Figures 1-0 Football Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 We don't need to make a single signing and we'll still comfortably be promoted. Sign Townsend and we may as well just be given the trophy for 1st place now. It's quite refreshing not selling players during January though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Yet he keeps giving Colback games. Go figure. Colback was nowhere to be seen for the Rotherham game. It isn't too unrealistic to think that the penny may have only just dropped. He later confirmed that it was Illness and not being dropped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 It would be very strange if Rafa didn't think Colback was absolute shit. It's so obvious. He just doesn't have any better options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 If we sign Townsend, i'd be fully confident of us winning the league. If we sign nobody and Shelvey and/or Gayle get injured/banned then i'd have serious doubts about us finishing top 2. Haven't they both just been injured/banned? Aye and look how awful we looked without Shelvey. If we were to lose him for a lengthy spell then I would have major doubts about us. Same with Gayle. Murphy is doing a job right now but whether he would be able to keep it up with limited service for a lengthy period of time would again be questionable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 If we sign Townsend, i'd be fully confident of us winning the league. If we sign nobody and Shelvey and/or Gayle get injured/banned then i'd have serious doubts about us finishing top 2. Haven't they both just been injured/banned? Aye and look how awful we looked without Shelvey. If we were to lose him for a lengthy spell then I would have major doubts about us. Same with Gayle. Murphy is doing a job right now but whether he would be able to keep it up with limited service for a lengthy period of time would again be questionable. Oh, you mean if we lose them both for the rest of the season? What I'm getting at is that we have lost Shelvey for quite a while and we're still comfortably in automatic promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Yet he keeps giving Colback games. Go figure. This. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes_End_Mag Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 If we sign Townsend, i'd be fully confident of us winning the league. If we sign nobody and Shelvey and/or Gayle get injured/banned then i'd have serious doubts about us finishing top 2. Haven't they both just been injured/banned? Aye and look how awful we looked without Shelvey. If we were to lose him for a lengthy spell then I would have major doubts about us. Same with Gayle. Murphy is doing a job right now but whether he would be able to keep it up with limited service for a lengthy period of time would again be questionable. Oh, you mean if we lose them both for the rest of the season? What I'm getting at is that we have lost Shelvey for quite a while and we're still comfortably in automatic promotion. Aye, if we we're to lose them for a large number of games then i'm not sure we would have the team to consistently pick up results. We may still be in the top 2 but we won only 2 of the 5 games and we didn't look convincing in any of them. I'd simply feel a lot more confident if we got Townsend in but what will be will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 If we sign Townsend, i'd be fully confident of us winning the league. If we sign nobody and Shelvey and/or Gayle get injured/banned then i'd have serious doubts about us finishing top 2. Haven't they both just been injured/banned? Aye and look how awful we looked without Shelvey. If we were to lose him for a lengthy spell then I would have major doubts about us. Same with Gayle. Murphy is doing a job right now but whether he would be able to keep it up with limited service for a lengthy period of time would again be questionable. Oh, you mean if we lose them both for the rest of the season? What I'm getting at is that we have lost Shelvey for quite a while and we're still comfortably in automatic promotion. Aye, if we we're to lose them for a large number of games then i'm not sure we would have the team to consistently pick up results. We may still be in the top 2 but we won only 2 of the 5 games and we didn't look convincing in any of them. I'd simply feel a lot more confident if we got Townsend in but what will be will be. Was 2 in 4, not 2 in 5 to be fair. Unless you count Birmingham where he likely wouldn't have played anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 https://twitter.com/CaulkinTheTimes/status/826102086693695488 https://twitter.com/CaulkinTheTimes/status/826108716357410817 https://twitter.com/CaulkinTheTimes/status/826112273634693122 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Oh dear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SEMTEX Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 If we sign Townsend, i'd be fully confident of us winning the league. If we sign nobody and Shelvey and/or Gayle get injured/banned then i'd have serious doubts about us finishing top 2. Haven't they both just been injured/banned? Aye and look how awful we looked without Shelvey. If we were to lose him for a lengthy spell then I would have major doubts about us. Same with Gayle. Murphy is doing a job right