Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 And what if we didn't have a chance? What if they weren't available? Just go out and buy anyone?? Townsend was clearly available and I'm sure there are more than one player for the positions we could pursue. We had a whole month and god knows how many months before to scout and check availability etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 According to True Faith he told them personally before the window opened that he wanted a CM and a winger. He's been let down badly, like. f***ing not on. Guardiola probably wants s proper defence anarl. Let down badly. It's hardly the Man City boards fault that he spunked £50m on John Stones and £16m on a goalkeeper with no hands like. Similarly a say Reading fan would look at us and consider us hysterical dweebs for claiming Rafa 'hasn't been backed'. So am I to take it from that that you think Rafa has been adequately backed, then? For the purposes of the Championship, I think so, yes. We had this frenzy when we flogged Sissoko at the end of the last window from the same posters tbf. Flogged him and didn't replace him, nor has he been replaced since. None of this would matter to me if Rafa hadn't come out and said what he wanted. We'll find out when we next see Rafa, but either way you'd be a fool to think there's nothing to be concerned about imo. Was Diame not Sissoko's replacement? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 And what if we didn't have a chance? What if they weren't available? Just go out and buy anyone?? Townsend was clearly available and I'm sure there are more than one player for the positions we could pursue. We had a whole month and god knows how many months before to scout a nd check availability etc. It might have been Rafa's decision. He may have drawn up some targets and some wouldn't drop down leaving Townsend as the only option and they might have been asking for too much or he might not have wanted to come. We know nothing everyone needs to chill out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that fucking shithouse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Everyone knows clubs and agents like to wait right until the last moment to maximise their income. I suspect we had a plan to get Townsend and others at a correct and agreed price. If at 4pm as alleged Palace suddenly asked for more money we were right to tell them to go and fuck themselves, as otherwise the same will happen every window. Show weakness and others will take advantage. Our transfer business in 2016 was excellent, lets see what the situation is like this summer before panicking and pointing the finger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. it could have been Allardyce or Townsends decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Also we have a budget for playing personnel I.e their fees and salaries. Rafa could easily have forgone on transfers for Sels, Gamez and Lazaar, whom he never plays and could have used it instead on central midfielders or another winger. So we can't just absolve him if our team ultimately turns out to be too weak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that fucking shithouse. 'Possibly' rather than clearly though right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that fucking shithouse. 'Possibly' rather than clearly though right? No mate. Clearly. He said yesterday that he expected two through the door. Your constant blind optimism is fucking bewildering given the history of this regime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that fucking shithouse. 'Possibly' rather than clearly though right? no one knows what really happened we must not let ourselves lose our positivity just yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that fucking shithouse. 'Possibly' rather than clearly though right? No mate. Clearly. He said yesterday that he expected two through the door. Your constant blind optimism is fucking bewildering given the history of this regime. He said he was hopeful of two signings. Very different thing and all sorts of things could have happened Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Don't know why I bother getting into this stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that f***ing shithouse. 'Possibly' rather than clearly though right? No mate. Clearly. He said yesterday that he expected two through the door. Your constant blind optimism is f***ing bewildering given the history of this regime. He said he was hopeful of two signings. Very different thing and all sorts of things could have happened He didn't even say that. 'Confident of doing something' was what he said, word-for-word. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that fucking shithouse. 'Possibly' rather than clearly though right? No mate. Clearly. He said yesterday that he expected two through the door. Your constant blind optimism is fucking bewildering given the history of this regime. He said he was hopeful of two signings. Very different thing and all sorts of things could have happened Yeah like the fat cunt scuppered the deals due to trying to save money/play the smartarse. Given the history of NUFC under his reign, in particular around transfer dealings and their 'N'Zogbia/Michael Johnson esque' bullshit it's hardly a stretch to think they've let us down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Townsend was clearly available, yet was on Palace's bench last night and even got some game time. Yup, clearly available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Townsend was clearly available, yet was on Palace's bench last night and even got some game time. Yup, clearly available. I highly doubt we were still in for Townsend yesterday as would have impacted their match preparations. He was just being used by the media to drum up attention More likely we bid for two players, off-radar. You never know, maybe bids were accepted and the players chose to stay put or move to a PL club. Anything might have happened so no point in any of us getting in a negative spiral about things that may not be remotely true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Everyone knows clubs and agents like to wait right until the last moment to maximise their income. I suspect we had a plan to get Townsend and others at a correct and agreed price. If at 4pm as alleged Palace suddenly asked for more money we were right to tell them to go and fuck themselves, as otherwise the same will happen every window. Show weakness and others will take advantage. Our transfer business in 2016 was excellent, lets see what the situation is like this summer before panicking and pointing the finger. Probably exactly how it all was. We didn't really need him that much. I was not arsed about him coming back. He didnt care that much anyways,players like Shelvey stuck around even when Rafa dropped him for weeks and isolated him a little. Shelvey had grounds to fuck off, even the fans were not keen and said he was lazy. All i would have liked is a proper number 10 in this window. But we still have the best players in most positions for this league. Not worried really. Chuck chancel in at defensive midfield like a new signing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rafa was confident about it happening this time yesterday. Clearly wasn't his decision. . Don't get this 'shitting the bed/bed wetting' craic in any way, shape or form. He's clearly been let down by that fat clusterfuck's involvement. He's incapable of leaving well alone that f***ing shithouse. 'Possibly' rather than clearly though right? No mate. Clearly. He said yesterday that he expected two through the door. Your constant blind optimism is f***ing bewildering given the history of this regime. No it's not clearly like. Have to see how this pans out. You might be right, you might be wrong. Our business in the summer will tell us the answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 You're basically the Trump fan of this forum, like. Rafa could walk tomorrow and you'd find a way to defend the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Anyone considered that Allardyce didn't want to lose Townsend? Maybe Palace had a replacement lined up, which is why the deal was looking likely. They missed out on their replacement so became unwilling to sell. Considering everyone else is speculating when in reality nobody knows what happened, thought I'd join in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Exactly. People have no idea what happened yesterday, Rafa hasn't said anything yet but are kicking off anyway. Laughable. Boring as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Can't form any conclusions until I know the facts/Rafa's thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Can't form any conclusions until I know the facts/Rafa's thoughts. Jesus Christ. Someone speaks sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alijmitchell Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I presume there has been no fallout/comments yet? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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