Sir Shep Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 Seems like there is going to be some disappointed little bunnies on here tonight as we ain't signing anyone and I doubt we will now until we've sold one of two. That to me doesn't equate to lack of ambition just being realistic.
goody2028 Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 Amazes me how we haven’t signed anyone this window. Even just a loan till the end of the season to help us out. Mental. 2
Popular Post Gravel Posted 31 January 2022 Popular Post Posted 31 January 2022 Sometimes best to go home alone and have a wank rather than be lumbered with a munta in the morning. 1 23
coolhandfox Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 3 minutes ago, goody2028 said: Amazes me how we haven’t signed anyone this window. Even just a loan till the end of the season to help us out. Mental. I'm sure we could find a Bennett, but maybe we have learn't a lesson about only signing players that improve us.
fox_favourite Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 And Bennett was that munta. Maybe once bitten twice as fast running away from the regret of the night before. 1 minute ago, Gravel said: Sometimes best to go home alone and have a wank rather than be lumbered with a munta in the morning.
Kasey Keller Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 When Burnley out do you in the window…..🤦🏻♂️
moore_94 Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Kasey Keller said: When Burnley out do you in the window…..🤦🏻♂️ Wouldn't really say they have out done us, only signed Weghorst (who I do rate) which they have only been able to do because they had to sell Wood Just like for like really, haven't really improved much if at all Edited 31 January 2022 by moore_94 1
An Sionnach Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 If somebody was poor somewhere else , they will be poor for us. Quality and immediate performance costs big money and we haven't got it. No point in paying somebody in the hope they will come good.
Popular Post Stinkenzo Posted 31 January 2022 Popular Post Posted 31 January 2022 14 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: If somebody was poor somewhere else , they will be poor for us. A bit like Tielemans at Monaco you mean 2 1 2
HybridFox Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 1 hour ago, goody2028 said: Amazes me how we haven’t signed anyone this window. Even just a loan till the end of the season to help us out. Mental. True but our past January signings have included the likes of Molla Wague and Ryan Benett. Be careful what you wish for
AKCJ Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 8 minutes ago, TK95 said: True but our past January signings have included the likes of Molla Wague and Ryan Benett. Be careful what you wish for Pretty sure we signed Wes Morgan and Robert Huth in January and they're probably the best centre backs we have ever had. 1
Raw Dykes Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 17 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: If somebody was poor somewhere else , they will be poor for us. Quality and immediate performance costs big money and we haven't got it. No point in paying somebody in the hope they will come good. Re: poor elsewhere, poor here - Not true. Some players fit in at one club better than they did at another. Youri is a great example. Re: Quality costs big money - You're always saying this, and it's really weird coming from a Leicester fan. We won the PL with a team that cost peanuts. It might often be true that the best players cost the most, but it's not true in all cases. It's difficult to do, but you can find great players playing in obscure leagues and pay very little. You can find young players in the lower divisions that look right at home in the PL, like JJ. All sorts of players run their contracts down and move on free transfers.
jayfox26 Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 3 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said: Re: poor elsewhere, poor here - Not true. Some players fit in at one club better than they did at another. Youri is a great example. Re: Quality costs big money - You're always saying this, and it's really weird coming from a Leicester fan. We won the PL with a team that cost peanuts. It might often be true that the best players cost the most, but it's not true in all cases. It's difficult to do, but you can find great players playing in obscure leagues and pay very little. You can find young players in the lower divisions that look right at home in the PL, like JJ. All sorts of players run their contracts down and move on free transfers. And there are also many players looking for loan moves this window. Many clubs have strengthened and we've done nothing despite having a depleted squad. If we do nothing now and go big to improve the squad in the summer then fine. If we piss arse around in the summer and end up with a squad not capable of competing towards the top 6 of the table then there will be serious questions asked of the people running the club. We have done fantastically well building the club over the past 10 years to be a real force and compete with the top teams but if we are now happy as a club to accept mediocrity and fall behind the likes of Villa, West Ham, etc then that will be hugely disappointing and not what Vichai would have wanted. All well and good having a great training ground and expanding the stadium but if the players using the training ground aren't good enough then we won't fill our expanded stadium. Lots of ifs, buts and maybes I know but it's worrying Rodgers hasn't been backed in this window when the squad is so depleted.
HUNTA84 Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 We're only 2 player departures away (tielemans & maddison) from being a very average Premier league team. I've left fofana out as we haven't had him available this season which goes to shiw. one of them (tielemans) as we know is already prepared to go in the summer. We are also only 2 additional signings in the right positions away from being a very good squad but is the money there?
An Sionnach Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 15 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said: Re: poor elsewhere, poor here - Not true. Some players fit in at one club better than they did at another. Youri is a great example. Re: Quality costs big money - You're always saying this, and it's really weird coming from a Leicester fan. We won the PL with a team that cost peanuts. It might often be true that the best players cost the most, but it's not true in all cases. It's difficult to do, but you can find great players playing in obscure leagues and pay very little. You can find young players in the lower divisions that look right at home in the PL, like JJ. All sorts of players run their contracts down and move on free transfers. No I do agree with all that but we are a world renowned club now and its harder to buy cheap. Justin has been one of the most astute buys we have ever done but they are few and far between. A better way forward for us is finding more like Barnes, Thomas and KDH rather than taking risks on players with limited CVs in the hope they will come good.
