Sho Time Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Bare minimum. Mike's a shitehawk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 In isolation a decent window but on the back of complete mismanagement over the past 3 transfer windows in retrospect, too little, too late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 WHERES THE POLL HAYDN http://i.imgur.com/uya6w3U.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 6/10 considering the expectations. show's how low our exceptions are now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Rondon gets injured and we’re struggling to fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Rondon gets injured and we’re struggling to fuck. 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 So they shipped out a few fringe players, reducing the squad size (and possibly reducing the wage bill) and brought in 2 players. A lot of hope is riding on Almiron being a success and adapting straight away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Can't really rate it until we see how good Almiron and Barreca are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Rondon gets injured and we’re struggling to fuck. Would say hopefully Muto gets back asap but starting him up front would make us have to change the way we play completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 6/10 considering the expectations. show's how low our exceptions are now I didn't expect that come February Michael Owen isn't our record signing anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Rondon gets injured and we’re struggling to fuck. Would say hopefully Muto gets back asap but starting him up front would make us have to change the way we play completely. Final is on Friday so he’ll be back game after Spurs but aye. Guess Perez could toil up there but it’d be a huge change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Rondon gets injured and we’re struggling to fuck. Would say hopefully Muto gets back asap but starting him up front would make us have to change the way we play completely. Final is on Friday so he’ll be back game after Spurs but aye. Guess Perez could toil up there but it’d be a huge change. Yeah, especially against the bigger sides. Thankfully after Spurs we don't play any of them until Arsenal (a) in April. Against the smaller sides though, I hope he can do a similar job to what Gayle did at the back end of last season, should him starting come to pass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Can't really rate it until we see how good Almiron and Barreca are So these questions are utterly pointless anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 It's just nice to sign a fairly young fresh talent. We could have spent the same on a mediocre player who has premier league experience but at least it is exciting. He looks exciting. We will se but at least we have him to watch so some excitement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Rating one window is pretty pointless, especially a January one. Almiron looks a good signing, that’s about one signing of the right level in the last decade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I can’t rate the players we’ve brought in because I’ve never seen them play, but I can rate our transfer window and I rate it as the club doing everything in its power to once more maintain this almost zero investment in the team and backing of the manager. Almirón, forget what he cost or his much talked about potential, we are signing someone from the MLS and basically on the final day of the transfer window. Whatever plans and calculations the club considered and took to sign him, they weigh heavily against signing him earlier in the window which had the club done would signal not only a real commitment to inevesting in the team but also a comitment to back the manager. Charnley has already stated Rafa has wanted him for a year or so now and while transfers are never without complications, we are the ones that complicates every deal and every window because of the way the club operates in the transfer market. Which is dictated again not by a commitment to investing in the team and backing the manager or even finances, but a strategy that I guarantee is in place to do the exact opposite of investing and backing the manager which the club will only ever do on the cheap if the opportunity crops up or is demanded due to the threat of relegation or fan unrest or to appease the manager to string him along to sign on for another round of their bullshit. Don’t be fooled by the signing of Almirón, it doesn’t signal investment, backing or a change in policy. It just further highlights the reality. 16m or whatever few quid extra he will end up costing us is nothing, it’s might seem extravagant and big money, but that’s only because it is for us. It’s small change to many of our rivals and no big deal. The facts speak for themselves, signed 31 days into the transfer window, from the MLS and for a fee that again is massive for us, is small change in reality. He should have been signed much earlier in this window and indeed even before if the club truly were committed to investing in the team and backing the manager. He’s not been bought for any other reason than to appease the manager and fans, curry favour with certain sections of the media who have been asking questions about the lack of money spent, but ultimately because if he turns out any good the club can sell him on for a profit. And if not, well, they can always use his signing against the manager to condemn him for bringing in a dud or failing to