Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[Monty]

If there was even a chance that we could've got Giroud then going for Drinkwater is near-criminal.

[sid1964]

So it looks as though it wont be worth watching SKY Sports news tonight, I may switch it on at 11pm to see who has left - although since Natalie left - transfer deadline day is just not the same!

[LeeB]

Any signing made with just the remainder of the season in mind will be a mistake in my opinion, unless it is a loan.  On that basis I hope we do not do any business unless it is a Bowen-esquire signing or a decent loan deal.

Sturridge, even Samatta, are just eating up crucial wages for the next three years.

We're in a scrap for survival. So we've no choice but to think primarily about the rest of the season right now.

Purchasing players solely based on future potential is one of the reasons we find ourselves in this situation to begin with.

Sorry, I'm talking about the wider picture of being a newly promoted club that has spent a few years in the wilderness.

Fair enough Lee, I was talking more with a focus on the summer business tbh

No worries pal.

[OCD]

If there was even a chance that we could've got Giroud then going for Drinkwater is near-criminal.

Even if Giroud doesn't join Inter today at the start of the window it would have looked like a done deal. It's only in hindsight that it doesn't look good. It sounds like he would have been pretty dismissive of us anyway.

[Hookeysmith]

If there was even a chance that we could've got Giroud then going for Drinkwater is near-criminal.

I don't think there was ever a chance - he clearly like the London lifestyle or back to Europe - you cannot buy someone who does not want to come and that goes for everyone.

If it is thought that the club is motivated by  "I know lets not get anyone but pretend we are and save some money" then that is mental

Man U have just spunked £58mil on a player ive never heard of - they have a huge history of wasting money on show ponies without any come back on FFP

We do not have that luxury and I am happy that we would not be held to ransom on players who don't want to come here

[Ads]

Inter back in for Giroud.

[Clark W Griswold]

John Percy reports we will not be signing anyone and we are happy with business

Where did he say that, there’s nothing on his twitter account?

On his telegraph twitter feed, I thought the same as you

I can find nothing of the sort on there. Do you have a link?

[Marlon From Bearwood]

John Percy reports we will not be signing anyone and we are happy with business

Where did he say that, there’s nothing on his twitter account?

On his telegraph twitter feed, I thought the same as you

I can find nothing of the sort on there. Do you have a link?

I saw it too. He said it.

[frank black]

https://twitter.com/TeleFootball/status/1223193295595110400?s=19

Found it (I always fact check 😉)

[Marlon From Bearwood]

So, our only two strikers, who are tasked with scoring the goals to keep us in the PL, have started a total of zero PL games between them?

I’m sorry but what the fuck is going on?

[Des Little]

If we don't get a striker with Prem experience, I will be very sad. There, I've said it.

[LeeB]

So, our only two strikers, who are tasked with scoring the goals to keep us in the PL, have started a total of zero PL games between them?

I’m sorry but what the fuck is going on?

We pulled out on the deal for Messi, because that would've meant three strikers without Premier League experience.

He'd already been looking at houses in Lichfield as well.

[Tony Boucher]

We are definitely not in the running for Giroud, unfortunately

[LeeB]

I don't care anyway, our form was quite good with no strikers. We've done our lack of form for the season, we're fucking nails now and we're going to charge up that table.

[Small Rodent]

I don't care anyway, our form was quite good with no strikers. We've done our lack of form for the season, we're fucking nails now and we're going to charge up that table.

It certainly can be done, but it's a gamble.