January Transfer Window 2015

[Boss]

Apparently we're interested in Charlie Austin.

 

[Lee909]

It gets worse

[Paco]

anybody really think we have a chance of getting cech?

[Paco]

Chelsea got Fabregas and Costa for the same price as Lovren lallana, and Markovic. Imagine what them 2 players would've brought to our team.

yes but they ll be dead and buried when markovic is the best player in the world

[Reckoner]

Chelsea got Fabregas and Costa for the same price as Lovren lallana, and Markovic. Imagine what them 2 players would've brought to our team.

This point, to put our spending in context is fair enough, but I'm sick of hearing about it in the main. Fabregas wouldn't have joined us, Costa was someone we tried to sign months earlier. So it doesn't justify the 'dross' we bought, (or as I would say players not ready made but with potential) but people need to be less simplistic and acknowledge we don't' have the pulling power of some and so need to take more risks.

Naming players for other clubs who worked out is easy.

[JagSquared]

yes but they ll be dead and buried when markovic is the best player in the world

Is the scenario there that there has been a global apocalypse and markovic is the last man alive?

[ZonkoVille77]

anybody really think we have a chance of getting Charlie Austin

 

Mmm? hope so

[Brigant Moloch]

fact that we really have a chance to sign Charlie Austin frightens me the most

[ritchie]

This point, to put our spending in context is fair enough, but I'm sick of hearing about it in the main. Fabregas wouldn't have joined us, Costa was someone we tried to sign months earlier. So it doesn't justify the 'dross' we bought, (or as I would say players not ready made but with potential) but people need to be less simplistic and acknowledge we don't' have the pulling power of some and so need to take more risks.

Naming players for other clubs who worked out is easy.

 

We made two big mistakes in the summer. One was buying the wrong players from Southampton. The other was not replacing Suarez even semi-adequately.

 

But not only do we have to accept that Fabregas and Costa will choose Chelsea over us (and Willian and Salah) but Sanchez will choose Arsenal or Mikhitaryan will choose Dortmund. Why has LFC got the pulling power of basically Everton? Wages to a degree but we pay a lot more than most, including Dortmund. The club/manager/committee/CEO obviously can't sell a vision to these players. 

 

fact that we really have a chance to sign Charlie Austin frightens me the most

 

Do we? I thought players only wanted to live in London. That's the stock answer why we're always turned down for anyone half decent. 

[Phoenix]

This point, to put our spending in context is fair enough, but I'm sick of hearing about it in the main. Fabregas wouldn't have joined us, Costa was someone we tried to sign months earlier. So it doesn't justify the 'dross' we bought, (or as I would say players not ready made but with potential) but people need to be less simplistic and acknowledge we don't' have the pulling power of some and so need to take more risks.

Naming players for other clubs who worked out is easy.

 

Why wouldnt have Fabregas joined us? off the back of an exciting season and its not like he was eager to join Mourinho at Chelsea.

[Barrington Womble]

Chelsea got Fabregas and Costa for the same price as Lovren lallana, and Markovic. Imagine what them 2 players would've brought to our team.

Except I doubt we're paying all 3 of them more than they pay one of theirs.

[El Dangerous]

Charlie Austin is a 'triffic player, just 'triffic. Well worth the £20m we'll put in 'Arry's dogs account.

[Phoenix]

Except I doubt we're paying all 3 of them more than they pay one of theirs.

I would take one of them over the three we bought.

[Brigant Moloch]

 

 

 

Do we? I thought players only wanted to live in London. That's the stock answer why we're always turned down for anyone half decent. 

 

 

well Lallana for example didn't want to live in London and he's in the dictionary under "half decent"

[ritchie]

Why wouldnt have Fabregas joined us? off the back of an exciting season and its not like he was eager to join Mourinho at Chelsea.

 

There's no belief at the club that we can sign a top player.

[lamai]

Why wouldnt have Fabregas joined us? off the back of an exciting season and its not like he was eager to join Mourinho at Chelsea.

 

You really cannot see why he would have wanted to join Chelsea instead of us?

[J-V]

There's no belief at the club that we can sign a top player.

 

That's because we employ clueless no marks throughout the club.

[Mark M]

Charlie Austin I'm not sure what's worse the fact we could be interested in him or the fact that he's better than balotelli.

[Etienne77]

Danny Ings for me. Natural finisher apart from when he misses. Reminds me of one of my fav red men. Though nowhere near as good. Get the Burnley cunt onboard. Onwards and upwards'ish I hope.

[Josef Svejk]

Danny Ings for me. Natural finisher apart from when he misses. Reminds me of one of my fav red men. Though nowhere near as good. Get the Burnley cunt onboard. Onwards and upwards'ish I hope.

 

What I like about Ings is that he appears to be missing the first half of his surname.

[Paco]

What I like about Ings is that he appears to be missing the first half of his surname.

it used to be winnings but charlie sheen has the copyright and made him change it

[Barrington Womble]

I would take one of them over the three we bought.

You might, but then that's not the proposal anyone is putting forward (well maybe you are now). I keep reading on here the players we could have bought with the millions spent, except we couldn't because the package is more than just fees. We won't buy established world stars as they're not in our pay scale.

[Brigant Moloch]

yeah Ings-Lambert with Lallana & Gerrard behind and G-Jo + Enrique would be a squad Sunderland or Villa would have been proud of.

[TheFridge]

That's because we employ clueless no marks throughout the club.

 

That one sentence is the answer for all our woes over the last 20 odd years, everything comes back to that sentence.

[ngogswilly]

Charlie Austin actually isn't a bad player. He'd be a better option for us than anyone else we have up front bar Sturridge. 

 

Problem is though hes still not top quality. It seems like we keep aiming a level or few levels below the top players. 

 

Well maybe we actually are aiming higher but we can't attract the best players out there. But I find it hard to believe the line trotted out all the time that we can't attract top players. 

Theres probably plenty we can if people were actually busting their balls to make it happen.

 

Will always go back to Wenger flying his scrawny ass over to Brazil to sort the Sanchez deal. He made it happen. I'd sincerely doubt any of our guys(be it Rodger's or Ayre or whoever) are putting that effort into it. 

Tis only conjecture on my part granted.