Transfer rumours !

Obviously it's Dougie's fault...

Clough in talks with hull

Just got back from abroad. Have we signed anyone yet?!!!!!!

Boggersbelief wrote:Clough in talks with hull

No he's not!

MartinBWFC wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:Clough in talks with hull

No he's not!

Unlike you I don't make shit up

Boggersbelief wrote:

Unlike you I don't make shit up

Funniest post of the year so far!

Boggersbelief wrote:

MartinBWFC wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:Clough in talks with hull

No he's not!

Unlike you I talk shit 

Never a truer word spoken

Has feeney got lost on his way to Preston then? Tit

Boggersbelief wrote:Has feeney got lost on his way to Preston then? Tit

No he tried crossing the road but hit the first bus, tit

It was a done deal according to you

U.S Avelino (Italian div 2 club) sign Pisano on loan for the rest of the season - Iles

Is it over?

So now the window is closed, it's time for a few thoughts.
I was sad to see Prince go. No doubt that he was error prone, but he has potential. Unlike Dervite, who could even get worse.
Unlike many on here, I would have liked to see Zach Clough make a move. The lad has loads of technical ability on the ball, but he is too easily muscled off it. I would have loved a Premier club to have taken a punt and taken on his physical development. He will play on a bigger stage at some point, and we need the money. I would have followed his progress with interest. As it is, he will likely follow us into League 1.
Finally, I am sorry that we have failed to reduce the size of the squad more than we have. It puzzles and frustrates me why we are saddled with paying wages to so many fringe players. Week after week i buy a programme to see our 30 odd player squad matched against a lean 23 man opposition. 
So I suppose in summary we are little worse off than we were, and certainly no better. I feel the need for a darkened room nurse.

Good summary Moses.

I guess the window also showed we have few players other clubs actually covert.

Mavies nearly went to Wednesday - but didn't.

The young striker flirted with Derby but nothing much seemed to come of it.

Clough and Vela seemed to raise some interest but nothing more than that.

Considering we would have let them all go for virtually nothing much (did Davies really put a block on Clough going to Bristol or was it a bit too far to go for him at this stage of his age and maturity?) the bottom line is that we've not shifted substantially much from the monthly wage bill, so have we got sufficient cash from somewhere else to keep us going or is Administration a big step closer now that the window has shut and we can no longer get money from players sales and/or their wages off the payroll?

The bloke we brought in from Bury to apparently move the players on hasn't achieved much - now the window is shut will he be off now too or has he another role to perform?

I can't quite get my head around what his role was now looking back in retrospect - nor Birch's really.

If Birch was here to bring about a sale - then the apparently moving of the goal posts by Davies has prevented that.  Is he here to hand the club over to the ST just like he did at Portsmouth?

I don't doubt the skills of Birch (nor indeed the chap from Bury) but I guess they haven't come cheap and it would look from the outside that their skills have been vastly under utilised.

I'm sure there are many competent people about who could arrange for a bit of a car park to be sold and not sell any players in the transfer window (when apparently we desperately needed both cash and lower player monthly wages) so what exactly these two top guns achieved for us?

Don't get me wrong I am not slagging them off and was more than happy to get their skills on board but I just can't see what they have achieved looking back on the last few months?

We are still not sold, our cash flow is only improved because of asset sales (that we were forced into doing financially) and we have neither raised any cash from player sales nor lowered significantly the monthly wage bill?

So, am I missing something - if so what?

We are saddled with this squad who have shown why we deserve to be bottom of the league and why other teams are not interested. We have big names like Jay Spearing who is on a big salary but who has done little or nothing for us for at least the last year whereas other clubs are accumulating better players who are not household names but are doing a better job. Bournemouth are in the Prem and doing well but I can't remember all the names of their midfield off the top of my head and yet there they are competing with the big boys. Burnley have signed James Tarkowski from Brentford who has been excellent all year and one of the next generation of players who have emerged and settled in without any fanfare or fuss. We have been left behind and unless players like Spearing, Pratley, Mavies, Feeney and Madine up their game to a competitive level we are sunk - but as things stand they are getting outplayed every week. Look around the teams in the Championship and they nearly all have quality players and competition for places.
Lennon got what he wanted - an intact squad - but I'm inclined to think he should be careful what he wishes for because now there is little incentive to change what he's been doing that got us into this mess in the first place. Miracle needed.

We don't need a miracle, we need the manager and players to step up. There are some truly shite teams in this league.

Despite the utter shite on the pitch we should still have enough to stay up. A decent manager would lead this team to mid table with ease.

Natasha Whittam wrote:There are some truly shite teams in this league.

Despite the utter shite on the pitch we should still have enough to stay up. A decent manager would lead this team to mid table with ease.

But none as shite as us.

The only player we have who has demonstrated that he can be far, far better than this season's performances is Spearing but I question if the rest actually have anything more to offer.

wanderlust wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:There are some truly shite teams in this league.

Despite the utter shite on the pitch we should still have enough to stay up. A decent manager would lead this team to mid table with ease.

But none as shite as us.

The only player we have who has demonstrated that he can be far, far better than this season's performances is Spearing but I question if the rest actually have anything more to offer.

Speaks volumes about Lennons ability to manage, he is lucky to get the obligatory 5 minutes game time.

MartinBWFC wrote:

wanderlust wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:There are some truly shite teams in this league.

Despite the utter shite on the pitch we should still have enough to stay up. A decent manager would lead this team to mid table with ease.

But none as shite as us.

The only player we have who has demonstrated that he can be far, far better than this season's performances is Spearing but I question if the rest actually have anything more to offer.

Speaks volumes about Lennons ability to manage, he is lucky to get the obligatory 5 minutes game time.

I think that's because it's more about Spearing's "can't be arsed" attitude.
When he does play he makes little effort to run and his passing is far too casual and erratic. A shadow of the player he once was.

Isn't it time to start a new transfer thread......this one is 26 pages already...and I can't be arsed looking through it.......