mykeyb Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Not quite sure what some fans are trying to say here. Should Martin just go out and sign players for the sake of it or should Mr Lerner pay way over the odds to sign players just because he is a billionaire. If we get players in they will be the right players at the right price, if we dont we wait till the summer. If we were still under Ellis our work this transfer window would be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Not quite sure what some fans are trying to say here. Should Martin just go out and sign players for the sake of it or should Mr Lerner pay way over the odds to sign players just because he is a billionaire. If we get players in they will be the right players at the right price, if we dont we wait till the summer. If we were still under Ellis our work this transfer window would be done. Yes, we want the right players at the right price. I think the comments are just impatience, and high expectations, especially after years of being held back by that footling clearing in the woods. I can understand the impatience, but I think that some of the expressions of it, especially when they sound like doubt in the motives or capability of the new lot, are misplaced and premature. Give them time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 It's a game of chess at the moment, nobody wants to make the wrong move by selling before having a replacement lined up. As the clock ticks down things will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 It's a game of chess at the moment, nobody wants to make the wrong move by selling before having a replacement lined up. As the clock ticks down things will happen. Hit the nail on the head. A city expert on sky sports said this would be the busiest and most expensive transfer window so far, it just needs everyone to have their plans in place. So Bent won't leave Charlton til they get players lined up, which means that Baros won't leave til say Defoe comes in, then Spurs won't let Defoe go til say Young goes there, and Smith won;t leave Man U til Hargrevaves joins etc. It's just who will get the ball rolling to take it into frenzy. And someone will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Arsenal None. Aston Villa Phil Bardsley (loan) Blackburn Rovers None. Bolton Wanderers None. Charlton Athletic Zheng Zhi (loan) Chelsea None. Everton Anderson de Silva (undisclosed) Fulham Vincenzo Montella (loan) Clint Dempsey(£2million) Liverpool None. Manchester City None. Manchester United Henrik Larsson (loan) Middlesbrough None. Newcastle United None. Portsmouth None. Reading None. Sheffield United Matthew Kilgallon (£2 million) Tottenham Hotspur Ben Alnwick (£900,000) Adel Taarabt (loan) Watford Moses Ashikodi (nominal) Will Hoskins (undisclosed) Lee Williamson (undisclosed) West Ham Luis Boa Morte (undisc) Nigel Quashie(£1.75 million) Wigan Athletic Andreas Granqvist (loan) Kristofer Haestad (loan) David Unsworth (free) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocafella Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Not all clubs need players as much as Villa, Arsenal have said they won't even buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Not all clubs need players as much as Villa, Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrollo Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Personally I think it needs a benchmark - for everyone to meaure againt. Say Young from Watford went for £5m, that would set the standard - bent could then be valued at £9m - on the other hand if young went for 7.5m - the value of Bent would be up to £12 - £13m. The fact that we bid for readings Doyle *May* suggest - that O Neils top targets - aren't available ....if this is the case expect a Nugent link before the end of the week ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeMoore Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Not all clubs need players as much as Villa, Not all clubs want to sell their best players. If you'd be happy bringing in the sort of players fulham and wigan have then i'm sure we could have signed about 5 players by now Getting quality players isn't an easy task and takes time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrollo Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Can you just go out and grab quality though ? - if we signed a few average players to boost our league position - ulimatley wouldn't we find easier to attract quality ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocafella Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Not all clubs want to sell Mangers want to keep their players Clubs wants players before selling others. Excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derryvillan Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Not all clubs want to sell Mangers want to keep their players Clubs wants players before selling others. Excuses. For 'excuses' read reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Not all clubs want to sell Mangers want to keep their players Clubs wants players before selling others. Excuses. For 'excuses' read reasons. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Does it really matter if we pay 'too much' for a player? Would you really care if Randy Lerner spent a couple of extra million quid to get a player that MON said we really need? They're business men and if they think that they'll get value for money from those extra couple of million, they'll do it. As long as they don't pass on the extra by excessively increasing ticket prices, it's no skin off my nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derryvillan Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I know what you're saying Gizmo,but say Newcastle offer £9m for SWP,would you be happy for us to offer/pay £11m. Young £8m-£10m. Doyle £7m-£9m. I'd rather wait til the summer to pay for the quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocafella Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Yeah let's wait and wait and wait, is it your money we are going to drain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Not all clubs want to sell Mangers want to keep their players Clubs wants players before selling others. Excuses. Sorry mate thats just ridiculous. So you really believe that Randy and MON can a)Force clubs to sell players b)Persuade managers to sell their best players c)Source players for other clubs so that they will sell their better players to Villa. Cloud. Cuckoo. Land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derryvillan Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Yeah let's wait and wait and wait, is it your money we are going to drain? No Roca,but if as quoted Bent,Luke Young etc aren't for sale I'd rather wait until the summer when clubs know their financial/league position and are willing to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Does it really matter if we pay 'too much' for a player? Yes, because we'll end up like Chelsea who have to pay over the top for every player they want as other clubs know they've got loads and loads of cash. And that's no way to run a football club in the long term, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted January 11, 2007 Moderator Share Posted January 11, 2007 £2m extra on 3 players amounts to £6m. That's another player. But according to this logic, one who's only worth £4m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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