January Transfer Window 2015

[El Dangerous]

Lovren+Mario= £36m. Even if all our other buys were great deals, and they weren't, you can't waste that sort of money in our position and claim not to have had a bad summer.

 

We could have signed Vietto and Lacazette and still had money for a CB and a decent back up GK.

[Brownie]

Lovren+Mario= £36m. Even if all our other buys were great deals, and they weren't, you can't waste that sort of money in our position and claim not to have had a bad summer.

 

We could have signed Vietto and Lacazette and still had money for a CB and a decent back up GK.

You won't find me trying to suggest that we have a good transfer record but you could say the same thing for every club mate.

 

Just look at Chelsea last few years. Salah, Marin, Moses, Wallace, Ba, Atsu, Van Ginkel, Remy... That all cost £60M.

 

£60M down the drain basically.

[Jairzinho]

They aren't in our position.

[Major Tom]

You won't find me trying to suggest that we have a good transfer record but you could say the same thing for every club mate.

 

Just look at Chelsea last few years. Salah, Marin, Moses, Wallace, Ba, Atsu, Van Ginkel, Remy, Wallace... That all cost £60M.

 

£60M down the drain basically.

 

Exactly.

[Nightcat]

I've been screaming for Cuadrado for so long. But you can't expect this kind of signings from FSG and their local male slut, he's 26 and will ask for prime wages. Cuadrado is twice as good as Willian.

[El Dangerous]

They aren't in our position.

Exactly, they can afford to waste that and more because they'll go and get the best of everything as well.

[Trumo]

You won't find me trying to suggest that we have a good transfer record but you could say the same thing for every club mate.

 

Just look at Chelsea last few years. Salah, Marin, Moses, Wallace, Ba, Atsu, Van Ginkel, Remy...

 

That all cost £60M.

 

£60M down the drain basically.

Especially as they bought Wallace twice.

[Jairzinho]

We tried to buy Origi twice.

[TheHowieLama]

Especially as they bought Wallace twice.

 

That was Matic.

[Major Tom]

Especially as they bought Wallace twice.

 

Danny and Rodney

[stringvest]

We could have just spent the £20m we used for Balotelli and Lambert and bought someone that would score some goals.

 

Someone who would cause the same sort of problems that Sturridge and Suarez can cause.  Not necessarily 20 goals a season, but someone with movement,commitment and vision that can occupy defenders and create space for others.  And not Borini.  

[thompsonsnose]

What did you make of last season? A bit frustrating in that it didn't confirm already held beliefs?

I enjoyed it immensely, once i'd realised he wasn't interested in defending.

I posted as much several times.

[Jairzinho]

Someone who would cause the same sort of problems that Sturridge and Suarez can cause.  Not necessarily 20 goals a season, but someone with movement,commitment and vision that can occupy defenders and create space for others.  And not Borini.  

 

THERE WAS NO-ONE.

 

Yeah, probably 40 or 50 players that would have fitted the bill, that could have been purchased for less than £20m, on wages that we'd be willing to pay for such a player (£60k-£90k?). Players with enough about them physically and technically, whilst also not being a complete shithouse. Players that would probably score 1 in 2 in a side like ours, a side with plenty of creativity. Players that would be willing to live somewhere other than London.

 

A handful of them ended up at Premier League clubs with less pull than us.

[Major Tom]

40 or 50 players that would have fitted the bill?

 

Righto.

[Jairzinho]

40 or 50 strikers that would have fitted the bill?

 

Righto.

 

Yes.

[Major Tom]

Yes.

 

Ok.

 

So who are the handful who ended up in the PL that would've fitted the bill?

[Jairzinho]

These five, probably a few more, Valencia, Vargas, Hernandez, Perez, Mane.

 

Doesn't mean they're great players, or great signings. Just better than Lambert and Balotelli. Better cover for Sturridge. More suited to how we play.

 

But that would have taken some scouting.

[Stu Monty]

Not signing someone of the same calibre to replace him when he did get injured is the hindrance. When you have a finite budget then the signings of raw potential do become a mistake.

 

Although there is obviously an opportunity cost I'd say that when you have a short-term approach to building your team it can be seen as a mistake, not when you have a long-term approach.

[Jairzinho]

Missing out on the Champions League this season will have an enormous negative impact on the long term.

[Ginny]

Everytime i see this thread get bumped I think we have signed someone. Then I open it and we haven't

[Stu Monty]

These five, probably a few more, Valencia, Vargas, Hernandez, Perez, Mane.

 

Doesn't mean they're great players, or great signings. Just better than Lambert and Balotelli. Better cover for Sturridge. More suited to how we play.

 

But that would have taken some scouting.

 

And hindsight. 

 

That's always pretty handy as a scout.

 

People would have lost their shit if we'd have signed any of them bar possibly Valencia and only Mane of the rest are doing anything of note.

 

If any of them do the 10 goals and 10 assists that Lambert did before we signed him then they'll be surprising me a fair bit.

[Major Tom]

These five, probably a few more, Valencia, Vargas, Hernandez, Perez, Mane.

 

Doesn't mean they're great players, or great signings. Just better than Lambert and Balotelli. Better cover for Sturridge. More suited to how we play.

 

But that would have taken some scouting.

 

OK, fair enough.

 

I don't know them well enough to argue the case but I was more interested in the type of player you were referring to anyway. And they appear all to be strikers.

[Boss]

The only deal i could see us pulling off is Lucas out to Inter with Delph coming in.

[Stu Monty]

Vargas - 14 games, 1 goal.

Hernandez - 14 games, 3 goals.

Perez - 24 games, 5 goals.

 

The scouts are hardly going to be crying into their cornflakes.

[Dr Nowt]