Transfer Deadline Day

https://twitter.com/anisha_0907/status/1432805294057291778?s=21

Barca

Was Saul to Chelsea done in time?

Originally Posted by AK14

Was Saul to Chelsea done in time?

Yes

Apparently made demands about where he plays and how often, so probably a bullet dodged.

We forget that the onus has shifted with our recruitment to making sure we’re getting the right character, attitude and personality as much as the right player. Probably not a bad thing.

Wait for Saul to have a solid game against £#%&!ing Brighton or someone and all the press to declare him the missing piece of the jigsaw.

I still can’t get my head around the Lukaku fawning.

Originally Posted by dunk

Yes

Apparently made demands about where he plays and how often, so probably a bullet dodged.

We forget that the onus has shifted with our recruitment to making sure we’re getting the right character, attitude and personality as much as the right player. Probably not a bad thing.

Yep. This is the price we pay. You could see a shift when we didn’t get Dbayla.

If this is a shift in policy it is welcome, we've been stung too many times with the likes of Di Maria, Sanchez, Schweinsteiger etc etc .

Yep we all want to see reinforcements but if we are holding out for the right characters who want to be at the club and not for a pay day that is a step in the right direction, and if that means we have to wait a bit longer to get the right player then so be it

Originally Posted by Parlabane

If this is a shift in policy it is welcome, we've been stung too many times with the likes of Di Maria, Sanchez, Schweinsteiger etc etc .

Yep we all want to see reinforcements but if we are holding out for the right characters who want to be at the club and not for a pay day that is a step in the right direction, and if that means we have to wait a bit longer to get the right player then so be it

Exactly.

Falcao joining newly promoted La Liga side Rayo Vallecano late in the day. Can't believe it was seven years ago when he came here on deadline day and all the excitement that came with it. Where has the time gone...

Originally Posted by Parlabane

If this is a shift in policy it is welcome, we've been stung too many times with the likes of Di Maria, Sanchez, Schweinsteiger etc etc .

Yep we all want to see reinforcements but if we are holding out for the right characters who want to be at the club and not for a pay day that is a step in the right direction, and if that means we have to wait a bit longer to get the right player then so be it

100% this.

Originally Posted by Parlabane

If this is a shift in policy it is welcome, we've been stung too many times with the likes of Di Maria, Sanchez, Schweinsteiger etc etc .

Yep we all want to see reinforcements but if we are holding out for the right characters who want to be at the club and not for a pay day that is a step in the right direction, and if that means we have to wait a bit longer to get the right player then so be it

We shouldn't be waiting five year for a defensive midfielder. It's getting beyond a joke, right player or not.

Originally Posted by dunk

Barca

For however badly we're run, at least we're not Barca


Cycles though innit. Definite payback for having that druggy dwarf lead them to every title under the sun for the past decade or so.

Originally Posted by Buck

Falcao joining newly promoted La Liga side Rayo Vallecano late in the day. Can't believe it was seven years ago when he came here on deadline day and all the excitement that came with it. Where has the time gone...

He was finished then tbf. Can’t believe he’s still going

Originally Posted by dunk

He was finished then tbf. Can’t believe he’s still going

Still scoring well above 1 in every 2 games since he left Chelsea tbf.

Might end playing for that load of shite he's signed for though.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Still scoring well above 1 in every 2 games since he left Chelsea tbf.

Might end playing for that load of shite he's signed for though.

Must’ve got some shit hot contact lenses.

Tbf, he went back to Monaco and had something of a resurgence and tortured City in the CL, for that ill be eternally grateful.

https://twitter.com/projectfootbali/status/1433007983911440387?s=21

Originally Posted by Marvel7

Do wonder that if we really wanted to shift the likes of Lingard and Jones, should Ole/the club be a little more ruthless? Make it clear they are not wanted, no shirt number, no premier league squad registration, train away from first team etc, full Mourinho on Schweinsteiger.

Except that even then, some of those things didn't actually happen?

There are reasons why such measures are talked about a lot more than they are actually ever done.