January 2015 transfer window ( No GIFs allowed )(Nor fish puns ffs)

[Fuleco]

A very gash new signing.

Man of the match last night

 

[ijjysmith]

Man of the match last night

John McClane hasn't aged very well.

 

[larrygobfiend]

That's a bit harsh on Lidl tbh, more like Poundland.

Bit harsh on Poundland mate, more like the food bank.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

So the answers to our problems are in the squad apparently because Pienaar, Osman and Mcgeady are definitely the missing links.

 

[kithnou]

So the answers to our problems are in the squad apparently because Pienaar, Osman and Mcgeady are definitely the missing links.

just shoot me now...

 

[cjuk87]

Amazes me how many fans still believe it's the manager actually not wanting signings...it happened with Moyes and it's happening with Martinez.

Quick poll...are our fans the most innocent fans on the planet? We seem to believe everything thats thrown at us.

ST renewal time "keep an eye out, new stadium and 3 new investors"

ohh have you heard? New stadium! A billionaire!! Finally

Jan when we could be pushing 4th/avoiding relegation (diff seasons obviously) "we don't want to spend on the wrong players, we're waiting for the right one"

ohhhh good thinking, yeah lets get them in summer

Repeat.

 

[kithnou]

Amazes me how many fans still believe it's the manager actually not wanting signings...it happened with Moyes and it's happening with Martinez.

Quick poll...are our fans the most innocent fans on the planet? We seem to believe everything thats thrown at us.

ST renewal time "keep an eye out, new stadium and 3 new investors"

ohh have you heard? New stadium! A billionaire!! Finally

Jan when we could be pushing 4th/avoiding relegation (diff seasons obviously) "we don't want to spend on the wrong players, we're waiting for the right one"

ohhhh good thinking, yeah lets get them in summer

Repeat.

If you start that poll with multiple adjectives to describe our supporter base, it will be a poll I will be happy to partake in

 

[marty mcfly]

“You never get value for money [in January], first and foremost, and you will not get players you have been following for a long time,” Martinez says.

“If you want to rely on January to find solutions for your season then it is a big gamble. But we will carry on working."

“With Arouna Kone being fully fit, I see him as a replacement for Samuel's position and it is more about trying to get the players back from injury."

“There are players coming back from injury to create the competition in the squad and I don't feel it is the window to bring solutions for us."

Yea except we had been following Gil who said it himself that Everton enquired about meeting his release clause this time last year and he went to a team even worse than us for a paltry 3.2m.

So basically that's bollocks.

He admitted that we needed creativity after the West Brom game. If he's gambling on Pienaar and Osman providing that then ok fair enough. He'll live and die on that decision but I've run out of energy defending our performances and their lack of creativity, flair and excitement never mind everything else that is wrong with them.

 

[matty1878]

So we can't even sign frees?

Martinez probably wants signings bill doesn't want to spend bill isn't bothered aslong we stay a prem club.

The squad is thin and has injurys we need players

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

Sounds like he's not wanting to paint himself into a corner on getting someone in. That's sensible. If none of the irons in the fire he has come to anything he's avoiding leaving himself a hostage to criticism that he promised faces in and never delivered.

Reading between the lines, it looks like he acknowledges that Osman and Pienaar are not going to make it back this season and he's looking to bring in a replacement if the finances are doable (which they should be if that clown Kenwright doesn't bank all the Eto'o savings).

Unfortunately that's the January window.
There's absolutely no value in the market. Nobody wants to sell anyone who's any good and even the dross people want rid of is either hideously overpriced (because they engineer the move), or the other team think they aren't good enough to justify the wage.

Best we can really hope for is a couple of good loans, even then they will be hit or miss because if they were any good/finished article, then they'd be playing and not loaned out.

 

[marty mcfly]

I got a feeling that the purse strings are being kept closed due to the clubs uncertainty about how this season is gonna finish. If the dreaded 'R' word took place it's just more wasted money plus a mass exodus of players on top and probably for less than what we paid. I think they are looking at seeing the season out and if we stay up then look at spending in the summer.
Plus I think we blew our load on Rom in the summer and we ain't got much cash left.

We've got the money however my guess is it's being kept for the stadium "project". Either it will be wasted or we might actually have a new stadium in 5 years.

That said. We didn't have to renew so many aging player's contracts or even sign them in the first place. There's bargains to be had and Martinez hasn't done bad overall but if he thinks Osman and Pienaar are going to solve our "winger" problem then I fear for us. I suspect however he doesn't and he's happy with a line up of Naismith, Barkley and Mirallas behind Rom.

I just want this season to end.

 

[Thuck ma Baws]

The biggest problem with being a manager in the Premier League compared with most other leagues is that you can't stand still. There is absolutely no margin for consolidation because every other team is always able to spend. We built a great squad and a great team for last season but we stood still over the summer and the result of that is obvious. The players and manager that we have haven't become bad over the course of the summer. We just didn't push on like we should have.

In summary, [Poor language removed] sign someone.

 

[SpurtingLesbian]

So we can't even sign frees?

Martinez probably wants signings bill doesn't want to spend bill isn't bothered aslong we stay a prem club.

The squad is thin and has injurys we need players

is there anybody free this window that would improve us?
There are very few players available in this window that anyone else would want, even then they'll be waiting for the end of the window to get the best terms if more than one club wants them

 

[marty mcfly]

Unfortunately that's the January window.
There's absolutely no value in the market. Nobody wants to sell anyone who's any good and even the dross people want rid of is either hideously overpriced (because they engineer the move), or the other team think they aren't good enough to justify the wage.

Best we can really hope for is a couple of good loans, even then they will be hit or miss because if they were any good/finished article, then they'd be playing and not loaned out.

Carles Gil, 3.2m.

It's actually not a bad time to sign younger players from big teams. By January they realize those promises to give them a chance are rubbish and are wanting to leave plus the teams themselves more than likely need to fund their transfers due to FFP.

 

[marty mcfly]

Saving money for possible relegation doesn't stop loans though.

I'm almost fascinated to see how he would put a positive spin on relegation.

Would you send your loan player to us with our injury record.

We've already broken two of them and three if you count Traore but he was already broken. We just broke him again for good measure.