Is anyone else worried

[Brennan]

We shouldn't have sold until we got a deal for a replacement done. Even if that meant going deep into the window.

How would that work ?

We sign a striker to replace Lukaku, while still having Lukaku on the books. All you're doing then is giving United carte blanche to play hard ball over their transfer fee.

 

[ToffeeTim]

How would that work ?

We sign a striker to replace Lukaku, while still having Lukaku on the books. All you're doing then is giving United carte blanche to play hard ball over their transfer fee.

Exactly like teams are doing to us now they know we just got 90m?

 

[Milkman]

He cant blend a team.

Been saying it for months. His fixation with players in the middle of the park has cost us tens of millions on needless signings whilst we are weak elsewhere.

You have? I can't say I've seen you express your feelings about Koeman before, Dave.

 

[nevsonlymate]

This isn't like popping down to Tesco and grabbing something from the shelf. You can't just buy a Giroud like he's a bag of crisps.

Plans will have been in place but it's not easy to get top drawer strikers to join a club who have won f all in years. That's the reality.

Agreed about just getting them off a shelf, but we knew we would need a replacement for Lukaku, with the lack of top class European football we must have known that we would have to pay over the odds for the likes of Giroud.
Looks like we are trying to penny pinch again, we should have given the money requested within reason and took the hit for this season.
If we get the 3 targets he's after, all possible first team starters then it could take 2 months to get them to gel, with the start we have we could be in a bit of bother points wise.

 

[longers]

Not worried, we'll probably finish 7th regardless of whether we sign more players or not.

 

[Lanolin]

This isn't like popping down to Tesco and grabbing something from the shelf. You can't just buy a Giroud like he's a bag of crisps.

Plans will have been in place but it's not easy to get top drawer strikers to join a club who have won f all in years. That's the reality.

You're right, it's more akin to popping on to Rightmove and buying yourself a house. Not easy to find the right house is it? Last time I wanted to change where I lived though, I made sure I'd found the one I wanted before I agreed to let someone else take the one I had.

 

[AdaBrummieblue]

This entire thread needs a placcy sheet.

 

[Brennan]

Exactly like teams are doing to us now they know we just got 90m?

So there's no easy option then, which is what I said. But from a liability point of view it would be a nonsense to sign a top drawer striker having not sold the one who was our highest value asset and only had two years left on his contract. It would have been absurd to bring somebody like Giroud in having not sold Lukaku. The fact that we may end up paying a bit over the odds because we have the money is a far more sensible place to be.

What experience do you have with high value business negotiations mate ? Never mind ones involving actual people as opposed to just a product..

 

[nevsonlymate]

Not worried, we'll probably finish 7th regardless of whether we sign more players or not.

Would take 7th, reduced points gap to 6th from last year and one of the cups, just want silverware to stop the 22 year clock.

 

[Brennan]

You're right, it's more akin to popping on to Rightmove and buying yourself a house. Not easy to find the right house is it? Last time I wanted to change where I lived though, I made sure I'd found the one I wanted before I agreed to let someone else take the one I had.

And then the purchase falls through on the house you wanted, or your sale falls through once you've agreed to purchase.

Happens all the time.

Not sure why you're posting analogies which hurt your own argument...

 

[Lanolin]

And then the purchase falls through on the house you wanted, or your sale falls through once you've agreed to purchase.

Happens all the time.

Not sure why you're posting analogies which hurt your own argument...

Probably because I'm not.

I'm saying nobody would be moving to my house (buying Lukaku) before I had secured my new house (replaced Lukaku). So if my purchase falls through, I still have a house, and if my sale falls through, I still have a house. In this instance, you're talking about me having sold my house and finding myself with nowhere to live - exactly what I just said I wouldn't do. Hope this helps.

 

[everton2004]

This thread.

 

[caught]

Not sure why you're posting analogies which hurt your own argument...

