Silly Season January 2014

[groggsie]

Barclays PL

 

[blue61]

Barclays PL

Bill's Poor Lads.

 

[ijjysmith]

@SkySportsNews: BREAKING: Middlesbrough have agreed a deal to sign Wolves striker Kevin Doyle on loan. #boro #mfc #wwfc

We may as well give up now

 

[boris]

Am I the only one who thinks that, personnel wise, I actually think we're alright?

With the exception of Lukaku & Oviedo (and obviously Kone & Gibson) we should have a near fully fit squad by a week Saturday at the latest shouldn't we? We will have options again.

No mate, I agree.

We've been through an horrific injury crisis but they are all coming back now so we're in great shape for the last few months regardless of whether we sign anyone, although I hope we do.

 

[Jayhow15]

Vinny o'connor goes my gym. he's at anfield tomorrow

Charity match?

 

[Moomin]

hahaha how many times have i hear "save money for summer" only for it to vanish, how does kenwright manage to get away with this every season ? if this happened to liverpool there fans would be kicking up a massive fuss with big protests etc whereas passive everton fans just sit back and moan about it on the internet because we don't want to be labelled kopites for protesting.

We will have the Negredo cash to spend this summer.

 

[thefisch26]

domestic (BPL) loans are maxed at 2, I think its unlimited foreign loans

Went searching through the Premier League handbook, this is all I could fine...

V.7.5. the maximum number of Temporary Transfers to any one Club registrable in the
same Season shall be 4 and in no circumstances shall more than 1 be from the same
Transferor Club at any one time save there shall be excluded from these numbers
any Temporary Transfer of the kind described in V.7.6.1 or V.7.6.2;

 

[thefisch26]

Nevermind, you're right, my apologies... "Premier League rules stipulate that international loan players are classed as transfers and therefore permitted in match squads without limit. However, officials will monitor the new Football League rules and may consider changes in the future."

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jun/07/watford-foreign-loans-loophole

 

[Eggs]

...hope I'm wrong, but I don't think there'll be anybody else coming in. Still, let the gossip begin. I love it.

 

[Great Dane]

Heitinga will never leave - his wage demands dictate everything. No-one will match them so he'll just sit in the stands milking the club.

 

[Jay]

Jindrich Stanek

 

[tadpole]

No mate, I agree.

We've been through an horrific injury crisis but they are all coming back now so we're in great shape for the last few months regardless of whether we sign anyone, although I hope we do.

I don't think we're in good shape up front. Five big games in February, and Lukaku may well miss them all (bearing in mind that he's ineligible to play Chelsea). Even if Traore is available for selection straightaway, we don't know how well he'll fit in to the team and how quickly he'll adapt to the PL. Sounds like Martinez isn't expecting to get the most out of him until March. Until then there could be games or parts of games when we have the likes of Naismith or Miralles operating as a front man.

 

[ijjysmith]

I'm just going to say this once for all those who still have a tiny bit of hope.

Think about the transfers of McGeady and Traore. And how long they took to get finalised.

Even Barry and McCarthy is truly believe were set up long before the last 10 minutes of the last window.

Lukaku seemed a bit different I grant you.

Our manager has pretty much blatantly said that bar Heitinga leaving we're not doing any business.

And Heitinga won't leave.

These are the facts. I have no hope.

On the flip side, once we get past this weekend's game, which will be tough, I think we'll be fine as players will be returning fit.

 

[Christiffa25]

It's a tricky one this window because bring all our injured players back and we have a good/full squad. We're not in a position where we can sign players just to replace our backup injured players. So far bringing in McGeady and Traore with jelavic going out has made us slightly stronger.

Can't see RM strengthening up front tbh, he'll go with what we'v got unless the player he wants long term became available. I do think we will see a CM come in tho. Gibson's injury leaves us very short in the center there. A injury to Barry or McCarthy would be disastrous. And if Heitinga goes, can't see how we could go thru to season end with just the 4 other CB's especially seen as alcaraz is rarely fit.

So my view is there will be no striker till the summer. A CM is going to come in, most likely a loan and maybe some young CB if heitinga moves on.

 

[KevMirallas]

I'm with ijjy.

My money is on no movement whatsoever, but that's not to say I won't be watching the day like a hawk.