Rich Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Decent stuff on finances on this thread from the man formerly known as Happy Face. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 has happy face gone like? just realised not seen him about for ages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Most of the talk in here seems to revolve around we can't buy before we sell, and based on this, offering financial advice about how we could... blah, blah, blah. How many seasons have we had now where we've all been waiting until the last minute to sign players? It just never happens. It's not being pessimistic when we have plenty of evidence to back it up. Nothing's changed, other than we have a world class manager. Nothing's changed? You mention the presence of a world class manager (who has forgotten more than most will ever know about professional football off as well as in the pitch) we can add to this changes in his realm of responsibility and the degree of hands-on involvement (supposedly) from Ashley. So I think there have been some significant positive changes. On the negative side, the transfer market has also changed; the prices quoted (if accurate) seem mental. We might fall at the last hurdle even if we are serious about some 11th hour offers. I'd be just as gutted if we let what looks like a decent run of games at the start of the season go to waste with a wait and see/'there's always January' mentality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
louistoon Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 When you include the Gibson and Thauvin deals our net spend is something like £12 million. We need to sign three more players It's been a mental market, and we do have a massive squad so i have sympathy there, but we need to buy more players. If the issue is simply the risk in spending £14 million on Perez due to his pedigree, then I would be ok with that. We don't need more expensive wastemen in the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 It's been slow going, and obviously the budget is lower than anyone thought. But despite that, Rafa has found some players he is happy with. Hopefully that will just continue and we'll end up with another three in the same mold. Assuming we're not going to suddenly decide to splash the cash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Whatup with all this Lucas Perez, he hasn't done shit in PL now has he. We need to get a loan deal for Michy or Remy or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Whatup with all this Lucas Perez, he hasn't done shit in PL now has he. We need to get a loan deal for Michy or Remy or whatever. Remy's finished at this level Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Whatup with all this Lucas Perez, he hasn't done s*** in PL now has he. We need to get a loan deal for Michy or Remy or whatever. I think his stats (someone correct me if I'm wrong) for Arsenal were like 7 goals in 9 starts in all comps. Can't see Conte letting Batshuayi go as Costa's off in January and he'll want competition for Morata. Rafa looks at attitudes when signings players; Remy's is absolute garbage, so you can rule that out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Attitude wise he's garbage idd, actually well Remy might be the total garbagepack. But seeing as we're gonna run the counter-attack 24/7 I don't really think it would be that bad - depending on the roleplay he will do in the dressing room. Ah well. Should still go for Michy or Gray or something. Personally from what I saw I don't really see Perez as the solution, but ah well. Rafa does what Rafa wants Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Attitude wise he's garbage idd, actually well Remy might be the total garbagepack. But seeing as we're gonna run the counter-attack 24/7 I don't really think it would be that bad - depending on the roleplay he will do in the dressing room. Ah well. Should still go for Michy or Gray or something. Personally from what I saw I don't really see Perez as the solution, but ah well. Rafa does what Rafa wants Should have got neymar. Missed opportunity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Sake, we still talking about Remy and Batshuayi? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Sake, we still talking about Remy and Batshuayi? [/quot Sake, we still talking about Remy and Batshuayi? One person is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Perez and Perez, the dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Perez the Lord Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I wish someone would sign our absolute crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I wish someone would sign our absolute crap. Maybe if you bigged them up a bit dude... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Surely those wanting out of the championship can see the merit in a lot of our "crap". We got promoted well ahead of 3rd place so you'd think there'd be plenty of offers. It's not like wages and fees can be that bad if they have ambitions. Well our "crap" didn't play in many games so teams won't know if they're good enough to fire a team to promotion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Not sure of the reliability of that article but the way I read it they will only a sanction a deal to a team outside of England. Pointless talking about it really we can't and won't pay for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Surely those wanting out of the championship can see the merit in a lot of our "crap". We got promoted well ahead of 3rd place so you'd think there'd be plenty of offers. It's not like wages and fees can be that bad if they have ambitions. Yeah, this is what I've been saying about people like Hanley. Doesn't apply to Rivière though for example, who is just shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Really wish we'd sign someone who's going to get me and others excited at the thought of going to watch, someone like Vazquez or Correa. Especially the latter, given our need for strikers. Starting to doubt whether we'll get anyone else at all in. f***s sake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Really wish we'd sign someone who's going to get me and others excited at the thought of going to watch, someone like Vazquez or Correa. Especially the latter, given our need for strikers. Starting to doubt whether we'll get anyone else at all in. f***s sake. It's looking doubtful we'll get anyone in for Spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
louistoon Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Surely those wanting out of the championship can see the merit in a lot of our "crap". We got promoted well ahead of 3rd place so you'd think there'd be plenty of offers. It's not like wages and fees can be that bad if they have ambitions. Yeah, this is what I've been saying about people like Hanley. Doesn't apply to Rivière though for example, who is just s***. I can see the end of this transfer window being pretty manic. Hopefully we can get rid of a couple of them then, although it may be too late to get anyone in at that stage. Our wage bill can't be that horrendous, almost all of our premier league waged players have left either last summer or this one. Our wage bill then wasn't exactly out of control by PL standards and the TV money has increased substantially since then. Lejune, Manquillo and Merino can't be on that much. If we got relegated next season with 35 players on the books though i could see that being an issue. Still think we'll sign three more though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Really wish we'd sign someone who's going to get me and others excited at the thought of going to watch, someone like Vazquez or Correa. Especially the latter, given our need for strikers. Starting to doubt whether we'll get anyone else at all in. f***s sake. It's looking doubtful we'll get anyone in for Spurs. Even if we got someone in today I'm not sure Rafa would throw them in for spurs. Need time to bed in and learn the system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Really wish we'd sign someone who's going to get me and others excited at the thought of going to watch, someone like Vazquez or Correa. Especially the latter, given our need for strikers. Starting to doubt whether we'll get anyone else at all in. f***s sake. It's looking doubtful we'll get anyone in for Spurs. Thanks for letting us know, Lee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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