Summer Transfer Window 2019

[Toffeepot]

My mum only taught me one gaelic phrase. Something to do with kissing arseslol

I'm sure there was a "th" in that come to think of it.

Anyway, back on tread. I'm not in favour of bringing in another right back this summer. Seamus still does it for me.

There are 'th's but there isn't the 'th' sound that is in English

 

[Connor]

Horrible place these days sadly newsnow.

It used to have decent stories, but now its just 99% click bait H ITC stories, real shame.

They lessened their restrictive needs to get your site on there.

Sad.

 

[neil999]

They lessened their restrictive needs to get your site on there.

Sad.

still sorta works ok once you get to know the sites that are useless

 

[Goat]

They lessened their restrictive needs to get your site on there.

Sad.

At least sports witness is linked to actual sources, that 1 is just people saying they think clubs should sign certain players.

 

[SiEdmo]

póg mo thóin there is th in it but it does not make a th sound like in English, that word is pronounced hone.

no way, i did not know the pub is basically named Kiss my arse! it was already one of my favourites!!!

 

[Bluewolf]

It’s more 1 in 3 which I think is respectable in all comps for a young land honing his trade. Would you disagree?

Yeah goal wise but for being involved in goal directly he's doing that at a 1 in 2 avarage.

 

[catcherintherye]

Momentum should in theory pick up from now but the tendency in recent years across multiple windows is that the bulk of activity seems to be packed into a very limited time frame. You can have the majority of a whole years transfers done now within a two week period, so that leaves very little room for flexibility and time to cope with working down through a list of targets.

I'm confident they are on top of things and having Gomes with Lossl is about all we could have realistically hoped for by now.

I imagine we just need a straightforward answer from Lampard on Zouma before deciding to persue alternatives or not, but we need calrity as soon as possible.

With Brands and Silva bedded in this year, I hope we don't arrive at deadline day needing to get two or three signings over that line but that's much easier said that done.

Deadline day is great for business only if you do good business. The way things go now is that you need to have 80% of your business done by the end of July as things inevitably get stretched out until deadline day or a few days before otherwise. I hope at that point we have RB/CB Striker in and are looking to do a loan deal or two in the time left.

I think there is a lot in this really. Through the Moyes years I used to resent us having to do business at the back end. I'd always hoped that the investment from Moshiri (and others) may have allowed us to jump that cue (and to an extent it did, mostly 2 years ago). However what really followed from that was the worst summer we had had. Not all of this can be put down to signing people early but I do think there is some correlation there.

The reality is, in life if you put a deadline, or a deadline exists, people will haggle to that deadline. So to do most business early you either pay what the other side want or you delay and wait for them t start to move. Two years ago I would say, for the most part we did the former. In most cases we paid more than we arguably should have done (and in my view would have done with Brands).

The ley for last summer was really the Tierney deal, or lack of for me. That was a big moment for me for Brands. He decisively walked away, didn't pay what was asked when they wouldn't budge and trusted his judgements on a different player. For all the concern on here amongst other places, it has worked out very well. I said back then, Celtic would regret not taking the 25-30 million we were willing to pay. They wouldn't receive a bid like that again. The summer it looks like Arsenal will settle perhaps 10 or even 15 million pounds lower than that figure. It was an enormous miscalculation from them, who should have taken the deal that was offered. Players values can go up and down.

With Zouma I think we will see a similar situation developing too. I cannot see Brands allowing that one to rumble on into August. It's clear we have alternatives. Llorente for one. If we can;'t get it done, there will be a point we move on.

 

[Connor]

still sorta works ok once you get to know the sites that are useless

Sadly, people be blind

 

[coollino]

Sadly, people be blind

People need instant gratification these days, just look at this thread.

Sad.

 

[Connor]

People need instant gratification these days, just look at this thread.

Sad.

You having a go at the fans?

This is a disgusting post, and you know it.

 

[Bluerover]

My mum only taught me one gaelic phrase. Something to do with kissing arseslol

I'm sure there was a "th" in that come to think of it.

Anyway, back on tread. I'm not in favour of bringing in another right back this summer. Seamus still does it for me.

Pog mo thoin! Pronounced "Pogue mu hone"

The t in th is generally silent in the Irish language.

Thus "thank you" - Go raibh maith agat is pronounced "Guh rev moh (the o is as in modern or motley) agut.

All very quiet on the transfer front!

 

[FTY]

Yeah i never even got that. That seems fair. My apologies. Nowt wrong with salt n vinegar though.

No worries mate we’ve all been there

I’m never EVER going to agree with the last bit, like munching potatoes dipped in sulphuric acid

 

[Ian]

Through the Moyes years I used to resent us having to do business at the back end.

I never mind doing business at the back end.

 

[Bluebonic]

I never mind doing business at the back end.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

What’s going on? Have we signed Shane MacGowan?
Boss signing that.