2019/20 Marcel Brands

[davek]

Weirdly I thought we signed Branthwaite a mere 5months ago for 750k.

Of course he needs to throw money at players to join a club that finishes 12th, doesn't win any trophies and hardly qualifies for Europe.

Not everybody is like Baines you know, some players need a reason other than us being Everton.

Yeah, like that proves anything.

We all know his M.O. - wait until the end of the window to get mugged for £30M for an atrocious player.

 

[Toffeelover]

Yeah, like that proves anything.

We all know his M.O. - wait until the end of the window to get mugged for £30M for an atrocious player.

Won't be the first or the last, think of the other rubbish signed before he came.

 

[MikeH72]

His statement pretty much confirms we aren’t going to sign anyone this window for me. He has run out of ideas. Worrying.

 

[davek]

Won't be the first or the last, think of the other rubbish signed before he came.

Now we have him pointing fingers at others to explain his failure to get a good bargain in early = 'the architect' blaming his tools.

 

[ToffeeTim]

We'd have more scope to spend this summer if he hadn't panicked on deadline day last year, so no one should be making any excuses for him this summer. I certainly won't.

He has one job, get Ancelotti who he wants. And before match 1.

 

[Leylo]

If that’s true it’s cryarsing of the highest order

That's normal don't know what he's moaning about, for years whenever we checked out a player spurs would come sniffing. Its football dog eat dog he needs to crack on!

 

[Goat]

He has one job, get Ancelotti who he wants. And before match 1.

He wont do that.

 

[Nymzee]

We'd have more scope to spend this summer if he hadn't panicked on deadline day last year, so no one should be making any excuses for him this summer. I certainly won't.

He has one job, get Ancelotti who he wants. And before match 1.

£27m last summer affects this summers budget?

 

[ToffeeTim]

He wont do that.

Let's see.

But if he is panic buying around deadline day again then I'm afraid I will have to ask for him to go. I dont like the DOF model in the first place though so I am biased.

 

[ToffeeTim]

£27m last summer affects this summers budget?

I'd say almost certainly yes. And the wage structure.

 

[Nymzee]

I'd say almost certainly yes. And the wage structure.

I’m not sure that’s quite how clubs handle yearly transfer budgets. His wages also aren’t an issue at all.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I’m not sure that’s quite how clubs handle yearly transfer budgets. His wages also aren’t an issue at all.

Its not an annual amount that must be spent or its lost. If we had not panicked and shelled out 30m, we'd have that money still available.

 

[Nymzee]

Its not an annual amount that must be spent or its lost. If we had not panicked and shelled out 30m, we'd have that money still available.

It’s not but I also don’t believe we look back at one previous deal to dictate this summers spending. Considering our net spend last summer wasn’t bad.

 

[ToffeeTim]

It’s not but I also don’t believe we look back at one previous deal to dictate this summers spending. Considering our net spend last summer wasn’t bad.

We have to spend and sell this summer. I'm more frustrated at this stage that no one else has been moved on.

I want to see strategy and a plan this summer. Organisation and common sense. Last summer was a complete debacle so Brands has to deliver and has no valid excuse not to. Deadline day is not an option. Deadline day is for small time clubs with no ambition.

 

[Nymzee]

We have to spend and sell this summer. I'm more frustrated at this stage that no one else has been moved on.

I want to see strategy and a plan this summer. Organisation and common sense. Last summer was a complete debacle so Brands has to deliver and has no valid excuse not to. Deadline day is not an option. Deadline day is for small time clubs with no ambition.

Why was last summer a debacle? Signed Gomes on a perm which we all wanted, signed a defensive mid that we wanted, got RB cover, signed an exciting young striker and not everyone was against Iwobi but preferred Zaha who we were priced out of. Sold some unhappy players for profit like Lookman. Not much of a debacle to me.