Has the transfer window cost us?

noharmdone · February 10, 2013

kenada_blue said:
Yup. And scouting. And having back up list of players.

We stopped looking and ended our transfer business at 7pm on the last day of the window from what I've read. We packed up, bought a youth, and went home with 5 hours left in the window

We 'scouted' Holtby.. Made enquiries about Butland.
Both went for small beer.

So in answer to the OP, yes, I think it has cost us.. But my own personal opinion, and before you do, dont, as its only my opinion.. our season changed at Elland Road.

MACCA75 · February 10, 2013

ToffeeMike said:
Why are some fans blaming the board? The money was there, it was up to Moyes to go out and get them.

I blame FC Twente

Lol you dont understand how transfers work do you?

MACCA75 · February 10, 2013

The transfer window was nothing short of a disaster for the club in terms of not just this season but also probably the medium term future of the club. Anyone who cant see this is hopelessly deluded. Moyes still not found that pen? It isnt happening chaps.

ToffeeMike · February 10, 2013

MACCA75 said:
Lol you dont understand how transfers work do you?

Isn't it Moyes's choice to make the transfers? At the end of the day Twente never agreed to the deal and we pulled out, sensible thing to do.

MACCA75 · February 10, 2013

ToffeeMike said:
Isn't it Moyes's choice to make the transfers? At the end of the day Twente never agreed to the deal and we pulled out, sensible thing to do.

A manager will give the board his targets, and then it is up to the board to sign them. We didnt sign anyone, so what does that tell you. I still think we should have signed Fer, it was simply pennypinching. If not though there should have been lots of other targets for us to move for. We started way way too late, and Moyes himself has confirmed that was not his idea.

ToffeeMike · February 10, 2013

MACCA75 said:
A manager will give the board his targets, and then it is up to the board to sign them. We didnt sign anyone, so what does that tell you. I still think we should have signed Fer, it was simply pennypinching. If not though there should have been lots of other targets for us to move for. We started way way too late, and Moyes himself has confirmed that was not his idea.

Didn't Kenwright say once ''David Moyes makes the decisions around this club''?

noharmdone · February 10, 2013

ToffeeMike said:
Didn't Kenwright say once ''David Moyes makes the decisions around this club''?

I think that was when Rooney went.. Or was it Arteta ?

ToffeeMike · February 10, 2013

noharmdone said:
I think that was when Rooney went.. Or was it Arteta ?

Both wanted to leave didn't they?

electricblue · February 10, 2013

davek said:
If only there was more players than Fer available though...just our luck that when we had €10M to spend there was no players left to buy because they were all rubbish or were satisfied to stay put.

Oh well. Bill tried I suppose.

I'm still not entirely convinced that there was money available, given some of the skulduggery conducted by this board in the past. If there was, it probably only amounted to a deposit and was borrowed with a promise to be paid back to the borrower in the summer anyway. Time will tell I suppose. The only certain thing is that finances of the club have not improved one iota.

mooseatingnome · February 10, 2013

I would say a failure to put away Newcastle, Fulham, and Norwich earlier in the season when we were leading late has cost us. Failing to beat Reading when they were on on ****e run at the start of the season has cost us. And the inability to put away Swansea and Villa recently has cost us. But it's all the fault of the transfer window obviously.

electricblue · February 10, 2013

ToffeeMike said:
Didn't Kenwright say once ''David Moyes makes the decisions around this club''?

He did and he does over which players he wants. But it's doubtful he decides when the bidding process should start.

MACCA75 · February 10, 2013

ToffeeMike said:
Didn't Kenwright say once ''David Moyes makes the decisions around this club''?

Yeah. and everything he says is true isnt it. We started our transfer activity way too late, Moyes said so himself. A miserable failure again by the board.

noharmdone · February 10, 2013

ToffeeMike said:
Both wanted to leave didn't they?

I thought you were getting at the fact that " no-one leaves Everton without Moyes saying so ".. clearly I am wrong.

MACCA75 · February 10, 2013

mooseatingnome said:
I would say a failure to pit away Newcastle, Fulham, and Norwich earlier in the season when we were leading late has cost us. Failing to beat Reading when they were on on ****e run at teh start of the season has cost us. And the inability to put away Swansea and Villa recently has cost us. But it's all the fault of the transfer window obviously.

All signs that improvements were needed in January yes?

mooseatingnome · February 10, 2013

MACCA75 said:
All signs that improvements were needed in January yes?

Oh yes, so by that measure every failure by the team to generate a positive result needs to result in some form of strengthening in any particular transfer window. There's no need for tactics, just money.