Wasted window

[mrb85]

The inactivity in the January window has cost us the best (only?) chance in years to qualify for the CL. Because lets face it this has got to be the weakest PL season for many a year. I can only presume that financial controls were responsible. If not then either the Club has been very short-sighted or Ancelotti was content with settling for the Europa League. Both bad decisions.

 

[Connor]

We were financially hamstrung after years of turgid buys. We knew that. Shouldn’t be news to anyone.

 

[paulbefc]

The "best chance in years" was still about a 1% chance. That's not a good bet.

No point risking loading the squad with more Alex Iwobis for the sake of a pipe dream.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

I presume there was financial limits. How else can one have holgate and iwobi down the right.

 

[tsubaki]

Said this at the time, but I think if there wasn't anyone available to improve that lot - and there wasn't - it was best to not buy anyone. We've got a squad filled with panic buys, the mistakes of previous regimes and players who know they are on the way out and its that which is responsible for these sorts of performances - noone is arsed because why would they be?

 

[Dublin blue 75]

We badly need the fire sale to commence this summer.

 

[hallamblue]

Nobody bought anyone. All the clubs have lost a fortune due to no fans.

 

[Timbucktoo]

We've never really made a decent long term signing in January, and have signed some absolute garbage that we couldn't offload.

 

[mrb85]

The "best chance in years" was still about a 1% chance. That's not a good bet.

No point risking loading the squad with more Alex Iwobis for the sake of a pipe dream.

Even now we're only a point or two behind the top 4. Hardly a 'pipe dream' to qualify ahead of the likes of WHU and Leicester!

 

[bluenorthwarrior]

'Settle for the europa league', if only it were that simple!

I'd put us no better than 50/50 to qualify, and that's not kneejerk to tonight, we need to finish above at least two of Liverpool, Spurs and West Ham. Not sure i fancy us to do that.

 

[gianthogweed]

Who was available that would of improved us another Iwobi type signing

 

[ToffeeTim]

We couldnt spend big because of rubbish players on enormous money who contribute nothing and wont leave.

In the summer we need to break our spending records though because if we dont back Ancelotti properly then we may as well not employ him.

 

[Ivo]

9 or 10 of the starting eleven lately haven't been ancelotti's acquisitions. So yes, the window was a waste in my opinion.

 

[paulbefc]

Even now we're only a point or two behind the top 4. Hardly a 'pipe dream' to qualify ahead of the likes of WHU and Leicester!

It is if our squad isn't as good as theirs and key players are constantly injured.

In Leicester's case, it doesn't matter how grim a club they are if they've got a better squad this season.

 

[Ivo]

Who was available that would of improved us another Iwobi type signing

Unless we are involved in the higher level comms of football, how would we know that? Are players put up for sale/loan publicly?