Exactly, and to get their own way they have to pay someone £500k per week in wages or buy back an academy player for £89m.
It's a horrible market to be involved in.
*have"Is it better to have loved and lost than to of never loved at all"
Don't worry, we all come to wrong assumptions sometimes (not saying you are certainly incorrect)My last post got a disagree from Herc. Nice to see my bullshit opinions have some use.
"Re; JJ's post on Malcom.
My guess is that we thought we'd be able to get Malcom this window but his club are in serious relegation trouble and need him until the end of the season."
I don't need to know who the players are, I simply like to know that we are trying to make signings and if Herc, Trix, JJ etc are feeling positive about the chances of doing a deal and that the player(s) is of a good caliber then that's enough for me.
We all know it's the hope that kills you so in many ways it's better not to get hung up on the possibility of a specific player and instead just appreciate what you're being told and see what happens.
Who’s this about?Difficult not to get pessimistic when you see your rivals signing a big team in Europe's best player (albeit because he's being an arse, and they've just lost their own best player) and things seemingly are tougher than ever for us.
Assume he is talking about PEA to Arse rumours and Sanchez leaving?Who’s this about?
Not sure I agree with that mate, 'moving the goalposts' to me is about the financials.
Thanks for sharing the information share lads. Disappointing we couldnt get the deal over the line. Does feel a bit like Deja vu, but I’m sure we have other targets we are working on.
Biggest shame is that we really need reinforcements as our rivals are spending big money to upgrade their squads.
Probably quite late in the day for us to be looking at other targets who can make an impact this season. I'd now be even more surprised than before if we signed anyone in this window.
The fact that this happens to us so much suggests that we're not being hugely realistic about our targets at times. I'm not expecting us to compete with the moneyed clubs above us, but let's at least be sensible on who we're targeting so that we don't spend ages going after people we ultimately can't afford.
As you say, our rivals are largely all strengthening. I'm not sure it bodes desperately well for us but we shall see.
herc did say fingers in lots of pies and malcolm wasnt he big name target thoughProbably quite late in the day for us to be looking at other targets who can make an impact this season. I'd now be even more surprised than before if we signed anyone in this window.
The fact that this happens to us so much suggests that we're not being hugely realistic about our targets at times. I'm not expecting us to compete with the moneyed clubs above us, but let's at least be sensible on who we're targeting so that we don't spend ages going after people we ultimately can't afford.
As you say, our rivals are largely all strengthening. I'm not sure it bodes desperately well for us but we shall see.
The fact that this happens to us so much suggests that we're not being hugely realistic about our targets at times