NG32 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Does the window close tonight? "Slams shut" tomorrow night at 11 So we still have plenty of time for 3 or 4 players to come in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Does the window close tonight? "Slams shut" tomorrow night at 11 So we still have plenty of time for 3 or 4 players to come in! If the deals are already agreed in principal, it should just be a case of completing formalities. If we were just waiting for funds/wages to become available we could see some significant movement in the next couple of days. It probably all depends on whether that tight-arsed lawyer of Ashley's sticks his fucking oar in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 The only positive you could possible invent from this situation is that we don't tend to give much away before all of a sudden is on his way to SJP to finalise talks/undergo a medical. How typical though, all of a sudden we are apparently offloading an important player for a large sum of money juuuuust before the window ends. If Rafa is tied to using only the funds brought in by an outgoing deal, then say Gayle is sold at 7pm tomorrow night, it gives us 4 hours to sign/confirm a replacement. It's so bloody obvious what the clubs strategy is, and if we don't get anyone in it is not because we deserve to. You make your own luck in these situations (re we could have probably pouched Jovetic for £15m or so weeks ago if we weren't so ridiculously stubborn & cheap), and right now we are once again suffering from our own inexplicable policies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 The only positive you could possible invent from this situation is that we don't tend to give much away before all of a sudden is on his way to SJP to finalise talks/undergo a medical. How typical though, all of a sudden we are apparently offloading an important player for a large sum of money juuuuust before the window ends. If Rafa is tied to using only the funds brought in by an outgoing deal, then say Gayle is sold at 7pm tomorrow night, it gives us 4 hours to sign/confirm a replacement. It's so bloody obvious what the clubs strategy is, and if we don't get anyone in it is not because we deserve to. You make your own luck in these situations (re we could have probably pouched Jovetic for £15m or so weeks ago if we weren't so ridiculously stubborn & cheap), and right now we are once again suffering from our own inexplicable policies. I'm pretty sure that's not the only way deals are done these days. Rafa has already said that he has identified targets and spoken to players who want to join the club. If we agree a fee in principal with a club and agree wages in principal with the player, once the funds become available it can all move quickly. I doubt we're waiting unless we bank the money before making initial contact with a club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I also can't wait to see "Craigy" outside the training ground all day tomorrow being about as useful as a chocolate teapot. No doubt there will be literally no fucking coverage on what a total failure that fat cunt has been to us once again, and SSN will reflect it as a success if anything because of the profit we made (and we managed to 'hold on' to Dwight Gayle....massive club us still!). If we do stay up, it will be this exact same situation next year. And the year after, etc., etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Craigy is no longer on Mike sucking duties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 The only positive you could possible invent from this situation is that we don't tend to give much away before all of a sudden is on his way to SJP to finalise talks/undergo a medical. How typical though, all of a sudden we are apparently offloading an important player for a large sum of money juuuuust before the window ends. If Rafa is tied to using only the funds brought in by an outgoing deal, then say Gayle is sold at 7pm tomorrow night, it gives us 4 hours to sign/confirm a replacement. It's so bloody obvious what the clubs strategy is, and if we don't get anyone in it is not because we deserve to. You make your own luck in these situations (re we could have probably pouched Jovetic for £15m or so weeks ago if we weren't so ridiculously stubborn & cheap), and right now we are once again suffering from our own inexplicable policies. I'm pretty sure that's not the only way deals are done these days. Rafa has already said that he has identified targets and spoken to players who want to join the club. If we agree a fee in principal with a club and agree wages in principal with the player, once the funds become available it can all move quickly. I doubt we're waiting unless we bank the money before making initial contact with a club. After how long the Lejeune deal took after we had to haggle over a few extra quid, I have literally no faith in us being in any way competent of doing things in an efficient manner. We will most likely find a way to scupper it, and then we'll be told "Rafa, all that cash you didn't get to spend...baby, that's all yours this January". I have no trust in our club to get anything right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Origi would be good. He's not going to get the chances he needs at Liverpool, but he's got good all-round ability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSC26 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I also can't wait to see "Craigy" outside the training ground all day tomorrow being about as useful as a chocolate teapot. No doubt there will be literally no fucking coverage on what a total failure that fat cunt has been to us once again, and SSN will reflect it as a success if anything because of the profit we made (and we managed to 'hold on' to Dwight Gayle....massive club us still!). If we do stay up, it will be this exact same situation next year. And the year after, etc., etc. He hasnt covered us for a few year now. Keith Downie does it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1892er Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 We were never getting Jovetic once Monaco got involved. Best we can hope for now is that something has been in the pipeline the last few weeks and will be completed tomorrow. I'm not holding my breath that it will be anyone worth getting excited about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 We'll let a couple out on loan, sell Gayle, get no one in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 We'll let a couple out on loan, sell Gayle, get no one in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Atsu, Lejeune, Murphy, Manquillo, Merino, Joselu. If that ends up being it then it's absolutely pathetic like. Was so clear last season that we needed real improvement all over the pitch. Net spend of £18m currently as well. Complete joke and I don't know why I expected anything better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Atsu, Lejeune, Murphy, Manquillo, Merino, Joselu. If that ends up being it then it's absolutely pathetic like. Was so clear last season that we needed real improvement all over the pitch. Net spend of £18m currently as well. Complete joke and I don't know why I expected anything better. Agreed. We were desperate for a commanding, experienced GK and an improvement at both LB and Number 10. We got none of them. I'd have lost the Murphy deal for those positions above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papavasiliou Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Atsu, Lejeune, Murphy, Manquillo, Merino, Joselu. If that ends up being it then it's absolutely pathetic like. Was so clear last season that we needed real improvement all over the pitch. Net spend of £18m currently as well. Complete joke and I don't know why I expected anything better. £18mil net spend is a joke when Championship teams are lobbing that around on single players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Still have no idea why we signed Murphy tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Atsu, Lejeune, Murphy, Manquillo, Merino, Joselu. If that ends up being it then it's absolutely pathetic like. Was so clear last season that we needed real improvement all over the pitch. Net spend of £18m currently as well. Complete joke and I don't know why I expected anything better. Selling Gayle and Hanley will put us in profit as well. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Still have no idea why we signed Murphy tbh Nah we needed another winger, Rafa wasn't to know they'd buy fuck all else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Still have no idea why we signed Murphy tbh Resale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Still have no idea why we signed Murphy tbh He's all we could afford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 In the midst of all that's going on, what the fuck is happening with Tim Krul ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 So Colback, Hanley and Lazaar on the way, possibly Gayle. There is no excuse not to sign someone now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 In the midst of all that's going on, what the f*** is happening with Tim Krul ? There's some (likely nonsense) reports floating around about us being interested in Zoet and including Krul in the deal. Tribal Football cites Fox Sports but I can't find anything legitimate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 So Colback, Hanley and Lazaar on the way, possibly Gayle. There is no excuse not to sign someone now. Where is colback going? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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