Rob 5,371 8.3k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 me too, I think people just see things like that and buy into them. I dont think he ever fit what we were looking for and had to much risk of working out in our league to pay that sort of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverbefore 12,504 26.8k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 13 minutes ago, Borodane said: If we actually had 9 million to spend and we could only muster 1 footballer in the entire world then yeah, I'd say we definately sat on our hands. Let's hope we don't miss out on our one target for the positions we need strenthening in the summer. Imagine having Scotts job and you can only identify 1 players and if he goes elsewhere you don't have the imagination to find another player. If the mentioned player was that American fella we had weeks to get someone else in. We dropped a huge clanger in january by not being able to bring in a striker. But yeah, let's just make do until the end of the season. Unambitious to say the least. It's not about finding a player for 9mil it's finding a player WORTH 9 mil that ticks all of our boxes. It's not as easy as you think. Pretty much every championship side was looking for a striker. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverbefore 12,504 26.8k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 minute ago, Rob said: me too, I think people just see things like that and buy into them. I dont think he ever fit what we were looking for and had to much risk of working out in our league to pay that sort of money It came from multiple sources and is too random a one to be fake imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside94 1,085 1.6k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 hours ago, edinboro said: So tonight is a repeat of Carrick's first game in charge, a 2-1 defeat, just over a year ago. A lot has changed. Only 4 players from that day likely to start tonight. Heck of turnover of players. Ideally we will have more stability going forward. We cannot keep on with that level of new players. 7 of that 11 would probably still start if fit mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnglianRed 6,623 16.1k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 9 minutes ago, Borodane said: If we actually had 9 million to spend and we could only muster 1 footballer in the entire world then yeah, I'd say we definately sat on our hands. Let's hope we don't miss out on our one target for the positions we need strenthening in the summer. Imagine having Scotts job and you can only identify 1 players and if he goes elsewhere you don't have the imagination to find another player. If the mentioned player was that American fella we had weeks to get someone else in. We dropped a huge clanger in january by not being able to bring in a striker. But yeah, let's just make do until the end of the season. Unambitious to say the least. Overall I'd say our recruitment hasn't been terrible, but agree our failure to bring in a recognised striker (even if it was just another loan), was a major failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 5,371 8.3k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 13 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: It came from multiple sources and is too random a one to be fake imo. could well of been the selling club leaking us to try and milk more money from others or drag us in, not like people didn't know we were after a striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboro 922 1.1k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Borodane said: Well the window isn't bigger than we don't have a fit striker. It's a fairly stinking situation. I'm not a professional director of football so I don't know who is available, but there is a whole world of football out there so someone with connections and a little more insight should have been able to get one. I'd have taken Kieffer Moore as a six month stop gap. It's not like we don't have a chance of the playoffs. Norwich brought in a striker on loan from Serie A who's previously scored lots of goals in Holland. The options are certainly out there. We just sat on our hands. Kieffer Moore £40k a week with bonuses. Might as well bring Garry monk back if we was making decisions like that 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnglianRed 6,623 16.1k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 15 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: It's not about finding a player for 9mil it's finding a player WORTH 9 mil that ticks all of our boxes. It's not as easy as you think. Pretty much every championship side was looking for a striker. Very true. But if the places we've been looking aren't yielding results, maybe we should be looking elsewhere? Its a big world and there ought to be someone who fits the bill (or ticks MOST of the boxes) somewhere...possibly even for less than £9million. 🤷♂️ Or if we couldn't find a permanent addition to the squad, we could have dipped into the loan market again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunners 8,620 25.1k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 minute ago, AnglianRed said: Very true. But if the places we've been looking aren't yielding results, maybe we should be looking elsewhere? Its a big world and there ought to be someone who fits the bill (or ticks MOST of the boxes) somewhere...possibly even for less than £9million. 🤷♂️ Or if we couldn't find a permanent addition to the squad, we could have dipped into the loan market again. In the summer this is absolutely the case. January is a very different market though, prices are often through the roof and value might not always be there. