January transfer thread

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Again straw clutching, but when winiesta left in the summer I'm sure speakman's statement said "and this concludes our business" whereas that wasn't said with Bailey
 
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TopCat_ said:
but....but.....2 strikers man.......Speakmann.......etc etc

So bored of people slagging off the club thinking that buying players is as easy as the original football manager on spectrum
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It's more convenient to pretend it's easy rather than face difficult situations and stick your neck on the line.

By assuming that Speakman failed you can assume that a great striker that would get us promoted is available at the right price and Speakman just isn't trying hard.

The most likely reality is that the right player within the right price range isn't available.

So the options the club have is

1) to pay over the odds, perhaps significantly so, to get the right player in.

2) stick to the budget and gamble on a striker who doesn't necessarily for our usual targets.

3) sign no-one, knowing that we're fine this season (but will possibly miss the playoffs), but won't load the wage bill/spend money on a player we don't want and maybe can't get rid of.

Most people will say option 1, but if we do that and still miss the playoffs, we've spent money we don't have and compromised the long term plan for nothing.
 
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Scout73 said:
Aye that's what is annoying me the most. I scout for a team and while I am not involved in the recruitment as such I know how hard it is and most importantly how hard the guys in the recruitment team work.

Speakman etc will have been working non stop this transfer window to improve the squad. We have signed 3 exciting players permanently and got a great loan signing in

Of course we need a striker but I know they'll be working so hard to bring someone in so if no1 signs it wont be for a lack of trying or planning
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I've just moved to Scotland, great job, good money, lovely area ...

... it was a choice between here and another great job near Newark, easier for matches, nearer family.

This place is more money, etc, but it's new everything and a real pain. No real idea of where I am, new doctor, new dentist, new shops, etc, etc, etc.

We don't have kids so don't need to worry about schools, we aren't in any clubs and don't have friends where we've left.

Persuading a young player with a wife, kids, social life, etc, to ship up to the far NE coast can't be easy ...

... what the club have managed so far is incredible imo.
 
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The bloke could personally fund the signing of Mbappe and people would still twist. The bloke has done a brilliant job but can't catch a break with some
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Fair that. I've had my reservations about him, but they are being answered in turn.

But what no-one could ever question since he became involved is the standard of recruitment. It has shot upwards at rocket speed, and while nothing is perfect, including being blindsided by Ross' ankle and Frank Lampard's apparent petulance, he has ticked the boxes better than we could have hoped.
 
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