Left Back Debacle

Azza · January 19, 2018

The revolt is over!

Long live the King! Baines is one of us!

God wills it!

Mogwai · January 19, 2018

Groucho said:
That Bayern lad is only 24. I'd take him like a shot.

But what are your thoughts on signing him?

Azza · January 19, 2018

hktoffee · January 19, 2018

So no new lb after this mess? Why Walsh is still at the club? Martina to continue, really?

ijjysmith · January 19, 2018

Sounds very much to me like we can't afford any more ins without some outs.

Connor · January 19, 2018

I hope we get relegated.

Toffe3m4n · January 19, 2018

ijjysmith said:
Sounds very much to me like we can't afford any more ins without some outs.

I'm beginning to read it that way.

Well, 'can't afford' may be the wrong way to put it, more like 'the squad is too big now, so reduce the numbers first'.

toffeeblue9 · January 19, 2018

I will lose my excrement if we haven't signed a left back by the time this window is over

It's every bit as ridiculous as what happened in the summer with a striker

toffeeblue9 · January 19, 2018

Toffe3m4n said:
I'm beginning to read it that way.

Well, 'can't afford' may be the wrong way to put it, more like 'the squad is too big now, so reduce the numbers first'.

May well be that our wage bill is too high or we have FFP issues as well - we've spent about £200m this season, and recouped about half of that

Toffe3m4n · January 19, 2018

It could (emphasis on could) pave the way for Garbutt to get a chance after all?

Stephenlloyd · January 19, 2018

toffeeblue9 said:
May well be that our wage bill is too high or we have FFP issues as well - we've spent about £200m this season, and recouped about half of that

Selling lukaku & Barkley, basically gets rid of any FFP issues

Groucho · January 19, 2018

Mogwai said:
But what are your thoughts on signing him?

I think it’d be a good idea to sign him?

Mogwai · January 19, 2018

Groucho said:
I think it’d be a good idea to sign him?

Stop sitting on the fence man

toffeeblue9 · January 19, 2018

Stephenlloyd said:
Selling lukaku & Barkley, basically gets rid of any FFP issues

I think they give us significant wiggle room on wages as they effectively mean a combined accounting profit of about £80m (STCC mean we can only increase wages by something like £5m per year unless we make money from other sources other than TV money), but I'm not sure they get rid of the FFP issue entirely

Big Fat Sam · January 19, 2018

He's just another player to add to the half-a-year-out-through-injury list. To be fair that's quite short for us given recent injuries to McCarthy, Mori, Bolasie, Barkley, Coleman.