timeEd32 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Swap deal for Sofiane Boufal please (the next HBA). just had a look on you tube. wow That led me to watching Ben Arfa highlights. Now I feel like shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Swap deal for Sofiane Boufal please (the next HBA). just had a look on you tube. wow That led me to watching Ben Arfa highlights. Now I feel like shit. It's still too painful. Boufal to nufc? doubt it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 The club are reluctant to spend in the winter window as it does not offer value for money and Ashley believes the team should be far higher up the league, given he sanctioned the signing of almost £54m worth of talent in the summer. Hasn't learnt a single fucking thing in almost 10 years. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Can't believe people fell for it. Wishful thinking I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Reluctant to spend when they're facing losing tens of millions by getting relegated? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 The season when we were in Europe and pardew almost relegated us, he sanctioned spending then, bringing a few players to bolster the squad. They managed to ind them at the right time price :lol: Am I right in thinking Sissoko, Haidara, Gouffran and whoever else that were bought that Jan were players we had earmarked for the following summer?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 So they said, yep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 You can just picture him rolling his eyes when Charnley or whoever say they might have to spend. It's always about propping the billboard up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 The season when we were in Europe and pardew almost relegated us, he sanctioned spending then, bringing a few players to bolster the squad. They managed to ind them at the right time price :lol: Am I right in thinking Sissoko, Haidara, Gouffran and whoever else that were bought that Jan were players we had earmarked for the following summer?? Aye, they planned to go a full season with only signing Anita apparently So instead we had to go 18 months without a proper signing after that instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Reluctant to spend when they're facing losing tens of millions by getting relegated? it's so fucking stupid an approach it's entirely believable because not one of them know a thing about football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Reluctant to spend when they're facing losing tens of millions by getting relegated? it's so f***ing stupid an approach it's entirely believable because not one of them know a thing about football And he has been here 8 years or so and still hasn't learnt anything about football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 The season when we were in Europe and pardew almost relegated us, he sanctioned spending then, bringing a few players to bolster the squad. They managed to ind them at the right time price :lol: Am I right in thinking Sissoko, Haidara, Gouffran and whoever else that were bought that Jan were players we had earmarked for the following summer?? We only spent £6m that summer though... on Anita at that. Those where players we should've bought in the summer - including Remy. This time we've spent good money in the summer - on the wrong players. But we only spent money from cash reserves. We'll be in the shit come January and Ashley will have to find some more money, i'm sure it won't be hard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 The big thing is that no one is man enough to tell Ashley that the 54 million was spent very poorly. He is probably being told by Charnley that the players are all great the manager is great, everything is great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We just need to buy some short-term progress. Put a big CB in there, a dominant midfielder and we'll pick up a few points that will boost confidence and get everyone playing better. Too logical to be done sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We just need to buy some short-term progress. Put a big CB in there, a dominant midfielder and we'll pick up a few points that will boost confidence and get everyone playing better. Too logical to be done sadly. Those are the two priorities, for sure. We'll need to pay over the odds to get someone decent, or break the rule about signing older players. With the huge amount of TV money coming in, we're into new territory. So let's see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Sign Charlie Austin, fork out a shed for Shelvey, sign a CB to replace Colo who isn't slow and weak as piss, and replace the cunt in Goal and we're probably saving relegation. It actually is that simple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Sign Charlie Austin, fork out a shed for Shelvey, sign a CB to replace Colo who isn't slow and weak as piss, and replace the cunt in Goal and we're probably saving relegation. It actually is that simple. Don't think we even need all of that, CM and CB would keep us up fairly easily I would say. Not that we should aim for that like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We need 2 midfielders tbh, or 1 fucking incredible one who can carry the rest. They need to be having a serious look at the loan market to try and get some competent bodies in like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We just need to buy some short-term progress. Put a big CB in there, a dominant midfielder and we'll pick up a few points that will boost confidence and get everyone playing better. Too logical to be done sadly. I'm starting to think Ashley would rather go down than break our wage structure, which is what it would take to sign the sort of players who can actually fight a relegation battle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We need some pace and creativity/crossing ability in the midfield asap, which is why I think a move for Townsend wouldn't be the worst thing. CB is absolutely critical, the number 1 priority. Colo and Williamson are basically unselectable A new CB, Townsend on loan, Aarons back fit and reallocation of the captain's armband might be enough to reach the heady heights of 16th position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberts Mustache Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We just need to buy some short-term progress. Put a big CB in there, a dominant midfielder and we'll pick up a few points that will boost confidence and get everyone playing better. Too logical to be done sadly. Totally true! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We need some pace and creativity/crossing ability in the midfield asap, which is why I think a move for Townsend wouldn't be the worst thing. CB is absolutely critical, the number 1 priority. Colo and Williamson are basically unselectable A new CB, Townsend on loan, Aarons back fit and reallocation of the captain's armband might be enough to reach the heady heights of 16th position. After CB, CM is the most important IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 We need some pace and creativity/crossing ability in the midfield asap, which is why I think a move for Townsend wouldn't be the worst thing. CB is absolutely critical, the number 1 priority. Colo and Williamson are basically unselectable A new CB, Townsend on loan, Aarons back fit and reallocation of the captain's armband might be enough to reach the heady heights of 16th position. After CB, CM is the most important IMO. The more I think about it the less sure I am about that. We have 6 CMs already (admittedly most of them are crap) but we have no width at all and a striker who relies on service. Aarons is never fit and Thauvin is not currently fit for purpose. Add a creative CM into the mix and we're still going to be playing with 4 CMs, pretending Sissoko and Wijnaldum are wingers. It's still totally unbalanced. I'd much rather sign some pacy wingers with decent crossing ability and stick Colback in the centre with Wijnaldum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 A lot of teams have journeymen CB's. Experienced. Good in the air. Huth. Delaney. Dann. Cameron. Cathcart. Evans. Can't be that hard to find decent stop gap CB's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yep, it's not even that expensive really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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