Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[AVH87]

I'd say if we don't have a new striker in by the Watford home game we may as well just pack up and go home.

I'd say by the Brighton game, need a reaction and a result after today

[aj2k77]

Buying players from relegated Spanish teams, nearly relegated French and Turkish teams, the Belgian midtable. Trying to be too clever by far. Playing around and we've been caught out. When Man City got serious owners in, within a couple of days they signed Robinho, they meant business. We've signed over priced shit from European bit part teams.

[SoccerHQ]

Buying players from relegated Spanish teams, nearly relegated French and Turkish teams, the Belgian midtable. Trying to be too clever by far. Playing around and we've been caught out. When Man City got serious owners in, within a couple of days they signed Robinho, they meant business. We've signed over priced shit from European bit part teams.

You don't even have to compare us to Man. City.

Three years ago Wolves were managed by Paul Lambert and their best striker was Andi Weimann.

[Villan82]

When Man City got serious owners in, within a couple of days they signed Robinho, they meant business.

This is the bit that is sticking in my craw. Why did Chelsea and Man City 'do it' with new mega rich owners whereas we are here at the arse end of the table debating if our best player will hang around if we stay up?

[PeterWithesShin]

Probably because neither were in division 2 at the time or had to deal with FFP.

[AVH87]

Yeah FFP plays a huge part, we may have signed a much higher caliber player without it, we'll never know. But we can't afford to go and spend another say, £50m now, and couldn't in the summer either. Losses over a rolling 3-year period will continue to be monitored regardless of league.

[cdbearsfan]

Lads... we are going down. Embrace it. I was much happier once I'd accepted that in 2015. In about September, as I recall. We won't sign anyone any good and we will be shit.

We will go straight back up. COYVB.

[aj2k77]

Probably because neither were in division 2 at the time or had to deal with FFP.

We weren't in Division 2 this summer.

[pauliewalnuts]

Buying players from relegated Spanish teams, nearly relegated French and Turkish teams, the Belgian midtable. Trying to be too clever by far. Playing around and we've been caught out. When Man City got serious owners in, within a couple of days they signed Robinho, they meant business. We've signed over priced shit from European bit part teams.

Man City also have mega rich owners who have gone out of their way to build an enormous football organisation with multiple clubs around the world.

They had endless amounts of money but also massive business savvy.

[AVH87]

Probably because neither were in division 2 at the time or had to deal with FFP.

We weren't in Division 2 this summer.

Neither of the other two promoted teams spent close to the amount we did. If we spent it badly or too much on players with potential, that's Suso's fault, but the owners backed us.

[PeterWithesShin]

Probably because neither were in division 2 at the time or had to deal with FFP.

We weren't in Division 2 this summer.

We were when they took over. Someone said about Man City signing Robinho within days of taking over.

And because we were in division 2 and the squad we had down there it meant we had to sign a load of players, so even if they wanted to, because of FFP it meant we couldn't sign a 'marquee' player for stupid money.

They've spent the thick end of quarter of a billion in 18 months saving this club from fuck knows what future we were facing before they arrived, and yet people call them shit owners. It's ridiculous.

[hilts_coolerking]

They've spent the thick end of quarter of a billion in 18 months saving this club from fuck knows what future we were facing before they arrived, and yet people call them shit owners. It's ridiculous.

They've spent a lot of money, that's undeniable.  What they've got to show for it is another question.

[PeterWithesShin]

They've spent the thick end of quarter of a billion in 18 months saving this club from fuck knows what future we were facing before they arrived, and yet people call them shit owners. It's ridiculous.

They've spent a lot of money, that's undeniable.  What they've got to show for it is another question.

Which doesn't make them shit owners.

[Villan82]

Nobody is calling them shit owners - compared to Lerner they are the very, very best owners.

I was more lamenting our luck that even mega rich owners wasn't a magic wand solution for us the way it was for the other two examples.

[hilts_coolerking]

They've spent the thick end of quarter of a billion in 18 months saving this club from fuck knows what future we were facing before they arrived, and yet people call them shit owners. It's ridiculous.

They've spent a lot of money, that's undeniable.  What they've got to show for it is another question.

Which doesn't make them shit owners.

No it certainly doesn't.  They'll be judged on where we are when they leave.