January 2015 transfer window ( No GIFs allowed )(Nor fish puns ffs)

[Robertor]

Roberto Martinez has ruled out signing a winger before the end of the transfer window.

And the Everton FC boss is backing the on-loan Christian Atsu to give his Blues career lift-off when he returns to the side.

Atsu has helped Ghana reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals and produced a man-of-the-match display in their deciding group game against South Africa.

The 22-year-old has struggled to make an impact at Goodison Park after sealing a season-long loan from Chelsea in the summer and a miserable first five months at the club were compounded when he picked up a hamstring injury in December.

Everton have been linked with a number of players who could bolster their options in wide areas but Martinez is happy with his lot and believes a fully fit and firing Atsu can have still make his loan move a success.

“It has always been the plan that Christian Atsu will be an important player for us in the second-half of the season and so it was great to see him doing so well and his man-of-the-match award against South Africa,” said Martinez.

“He is a player who will come back strong and ready to have a big role.”

Everton have been linked with a number of wingers in the January transfer window but Martinez is content with the options at his disposal.

And despite the Blues being on a torrid run of form, which has seen them win just one of their last 13 games, the Goodison boss will not be looking to add in that position.

“I do think when Kevin Mirallas is fit and with Aiden McGeady - and the possibility of Ross Barkley and Steven Naismith to play in those positions - I think we are strong enough in those areas at the moment,” the Catalan said.

“But January, and any window, is always an opportunity where you can look to see if we can find specific characters who can help the players we have at the club, and we will always do that.

“I’m not saying we won’t try and work hard in January, we will, but we are not relying on spending money in January to find solutions when that would be a real gamble and a real risk.

“We have got the team, we know how well it performed last season and the group has more experience so it is finding that form back rather than spending in a window that we know is such a dangerous and difficult market to be involved in.”

Absolute idiot. Hopeless, doesn't have a clue. Fed up of his consistent rubbish and lies in the press. Complete idiot.

 

[FTY]

Roberto Martinez has ruled out signing a winger before the end of the transfer window.

And the Everton FC boss is backing the on-loan Christian Atsu to give his Blues career lift-off when he returns to the side.

Atsu has helped Ghana reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals and produced a man-of-the-match display in their deciding group game against South Africa.

The 22-year-old has struggled to make an impact at Goodison Park after sealing a season-long loan from Chelsea in the summer and a miserable first five months at the club were compounded when he picked up a hamstring injury in December.

Everton have been linked with a number of players who could bolster their options in wide areas but Martinez is happy with his lot and believes a fully fit and firing Atsu can have still make his loan move a success.

“It has always been the plan that Christian Atsu will be an important player for us in the second-half of the season and so it was great to see him doing so well and his man-of-the-match award against South Africa,” said Martinez.

“He is a player who will come back strong and ready to have a big role.”

Everton have been linked with a number of wingers in the January transfer window but Martinez is content with the options at his disposal.

And despite the Blues being on a torrid run of form, which has seen them win just one of their last 13 games, the Goodison boss will not be looking to add in that position.

“I do think when Kevin Mirallas is fit and with Aiden McGeady - and the possibility of Ross Barkley and Steven Naismith to play in those positions - I think we are strong enough in those areas at the moment,” the Catalan said.

“But January, and any window, is always an opportunity where you can look to see if we can find specific characters who can help the players we have at the club, and we will always do that.

“I’m not saying we won’t try and work hard in January, we will, but we are not relying on spending money in January to find solutions when that would be a real gamble and a real risk.

“We have got the team, we know how well it performed last season and the group has more experience so it is finding that form back rather than spending in a window that we know is such a dangerous and difficult market to be involved in.”

Think he's having a fkn breakdown.

 

[Jayhow15]

All I want this window is for people to scroll back 4 or 5 pages before adding their 'scoops' to see how many others have posted:

Bookies have stopped taking bets on Lennon

or

Everton scouts are in Portugal.

That way those of us with limited time to ar$e around online don't have to read the same thing, over and over.

