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Summer 2015 Transfer Window DISCUSSION Thread
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I know they've done a great job financially, but there have been times a bit of extra investment could have really pushed us on. We've never strengthened in January when we've been in good positions. The only January we have was the 2 points from 8 games season.
100 % agreed, i was just wondering what some people expect from our board and our club, ambition is good but i really do wonder what it would take to convince some people.
There have been many mistakes made and the fact that we never buy strikers,since Berba broke our hearts, the beautiful but treacherous slut. is the biggest one
I love seeing Woolwich right at the bottom of the table, even if it is only week 1 and we're 17th
Avoided relegation - success
Is it Levy's fault that the window is structured in such a ludicrous way and doesn't close before the season starts?
If it's so easy to get all your key business done before the season kick off then why is De Gea still at Utd? It's just not that simple to say that Levy should have signed the striker we want already.
He can and will be judged when the window closes.
Also your reply starts off talking about starting the first few games light up front but then ends with a statement suggesting we're having to spend the whole season with only Kane which is how a lot of people are reacting.
Say for instance the reason we haven't signed Berahino yet is because he's trying to get Benzema. Hypothetical of course but would you prefer he dropped the ambition and just bought Berahino early or would you prefer he exhausted all possibility of getting Benzema first?
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SpursFan2000
you're the first on my list.
Can't wait to see what other delights you offer the forum. I am genuinely waiting with baited breath!
SpursFan2000
you're the first on my list.Can't wait to see what other delights you offer the forum. I am genuinely waiting with baited breath!
The last striker we bought turned out to be shite! It does seem our transfers are so much longer and more drawn out than other clubs though.
While aware that ITK is less than reliable I have seen several suggest that WBA are waiting to see if they get bids from other clubs before selling which in their position makes sense.
Why sell before deadline day unless the player is kicking up a fuss?
People seem to forget / ignore that there are two clubs involved in every sale and we don't hold all the cards.
Why sell before deadline day unless the player is kicking up a fuss?
People seem to forget / ignore that there are two clubs involved in every sale and we don't hold all the cards.
I know it's not Levy's fault, but he has a calendar - he knows when the season starts. For me, prioritising signing 3 defenders before any strikers has left us light in the most important area of the pitch.
De Gea is a good example, but Real Madrid still have 2 keepers in the meantime to fill the void. I don't think they'd have let Casillas go if they weren't comfortable with their options irrespective of De Gea. They cannot afford to drop points based on slow transfer activity - that league normally comes down to a point or two. You need to factor in Madrid don't have a game until the 23rd August, so the have 2 weeks longer than us to make signings before their first game.
It was more speculation that, should we not sign a striker, Kane and Chadli will be our options. I'd like to think Levy won't allow this to happen, but as you said, it's not that simple and if we cannot get any strikers through no fault of our own, that's what we're left with. It's a possibility, albeit an unlikely one. In any case, having just Kane as an option for our first game, possibly two or three even, isn't ideal. It makes us predictable. Man Utd wouldn't have had to run several game plans based on who we might play - we had no option!
I understand your hypothetical scenario, and of course in the long term you'd have to say try and get your priority signing first - BUT - in this instance, I'd be saying sign both! We need 3 strikers. Berahino, or any other striker, will not solve our problems. We're still just one injury from having one option again. Again I will reiterate, I don't feel Chadli is a feasible striker option.
I know it's not as black and white as 'we should have signed a striker by now', but we've had months to organise this. We've known for a long time that Adebayor was going to move on, and Bobby too. If we weren't looking at strikers early in the year, I'd be very surprised. We're now 6 weeks into the transfer window (albeit many get confirmed before opened and go through 1st July), and we have no concrete news of even a bid for a striker. Other teams will know we're desperate as well - it doesn't necessarily work in our favour the later we get into the window.
We play 4 games in August before the window shuts. The season really shouldn't start before the window shuts IMO - but as it does we should be handling our business earlier. However, we can't force clubs like WBA and Lyon to think the same. Levy and Co did sign 3 and sold loads before the opener so can't say I'm too displeased. But if we haggle and lose out as we did on Moutinho (and countless others) I'll be a bit cranky I reckon.
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I could not agree more by the way. Shirt + 10 letters + 1 number...must've been best part of £70? And Levy didn't put that towards the purchase of Eden Hazard!? MADNESS!!!
And I bought a shirt that season too (no name), so that's another £40. Hazard cost what, £30m? So all Levy had to do was stump up the extra £29,999,890?
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Going slightly off thread but I once had a girlfriend from Stevenage who looked great but had a fanny like a wizard's sleeve!
Now that's what I would call "looser"!
Going slightly off thread but I once had a girlfriend from Stevenage who looked great but had a fanny like a wizard's sleeve!
Now that's what I would call "looser"!
Flannerz
must've got to her first :avbshock:
I'm pretty sure we have bought a few strikers since Berba: Defoe, Keane, Crouch, Pav, Bent, Ade, Saha, Soldado..
I also think Real wanted Modric and Bale as early as possible to, but that didn't work out.
I presume you would agree that starting the season with one striker is not a good idea? You don't think Levy bears blame for that. I assume you blame Pochettino then for failing to integrate Soldado and Adebayor until replacements are brought in?
Finding ourselves in this predicament of playing competitive matches with an incomplete squad makes me think that there is a worrying lack of communication or compatibility between Poch and Levy at the very least. How we handle the players under contract (presumably Poch primarily) must be better coordinated with how we conduct our transfer policy (presumably Levy and Mitchell primarily).
Starting the season with one striker can only lead me to believe that something isn't right with our management team.
the fans always want to get good players and the internet is always saying we r getting good players but then levy just always want to give less money and andros townsend and then chelsea buy the good players and then levy does swimming in his money like that duck from the telly
See my most recent post regarding WBA and Berahino. We don't hold all the cards and it's not a matter of us just turning up with a bid and WBA bending over.
The players we don't want to sell we always run down to the dying days of the window and get the maximum price. Other teams will be doing the same to us.
Your first sentence practically says "I know it's not Levy's fault but it is". We don't dictate other teams willingness to sell us their players.
If Berahino is our No 1 target then we have to wait until WBA are willing to sell him. Equally he himself may be wanting to wait and see if Utd for instance decide to switch their interest to him.
The rest of the footballing world doesn't revolve around our agenda.
Also our biggest problem last season was our defence so not prioritising that would have been stupid. Plus those were 3 easy deals to get done. One player from a relegated side. One player who had finished his loan spell and was not in his parent clubs plans. One young prospect. We also got Alli tied up in January so he was ready for this season.
This is pretty amazing performance art.
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