Newcastle United Manager,Alan Pardew,has called for future transfer windows to be closed before the season begins. "It's unsettling and unsavoury and needs to be eliminated. It's really not fair. The window should be shut before we kick a ball and that way everyone knows where they are",bemoaned Pardew. Anyone have any sympathy with his point of view?
Not so much sympathy, as a shared agreement with the common sense of it. If the window lasts two months, what is the advantage of it running from July 1st to Sep 1st, as opposed to Jun 1st to Aug 1st? It's complete nonsense as it currently stands.
Funny enough I was talking about this to one of the lads in work. With him being a Southampton fan we both agree that the transfer window is a hindrance to all clubs. I'd like to see it opened when the season ends and then shut before the 1st August. Teams then can gel and then no disruption to clubs, they can then plan for the season. On the winter transfer window, think again is causes huge amount of problems. I think we should have a one week window, get it over an done with, not to have some long protracted transfer al ah Sinclair.
Don't agree and ill tell you why....A manager will not know what players he needs until he see,s in a competitive match where he needs to strengthen. He will have a good idea of course but he wont know for certain. He cant even tell in pre-season matches as no two teams are fielded the same and subs are constant...A manager needs this window time to make sure that his team is ready and the right type of player is brought in if he feels his team needs it.....shut the window before the season starts will give the huge squad teams a big advantage......
Pardew has a point of view, but I don't agree with him, for the obvious reasons Dai has mentioned, besides, if the window closed sooner, how the hell would Huw Jenkins get his paperwork completed, he's struggling now!........
I don't buy it. Most managers have allready seen their players play a competative match. There are huge advantages by closeing it early. The new players gets time to gel into the squad before the season start. This is an advantage to the small squads. It's also a advantage to the minor teams that everybody knows what players stays and what players that goes. It is unsettling the way it is now...
I like the idea of no transfer window, as this would create stability on transfer fees not panic buying. Not 100% sure though but wasn't that the original transfer system, then they changed it to the one we have currently?
I think it advantages the bigger clubs as it is now. Man city will probably hold out till the eleventh hour to make a ridiculous offer for Sinclair knowing that we won't be getting any other offers by that time. Another scenario would be if say Liverpool triggered a release clause in Vorm's contract at the last minute and he wanted to go. We'd be stuffed for getting a replacement. The bigger clubs won't have such a problem being at the top of the food chain. If a manager spends in the window, but doesn't realise until his first competitive game that he's got the wrong player, that's just tough ****. QPR got battered in their first game, have gone out and spent a fortune, but these new players still may not gel by the time the window closes so what's the difference?
Another scenario would be if say Liverpool triggered a release clause in Vorm's contract at the last minute and he wanted to go. We'd be stuffed for getting a replacement Its not the transfer window that needs changing as the manager needs that time....Its the buy out clauses that needs to stop... and a player if under contract cant go anywhere unless the club says he can.... QPR got battered in their first game, have gone out and spent a fortune, but these new players still may not gel by the time the window closes so what's the difference? thats what managers are for.....If they are not good enough then it dont matter if you have the best players then that comes down to man management....
These buy out clauses are a pain in the rectum, contracts should be honoured or the player involved needs to pay substantial damages to the club involved. Transfer window should be as small and quickly over as possible, with no January transfer window.
That's a contradiction from what you said just minutes before A manager will not know what players he needs until he see,s in a competitive match where he needs to strengthen. He will have a good idea of course but he wont know for certain. He cant even tell in pre-season matches as no two teams are fielded the same and subs are constant...A manager needs this window time to make sure that his team is ready and the right type of player is brought in if he feels his team needs it
I've thought this for a couple of years now that the transfer season should close before the season starts,Just my personal point of view..
I think it works as is - purely from the point of view it is geared to add excitement/tension to the game. most of the posts on here have been speculation about whos going and whos coming over the last few weeks and would lose that if there was no window or it closed before the season started,its one of the things that makes it a rollercoaster ride for the spectators. We have the play offs in the lower leagues for the same reason to keep the excitement going for as many teams as possible until the last couple of games of the season. It may make sense to do away with the transfer window from a financial/stability point of view but it would make the game more boring for the fans