develop the player and therefore why he and any manager really, can’t be trusted to sign who they want and for the club, risk spending real money (for them) on players that other clubs can take a punt on because they are sovereign states we can’t, won’t and never will try and compete with. You know, in case we go down and be left with players we can’t sell for half of what we paid for them or afford their wages without Premier Legaue money. We don’t want to do a Leeds now... Back to improving the squad and investing in it... we’ve let more players go than we’ve brought in and players we have brought in we might have to wait until next season or towards the very end of this season to see any benefits. Almirón won’t be available at all for Saturday for example. The irony is by not gambling more on players because the club don’t consider there to be anything to gain between finishing 17th or any higher which includes cups and the Europa League, they are gambling on losing far more than they would gain if they go down which is guaranteed to happen at some point without proper investment and backing the manager. Mind, perhaps that’s the gamble the club considers worth the risk, which to be fair when 53k still turn up for home games and promotion follows relegation funded by sales and parachute payments maybe that’s the real pay off. It’s paid off big time twice upto now for the owner. The gamble for fans is whether to keep going or not, either way there will be no pay off as long as Ashley is the owner, whether Rafa stays or not, signing players like Almirón or not. The only pay off is his. Nothing will change, there will never be proper investment in the team or backing of the manager, whoever he may be and that’s because 17th guarantees riches and so does relegation which I think the owner is more than willing to risk knowing if there is no promotion and the TV money dries up, 53k will pay for fielding a team to give false hope of trying to compete. And if he does have to put some of his own money in, he’ll get it back eventually, he’s already made his money back what he laid for the club. Stop going, now and don’t go back until he’s fucked off because nothing will change, there is no future, history will repeat itself and for NUFC the last decade will be more or less the next decade. Don’t enable it, don’t support it, don’t tolerate it and accept it just because we sign a left back on loan and some kid from the MLS or Rafa sticks around, he’d be a mug if he did and as stupid as all those that renew. We should all know better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Was torn between the 5-6 and 3-4 but picked the latter. As normal speaks volumes all our efforts were dedicated to shipping a multitude of players out rather than improving the team. 3-4 seems harsh given they spent a lot of Almiron but they have had in Charnleys words over a years worth of interest and time to get this over the line and they still pushed to the end of the window and waited out for a few extra saved pounds (if we didn't just cave) at the expense of him playing against Spurs this weekend. I will give them an out on midfield as the emergence of Longstaff, Hayden returning to form and Ki, Diame and Shelvey imminently returning we look good enough until season end.. still bare minimum and at the expense of not just one employees faith but two with Rafa and Hayden. The LB we got was far from the first option and ultimately we end up two wingers lighter and replacing an outgoing LB. Albeit shit ones. It is all bare minimum as usual and won't be enough to keep Rafa sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 3 just cause of Almiron Didn't do enough and waited too long as usual Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest covmag Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 We got one more than my prediction. Sure enough we got the LB on loan i said thats all we'd get, Almiron is a bonus but needed. Been a good week, personally the MC result was the biggest plus, these are just signing that should have been done in the summer.All a bit meh, Ashley is still a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 As people have said, bare minimum done to get Rafa to even enter discussions about a new deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Cynical and calculated attempt to placate Rafa with one signing of significance. One more signing would have at least made you wonder, one less would have looked stingy. They hit the sweet spot with two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Both players are fairly young and lack Premiership experience, so it's impossible to tell how long they'll take to find their feet, if they manage it at all. However, left back is a problem area, and Almiron is likely to be an improvement on our current options, so overall I'm not too disappointed. The big fingers-crossed situation is whether Rondon stays fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I voted average...coz i didn´t expect anything. They did address our most important issue - signing a pacey and skillfull no. 10. January can be a difficult window. But the real challenge for the summer is to resign Rafa sign 4-5 quality players and ship a lot of our deadwood and want aways like: Elliot Hayden Joselu Ritchie Kenedy (Atsu- annoys me that there is no end product) Manquillo Diame (Shelvey) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peder Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Totaly mediocre Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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