We're certainly keeping our cards close to our chest (buried in sand on a deserted, unmapped island) if we are seriously in the hunt for anyone today. Not a peep so far, on anything. Under 8 hours to go. Far too reminiscent of Wenger on deadline days counting down every second, clutching his wallet, muttering "Precious..."
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Apparently Tel has had a change of mind and is flying over to London for a loan deal with that lot down the road, Should we do a Petit and hijack the move? (Never heard of him before this transfer window so not sute if he's any good)
I guess it depends on whether we want to save a promising young player from a lifetime of failureOriginally Posted by dazthegooner
Or for a laugh.
I used to equate the Wenger parsimony (then again when you look at what he spent post 2014 I tend to think the money was just not there to spend) to a man with a full bladder on a train, waiting till he got to his stop (the metaphor for the window closing) before relieving himself rather than using the squalid train lavatory.
The sensible move would be a loan signing but that’s from the perspective of a buying club, for a selling club it makes no sense at all. No one who could improve our attack is worth letting go for nothing until the end of the season
I think Watkins was purely a case of opportunism, seeing Villa had to sell and chancing our luck to see if they’d sell him to us as a preferred option to selling Duran to the Saudis. Other than that I suspect clubs have wanted an obligation for us to buy or weren’t interested in giving us a player on loan half way through the season. We were prepared to risk the money with Watkins because we’ve seen enough of him in the premier league to know what he brings. Although at 29, and a player who missed a fuck load of chances this season…not sure it would have been the best use of our money anyway
He’s there till the end of the season, no obligation to buy. I think we took a look at him but then thought “nah”
Tel, Bonniface, Cunha, and a bunch of others mentioned during the month - all second tier, potential prospects, or second rate full stop - none of them get us the goals this season that allow us to capitalise if Liverpool slip up (Don't let this slip...)
Sounds to me like Vlahovic is an obvious choice. Hasn't signed a contract, affordable, not only could do the job this season but next as well (so not a panic buy). Watkins won't happen unless something has been going on that nobody has caught wind of. Gyokeres, for 73mill, was always there but we just never went there.
If I had to bet on it I'd put my money on getting nobody at odds of 1-1000, but if I was banned from taking that bet I;d put the money on Vlahovic at maybe 15-1.
I'd put Watkins at 100-1 right now and the player we should be signing, Gyokeres, at a million to one.
Not at all interested in Tel though. Maybe he'll become a great player, but we don't have the time for that.
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Clearly the club had no intention, despite still being in three competitions, of wanting to sign an attacker this window until Jesus got injured, despite his not being able to hit a barn door unless that barn door has 'Crystal Palace' written on it.
so the club is culpable here big time
I was actually hoping that we were looking at him. Looks like the Spuds have stolen a march on us and United.
FFS.
I am pretty pissed off about this. We apparently looked at him but he has chosen the Spuds. WTF!
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