Farhad Moshiri

[madden95]

I agree. I think that's exactly what happened. It looks like the board want to get back to the Moyes days rather than the rollercoaster we were on with Martinez which while ultimately a bit of a disaster he did get us 5th, a record points total, a European QF and two semi-finals all in 3 years. That's almost as good as Moyes did in over a decade.

I just think it's a shame we lost our nerve when in my view the right man for the job was available and was dying to come. It will be very interesting what FDB does at Inter.

dont agree fdb was a better option than koeman, all he won was the dutch league same as koeman, but koeman had already done a really good job at the saints especially with all the players they had to sell

 

[deipnosophist]

I agree. I think that's exactly what happened. It looks like the board want to get back to the Moyes days rather than the rollercoaster we were on with Martinez which while ultimately a bit of a disaster he did get us 5th, a record points total, a European QF and two semi-finals all in 3 years. That's almost as good as Moyes did in over a decade.

I just think it's a shame we lost our nerve when in my view the right man for the job was available and was dying to come. It will be very interesting what FDB does at Inter.

Time will tell I guess

 

[Titus Bramble]

Why are people panicking we haven't signed the players they want yet? There's still weeks left of the transfer window and historically the 'bigger' signings tend to happen close to the deadline.

So far we've signed 3 players who are most probably going to be regular starters this season (I'm including stekelenburg in this on the assumption we don't sign another keeper)... When was the last time we did that before the season kicked off?

 

[neil999]

Anyone come up with hilarious version of kenwrong for moshiri yet?

 

[suey_11]

Why are people panicking we haven't signed the players they want yet? There's still weeks left of the transfer window and historically the 'bigger' signings tend to happen close to the deadline.

So far we've signed 3 players who are most probably going to be regular starters this season (I'm including stekelenburg in this on the assumption we don't sign another keeper)... When was the last time we did that before the season kicked off?

So nothing will be the same.

When nothing has actually changed.






Yet.

 

[Titus Bramble]

So nothing will be the same.

When nothing has actually changed.






Yet.

This is my point. There's still plenty of time, and if people think all of our problems are going to be fixed in 1 summer then you're in dreamland

 

[ToffeeTim]

Moyes been dealing with Bill and not Farhad apparently?

Interesting.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Moyes been dealing with Bill and not Farhad apparently?

Interesting.

Probably can't get their tongues out of each others rectums.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Is he writing anything in the program notes tomorrow or will it still be Bill since he is still negotiating the deals?

 

[Hangleton]

Anyone come up with hilarious version of kenwrong for moshiri yet?

Moshtake? Works on many levels.

 

[nsno-chris]

Moyes been dealing with Bill and not Farhad apparently?

Interesting.

Not really. Moshiri is not on the board and kenwright is chairman. Pretty simple really

 

[ToffeeTim]

Not really. Moshiri is not on the board and kenwright is chairman. Pretty simple really

Well no wonder it's been a debacle with that cockwomble negotiating for us.

 

[BLUEBERT]

Hope some of the lads on here are not at the game tomorrow, proper
Buzz killers, they're so down on the club before they've kicked a ball and nearly
3 weeks of the transfer window left.

 

[Gerbs]

Why are people panicking we haven't signed the players they want yet? There's still weeks left of the transfer window and historically the 'bigger' signings tend to happen close to the deadline.

So far we've signed 3 players who are most probably going to be regular starters this season (I'm including stekelenburg in this on the assumption we don't sign another keeper)... When was the last time we did that before the season kicked off?

I think it is bad business to overhaul a squad during the season. They have known the positions they have wanted to upgrade but dragged their feet on prospects and we are now going into the season with a subpar squad. United, Leicester, RS, City, West Ham, even Bournemouth got their signings done early so they can go into a season with the core of their squad.
Now everyone knows there will be a signing or maybe two that happen near the deadline, but we are planning to revamp a major part of our squad during that time. I cannot be the only one that thinks that type of uncertainty has to be bad for the team.
Overall i just think EFC has shown to be run poorly.

 

[Titus Bramble]

I think it is bad business to overhaul a squad during the season. They have known the positions they have wanted to upgrade but dragged their feet on prospects and we are now going into the season with a subpar squad. United, Leicester, RS, City, West Ham, even Bournemouth got their signings done early so they can go into a season with the core of their squad.
Now everyone knows there will be a signing or maybe two that happen near the deadline, but we are planning to revamp a major part of our squad during that time. I cannot be the only one that thinks that type of uncertainty has to be bad for the team.
Overall i just think EFC has shown to be run poorly.

I agree that it's not ideal to get major deals done during the season, but don't you think we tried to get our targets early? I'm sure we made moves and enquiries for a number of targets as soon as we could, but what can we do if they don't want to come/keep their options open? Players know they'll have more clubs coming in for them as the deadline gets closer as more clubs lose their players so will have wider and potentially better options. The summer transfer window should be closed before season start imo, but there's not a lot we can do about it. The majority of clubs will do most of their strengthening after the season has started