now but whether he would be able to keep it up with limited service for a lengthy period of time would again be questionable. Oh, you mean if we lose them both for the rest of the season? What I'm getting at is that we have lost Shelvey for quite a while and we're still comfortably in automatic promotion. Aye, if we we're to lose them for a large number of games then i'm not sure we would have the team to consistently pick up results. We may still be in the top 2 but we won only 2 of the 5 games and we didn't look convincing in any of them. I'd simply feel a lot more confident if we got Townsend in but what will be will be. Was 2 in 4, not 2 in 5 to be fair. Unless you count Birmingham where he likely wouldn't have played anyway So whether through suspension or not, when Shelvey doesn't play, we are far worse as a team. If our form without him was stretched to the end of the season, it would lead to us not being in the top 2. Playoffs anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Shelvey's not going to miss 19 out of 19 games though, is he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Some of the reported fees we have been quoted are extortionate. Our squad is clearly good enough to get out of this division (if it will is another question). hopefully readying ourselves for a PL summer splurge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Hmph. Pretty pessimistic from Caulkin but I really don't think that us not spending this month would justify Benitez in him throwing a wobbler, or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Shelvey's not going to miss 19 out of 19 games though, is he? Probably not. But why risk it? There is a huge drop off when Colback plays. He's not the same type of midfielder as Shelvey, and we have no-one else who is. And this is ignoring the fact that he's dogshit at his natural role too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Hmph. Pretty pessimistic from Caulkin but I really don't think that us not spending this month would justify Benitez in him throwing a wobbler, or whatever. I agree. Rafa has said himself that they will only buy if the price is right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 It depends to what extent they're 'not backing him', like. If it's a case of us not spending £12-16m on decent/not-outstanding players from the Premier League, I would hope that Rafa would understand the stance of the board. We signed 13 players in the summer and £80m-worth the year prior. They're not going to overspend again now, especially when we're comfortably in the promotion places. He's not going to convince anyone that we HAVE to spend £15m in order to get promoted. If we're squabbling over a couple million here and there then I could see him being rightfully very frustrated. But not toys-out-the-pram levels of frustrated. It wouldn't be remotely comparable to the shite Keegan went through with them, although it would make us all a bit wary about the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Shelvey's not going to miss 19 out of 19 games though, is he? No but the midfield is one of the weakest areas of the squad. If he's out there should be cover and at the moment there isn't any, we end up putting square pegs into round holes. Rafa wanted a midfielder and a winger and he'll be disappointed if they don't arrive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Personally, I think if we don't sign a centre mid this has been an awful window. It's beyond obvious that we need some sort of backup for Shelvey. Colback - Hayden pairing is toothless, whereas a Tiote - Colback midfield is totally embarrassing. It's insane that we're gambling promotion on Shelvey staying injury and suspension free for nearly a half season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggs Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Some of the reported fees we have been quoted are extortionate. Our squad is clearly good enough to get out of this division (if it will is another question). hopefully readying ourselves for a PL summer splurge will be a huge splurge too tbh as imho the majority of our squad were bought to get us up and promoted but lets be honest we will struggle without atleast 7 + additions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 It's the same as always with Ashley, isn't it? We sign players if we're not on course to achieve Premier League status, we stay quiet if we are. Massive investment in 2012/13 and 2015/16 to try and avoid the drop, nothing going on in 2013/14 or 2014/15 because we were looking likely to stay up anyway. Papiss Cissé is pretty much the only time we've done something in January over the past seven years despite doing well enough, but by all accounts given of that transfer Ashley was under the impression that we'd get Champions League (money) if we got him. Don't expect us to push anything through. Interesting to see how this pans out when we're up there again. By the sign of things, Benitez won't be allowed to build on platforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Care to calm down anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 classic Ian W. #wait Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 classic Ian W. #wait Only paperback can do it better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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