Ta

 

[Robertor]

Hate the way he says 'Im unwilling to spend in January as its a huge risk' needs to start trying to take a few risks or things are going to get a lot worse.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Roberto Martinez has ruled out signing a winger before the end of the transfer window.

And the Everton FC boss is backing the on-loan Christian Atsu to give his Blues career lift-off when he returns to the side.

Atsu has helped Ghana reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals and produced a man-of-the-match display in their deciding group game against South Africa.

The 22-year-old has struggled to make an impact at Goodison Park after sealing a season-long loan from Chelsea in the summer and a miserable first five months at the club were compounded when he picked up a hamstring injury in December.

Everton have been linked with a number of players who could bolster their options in wide areas but Martinez is happy with his lot and believes a fully fit and firing Atsu can have still make his loan move a success.

“It has always been the plan that Christian Atsu will be an important player for us in the second-half of the season and so it was great to see him doing so well and his man-of-the-match award against South Africa,” said Martinez.

“He is a player who will come back strong and ready to have a big role.”

Everton have been linked with a number of wingers in the January transfer window but Martinez is content with the options at his disposal.

And despite the Blues being on a torrid run of form, which has seen them win just one of their last 13 games, the Goodison boss will not be looking to add in that position.

“I do think when Kevin Mirallas is fit and with Aiden McGeady - and the possibility of Ross Barkley and Steven Naismith to play in those positions - I think we are strong enough in those areas at the moment,” the Catalan said.

“But January, and any window, is always an opportunity where you can look to see if we can find specific characters who can help the players we have at the club, and we will always do that.

“I’m not saying we won’t try and work hard in January, we will, but we are not relying on spending money in January to find solutions when that would be a real gamble and a real risk.

“We have got the team, we know how well it performed last season and the group has more experience so it is finding that form back rather than spending in a window that we know is such a dangerous and difficult market to be involved in.”

LOL

 

[sageyefc]

“I do think when Kevin Mirallas is fit and with Aiden McGeady - and the possibility of Ross Barkley and Steven Naismith to play in those positions - I think we are strong enough in those areas at the moment,” the Catalan said.
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[USABlue]

Thank you. Don't get where people got the idea that Kev wanted out

 

[markmarkmark]

Can a mod ban me from looking at this thread please? I click on it hoping that someone will have posted credible information on new transfers but there's never anything worth reporting to the weird idiots that I know who aren't members of GOT. It's filling me with false hope and frustration. Not only that, it's making me look like a right dildo as I'm telling people that we're imminently signing David Bentley and Charles n'zogbia.

Thanks in advance,
markmarkmark

 

[CaptainBlood]

No signings to boost squad means 1 thing.....

WE R F UC K ED

 

[toffeejack]

Essentially we're in a relegation battle of sorts aren't we? And what do teams do in January when they're in a relegation battle? Strengthen.

Clearly Roberto doesn't think we're in any danger of going down so feels theirs no need to strengthen this month as we'll obviously be preparing for another season in the prem this summer. Does Roberto maybe feel Everton are too good to go down? Surely he'd have learned from his time at Wigan that no one is.

are you suggesting his wigan team were too good to go down?

 

[ijjysmith]

Screams of having no dosh surely?!

 

[sageyefc]

Elstone out, spending all the transfer money on sunbeds the sweaty tart

 

[roydo]

Can a mod ban me from looking at this thread please? I click on it hoping that someone will have posted credible information on new transfers but there's never anything worth reporting to the weird idiots that I know who aren't members of GOT. It's filling me with false hope and frustration. Not only that, it's making me look like a right dildo as I'm telling people that we're imminently signing David Bentley and Charles n'zogbia.

Thanks in advance,
markmarkmark

If you want, yep. PM me.

 

[evertony]

Screams of not wanting to buy anyone in January when he thinks he doesn't need to.....he clearly thinks the squad is good enough, and in truth he's right, it is good enough, but it's playing poorly.

 

[sageyefc]

Wheres the rocky money Bill?