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borodane 6,836 26.5k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 16 minutes ago, Neverbefore said: It's not about finding a player for 9mil it's finding a player WORTH 9 mil that ticks all of our boxes. It's not as easy as you think. Pretty much every championship side was looking for a striker. I don't think every championship team had 9 million to spend on one player. And it didn't have to be 9 million. We could have spent 5 million. If you can't find a player from 0-9 million pounds in the entire world then I'd argue you weren't really looking or the preparation for the window was significally lacking. Being able to only identify 1 player is just not good enough and saying "there wasn't a single player out there worth his value" is a terrible excuse. I'd say it's fairly obvious we didn't really look and didn't really want one to begin with. We were content with what we have and that's just the way it is. It's unambitious but it is what it is. Let's just hope the current players can step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 5,371 8.3k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 minutes ago, AnglianRed said: Very true. But if the places we've been looking aren't yielding results, maybe we should be looking elsewhere? Its a big world and there ought to be someone who fits the bill (or ticks MOST of the boxes) somewhere...possibly even for less than £9million. 🤷♂️ Or if we couldn't find a permanent addition to the squad, we could have dipped into the loan market again. can't help but think maybe they could of been someone to boro from villa while we were negotiating, however the fact they never already had a loan would probs be red flag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 5,371 8.3k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 minute ago, Borodane said: I don't think every championship team had 9 million to spend on one player. And it didn't have to be 9 million. We could have spent 5 million. If you can't find a player from 0-9 million pounds in the entire world then I'd argue you weren't really looking or the preparation for the window was significally lacking. Being able to only identify 1 player is just not good enough and saying "there wasn't a single player out there worth his value" is a terrible excuse. I'd say it's fairly obvious we didn't really look and didn't really want one to begin with. We were content with what we have and that's just the way it is. It's unambitious but it is what it is. Let's just hope the current players can step up. that's just your opinion that they are only identifying one person per position and that's it. it cant be the reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnglianRed 6,623 16.1k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 5 minutes ago, Donnyboro said: Kieffer Moore £40k a week with bonuses. Might as well bring Garry monk back if we was making decisions like that Yeah - we need to be shopping at Waitrose rather than Harrods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverbefore 12,504 26.8k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 4 minutes ago, AnglianRed said: Very true. But if the places we've been looking aren't yielding results, maybe we should be looking elsewhere? Its a big world and there ought to be someone who fits the bill (or ticks MOST of the boxes) somewhere...possibly even for less than £9million. 🤷♂️ Or if we couldn't find a permanent addition to the squad, we could have dipped into the loan market again. 3 minutes ago, Borodane said: I don't think every championship team had 9 million to spend on one player. And it didn't have to be 9 million. We could have spent 5 million. If you can't find a player from 0-9 million pounds in the entire world then I'd argue you weren't really looking or the preparation for the window was significally lacking. Being able to only identify 1 player is just not good enough and saying "there wasn't a single player out there worth his value" is a terrible excuse. I'd say it's fairly obvious we didn't really look and didn't really want one to begin with. We were content with what we have and that's just the way it is. It's unambitious but it is what it is. Let's just hope the current players can step up. It's the only one we know of. And the one that proves we were searching. We probably enquire about dozens of players in dozens of positions but if they don't represent value for money then we shouldn't sign them. It's up to you whether you trust Scott and his team to make that decision, but for now I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunners 8,620 25.1k Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 4 minutes ago, Borodane said: I don't think every championship team had 9 million to spend on one player. And it didn't have to be 9 million. We could have spent 5 million. If you can't find a player from 0-9 million pounds in the entire world then I'd argue you weren't really looking or the preparation for the window was significally lacking. Being able to only identify 1 player is just not good enough and saying "there wasn't a single player out there worth his value" is a terrible excuse. I'd say it's fairly obvious we didn't really look and didn't really want one to begin with. We were content with what we have and that's just the way it is. It's unambitious but it is what it is. Let's just hope the current players can step up. Why do you seem to be under the assumption that we only have 1 target at a time? Just because we didn't get anything over the line doesn't mean we didn't try multiple avenues? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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