Basically, it's like having a bird. She tells you that there's a chance she might be going on a business trip for work. Then, when you casually check Bebo, you notice she's posting selfies with Paul Pogba somewhere in a sunny climate. They are both wearing all white, which seems to be a metaphor for purity that can only be ironic. You text her and are all like "I thought you were in Coventry for the curtain and blind convention???" and she waits three days before messaging back "maybe you should ask Farhad Moshiri to purchase a replacement."

This throws you. You text back "the notion of buying a replacement girlfriend is seriously outmoded, bordering on misogyny and slavery. Doesn't seem to have anything to do with the fact you're on holiday with Paul Pogba." But she just has a sit-down interview with ESPN where she talks a lot about her ambition and future plans without once mentioning you.

You write an abusive text to her before thinking better of it, instead just sending a sad face emoji. She sends back a red devil face emoji and you remember that this is an analogy.

You message Farhad Moshiri and mention you might no longer have a girlfriend. You suggest the absence of this girlfriend seriously reduces your mobility in the attacking third... err, seriously reduces your ability to operate successfully in whatever analogy you're stuck in. Moshiri squeals a high-pitched noise and giggles. You wonder if somehow you've been duped. You read someone on Twitter say that whatever happens it's fine because they said the same thing a year ago and now have a vested interest in their public reputation. Something amortisation something Schnitzel is ours.

You never even really liked your girlfriend. Admit it.

But your mates always said you should appreciate what you had. They said you’ve never meet anyone with that combination of pace and power, even if her ball control was somewhat limited. Still, never completely took to her.

Now you're seriously looking for a new bird on the internet, taking the advice of teenage boy virgins. You hired an old guy to find you a top-notch bird that wouldn't bankrupt you but all he's suggested so far are overpriced daffodils and salami. It's a weird time.

 

[ToffeeTim]

So there's no easy option then, which is what I said. But from a liability point of view it would be a nonsense to sign a top drawer striker having not sold the one who was our highest value asset and only had two years left on his contract. It would have been absurd to bring somebody like Giroud in having not sold Lukaku. The fact that we may end up paying a bit over the odds because we have the money is a far more sensible place to be.

What experience do you have with high value business negotiations mate ? Never mind ones involving actual people as opposed to just a product..

I have no experience in signing footballers. But I know there's no excuse for selling your only star player who guaranteed goals, and then not spending even a tenth of his fee on a replacement.

 

[MikeH72]

Basically, it's like having a bird. She tells you that there's a chance she might be going on a business trip for work. Then, when you casually check Bebo, you notice she's posting selfies with Paul Pogba somewhere in a sunny climate. They are both wearing all white, which seems to be a metaphor for purity that can only be ironic. You text her and are all like "I thought you were in Coventry for the curtain and blind convention???" and she waits three days before messaging back "maybe you should ask Farhad Moshiri to purchase a replacement."

This throws you. You text back "the notion of buying a replacement girlfriend is seriously outmoded, bordering on misogyny and slavery. Doesn't seem to have anything to do with the fact you're on holiday with Paul Pogba." But she just has a sit-down interview with ESPN where she talks a lot about her ambition and future plans without once mentioning you.

You write an abusive text to her before thinking better of it, instead just sending a sad face emoji. She sends back a red devil face emoji and you remember that this is an analogy.

You message Farhad Moshiri and mention you might no longer have a girlfriend. You suggest the absence of this girlfriend seriously reduces your mobility in the attacking third... err, seriously reduces your ability to operate successfully in whatever analogy you're stuck in. Moshiri squeals a high-pitched noise and giggles. You wonder if somehow you've been duped. You read someone on Twitter say that whatever happens it's fine because they said the same thing a year ago and now have a vested interest in their public reputation. Something amortisation something Schnitzel is ours.

You never even really liked your girlfriend. Admit it.

But your mates always said you should appreciate what you had. They said you’ve never meet anyone with that combination of pace and power, even if her ball control was somewhat limited. Still, never completely took to her.

Now you're seriously looking for a new bird on the internet, taking the advice of teenage boy virgins. You hired an old guy to find you a top-notch bird that wouldn't bankrupt you but all he's suggested so far are overpriced daffodils and salami. It's a weird time.

I'd sell my missus for £90m, NEA.