Raw Dykes Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 (edited) 44 minutes ago, jayfox26 said: And there are also many players looking for loan moves this window. Many clubs have strengthened and we've done nothing despite having a depleted squad. If we do nothing now and go big to improve the squad in the summer then fine. If we piss arse around in the summer and end up with a squad not capable of competing towards the top 6 of the table then there will be serious questions asked of the people running the club. We have done fantastically well building the club over the past 10 years to be a real force and compete with the top teams but if we are now happy as a club to accept mediocrity and fall behind the likes of Villa, West Ham, etc then that will be hugely disappointing and not what Vichai would have wanted. All well and good having a great training ground and expanding the stadium but if the players using the training ground aren't good enough then we won't fill our expanded stadium. Lots of ifs, buts and maybes I know but it's worrying Rodgers hasn't been backed in this window when the squad is so depleted. I'm not really surprised that we've done nothing in this transfer window. We very rarely do anything in January now other than the odd loan. It's a seller's market and I don't blame the club for saving the cash for the summer, when it goes further. I find it a bit odd that people question the club investing in the training ground and the stadium. It's this that will set us apart from the clubs that are or were recently of a similar size to us, and we'll be reaping the rewards for years to come. If it means we're not spending so much on players for a while, then so be it. I think it's great that the owners are investing in infrastructure and making the club self-sufficient. They're looking at the long term future of the club. I don't believe it has anything to do with accepting mediocrity. We've been seriously badly affected by injuries and we're having a forgettable season. It happens. I don't think it's worrying at all. I'm guessing we're looking at doing a minor rebuild in the summer and would rather save funds for that than spend now. Edited 31 January 2022 by Raw Dykes 1
jayfox26 Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 4 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said: I'm not really surprised that we've done nothing in this transfer window. We very rarely do anything in January now other than the odd loan. It's a seller's market and I don't blame the club for saving the cash for the summer, when it goes further. I find it a bit odd that people question the club investing in the training ground and the stadium. It's this that will set us apart from the clubs that are or were recently of a similar size to us, and we'll be reaping the rewards for years to come. If it means we're not spending so much on players for a while, then so be it. I think it's great that the owners are investing in infrastructure and making the club self-sufficient. They're looking at the long term future of the club. I don't believe it has anything to do with accepting mediocrity. We've been seriously badly affected by injuries and we're having a forgettable season. It happens. I don't think it's worrying at all. I'm guessing we're looking at doing a minor rebuild in the summer and would rather save funds for that than spending now. Yeh I totally get what you're saying and I'm not having a go about the training ground and stadium, it's great but it is concerning that we seem to have very little room for signing new players. I understand January is a shite window to get players and we do rarely sign anyone in Jan but given the state of our squad right now I just find it odd we haven't at least got a centre back. Of course we don't want another Bennett but if it meant spending a bit of money, even on a loan then we really should have been going all out to get someone. We aren't privy to what goes on and I'm sure they've been making enquiries but given our injuries and the fact we've known since December how depleted our squad is then I find it mad we haven't got anyone. If we do go balls deep in the summer and improve the squad then fine but if we don't have funds in the summer to improve then I'm very worried about both our short and long term future. We are a bad summer window away from a relegation battle.
biggs Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 1 hour ago, AKCJ said: Pretty sure we signed Wes Morgan and Robert Huth in January and they're probably the best centre backs we have ever had. Wouldn't mind seeing Huth for a few months
Stinkenzo Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 Roll on tomorrow when the unbearable transfer twins on Sky can hibernate for another 7 months
leicester4life Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 39 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said: I'm not really surprised that we've done nothing in this transfer window. We very rarely do anything in January now other than the odd loan. It's a seller's market and I don't blame the club for saving the cash for the summer, when it goes further. I find it a bit odd that people question the club investing in the training ground and the stadium. It's this that will set us apart from the clubs that are or were recently of a similar size to us, and we'll be reaping the rewards for years to come. If it means we're not spending so much on players for a while, then so be it. I think it's great that the owners are investing in infrastructure and making the club self-sufficient. They're looking at the long term future of the club. I don't believe it has anything to do with accepting mediocrity. We've been seriously badly affected by injuries and we're having a forgettable season. It happens. I don't think it's worrying at all. I'm guessing we're looking at doing a minor rebuild in the summer and would rather save funds for that than spend now. Nice big stadium is all well and good, but Sunderland, cov, Derby even mk dons have got big relatively modern grounds and hasn't done much for them 1
Dahnsouff Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 3 minutes ago, leicester4life said: Nice big stadium is all well and good, but Sunderland, cov, Derby even mk dons have got big relatively modern grounds and hasn't done much for them So you are comparing us to clubs who have been notoriously badly run? 1
Gazza M Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 Maybe the club have said "no money available Brendan, you have made the signings you have in the summer, now work with it."
sylofox Posted 31 January 2022 Posted 31 January 2022 2 hours ago, jayfox26 said: And there are also many players looking for loan moves this window. Many clubs have strengthened and we've done nothing despite having a depleted squad. If we do nothing now and go big to improve the squad in the summer then fine. If we piss arse around in the summer and end up with a squad not capable of competing towards the top 6 of the table then there will be serious questions asked of the people running the club. We have done fantastically well building the club over the past 10 years to be a real force and compete with the top teams but if we are now happy as a club to accept mediocrity and fall behind the likes of Villa, West Ham, etc then that will be hugely disappointing and not what Vichai would have wanted. All well and good having a great training ground and expanding the stadium but if the players using the training ground aren't good enough then we won't fill our expanded stadium. Lots of ifs, buts and maybes I know but it's worrying Rodgers hasn't been backed in this window when the squad is so depleted. Except the training ground and ground expansion dont affect ffp. Player wages and transfer fees do. Even if we had 200m we could not spend it on players this window. So if we cant get what we want at a price why mess up our summer spending up just to fill a gap. Our problems are injuries with players on the way back. See the season out then sort it out in the summer.
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