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...
Mike Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Well if Mbemba stays I hope we at least give him a crack at the midfield position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Has he been playing there at the AFCON? Has he been playing well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Has he been playing there at the AFCON? Has he been playing well? Yes and yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Care to calm down anyone? You said that at the end of last January too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo 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. Totally agree. It's ridiculous. 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? You said that at the end of last January too. This time I'm right though yes? If we're panicking now, with the best manager and squad in the league and an excellent position in the table then it just seems like it's a permanent state of affairs. Of course fans always want more players but logicially it's always going to be hard to sign the right people for the reasons we all know about. Getting top-half PL players to join a championship team (in January) has to be one of the toughest transfer tasks around. We're never going to have two Gayles or two Shelveys. It's brilliant we've got one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 One adequate winger apart from Ritchie would be nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 One adequate winger apart from Ritchie would be nice. I know it would, that doesn't change my point about the overall situation. Brighton would love another Knockhaert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Watford want Krul on loan - SSN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 They can have Elliot instead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 One adequate winger apart from Ritchie would be nice. I know it would, that doesn't change my point about the overall situation. Brighton would love another Knockhaert. Brighton didn't sell their best players bringing a £32m profit in the last window, either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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