Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread



Silly season here again. But some of the reasons not to sign a player in this thread are even sillier.

"He once played for a team I don't like"
"He plays same position as a player I don't like (even though they are totally different types of players)"
"He looks like someone I don't like"
"I have never seen him play but I just don't like him"

I may or may not have made up some of those but basically the gist is people bashing potential signings because they may have seen them once, if that and suddenly being experts on said player. Club's scouts obviously with all the data and clips and having watched players multiple times are clueless.

I understand if you just don't like to sign some player but some of the reasons are just hilarious.
 

He might have wanted to move on though, it must have been a fairly stressful last few years and we don't actually know how much he wanted to work with Moyes going forward.
I’ve thought the same there was rumours 18 months ago he was applying for a job with spurs,it must of been a tough job for him these last few years with the situation,with new owners it would of been interesting to see how how he got on though,I thought he did a good job on the whole
 
Silly season here again. But some of the reasons not to sign a player in this thread are even sillier.

"He once played for a team I don't like"
"He plays same position as a player I don't like (even though they are totally different types of players)"
"He looks like someone I don't like"
"I have never seen him play but I just don't like him"

I may or may not have made up some of those but basically the gist is people bashing potential signings because they may have seen them once, if that and suddenly being experts on said player. Club's scouts obviously with all the data and clips and having watched players multiple times are clueless.

I understand if you just don't like to sign some player but some of the reasons are just hilarious.
Mostly about not signing Doak, who's mostly unproven at top level but the elephant in the room is where we get him from. I get that's quite petty but rivalries are rivalries. I hate Nick Barmby still for a mostly irrational reason. But you're right, it's data driven as an industry these days, football no longer what it was where rivalries and loyalty meant more. Silly season is here - long may it last!!
 
He was abit of circus player at Villa,but went to City and matured,won a few pots along the way.

Silly season here again. But some of the reasons not to sign a player in this thread are even sillier.

"He once played for a team I don't like"
"He plays same position as a player I don't like (even though they are totally different types of players)"
"He looks like someone I don't like"
"I have never seen him play but I just don't like him"

I may or may not have made up some of those but basically the gist is people bashing potential signings because they may have seen them once, if that and suddenly being experts on said player. Club's scouts obviously with all the data and clips and having watched players multiple times are clueless.

I understand if you just don't like to sign some player but some of the reasons are just hilarious.
I’d like us to sign Jack Grealish because he looks a bit like Andy Van Der Mader
 
Mostly about not signing Doak, who's mostly unproven at top level but the elephant in the room is where we get him from. I get that's quite petty but rivalries are rivalries. I hate Nick Barmby still for a mostly irrational reason. But you're right, it's data driven as an industry these days, football no longer what it was where rivalries and loyalty meant more. Silly season is here - long may it last!!
Johnny Morrissey
Kevin Sheedy
Peter Beardsley

Among players we signed from them.
Not too shabby.
 

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