The Transfer Window 2: Electric Boogaloo
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How many 'remaining signings' are we expecting (given that we've made 3 already), and therefore how many will a 'majority' of that remainder be? And when will the minority of the remaining signings be made then .... in the next 3 weeks, if his reporting is to be believed.
Sounds like a non-story to me.
If we sign (say) 5 more and a majority (say 3) are signed in the last 2 weeks of the transfer window ...
We would have signed the majority (5 )of our (total 8) new players in he early part of the window.
And anyway, so what?
As long as the manager gets players he is happy with, in positions he wants, I don't care what day they sign.
They have more money, can offer better prospects and are, you know, 'top clubs'.
We should be competing with the top clubs otherwise they will continue to be a top club and we will be one of the also rans! MP must surely expect us to be competitive, which without some very good additions we are unlikely to be. Maybe I am just one of Big Sams deluded West Ham Fans!
Dont really like the idea of leaving it late,as i judt cant see how this squad is good enough even if pellegrini raised the levels of some of the players currently on the books
I am happy that Pellegrini is willing to give players a chance
But the holes in this squad are clear to see and no one on the books can currently fill those gaps (possibly Rice at DM could work) imo
I'm sure, or at least I'm hoping, that Pellegrini knows what he wants to do within the financial boundaries he knows he has and just maybe we will get what he believes we need.
Like Fredericks and Diop?
But Hernandes, Arnie and Manu perhaps
That leaves us with 3 choices.:
- Buy someone experienced who’s at the latter end of his career and hope he still has some of the magic (Hernandez).
- Buy someone with potential (Lanzini).
- Or buy someone who’s a solid middle of the road performer and hope he’s a hidden gem (Arnie).
For every gamble that pans out, you probably have 2-3 that don’t (Evra, Snodgrass, Ayew to just name a few).
It happened under a very specific set of circumstances, and hardly represents our main transfer policy.
Tbf it was a terrible decision (IMO). When you look at him in the tv studios he looks as though he retired five years ago. Any injuries in that position should have meant us dipping into the development squad for backfill because I fail to see how this would have been worse.
And the owners did also sign Mladen Petric which was another rip roaring success.
And if it were me, I'd be asking Westley and Moyes what I needed to do to start being considered.
Most development squad players are not going to make it into our first team.
#he's coming home
We had a few options to fill in at LWB already in the squad and given how highly rated Neuville is i dont see why he couodnt have played some minutes
If they back the manager and bring in who he wants, and we don't rate them, they are a disgrace.
It's not looking too good for them, is it?
If we play them when they aren't ready => critics will say it's bad because it's damaging their confidence by throwing them in when they aren't ready. And the board are cheapskates/don't back the manager with funds for new transfers.
If we don't play them, critics will say =>damaging their confidence by not showing they are trusted.
Either way, there's plenty of ammunition for critics.
I'd be interested to hear from those people who have previously argued for a transfer policy which involves buying cover when someone picks up a longer-term injury. (I know there must be some, because I've argued against them in the past.)
Clearly he was referring to the upcoming (January) transfer window. And it was a statement of intent. What actually happened in the window?
Evra was an emergency signing after the transfer window was closed. We needed someone quickly, not attached to a club, and who would sign on a short-term deal. Personally, I think that's fair enough. I also think it's self-serving to take that one quote, and only that one quote, and out of context, and ignoring all other circumstances.
I also think that the quote is a good example of why Sully should not give interviews. Like all of us, what you say isn't always a fully formulated manifesto, with caveats and clarifications built in. But the quote gets taken as gospel, without any opportunity for him to say 'what I mean is...' (which is what everybody else is able to do) and then if there is any perceived deviation from it he gets accused of being a liar.
cuz, I think if you look at the transfers in recent years you will see that the policy has been to sign younger players on longer contracts, while older players have been short-term deals.
Plus, any transfer policy that is so set in stone that you can't adapt to changing circumstances is a recipe for disaster. (imo)