jdckelly Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 strikes me more at least last jan they just got carried away with the relative success of 1 signing from France (Cabaye) and went mental, the rest of our signings from France have been mixed at best, downright awful at worst. I seriously don't get why we can't/won't sign players playing in England (Remy doesn't count because we wanted him from France 6 months ago), I understand signing directly from a Premier League side can be expensive and you have to overpay to get anyone good otherwise why would they sell him but lower league? I refuse to believe theres no value down there that isn't worth taking a punt on. Hell some of our more successful recent signings have been english based, Simpson whatever peoples criticism of him was a reliable rb we got on the cheap and looked a hell of a lot better than Debuchy has thus far, Perch was a great squad player and I don't get at all why we sold him. Hell even Williamson for what he cost has provided reasonably good service to us. Its a big oversight which will only cost us in the long term and we've missed out already (Redmond for £2m is an absolute steal) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Bigi too on the list of NUFC examples. You've also seen plenty of examples of other clubs striking gold when reaching lower down, Everton being a good case in point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 forgot bigi existed tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 me too and I watched the entire game against Morecambe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 strikes me more at least last jan they just got carried away with the relative success of 1 signing from France (Cabaye) and went mental, the rest of our signings from France have been mixed at best, downright awful at worst. I seriously don't get why we can't/won't sign players playing in England (Remy doesn't count because we wanted him from France 6 months ago), I understand signing directly from a Premier League side can be expensive and you have to overpay to get anyone good otherwise why would they sell him but lower league? I refuse to believe theres no value down there that isn't worth taking a punt on. Hell some of our more successful recent signings have been english based, Simpson whatever peoples criticism of him was a reliable rb we got on the cheap and looked a hell of a lot better than Debuchy has thus far, Perch was a great squad player and I don't get at all why we sold him. Hell even Williamson for what he cost has provided reasonably good service to us. Its a big oversight which will only cost us in the long term and we've missed out already (Redmond for £2m is an absolute steal) Completely agree there's no way I believe that Gomis would score more goals for us than say a Charlie Austin or a Jordan Rhodes or even Troy Deeney at a push Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Sick of signing from France now. Lyon went out of the CL, Nice and St Etienne both just crashed out of the EL to some absolute randomers. They've never done that well in Europe anyway and Monaco and PSG are just buying from other countries. Is this really the best place to be shopping? I don't doubt there is players there but ALL of our scouting seems to be in one fucking league. Enough's enough now. Yup. I can't help but feel we are missing out with not scouting Eastern Europe more. Still bargains to be found in Croatia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Romania... etc. and probably players that will work harder and give a shit more then some of the French lads we are looking at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Today's the day, lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I don't mind if we sign every single player from Paris or wherever, as long as we have looked elsewhere first. It's the fact that we seem to be ignoring so many good markets that's the problem. Probably partly because of value in France and also because of reluctance or inability to expand the scouting team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Today's the day, lads. I was with you yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Some of the promoted sides over the last few seasons are proof enough that given the chance some of these Championship players are good enough for the Premiership, the biggest problem being price. If we went after say Lambert for example he would cost a bomb right now. Jordan Rhodes we'd probably have to spend at least £8 million to get him and he hasn't played in the Premiership. I know the Mackems got mugged but still look how much Wickham cost them, he didn't even score that many for Ipswich did he. Because of the price tag involved immediately these players are under pressure to perform. Nugent was ridiculed but I would say mainly because of his price tag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 3 days to save our season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Assuming no further signings this window, will the fans finally turn on the manager/club in a big way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 3 days to save our season. 3 steps to heaven............... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 No players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 3 days to flog Hatem Ben Arfa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Assuming no further signings this window, will the fans finally turn on the manager/club in a big way? No. They've been very well trained. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppaz Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y392/DoctorLime/Gifs/Random/tumblr_meh5x6QHph1qfb1ni_zps0ac0ddee.gif ...soon be over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 3 days to save our season. 3 steps to heaven............... 3 coins in the fountain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 3 days to save our season. 3 steps to heaven............... 3 coins in the fountain. Our reputed bid for Gomis?? oh and 3 is the magic number............... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Still expecting a Sibierski-esque last minute signing of Carlton Cole to solve all our woes and keep our magnificent DOF's promises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Assuming no further signings this window, will the fans finally turn on the manager/club in a big way? No. They've been very well trained. At least someone has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Still expecting a Sibierski-esque last minute signing of Carlton Cole to solve all our woes and keep our magnificent DOF's promises. Jesus, that's so possible it's frightening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Id take Kuqi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Still expecting a Sibierski-esque last minute signing of Carlton Cole to solve all our woes and keep our magnificent DOF's promises. Jesus, that's so possible it's frightening. It really is. Especially when you take into consideration all of the over the hill English players we've signed in recent seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Still expecting a Sibierski-esque last minute signing of Carlton Cole to solve all our woes and keep our magnificent DOF's promises. Jesus, that's so possible it's frightening. It really is. Especially when you take into consideration all of the over the hill English players we've signed in recent seasons. Thanks for doing this BTW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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