Guest Mickyblueeyes Posted 16 January Posted 16 January (edited) Piroe has been out of the Leeds side as a regular since at least the start of November. We’ve needed a striker since June. Any “exploring” should’ve happened in December. The reality is, we are fed this rubbish every single window. Anyone remember Tanner’s tweet on deadline day in the summer “the club are trying for more” post signing James and Ramsey. Who were they trying for ? When ? Where are they now ? A badly run club is one that tries to do multiple deals or needs multiple deals to go through on the final day. Pearson use to say it. Every.single.season. You do it early and in the last week, you only act if a really good deal comes available. Edited 17 January by Mickyblueeyes
MPH Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 8 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said: A badly run club is one that tries to do multiple deals or needs multiple deals to go through on the final day. Pearson use to say it. Every.single.season. You do it early and on in the last week, you only act if a really good deal comes available. this isn’t necessarily true. there’s no point getting players in if they don’t deem them to be better than what we already have. If someone then becomes available last couple of days who is within our budget and is an upgrade then absolutely we should go for it? why would they suddenly become available last couple of days? Well, quite frankly, they may have been holding out for a better move. That’s more common than we realize.. also, the selling club may have been trying to get someone in before letting them go- few clubs want holes in their squad. there’s so many variables that go into acquiring players and we are not an attractive option for some players right now..
ronnup Posted 16 January Posted 16 January Piroe would be great business and a perfect fit Womder where he's going to end up 1 1
CarolinaFox Posted 16 January Posted 16 January He's being link heavily with Celtic. I'd imagine he would go there unless they can't match his wages. Think he would be a great addition for us if we could manage it.
UniFox21 Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 1 hour ago, lcfc sheff said: No good signing a striker if we don’t create chances for them. Whilst you're right, you need a striker that's going to aid in chance creation or put them away when they're made. We have Ayew and Daka who do very little of either 1
Guest Mickyblueeyes Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 1 hour ago, MPH said: this isn’t necessarily true. there’s no point getting players in if they don’t deem them to be better than what we already have. If someone then becomes available last couple of days who is within our budget and is an upgrade then absolutely we should go for it? why would they suddenly become available last couple of days? Well, quite frankly, they may have been holding out for a better move. That’s more common than we realize.. also, the selling club may have been trying to get someone in before letting them go- few clubs want holes in their squad. there’s so many variables that go into acquiring players and we are not an attractive option for some players right now.. But multiple transfer windows where business NEEDS to be done on the last is an example of a badly run club. For a reason you’ve given (we are not an attractive option) but for other reasons too. We are club desperate (and I truly that is the right word) in multiple positions. Left back, right back and striker. It’s a good to have, it’s a must. It was a must last season in January and the summer. We are working under such constraints and poor planning that we are getting stumped with the panic buy - Edouard, Skipp for the price we paid, Carranza etc. we are not going for the one who improves the side or good value. We are ending up with the over priced, panic buy, no one wants. And while we might get the odd late deal like Bilal one panic/poor buy a window cripples us further. We are not working under “normal” circumstances
Popular Post JimJams Posted 16 January Popular Post Posted 16 January Cool. He doesn't want to go. They don't want to loan him out. Nobody is talking. This ones got legs. 7
Spiritwalker Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 9 minutes ago, JimJams said: Cool. He doesn't want to go. They don't want to loan him out. Nobody is talking. This ones got legs. Yeah it’s about as close as we’ve come to signing someone.
Popular Post ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 16 January Popular Post Posted 16 January 33 minutes ago, JimJams said: Cool. He doesn't want to go. They don't want to loan him out. Nobody is talking. This ones got legs. Unlike Michael Antonio 2 4
slymunn Posted 16 January Posted 16 January (edited) 4 hours ago, Mickyblueeyes said: Piroe has been out of the Leeds side as a regular since at least the start of November. We’ve needed a striker since June. Any “exploring” should’ve happened in December. The reality is, we are fed this rubbish every single window. Anyone remember Tanner’s tweet on deadline day in the summer “the club are trying for more” post signing James and Ramsey. Who were they trying for ? When ? Where are they now ? A badly run club is one that tries to do multiple deals or needs multiple deals to go through on the final day. Pearson use to say it. Every.single.season. You do it early and on in the last week, you only act if a really good deal comes available. He hasn't started in the league since August, and not played more than 20 minutes in a match since. Edited 16 January by slymunn 20, not 2!
