January 2019 Transfer Window

[whiteshadow]

You are the bin.

And I'm still full of less rubbish than you. lol

 

[davek]

So it's all down to Brands that we couldn't sell some of the players we need rid of, is that what you are actually saying here?

No, I'm saying it's down to Brands to sell some players IF he's also declared a 'sell to buy' policy....which he has.

 

[Goat]

Been hearing that point over and over, and I still dont buy it. There;s deals to be had. If your polciy as a club is to sell to buy then you find a way. My conclusion is that the club just aren't thinking about matters on the pitch, they're looking at the books.

This is what austerity looks like.

I agree Dave, we are very much watching the books.

I mean we took our eye off them and spent like a "drunk sailor" and now we are left with a whole bunch of unsaleable useless trash draining this club dry, so I for 1 welcome this short term austerity, cos when its over, we are a football club that has a yearly income of over 180m, when we dont have to spend all that on wages we can invest in some footballing assets.

 

[Noble Savage]

As if Bolasie, Martina, Sandro etc are the equivalent of trying to sell water in the desert. hahahaha

Throw yourself in the bin. lol

They are loans . They will be coming back , with their massive wages and small list of suitors ready to buy the players out right . I don't blame Brands , just the mess he inherited.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Sadly, I think we have a case now with so many on loan where these club's see Everton as a soft touch for a loan deal and dont feel the need to pay a fee.

It's January - loans are way more popular than permanent transfers. Brighton have loaned 14 players out, Bournemouth and Chelsea have each loaned out 9 in January alone. Watford and Everton are next with 8 and the rest of the league somewhere between Arsenal (2) and Wolves, West Ham & Man City on 7 each.

There's very little selling happening and most of those are free transfers and "undisclosed" fees.

 

[TheNinja]

Said to you above that the problem was in the summer window, maybe you forgot?

The summer window was a problem, but due to previous circumstances caused by Walsh added to the consequences I mentioned with new staff and limited time... So I can't see why you've got a downer on Brands already from a massively limited first window, a January window where clubs aren't buying over waged players seemingly based on the fact he didn't sell Lookman for 25m and magically buy a striker with the proceeds.

 

[Toast]

Big Sam is just ace on telly..

"I left, to get the England job"

Keep it going Sam lad.

Now getting stuck into us and our squad..

Give us hell Sam.

 

[nsno-chris]

It’s times like tonight when you really need to appreciate the work Steve Walsh did

What a guy

 

[davek]

I agree Dave, we are very much watching the books.

I mean we took our eye off them and spent like a "drunk sailor" and now we are left with a whole bunch of unsaleable useless trash draining this club dry, so I for 1 welcome this short term austerity, cos when its over, we are a football club that has a yearly income of over 180m, when we dont have to spend all that on wages we can invest in some footballing assets.

That's ok, you can walk and chew at the same time though. By all means try and trim the squad by selling players, but dont then fail to sell any players if the manager is dependent on sales to buy and cant have access to transfer funds any other way.

 

[marnie]

We've basically heard the club say they have no ambition for the remainder of the season.

Fair enough. But that rules out any meaningful critique of Silva if we fall out of the top half. He has been cut adrift with the failure (again) to buy a striker.

Dave take the wife on a Hoseasons and forget Everton

 

[whiteshadow]

I agree Dave, we are very much watching the books.

I mean we took our eye off them and spent like a "drunk sailor" and now we are left with a whole bunch of unsaleable useless trash draining this club dry, so I for 1 welcome this short term austerity, cos when its over, we are a football club that has a yearly income of over 180m, when we dont have to spend all that on wages we can invest in some footballing assets.

Only issue is we're going to be struggling with moving players on for at least a couple of years.

Our transfer strategy is going to be crippled over that period.

 

[zook]

Tear it up with a sell to buy policy carried out by a DoF who couldn't sell water in the desert.

Do you just choose to ignore the fact that most clubs aren't really interested in buying ageing, mediocre players on massive wages?

And those same ageing, mediocre, overpaid players aren't really too keen on leaving behind the biggest contracts they're ever going to get?

I wasn't exactly expecting a queue for them myself.

 

[maccavennie]

It’s times like tonight when you really need to appreciate the work Steve Walsh did

What a guy

Hope we build a statue of him

So we can all throw bricks at it the bad biff

 

[Goat]

That's ok, you can walk and chew at the same time though. By all means try and trim the squad by selling players, but dont then fail to sell any players if the manager is dependent on sales to buy and cant have access to transfer funds any other way.

Well hopefully some of those jokers will find mugs to buy them come the Summer, im honestly not hopeful.

Would you pay Sandro 120k a week?

Only issue is we're going to be struggling with moving players on for at least a couple of years.

Our transfer strategy is going to be crippled over that period.

Also the transfer ban.

 

[davek]

It’s times like tonight when you really need to appreciate the work Steve Walsh did

What a guy

...and what a guy the man paid an arm and a leg to clear up the mess is - the one who seems to have just brushed the rubbish about a bit and then into a corner and walked off.