The January Transfer Window

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  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    So the fact we have got rid of Haller now renders what he said in December pretty redundant ImO
  • LukerzLukerz
    Being reported Issa Diop is "available for loan".
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Moyes said he didn't intend to make any major signings and so far he hasn't, he didn't say anything about players leaving.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Lukerz said:

    Being reported Issa Diop is "available for loan".

    Yeah, saw this too. I mean, we have Dawgbonna starting, with Cresswell at LCB if we go for a three and Balbuena and, presumably, Alves, as back-ups. Enough to arguably let Diop go, but with Covid so rife at the moment, I'd be reluctant to let anyone else go, and I include the kids in that.

  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Moyes said he didn't intend to make any major signings and so far he hasn't, he didn't say anything about players leaving.

    But it is being suggested that he wouldn’t have been aware of plans to move on Haller in Jan when making the statements he did in December

    So to me that makes his whole statement not particularly relevant to the position we are now in

  • yoyoyoyo
    We need to loan as many as possible to get them off the wage bill.......and free up pay for the two new board members!
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2021
    baracks_a_hammer said:

    So the fact we have got rid of Haller now renders what he said in December pretty redundant ImO

    Yep, no additions to the squad we had in December could arguably have been justified as Haller had scored a few and Snodgrass was likely to be a CM alternative (although personally I would still liked to have seen some reinforcements brought in).

    Fast forward three weeks and we're two first team squad players down and still stating we may not be active, which, in my opinion at least, is just not acceptable.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Reality is, our subs bench consists of Noble, Lanzini, Yarmolenko and a bunch of defenders and keepers. That's not enough to last us until the summer if we have any ambition of maintaining current standards.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    If you say it is a “quiet window” it implies no real movement either way

    However you cannot IMO call it such if you move on your club record signing (at a 50% loss)!!
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    GSB OUT :)
  • yoyoyoyo
    It will be outrageous luck if we go the second half of the season without any major players suffering injuries
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Lukerz said:

    Being reported Issa Diop is "available for loan".

    So Sully does read this site then?? 😂😂
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Lukerz said:

    Reality is, our subs bench consists of Noble, Lanzini, Yarmolenko and a bunch of defenders and keepers. That's not enough to last us until the summer if we have any ambition of maintaining current standards.

    And this is key. We brought in Bowen and Soucek last January because relegation was a real threat. This time round we're in no danger of going down which is why we're seeing very little business, IMO.

    Remember when Sullivan went on TalkSport earlier in the season complaining that the League Cup game in Everton cost him £50k? Imagine what a run in the Europa League would cost him. I'm afraid to say that such is my opinion of Sullivan, I genuinely believe he would rather not qualify for Europe, hence his reluctance to spend out on the players this month that could potentially get us there.

  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    It’s almost two weeks since we sold Haller and not replaced. We’ve saved almost £250k already in so doing. That’s almost the fee we got for Byram!
  • SlackerSlacker
    I shall only believe we’ve got a new striker when I see some bloke that I’ve never heard of holding up a West Ham shirt with a name I can’t pronounce on it.Because that’ll mean that the others that I’ve never heard of were “ bullets dodged “ and “ we got our man in the end”.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    OCS, it's as if Mr Sullivan just likes the kudos of being a Premier League club owner but has no aspirations of them achieving anything as that would cost money?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2021
    Fortuneseeker said:

    OCS, it's as if Mr Sullivan just likes the kudos of being a Premier League club owner but has no aspirations of them achieving anything as that would cost money?

    Kudos, and the profit the sale of the club will eventually bring. All he's ever been interested in, IMO.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    edited January 2021
    I don’t mind one bit of he makes a killing on the sale of the club if it means we see the back of him and his stooges for good.

    His legacy will only ever be selling the ground in exchange for empty promises
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    baracks, I would rather he sold the club as one that is competing in a European competition & no I don’t mean the EPL.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Moyes clearly has a long-term plan but I don't think qualifying for Europe in his first full season in charge was part of the plan. If we did qualify we wouldn't have the squad depth to cope with the extra matches and our Premier League results might suffer as a consequence.

    After the debacle of last season I'm happy enough to be comfortably mid table, getting good results and with a promising future.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    ASLEF, you are probably right but when we do qualify as part of DM's master plan if GSB are still in charge will we have the strength in depth to properly compete? Although been here before, got the t shirt etc, don't want this to be another false dawn so would take the opportunity to have a go in the new European competition if we were to qualify as it would be progress.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    We don’t have a promising future IMO with these owners - certainly not one to compensate for losing our ground.

    You only need to look at what they gave Birmingham to know that.

  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Moyes clearly has a long-term plan but I don't think qualifying for Europe in his first full season in charge was part of the plan. If we did qualify we wouldn't have the squad depth to cope with the extra matches and our Premier League results might suffer as a consequence.

    But then that's kind of the point. If we do qualify for the Europa League, then get the depth squad needed to compete.

    Because there's no guarantee that we'll be in this position in future seasons. Other teams may strengthen more than us and we may not have this kind of opportunity for years. Just seems daft to me to not try to be successful when the opportunity presents itself, and with Chelsea and Wolves struggling more than most expected, and with us performing better than everyone expected, we have a genuine chance to get European football. Which is kind of the whole point, isn't it?
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    So is our plan to finish as high up as we can to not qualify for Europe just in case he doesn’t sign anybody to replace those he’s let go
  • alderzalderz
    Cuz1 said:

    So is our plan to finish as high up as we can to not qualify for Europe just in case he doesn’t sign anybody to replace those he’s let go

    When you say “he”, who do you mean?
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Whoever it is who makes the decisions on players who leave I’ve not heard moyes come out and say I tried to stop haller diangana snodgrass or Anderson on loan or is he just keeping stum
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    edited January 2021
    Cuz He’s mentioned all of them at some point as to how and why they left. You’ve even commented on the Snodgrass posts.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    I’m not against them leaving if that’s his decision but to not have anyone to replace his poor judgement imo
  • alderzalderz
    My view is that he wouldn’t be the one doing the deals, and if he openly slags off his bosses decision making then he’d probably find himself out the door too. I think the blame for the thin squad lays with the owners, not the manager.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Well unlike moyes then, I wouldn’t work with a company that was undermining me
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