Teasy Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Maybe pocketed was an offbeat way of putting it, imo though we'd have had the same summer with only Anita coming in even with Champ League qualification. He's simply not interested in investing seriously in the squad. The 'policy' of ours is hugely misinterpreted imo. Instead of looking to see what the team actually needs we just scrat about in Ligue 1 for cheap players, and if there is none to be found well then that's fine by Ashley no doubt. No speculate to accumulate. Think 'expiring' 'french' 'interested' '2-4mil' on your champ man filters. Quite a few players we've signed don't fit that filter, the player you just mentioned for instance. I know what you mean, we do seem to look for expiring contract players in France a lot of the time, but its not our entire policy. I also think its more about bargains than cheap players, for instance we paid £9m for Cisse, not that cheap but we considered it a bargain. We seem to go looking for the best players we can find at bargain prices and sometimes they aren't the kind of player we need, sometimes they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 If the intention is to buy them cheap and then sell them high, it's not working, essentially because our dimwit of a manager has them playing so badly nobody wants to buy them. The alternative theory is that most of the players we buy are cheap and crap in the first place and have no resale value anyhow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Or we just buy cheap because its, erm, cheaper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Or we just buy cheap because its, erm, cheaper That is actually the case. The 'resale value' thing is just to avoid investing in expensive and worthless assets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Those filters were just an attempt to generalise our way of doing things. Wasnt gunna go through our players but might aswell. Our transfers since the beginning of the 11/12 season plus HBA. Cabaye - 4.5 mil release clause Ba - free transfer Marv - free transfer Santon - Unwanted, available for cut price Ben Arfa - Loan initially then permanent deal, chanced it on a player who had a broken leg at the time. Sissoko - Deal Running Out, available for next to nowt. Tiote - Cheap deal Hiadara - Cheap deal Obertan - Cost nowt practically Bigi - Cheap deal Cisse - 9mil spent and an impressive signing admittedly. Anita - 6mil Debuchy and MYB - The former was brought in long after he should have been and the latter imo was frantically brought in simply to quell the threat of relegation, as were Sissoko and Gouffran This season we've had one loan deal. I'm going over old ground but it's clear there is a pattern here. Excluding the Cisse deal we've not really spent big on a player. Total opportunistic bargain hunting and never the impression of recognising what the team requires and paying the required amount. I'm not criticising those players here just I find it odd how the club called it a policy after one successful go at it when it was quite clear it was just a swipe in the dark with the aim to spend as little as possible. my opinion anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I'm pretty sure we were ready to spend the money on Gomis this summer, if the deal hadn't had so many third party payment issues etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 But we didn't. Same every single time, this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Pretty sure we wern't going to sign Cisse either as we were quoted £12m originally but then in that January they got a call that the price was £9m if we still wanted him so we went for it. Still a good signing but again another sign that we only went in because we thought we could get a good deal and would never have bothered at his original value. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I'm pretty sure we were ready to spend the money on Gomis this summer, if the deal hadn't had so many third party payment issues etc. It happens so much though with us. Agent / additional payments blah blah. Every other club is prepared to do the necessary except us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I'm pretty sure we were ready to spend the money on Gomis this summer, if the deal hadn't had so many third party payment issues etc. It happens so much though with us. Agent / additional payments blah blah. Every other club is prepared to do the necessary except us. We are tight, not trying to argue otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Plus he was a year away from his contract expiring, hence we thought we'd get him below market value. He cost Lyon 13m Euros 4 years back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Sums up our transfer strategy http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/Philly1983/ScreenShot2013-09-08at213418.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Let's bombard this thread with posts and get it to the unprecedented 1001st page before Dave has a chance to close it. Who's with me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 not me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Farewell to the most viewed thread in the history of N-O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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