PCW1983 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nothing personal. ITK's are 10 a penny these days, so it's difficult to take anyone who hasn't got a good track record seriously. Fair enough. The deal is done so to NUFC it's irrelevant. However I've been on this site for near on 5 years and never posted a ITK. Take it as you will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Couldn't care less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Meh. Hope WHAM go down this season even more now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Kick in the bollocks, like. It's a joke that we literally can't compete with most of the Premier League in the transfer market despite having one of the largest turnovers. West Ham, ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Kick in the bollocks, like. It's a joke that we literally can't compete with most of the Premier League in the transfer market despite having one of the largest turnovers. West Ham, ffs. Paying £5m for a year's loan fee is an act of desperation on there part. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Kick in the bollocks, like. It's a joke that we literally can't compete with most of the Premier League in the transfer market despite having one of the largest turnovers. West Ham, ffs. Paying £5m for a year's loan fee is an act of desperation on there part. What about £1m? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. I agree about the ambition part totally, just think West Ham have totally panicked. It's not really a striker they needed if their last performance was to go by IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Im not 'meh' at all. Infact i'm quite disappointed. Carroll moving here on loan with a view to permanent was a perfect situation for me. We're dreadfully short up front; having lost Best and Lovenkrands. We've got 3 Premier league strikers one of which is Shola; who despite how much I love the bloke for his derby day antics and cult hero image, isnt good enough to be starting for us on a regular basis. Cisse and Ba, although they didn't seem to form any sign of a partnership at the end of last season are more than than capable but potentially disappear for a period come the end of January. He'd be an extra body and give us an extra option up top, he's obviously got talent and openly wanted to come here. A loan move move would have gave us the flexibility of not having to tie him down to a contract, and the possibility to sign him permanently up if he rediscovers his from his time here and to a degree the end of last season. Do were we in for him and Liverpool refused to deal with us or did we just not bother at all? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. They aren't. They are paying over the odds just to stay up. West Ham will achieve fuck all this season but they've bought enough goals to avoid relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. They aren't. They are paying over the odds just to stay up. West Ham will achieve f*** all this season but they've bought enough goals to avoid relegation. As opposed to us, who sold our only PL standard striker in the January transfer window during our first season back? It's relentless, this nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 And yet here we are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. They aren't. They are paying over the odds just to stay up. West Ham will achieve f*** all this season but they've bought enough goals to avoid relegation. As opposed to us, who sold our only PL standard striker in the January transfer window during our first season back? It's relentless, this nonsense. Thats not really a great example of a poor move on our behalf is it given the long term result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. They aren't. They are paying over the odds just to stay up. West Ham will achieve f*** all this season but they've bought enough goals to avoid relegation. As opposed to us, who sold our only PL standard striker in the January transfer window during our first season back? It's relentless, this nonsense. Thats not really a great example of a poor move on our behalf is it given the long term result. Which long term result? The £35m still hasn't been spent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 You already know the point being made, half our first team exists due to selling Carroll. You cant use the sale as an example of lack of ambition when we've used it to further our success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Smiling like a smug git when he said "liverpool gave us £35m and we wish him well at west ham" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 You already know the point being made, half our first team exists due to selling Carroll. You cant use the sale as an example of lack of ambition when we've used it to further our success. We have? There's just as much ammunition to argue that our success is in spite of our 'business model'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 You already know the point being made, half our first team exists due to selling Carroll. You cant use the sale as an example of lack of ambition when we've used it to further our success. We have? There's just as much ammunition to argue that our success is in spite of our 'business model'. I honestly think the only signing we got from the Carroll deal was Cisse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. They aren't. They are paying over the odds just to stay up. West Ham will achieve f*** all this season but they've bought enough goals to avoid relegation. As opposed to us, who sold our only PL standard striker in the January transfer window during our first season back? It's relentless, this nonsense. Thats not really a great example of a poor move on our behalf is it given the long term result. Which long term result? The £35m still hasn't been spent. This still annoys the fuck out of me. How can we not dip into that money for a few signings. Tottenham get £33m (reportedly) for modric and look like they are trying to reinvest all of it into the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not fussed about missing out on Carroll per se, but going into the season with two fit senior forwards is a bit reckless like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 You already know the point being made, half our first team exists due to selling Carroll. You cant use the sale as an example of lack of ambition when we've used it to further our success. We have? There's just as much ammunition to argue that our success is in spite of our 'business model'. In what possible way? I dont really see how we could have sorted our finances & improved ourselves on the pitch massively much more efficiently atall since we sold Carroll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. They aren't. They are paying over the odds just to stay up. West Ham will achieve f*** all this season but they've bought enough goals to avoid relegation. As opposed to us, who sold our only PL standard striker in the January transfer window during our first season back? It's relentless, this nonsense. Thats not really a great example of a poor move on our behalf is it given the long term result. Which long term result? The £35m still hasn't been spent. This still annoys the fuck out of me. How can we not dip into that money for a few signings. Tottenham get £33m (reportedly) for modric and look like they are trying to reinvest all of it into the team. Because we lived beyond our means for a decade and it nearly wiped us out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Dancer Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. Bang on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I wouldn't be bothered at having only two fit top class strikers at the club if there wasn't the possibility of them going to Africa for up to a month. Lot's of teams are in similar positions the difference is they are not going to AFCON. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Not saying it's a wise move on their part. It's just sad that clubs like Fulham, West Ham and Reading are demonstrating more ambition than us. They aren't. They are paying over the odds just to stay up. West Ham will achieve f*** all this season but they've bought enough goals to avoid relegation. As opposed to us, who sold our only PL standard striker in the January transfer window during our first season back? It's relentless, this nonsense. Thats not really a great example of a poor move on our behalf is it given the long term result. Which long term result? The £35m still hasn't been spent. This still annoys the fuck out of me. How can we not dip into that money for a few signings. Tottenham get £33m (reportedly) for modric and look like they are trying to reinvest all of it into the team. Because we lived beyond our means for a decade and it nearly wiped us out. Why didnt they just say that then instead of saying all of it would be reinvested in the team around the time of the sale? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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