13 Aug 2024 14:28:54
Afternoon All
As I posted at start of transfer window Celtic would likely beat our transfer record both in and out.
Also some fans are never happy, either a player is too cheap, not expensive enough, we've not paid enough or as it seems with Idah we've paid too much.
Now some fans are saying we were backed into a corner with Idah transfer due to concerns around Kyogo❤️❤️.
What a load of rubbish.
As in many transfer negotiations the selling club want as much as possible for there player and buying club want to pay as little as possible.
Why in some fan's eyes should we be different?
I don't think I'm a board apologists but they are damned if they do and damned if they don't and a lot in-between.
Again, as I've posted on numerous occasions fans need to be patient during transfer window, negotiations etc.
It's called a transfer window for a reason.
I maybe wrong, but it's not a case of identifying a player and boom, bang, bang we sign player.
Some negotiations are complex, protracted for varying reasons probably mostly to do with agents playing an end game.
I know I'm like a broken down record but transfers were always on there way but patience is a virtue.
Other signings are very much on there way before end of window.
Always Keep the Faith.
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13 Aug 2024 14:55:51
Still need another 3 or 4 first team ready players or it will go down as another poor window.
13 Aug 2024 14:59:25
Brian you are spot on, some folk on here think singing a player works like playing champ man!
13 Aug 2024 15:09:50
Faith is belief without evidence. If you have evidence, you don’t need faith. I prefer evidence. I’m funny that way. I also believe however we will bring in players. But woukd I be surprised if they rolled out that haded, we tried very hard p ish. The rumours now seem to be centred upon Free agents. Could all be horse S, and more than likely is. The issue we in the evidence side have is, regardless if we get players in, it’s always a tedious, lowballing, haggling for weeks, and in the case of Idah, paying what they value him at, not ours. Obviously go in for him at the best price you can, but take five weeks to flaf about then pay up, is amateurish. We have started the season with no new outfield players. Still a CB a LB a winger and when Matt goes, someone to come in ready to play. We will see how that works out at the end of the window. What our net spend is and if it’s enough to give us a hope of at least maybe, just maybe, we can win a couple of games. Oh and Rogers isn’t happy either. And why would he be?
13 Aug 2024 16:12:11
Players do take time to bring in ? % true. But the window opened in Scotland on the 14th of June the European window opened I am sure on the 1st of July I don't think it would take 8 weeks to bring in one player from the start of negotiations? That is the problem that most fans feel, most known it takes time but 2 months is taking the piss.
13 Aug 2024 17:43:16
its a good thing we don't need match fitness, preseason or have cl games coming up. looking forward to these semi superhuman signings 10 mins before the window closes. couldn't be happier with the goalies or idah btw. would just have liked any other signings to have had actual time with the team etc. but hey i get that out of the hundreds of thousands of players in the world it just wasnt posible.
13 Aug 2024 18:13:04
We have absolutely no idea how much Norwich we're asking. It was rumoured north of 10 million. To say the club took too long to get the agreement done have no idea, just like me, how those negotiations went.
If you have a club that either don't want to sell or have a price they will not go below, it is a difficult situation, just ask Atlanta.
Who in business just pays up straight away what the other party is asking, that kind of thinking is naive, but if its an opportunity to kick the club, well fill your boots.
13 Aug 2024 18:19:07
We still have not brought in any new outfield players and our squad is weaker up front and left back than it was last season. We have only strengthened the GK position.
Not only that we overspent on Idah in my opinion.
13 Aug 2024 18:19:55
@gerrymurphy it's called football manager these days. ?.
13 Aug 2024 18:42:04
We are playing better football at the minute. And I am happy with Idah regardless of the price. But since the winter window we have needed desperately a new LB AND A CB Scales okay for a back up but for first team start no way if we go into the CL games with him playing from the start I fear for the result. We only have one left back that should have been addressed at last window but wasn't. Time I fear is our enemy now because I really do feel those two positions should have been addressed before now .
14 Aug 2024 03:34:33
Wait! Win a couple of games, eh Newsflash! FACT. we have.
So? Anyway time will tell!
You make fair points otherwise from a different perspective to mine, touché. Do you ever do anything but complain? Couldn't find a happy post!