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topper

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Might aswell be asking for a skip full of rocking horse shit.

BigChiv on coys: Not ITK on the level of some members but my friend who works at the training ground said to me that there is no rumours there of the first team changing, other than Carrolls exit.
Can't wait to tune in to Jim White's transfer window deadline day wankfest on Sky Sports with some hapless Sky reporter standing outside our training ground all day where the only 'ins and outs' being the tumbleweed rolling past!
 

TorontoYid

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What is it with you and tired old jokes today?
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I'm not joking. Usually we have a transfer long saga about Levy desperately trying to sign some top player and everyone gets excited till on deadline day it falls apart because of the money and installments. This time we have rumors of Isco but that's all.
 

fatpiranha

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Might as well be asking for a skip full of rocking horse shit.

Might as well be asking for a skip full of rocking horse shit.

This is fun! :woot:

It's actually quite nice to be heading into the last day of the transfer window without any dreams, hopes or expectations that will inevitably be crushed leaving us with only an overwhelming sense of disappointment and a flaccid member :shifty:.
 

tez1503

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Just read a blog (I know, I know!) regarding Victor Fernandez (an associate of Jorge Mendes) talking about Man Utd's interest in Dele and a supposed £100m offer in the summer.

While I know this is probably all bullshit, it got me thinking about Levy's mandate to not do any business with Mendes in the future?(Update 4)

We know Mendes and Jose have links...tapping up??
 

codspur

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Can't wait to tune in to Jim White's transfer window deadline day wankfest on Sky Sports with some hapless Sky reporter standing outside our training ground all day where the only 'ins and outs' being the tumbleweed rolling past!
Sky will do well to keep up their usual over the top enthusiasm when it looks like this windows big story will be Snodgrass. Glad we are aren't upsetting the harmony of the squad this window for the simple reason we don't need to for once.
 

CockOnBall

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The transfer window is closing at 11pm, 31st January. This is about an hour after our game with Sunderland (and 6 other PL games).

What a farce. I will be glad if we're not involved in any last minute activity.
 
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davidmatzdorf

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Not seeing why that is a "farce". The last time I checked, the players and coaches were not needed to sign off on new player contracts.

That's a fans-eye point of view, not a business argument. The transfer window is not run so that fans can get instant updates on transfers.
 

CockOnBall

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Not seeing why that is a "farce". The last time I checked, the players and coaches were not needed to sign off on new player contracts.

That's a fans-eye point of view, not a business argument. The transfer window is not run so that fans can get instant updates on transfers.

So you don't see why players being involved in transfer negotiations during a match day would be viewed as problematic? OK Dave.
 

CockOnBall

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Any players on the verge of being transferred would probably not be a part of the match day.

That forms my point. It won't impact us so much this time as we're unlikely to be involved in any ins or outs, I would suspect, but there's a near full list of games hours before the deadline.

You could argue teams should get their business done earlier but as we all know, that doesn't always happen. So may have a case where several players will be dropping out of games late in the day for negotiations. Or hoping to get a move and having that on their minds. Managers, although rarely involved in financial negotiations, are queried on go, no go decisions etc

By in large, it shifts concentration on a match day and to my knowledge the PL have usually avoided games on this day for that reason.
 

Shadydan

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That forms my point. It won't impact us so much this time as we're unlikely to be involved in any ins or outs, I would suspect, but there's a near full list of games hours before the deadline.

You could argue teams should get their business done earlier but as we all know, that doesn't always happen. So may have a case where several players will be dropping out of games late in the day for negotiations. Or hoping to get a move and having that on their minds. Managers, although rarely involved in financial negotiations, are queried on go, no go decisions etc

By in large, it shifts concentration on a match day and to my knowledge the PL have usually avoided games on this day for that reason.

If they''e negotiating with another club then they're likely to leave so would they play anyway?
 

CockOnBall

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If they''e negotiating with another club then they're likely to leave so would they play anyway?

Deadline day is traditionally more chaotic than other days in the window. You'll have scatter gun bids for players made by clubs desperate to fill gaps in their squads given it's their last opportunity to get someone in. They will have moved from a plan A signing to plan b with very little notice. We used to that ourselves. So I don't think it's always the case players where players are actively involved in negotiations leading up to deadline day.
 
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