The curse of the transfer window

[themanwhofellasleep]

After the poor performance against Boro, a lot of people keep pointing out that the transfer window hasn't closed, that we should be patient and that the players we need (central defender, left-back, striker) will come. And I hope they do.

But it seems to me that everyone pays too much attention to the transfer window, and not enough attention to the fact that the league has already started. Surely the point of the closed season is to get the players in as soon as possible so that everyone can play together in pre-season and when the season actually starts the players are in place and have had time to adjust to their new roles and surroundings?

The transfer window is open until the end of the month to accomodate the fact that leagues across Europe all start at different times, but as far as Spurs (or any other Premiership club) are concerned, surely we should behave as though the transfer window closes in early August and make sure we get the players in before the season actually starts. As it is, we've started the season with our best striker on the bench because we're not sure if he's staying or going, and we're sending out players who aren't up to scratch because we haven't bought their replacements yet.

I appreciate that deals can be hard to tie up and that it's not always possible to get every player signed in time for the new season. I also accept that Spurs will not be the only club in the Premiership to buy players after the season starts. But I think the club must have known for some time that we need a new central defender and striker, so I am quite puzzled as to why we've started the season without them. That the window is open until the end of the month is irrelevant - the season has already started.

When posters have complained about our performance against Boro, people have bleated "Stop worrying! The transfer window is still open!" but that slightly misses the point: The fact is that in terms of players, tactics and teamwork, we need to be ready for the start of the season, not the end of the transfer window.

 

[Teemu]

We should sign Usain Bolt.

No but seriously I agree, it's a bit frustrating that having been linked with all these good players in recent weeks we haven't actually pulled most of them off and are still left with holes in our squad. Not to mention half of our backup players have gone leaving us pretty short in some positions. But we also need to stop acting like by the 31st of August we'll have the best team in the world and everything will be fine because it's not as easy as that and there's a very real possibility we'll have to make do until January with some players that maybe wouldn't have been ideal first choices.

 

[jamesc0le]

maybe ramos played ekotto and dawson to show levy they werent good enough so he would pay the monies for more new players? i should mention this in some different threads just as you are bleating on your more or less same views over different threads.. zzz

 

[Khilari]

yes theoretically we should have things sorted by the 1st match but the fact is money talks and if someone puts in an acceptable offer for one of our players (who wants to leave, say) after a club imposed deadline - they'll take the money and try to sign someone else.