There's a certain sense of irony on here that a few of the people who bemoaned "random Turkish signings" are now bemoaning our ability to sign players based in England. You know why we never got gazumped on Tufan or Omur? Because that's the foreign market we're most well known in and the one we are the most connected to. Closely followed by the German leagues now that Tim is here. Other teams aren't looking over there for players because they want home grown talent. I think we'll see a change in strategy now, it wouldn't surprise me to see a few Arnel Jakupovic or Miguel Crespo type signings arrive now from the continent.
As long we get someone I wouldn't care where from. We can't go into the new season with Longman as an important player. That has to change
He’s not the most important player, he’s just clearly stepping up, well based on pre season he is. Some are so hung up on past performances they refuse to believe a 23 year old hasn’t improved after another full season at the level.
I get he's improved (slightly) but, nobody here would've cared which of the two Lokilo or Longman been sold. Or even both. Nobody would care. Am I wrong?
None of us regret signing Delap after he’d only managed 4 goals season before last. No one regretted spending £5m on Philogene after getting 4 goals 1 assist the same year. Young players are thrown in so early now people forget their age and expect them to be hyper consistent
That's the problem on here, now it's been mentioned, everyone will be all over it as gospel and we'll have 15 pages of the club is **** and Acun is s tight fisted ****
Why does that matter? He’s here and he’s performed in pre season. If he performs when the season starts too it’ll all be pointless because he was rubbish here before he went on loan
You’re talking utter rubbish there What we can’t sign English players? Why because we’re Turkish owned? People don’t know us as a club Just what are you saying
He’s saying clubs are more active when it comes to hijacking deals we are currently making. Had Baz never said it’s a done deal no one would’ve batted as much of an eye lid when it was hijacked, if he like many share the idea of, waited until he was announced to say that the uproar that’s followed would’ve been nowhere near as bad, but no for both Moore and BTA now Baz has described them as done deals only for interested clubs to swoop
Because it's not to say that we can't sign players from the English leagues, but if we're going to approach transfers like BTA with the same approach one takes to a dead hamster in the house, we probably should focus overseas. We have to play to our strengths. It's riskier, but it means that we're going to get stuff done a lot quicker. How long is it now that we've been in talks with Hughes? If he really, really wanted to come, he'd already be here. We're spending so much time convincing players and making minor adjustments and allowances that, in our defence, are for quality players , but have the downside that they stall to see if anything better comes up first. All it'll take is Ipswich or Leicester to make a phone call and he'll be there like a shot. Melhem, Zombrano and Crespo we don't seem to have much competition for.
It matters because realistically he's deadwood. Regardless of whatever he should be a fringe player. Now we have nobody of any quality he's expected by rose tinted acun lovers to be the next Elliott, KLP, Bowen or Philogene. Crazy tbh. We're just forcing a fringe player to step up because we're incompetent in the transfer market. Call it negative call it whatever you want. I call it researching the evidence of our transfer incompetence
Sorry but I have said it before on here, whilst he was at Millwall I think, that I would persist with him as there is a player in there. It isn't surprising me at all that he is looking ok. For me he will be a great squad player for us this year.
