Fantail Breeze Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 At least we have someone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I know absolutely nothing about him but if he knows the mechanics of carrying out a transfer then he'll come in handy. Crucial that they get this window right and his experience will help. No idea how it'll pan out but we've not got much choice but to gamble and cross our fingers, no point being negative about it, he's just walked through the door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hammond was a joke for Celtic part of the reason it all started to fall apart. Their recruitment was horrendous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpeth mag Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, gdm said: Hammond was a joke for Celtic part of the reason it all started to fall apart. Their recruitment was horrendous Hopefully we have our targets already and Hammond is coming in to get it done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I remember Nick Hammond being a goalkeeper at Swindon, during the late 80's/early 90's! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Assuming the guy is competent at securing a signing, I see this move as - primarily - avoiding the total disaster that may have ensued had there been no one with the solitary focus of making transfers in January. Howe's focus has to be the team and Staveley/Ghodoussi are, by all accounts, totally stretched by everything else on their plate. Therefore parachuting someone in to dedicate themselves to January transfers seems sensible. No, it doesn't scream 'richest club in the world' - it just screams stopgap. Given the context I don't see a big deal in that. Regarding his apparently dubious track record; given the short term nature of his appointment, you wonder if we'd even be going after targets presented by him. I wouldn't be surprised, in this case, that Howe has as much (if not more) to do with identifying targets, and Hammond's just here to get the deals done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 get the bodies through the door get the bodies through the door get the bodies through the door get the bodies through the .... DOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydos Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 If he can shift all of our deadwood to the likes of Celtic and Reading he’ll be worth his weight in gold! Part of a successful January will be finding takers for our garbage. So a “Transfers Out Director” could be ideal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, greydos said: If he can shift all of our deadwood to the likes of Celtic and Reading he’ll be worth his weight in gold! Part of a successful January will be finding takers for our garbage. So a “Transfers Out Director” could be ideal There’s a lot of merit to this - if we want to bring in four or five then we need to shift as many out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Raconteur said: There’s a lot of merit to this - if we want to bring in four or five then we need to shift as many out Is there any limit to how many changes we can make to the registered squad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Assuming the guy is competent at securing a signing, I see this move as - primarily - avoiding the total disaster that may have ensued had there been no one with the solitary focus of making transfers in January. Howe's focus has to be the team and Staveley/Ghodoussi are, by all accounts, totally stretched by everything else on their plate. Therefore parachuting someone in to dedicate themselves to January transfers seems sensible. No, it doesn't scream 'richest club in the world' - it just screams stopgap. Given the context I don't see a big deal in that. Regarding his apparently dubious track record; given the short term nature of his appointment, you wonder if we'd even be going after targets presented by him. I wouldn't be surprised, in this case, that Howe has as much (if not more) to do with identifying targets, and Hammond's just here to get the deals done. Yeah, seems more like he will be working on finalising the deals. We essentially needed someone to come in and do what Charnley previously was responsible for I imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 https://www.reddit.com/r/CelticFC/comments/rgcco9/worst_transfer_window/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Happinesstan said: Is there any limit to how many changes we can make to the registered squad? No idea, would have thought of it was limited then it would have been mentioned at least once in all the coverage of our first post-takeover window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I'd potentially be concerned if he was coming in as a full time DoF, but as temporary consultant, it's fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Raconteur said: No idea, would have thought of it was limited then it would have been mentioned at least once in all the coverage of our first post-takeover window I have a vague memory of something being applicable at some time, but not at all sure what it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Happinesstan said: I have a vague memory of something being applicable at some time, but not at all sure what it was. In FM you can only make three changes to your European squads after the January window, that’s all I can think of…? Edited December 17, 2021 by Raconteur Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Just now, Raconteur said: In FM you can only make three changes to your European squads after the January winter, that’s all I can think of…? Ah, maybe that's what it was. Been so long since the rules of European football had any relevance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 41 minutes ago, ManDoon said: That doesn’t sound too promising. Before people jump down my throat this is just an observation. Football is full of fast talking blaggers who can convince non football people that they are experts in a given area. It’s mind blowing some of the people who work in it. I’m very much hoping this guy is not one of them If he is indeed mates with Pardew then there is something suspect about him for sure but it’s only short term. How bad can he be??! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMark Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Honestly, it’s another one of those ‘idiots with KSA flags on their Twitter handle are in for a rude awakening’ moments for me This isn’t a Man City / PSG style takeover - it’s been whipped up by the press and Staveley, despite the fact that she seemingly can’t shite without ringing up a reporter, isn’t in a hurry to correct them They’ll need all the help they can get to be fair, as the incompetence of the KSA govt (who are obviously the owners) will quickly become apparent. And brown noses in the press will talk about ‘process’, as if decisions are made in KSA involving detailed discussion and thought-provoking arguments before a consensus is reached. Incompetence masquerading as due diligence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 He's not even a real hamster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, LV said: If he is indeed mates with Pardew then there is something suspect about him for sure but it’s only short term. How bad can he be??! He’s in the strychnine family of poisons. There is no safe amount of Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 minute ago, DJ_NUFC said: He’s in the strychnine family of poisons. There is no safe amount of Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 They could do worse than getting Keegan involved in persuading some potentially out of reach players to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Nobody wants to grab the shitty end of the stick that is nufc! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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