Transfer thread for 2016-17 season

It's now:

To Dare Is To Nkoudou

 

Oh FFS. I've come to the conclusion that N'Koudou is professional football's answer to HIAG.

 

What about the continued rumours of a big money move for Sissoko?

 

The words 'barge', 'pole' and 'plague' spring to mind.

 

Smokescreen for Isco mate .

 

Is this kid HIAG or wot ??

 

*cough*

 

Stop. Just stop.

 

The club itself couldn't (the accounts show this) .

 

Think you mean "(c)" .

 

Yesterday the Waco kid passed on. Today the Isco kid was born from his ashes.

 

Might as well pronounce this one 'pun of the season' right now.

 

Will go well alongside 'Isco, signing of the season'.

 

Can this transfer get any more complete without it being official!

 

and yet still not happen.

 

N’Koudou is speeding along compared to Isco, who got on the plane in 2013 and still isn’t here.

 

This is it in a nutshell. It's not what we spend or who we buy but the fact that it's all so ****ing last minute and crassly amateur. How we ended up going through last season with no back-up to Kane, I'll never understand. Don't give me N'Jie, Chadli or Tom Carroll could do the job, as I'm not in the mood! We tried to buy a striker but thought we'd leave it until someone rang Last Orders before going to the bar.

The transfer window allows clubs to identify their weaknesses and sign players who will strengthen those areas. Everyone has a budget and you shop within that. You don't sign nobody because you can't have Zaha for loose change or Isco won't come, whilst selling players who could do some sort of job. We always spend the last day of the window lurching around the market trying to shop like a drunk on Christmas Eve with 5 minutes until the shops shut. If we buy anything it's likely not to fit and will generally disappoint the kids. It's unnecessary and bad business practice and I'm bored with it.

You sign the best player you can get or keep what you've got. Over numerous years we've failed to grasp this and have ended up with Rasziak, Fraser 'Bloody' Campbell, Ryan Nelson and there are others. This summer is shaping up to be another where we are going into the season short of what we need. It's poor management and it makes us look bloody silly.

 

Is Isco stuck in Liege ??
Judging by the destination list there, he could well have been travelling
for 3 years via that route.

 

Yes, I like fighting talk like this.