StanSP Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 39 minutes ago, slymunn said: He hasn't started in the league since August, and not played more than 2 minutes in a match since. Not sure which stats you're looking at but he's played more than 2 mins in a match since Aug. He's has lots of sub appearances, granted it's not a lot of mins each time, but it's more than 2!
Ric Flair Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 3 hours ago, MPH said: this isn’t necessarily true. there’s no point getting players in if they don’t deem them to be better than what we already have. If someone then becomes available last couple of days who is within our budget and is an upgrade then absolutely we should go for it? why would they suddenly become available last couple of days? Well, quite frankly, they may have been holding out for a better move. That’s more common than we realize.. also, the selling club may have been trying to get someone in before letting them go- few clubs want holes in their squad. there’s so many variables that go into acquiring players and we are not an attractive option for some players right now.. Looking at some of the signings Championship clubs are making this last week i'm not so sure that's true. We just don't do things efficiently. Earthy, Cashin, Hoever all should have been realistic loan targets for us. 1
GLC Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 22 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Looking at some of the signings Championship clubs are making this last week i'm not so sure that's true. We just don't do things efficiently. Earthy, Cashin, Hoever all should have been realistic loan targets for us. We should have also been all over the Harry Amass deal 1
slymunn Posted 16 January Posted 16 January 43 minutes ago, StanSP said: Not sure which stats you're looking at but he's played more than 2 mins in a match since Aug. He's has lots of sub appearances, granted it's not a lot of mins each time, but it's more than 2! It should be 20, not 2 😅 1
MPH Posted 17 January Posted 17 January 3 hours ago, Ric Flair said: Looking at some of the signings Championship clubs are making this last week i'm not so sure that's true. We just don't do things efficiently. Earthy, Cashin, Hoever all should have been realistic loan targets for us. They probably were as far as we were concerned , but not for the players..
Ric Flair Posted 17 January Posted 17 January 5 hours ago, MPH said: They probably were as far as we were concerned , but not for the players.. Blackburn Rovers are not much of a better prospect than us, if you want to compare owners then the Venky's make Top look like some sort of footballing pioneer.
Pliskin Posted 17 January Posted 17 January 10 hours ago, Ric Flair said: Looking at some of the signings Championship clubs are making this last week i'm not so sure that's true. We just don't do things efficiently. Earthy, Cashin, Hoever all should have been realistic loan targets for us. Instead we gave a trial to a bloke who was in a near fatal car crash a year ago. If that doesn’t scream Top and Rudkins Leicester City in now what does. 1
kingpowerout Posted 17 January Posted 17 January Not sure on the validity of the source but nice to have a new name to get excited about to only get disappointed when he joins a rival 3
PhillippaT Posted 17 January Posted 17 January 14 hours ago, JimJams said: Cool. He doesn't want to go. They don't want to loan him out. Nobody is talking. This ones got legs. Is it sponsored by ZZ Top?
Ric Flair Posted 17 January Posted 17 January 1 hour ago, kingpower said: Not sure on the validity of the source but nice to have a new name to get excited about to only get disappointed when he joins a rival Ripping it up this season, don't see where we'd get the money from for him. Would cost at least £6m +
Pliskin Posted 17 January Posted 17 January 15 hours ago, JimJams said: Cool. He doesn't want to go. They don't want to loan him out. Nobody is talking. This ones got legs. So naturally Rudkin will carry on faxing them.
Foxdiamond Posted 17 January Posted 17 January 4 hours ago, lanefox said: Can see that surname being mangled 1
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