January Transfer Window Rumours

Well the politics clearly has broken into briefing the press. Not a great look.

 

Oxford forums going mental that they haven't signed Defoe today

Sunderland forum going mental that we haven't signed Defoe today

somebody going to be unhappy

I'm happy with Roberts me

 

One of our former strikers from our Premier League days has just signed for a League One rival hovering outside the playoffs

 

I doubt very much whether any briefing has been going on.
Not about pointing the finger anyway.
I’d rather see an oven ready young striker than a grand old man who doesn’t fit the system anyway.

 

He’s made of quavers.

 

Played all of 20 mins for Preston before crocking himself didn't he?

 

Quavers are better finishers though.

 

When Ali Mccoist signed as a young lad he was roomed with Frank Worthington
Said he learned a lot. Some of it about football

 

He must have some stories McCoist mind. Frank Worthington and later Gazza

 

Poor bastards.

 

More like he's 'Done'.

 

i hope we can put the defoe story to rest until there is a definite 'yay/nay' from the club...if LJ has decided it is not to be then so be it but that wont stop all those who are already waiting to stick the knife in use it as another reason to hate LJ.

should we fail to get promoted this season then that will further fuel the fire but in all honesty, this is a massive gamlbe either way for LJ, if he says 'yay' and it takes a while for defoe to get up to speed he may take a while to get his shooting boots sorted out (18 games left and a decent strike rate is usually reckoned to be 1 in 3 so 6 goals needed from him at least) then, could he be the lone striker in this league, our players already get lumps kicked out of them can you imagine what they will do to defoe, he might not get a chance to get started...should LJ say 'nay' then there are sections of our fans that will simply despise him more rather than looking at the big picture, promotion or not.

for what it's worth, i am hardly LJ's biggest fan and every bad performance/result i think 'here we go again' and right now i just cannot get off the fence regarding him...the main positive i have taken from his tenure so far is that he somehow managed to get last seasons squad on a 15 game unbeaten run, but then we know what happened...the man has to make a choice as to what he considers is best for the club and squad in general and remove sentiment from the equation, i may not agree with his final decision but the least i can do is respect it and hope it was made for the benefit of all rather than some personal 'fear' for his own future.

 

Stated spelling out Poyet in cryptic tweets then he moved the goal posts. They've tweeted about Stewart being on 18 goals, JDs shirt number last time he was here.

 

I've heard some of his stories about Gazza. Very funny.

 

So where's Defoe off to then, Charlton?

 

Remember that week he was world class?