Jareth Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Don't know why yoose lot are losing your sheeeeeit - we'll have at least two more in by tonight. etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted January 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2023 You have gaffers like Gerrard who no doubt would have pushed the club to sign any name at any cost. I can't think of one but you know, a 30 year old name, who was available (because he's finished) just get it done, let's finish as high as possible so I can **** off in a years time with a better win percentage. Emery I have no doubt is actually stipulating he doesn't want just anyone. A body. A name. An experienced lad. He's a real one. He wants the right player. The right attitude. The right profile. The right age. The right attributes. I really cannot fathom people being upset (because believe me this isn't the recruitment or Purslow....it is Emery) people being upset ....after the absolute shite we've witnessed in the summer and Jan. Coutinho. Digne. Ings. Bednareck. Dendoncker. It's been an absolute **** farce. Clearly we are targeting these trio or so of young players from abroad...and clubs don't want to lose players in January. So we will wait and it's brilliant. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 If we had 18 senior players with a load of highly rated youth ready to jump in and supplement our squad then i would be more than happy . But we havent. Archer and Tim are out on loan , AJ and Chrisene are back from loan but with pretty bad injuries. Brad Young has come back from an unsuccessful loan at league 2 / conference standard. We have nothing to supplement the 18 or so at the moment. Nothing. That is a big risk being made by our club. Knocks are knocks. They happen and some players are better naturally getting over them than others. But anyone at any time can get a season ending injury. If Ollie did his cruciate at the weekend then for the rest of the season we would be relying on Duran to be our striker for 18 games. And we have already been told that he is a project , not a starter. If he got injured then its either Brad Young Or Kobei Moore to lead the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, est1874 said: I'm very relaxed tbf. Others may be panicking because it's deadline day but I knew we'd be here when we shifted Ings without a backup, I said as much at the time and have been pretty consistent in questioning our strategy this window. Club has got this wrong I'm afraid. Yep, if it stays the way it is, the club have got it wrong imo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 25 minutes ago, markc said: Yes, you're right it did. The boss and my co-workers in the office wasn't to impressed though Classic. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, nick76 said: Less chance of getting the players we want. Yes we have proved in the past we can get the likes of Kamara but will also stop us getting other players being 14th rather than say 8th. Based on what? You've said yourself we've proved it in the past. Us finishing 14th or 8th would have little to no impact on our summer signings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, DCJonah said: So what's going to happen? We have injuries and finish 14th. So what? "So what"? Jesus. Actually haha was it you who said the same thing last season? Something like the difference between 9th and 14th is irrelevant and doesn't matter? Pretty pathetic perspective tbqh. If we all took that view, wtf would be the point of ever supporting this club. We should care about every point, every game, every place on the table that we can potentially gain. Christ, I can't believe I'm even having to argue that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, est1874 said: I'm very relaxed tbf. Others may be panicking because it's deadline day but I knew we'd be here when we shifted Ings without a backup, I said as much at the time and have been pretty consistent in questioning our strategy this window. Club has got this wrong I'm afraid. Not yet. it’ll only be wrong if it proves to be detrimental. For now, it is neither right nor wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, nick76 said: Yep, if it stays the way it is, the club have got it wrong imo. And what if we continue do well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted January 31, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Chicken Field said: First of, who should we loan? Secondly, I'd rather we save the money and sign the players we actually want. Loans aren't free. Well without any scouting whatsoever Chelsea have 8 forward players and 7 spots over and above squad registration limits, so I'd perhaps start looking there. But we will have detailed scouting reports on every team in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post It's Your Round Posted January 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2023 The thing that concerns me the most is that I’ve just wasted 20 minutes reading through the drivel in this thread. I’ll never get that time back, and I’ve learnt nothing. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: I disagree. We don't have proven back up for Watkins. That's it. Sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, est1874 said: "So what"? Jesus. Actually haha was it you who said the same thing last season? Something like the difference between 9th and 14th is irrelevant and doesn't matter? Pretty pathetic perspective tbqh. If we all took that view, wtf would be the point of ever supporting this club. We should care about every point, every game, every place on the table that we can potentially gain. Christ, I can't believe I'm even having to argue that I agree we should care but if things go wrong so what? It's a small slip on a long term journey. We don't need short term thinking based on panic driven what if scenarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 We will sign players today, just because we're not getting a running commentary in the media as to what's happening doesn't mean things aren't going on. One knows we're working on deals in the background in the hope of bringing players in because if we weren't the club would have let it be known that we won't be signing anyone else via Percy, Collomose and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: And what if we continue do well? Some brains are unable to comprehend a positive outlook. We won’t do well if we don’t get a striker in NOW! Edited January 31, 2023 by It's Your Round I can’t even spell so just ignore me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, It's Your Round said: The thing that concerns me the most is that I’ve just wasted 20 minutes reading through the drivel in this thread. I’ll never get that time back, and I’ve learnt nothing. I just spin scroll looking for anything embedded that could be news - the rest remains unread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero7 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Chill out folks, I feel a signing or two in-coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, DCJonah said: And what if we continue do well? I would say the club would have got it wrong still. Theres risk and there is stupid risks. Having 1 striker is a stupid risk whether it pays off or not. Especially when we only have one senior winger as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, nick76 said: Sure Defence is fine. Cm is fine. We have Bailey, Buendia, Ramsay, Coutinho, Mcginn and Moreno who could play wide in Emery's formation. We have Watkins and Dhuran as main striker We have Buendia, Bailey, Coutinho or Ramsay who could play off them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, Thug said: Not yet. it’ll only be wrong if it proves to be detrimental. For now, it is neither right nor wrong. There's a little thing called risk mitigation, which assumes the worst of a situation and asks "so what if it happens?" Your view doesn't address that at all, and nor has the club, that's the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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