January transfer thread

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JHmackem said:
Hundreds of players move on deadline day alone, never mind the full window which we’ve had, so this is a bit of a strange comment.
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You talk of contingencies, but we signed a replacement for Simms, then Stewart got injured 2 days ago. You seem to think that we should have had a list of players ready to go to replace Stewart. My "strange comment" is that it's hard to sign good players with no notice. You will counter by saying that we should have signed backup on the basis he might have got injured again, but it doesn't work like that, especially when we have so little wriggle room with the wage bill. Real life isn't Fifa/Football Manager
 
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Southern A said:
yep

and either way Ayew is on a flight overnight and won’t arrive to sign with anybody until tomorrow.

he’s on a free
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Is there no flexibility for loaning players?
I’m aware this is a massive straw clutch
 
TopCat_ said:
You talk of contingencies, but we signed a replacement for Simms, then Stewart got injured 2 days ago. You seem to think that we should have had a list of players ready to go to replace Stewart. My "strange comment" is that it's hard to sign good players with no notice. You will counter by saying that we should have signed backup on the basis he might have got injured again, but it doesn't work like that, especially when we have so little wriggle room with the wage bill. Real life isn't Fifa/Football Manager
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Don’t patronise me mate, I know it’s not FIFA, but we went into the season light up front with only 2 strikers, which the board obviously didn’t want to do, hence why we chased Broadhead. We then had them both out with injury leaving us with no strikers. We went into this window with only one striker, so yes, to not attempt to bring in 2 strikers regardless of Stewart’s injury’s is poor planning.
 
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JHmackem said:
Don’t patronise me mate, I know it’s not FIFA, but we went into the season light up front with only 2 strikers, which the board obviously didn’t want to do, hence why we chased Broadhead. We then had them both out with injury leaving us with no strikers. We went into this window with only one striker, so yes, to not attempt to bring in 2 strikers regardless of Stewart’s injury’s is poor planning.
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“not attempt”. I’m pretty certain they’ve attempted.
 
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JHmackem said:
Don’t patronise me mate, I know it’s not FIFA, but we went into the season light up front with only 2 strikers, which the board obviously didn’t want to do, hence why we chased Broadhead. We then had them both out with injury leaving us with no strikers. We went into this window with only one striker, so yes, to not attempt to bring in 2 strikers regardless of Stewart’s injury’s is poor planning.
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How do you know the club havent attempted to bring in 2 strikers
 
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TopCat_ said:
Yeah. Imagine the club not finding an immediate replacement for Stewart at 48 hrs notice. Clowns
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It is remiss not having a list ready for all eventualities, that is the job of the club.
They should also have had a back up plan if Simms does not come, and it looks like he may not

We will end up with one striker, which is not the best ,to say the least
 
JHmackem said:
Don’t patronise me mate, I know it’s not FIFA, but we went into the season light up front with only 2 strikers, which the board obviously didn’t want to do, hence why we chased Broadhead. We then had them both out with injury leaving us with no strikers. We went into this window with only one striker, so yes, to not attempt to bring in 2 strikers regardless of Stewart’s injury’s is poor planning.
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The club seemed happy with 2 strikers. Until Saturday at 3.20pm, we had 2 strikers, You may think differently, but thankfully you aren't employed by the club to make those decisions.
 
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