Silly Season January 2014

[nsno-chris]

Don't worry lads... Just think in the summer we need to get in at least 2 strikers, a CM and a winger! It'll be exciting for sure!

We have Vellios, the world is fine

 

[Fidgell]

Cleared some deadwood, saving wages. Bobby didnt find anyone he wanted who was available. Dont see the problem, some just want to spend on anyone, Moyes wasted a fortune on Bily, but then some here think millions is nothing!

 

[toffee matt]

BBC Sport Chief Football Writer Phil McNulty
Everton done

"Everton have confirmed there will be no more dealings tonight. They were trying to get a midfield player in but it hasn't happened. It would have been a bonus. There are areas of the squad that are a bit thin but they seem happy with what they've got."


Where have i heard that line before, Oh every January for 10 years

 

[Titus Bramble]

Maybe the players Martinez wanted weren't for sale. Just sayin....

 

[Yeldah]

What was said?

Rolled out the World Cup excuse with Heitinga and said said he brought in two outstanding players...no striker cover, no midfield cover...what was interesting was that he lost his composure just for second there, and the SSN guy then gave him an out by saying "so it's all about bringing in quality"...he took that out and ran with it till the interview ended...

He was saying all of that, and smiling, but I just got the feeling watching that is that he was very disappointed that at least the midfielder had not been brought in...just a feeling...just an opinion...

 

[4737carlin]

Marvelous,fantastic, just what we needed....
I actually convinced myself something good would happen today, what a farce, I have faith in Roberto so just trust he wouldnt get anyone we needed, keep expecting to hear "big story coming out of Goodison" on Talk Sport but reality has set in, may as well go to bed

 

[Smodger]

I wish they would of asked Martinez earlier and he said that I wouldn't of watched this crap all day and half the night

 

[Walken]

Won't be fuming.

...unless we don't get 3 points tomorrow.

the derby, tranfer window, if villa were to beat us and we picked up a knock you could get a combination of events that could create the perfect fume

 

[Bullet_Rain]

Maybe the players Martinez wanted weren't for sale. Just sayin....

Exactly. This is not FIFA14.

Still gutted we didn't bring Stracq back though.

 

[nsno-chris]

Found this for net spend, last 5 seasons.


1 Manchester City £479,950,000

2 Chelsea £269,759,000
3 Manchester United £138,750,000
4 Stoke City £91,175,000
5 Liverpool £89,400,000
6 Aston Villa £86,000,000
7 Southampton £60,750,000
8 Hull City £47,775,000
9 Sunderland £46,930,000
10 Cardiff City £40,470,000
11 West Ham £30,550,000
12 Norwich City £21,650,000
13 Swansea £18,745,000
14 West Bromwich Albion £14,726,000
15 Crystal Palace £11,950,000
16 Fulham £10,880,000
17 Tottenham £3,850,000
18 Arsenal -£4,125,000
19 Everton -£12,315,500
20 Newcastle -£45,000,000

Just proves that spending money doesn't mean succcess

 

[Moomin]

Johnny has been useless for the past two seasons, we don't need a replacement for him! We're currently pushing for Europe and people still need something to complain about.

It's not the board's fault that Heitenga rejected West Ham and left us with 30 minutes to get a replacement!

Even if we had someone in our minds, we would have to bid, get a medical done and papers signed. It would be a panic buy at last - there is no need.

Haha, its all Johnny's fault.

We are saving our money for the summer.

You get ripped off in January. It's better to buy in the summer

People will peddle this crap as gospel, we have the smallest squad already compared to our nearest rivals. We currently have no fit first team strikers, sold two players bought one and took another player on loan.

Happy dayz.

 

[Brennan]

To be fair to Martinez he said this at the start of the window before all the long term injuries. Mcgeady and Troare for Jela and hietinga is a slight imporvement. However I agree with our injury crisis currently we had least needed a CM in and a replacement for Heitinga if he left. Im disappointed in that regard

When you make a claim like he did you have to consider that injuries can and do happen all the time. Otherwise you end up looking a tit, like he does now.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Don't worry lads... Just think in the summer we need to get in at least 2 strikers, a CM and a winger! It'll be exciting for sure!

He'll be just like a new signing...

 

[USABlue]

Found this for net spend, last 5 seasons.


1 Manchester City £479,950,000

2 Chelsea £269,759,000
3 Manchester United £138,750,000
4 Stoke City £91,175,000
5 Liverpool £89,400,000
6 Aston Villa £86,000,000
7 Southampton £60,750,000
8 Hull City £47,775,000
9 Sunderland £46,930,000
10 Cardiff City £40,470,000
11 West Ham £30,550,000
12 Norwich City £21,650,000
13 Swansea £18,745,000
14 West Bromwich Albion £14,726,000
15 Crystal Palace £11,950,000
16 Fulham £10,880,000
17 Tottenham £3,850,000
18 Arsenal -£4,125,000
19 Everton -£12,315,500
20 Newcastle -£45,000,000

Arsenal and newcastle must have crooks running the club as well....

 

[Sona]

To be fair to Martinez he said this at the start of the window before all the long term injuries. Mcgeady and Troare for Jela and hietinga is a slight imporvement. However I agree with our injury crisis currently we had least needed a CM in and a replacement for Heitinga if he left. Im disappointed in that regard

I agree mate and I'm definitely not having a pop at Martinez; I adore the guy.

But the injuries haven't been kept from him; he knows they've happened! So given that there is apparently money to spend, how come he saw fit not to strengthen the squad following these injuries?

The one thing we can all agree on is that Traore & McGeady is a better pairing than Jelavic & Heitinga!