions here. Thankfully those in charge haven’t gone into panic mode and signed someone for the sake of signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 9 minutes ago, Aidan said: Literally anybody would improve us right now. Even if it isn't a loan signing at least a rotation player we can have for a few years. I’d love to hear your suggestions for this role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 10 minutes ago, c1982 said: No assumptions here. Thankfully those in charge haven’t gone into panic mode and signed someone for the sake of signing. Like I said it's ambition. Look at the state of our Midfield if this was the summer fans would be going mad. 10 minutes ago, c1982 said: I’d love to hear your suggestions for this role. I'm a fan not a scout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c1982 Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Aidan said: Like I said it's ambition. Look at the state of our Midfield if this was the summer fans would be going mad. It’s not the summer. Ambition is surely signing top quality players who improve us. There’s a bigger picture you’re failing to see and it seems you’ve forgotten the recent accounts that are dangerously close to breaching FFP. Btay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, c1982 said: It’s not the summer. Ambition is surely signing top quality players who improve us. There’s a bigger picture you’re failing to see and it seems you’ve forgotten the recent accounts that are dangerously close to breaching FFP. This for me. Everyone wants to see players coming in because it’s exciting. Unfortunately we need to get rid of some of our rubbish and we will struggle to do that. I trust brands has worked hard with Carlo to identify targets but ultimately we don’t know who was available and for how much. StevO and c1982 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makis Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 36 minutes ago, Aidan said: Literally anybody would improve us right now. Even if it isn't a loan signing at least a rotation player we can have for a few years. Christ our Midfield is championship level. Davies, Morgan and delph... and Siggy doesn't even fit into our system. Why do you keep assuming I want us to spend 100m and 250k a week on a player? That's exactly the reasoning why Tosun and Walcott were signed. I'm pretty sure there would have been better players to be had for the 50 million spent on transfers plus around 200k per week on wages than those two. StevO, c1982 and markjazzbassist 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post duncanmckenzieismagic Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 AlbanyNYToffee, Matt, StevO and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 I'll remind everyone at the end of the season when wolves, Leicester, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday have all taken over us and everyone is moaning about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Head rolling around on the floor there Aidan? Brands and Ancelotti are very very experienced in their jobs, if they haven’t brought someone in we need to trust them. Surely you don’t really think you know better than those two? The mighty Man Utd signing Ighalo on loan, after three years in China and was shit in the premier league last time he was here. All you need to know about the January window in that signing. Newty82 and Cisk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted February 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said: wow just wow. that is damning to say the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post duncanmckenzieismagic Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 38 minutes ago, Aidan said: I'll remind everyone at the end of the season when wolves, Leicester, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday have all taken over us and everyone is moaning about it. We really are in the shit if Sheffield Wednesday overtake us ! Newty82, Shukes, MikeO and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggytop Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 1 hour ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said: Really glad we haven’t fallen into the trap of panic buying , not one player on that list that I would consider good enough for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUnderToff Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Reckon Weigl was the one we missed early on. DM/CM - good defensively, on the ball, good passing, only 24, played at a high level and reasonably cheap. Sander Berge probably could have filled the Gbamin gap as well. That said, glad we didn't panic buy or buy more older Deadwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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