Bailey

I wouldnt believe that article. Koeman said all along that he wouldn't be going anywhere.

Now that we McCarthy is out we are now down to our only 2 genuine PL quality central midfielders. We don't really want Barry to be playing twice a week which means Davies probably comes in (hopefully ahead of Gibson & Cleverly). The bonus is that it will help Davies development but it leaves us short of quality in a key position.

Tbh I don't think he is telling us something we couldn't have already guessed.

Something went really wrong in those last 6 months albeit it's a bit surprising that he didn't know why he was dropped? Everyone watching could see why!

Let's get this right, Walsh gets poached to watch players and recommend them? That's it?

I guess he is like the boss of scouts. Koeman has said that he doesn't really get involved with transfers so I would guess that Koeman says I want this type of player and then Walsh ' s job is to find that type of player and identifying the right type of price for the board to then negotiate.

 

Somewhat double standards when people suggest hist first season success at Everton was down to Moyes but his first game for Belgium was all his fault :dont know: .

Exactly!

Judge him when he fails to qualify, all the players come back with pulled hammies and tells everyone it they were phenomenal

Gary Lineker? Bob latchford? Fellaini?

I'm talking modern day!

Fellaini Lol.. Barely anyone had heard of him before he came here!

From what I hear on Henry on Sky he seems to talk shit most of the time so I was surprised by the appointment.

I don't really get what the fuss is about Martinez's first game. He has had the players for a few days, they were only playing a friendly and they were against one of the best teams in the World (the same also applied to Spain). Belgium were shite in the Euros and Mirallas and Lukaku were probably just dropped because he knows all about them already and wanted to look at others in a game.

I don't know whether it really was Mohsiri or not but whoever is putting it out there is making us look like fools.

Not sure how to take that , are you saying we've never been able to attract top players??

 

 

Yep.

Lukaku was probably the biggest but even he was a try before you buy. I doubt he would have signed for us in that first year.

Pre Mohsiri we would say this was a solid window without being spectacular but given what they have said throughout the summer (Mohsiri/Bill/Koeman) and the money now available to us and the rest of the league with the TV money, you have to say that it has been poor.

If we have a run of injuries to our starters then our first team pool is really weak in a lot of important positions such as up front and an attacking midfielder, GK and left back aren't too strong either.

This isn't Walsh 's fault unless he hasn't been identifying the right players to get.

It seems a bit mad to me that a man famed for bringing in players on the cheap was then after sissoko on a massively inflated fee.

I think we will see his true effect from January onwards.

That's the consequence of being a bang average side for the past 2 years

 

 

Because we have always been successful at bringing big players to the club...

Thinking about it we must have liked him enough to get that clause in there so he must fit in the plans somewhere.

Kone would still be my back up striker to Rom.

valencia confirmed. loan to buy or 14.5m

Who negotiated a £14.5m loan to buy option... That is a fucking ridiculous amount for him

Yay Valencia! (said no-one... ever)

How many players would you all be genuinely happy to have to play the rest of the season with because that in my opinion is a true test of depth?

Mine would be:

Stek

Baines

Jags / Williams / Mori

Coleman / Holgate

Barry

Gana / McCarthy

Mirallas / Gerry / Bolasie / Barkley

Lukaku

Others can chip in for a game here or there and Davies / Dowell may be able to come in and hold their own but that leaves us with 15 genuine first team starters and most of them are in the attacking midfielder or winger roles.

2 of them will also be in Africa in January.

Even more baffling decision now

 

 

I was just thinking that!

Escaped me have their.

 

What a disappointing end to the window.

 

Whilst palace singed Remy Benteke and Townsend to bolster their attack we've basically signed Bolasi and maybe Valencia.

 

Why on gods earth haven't we signed another striker?

 

If Barkley gers injured we haven't got a natural CAM to replace him with.

 

Why would he leave it this late in order to bring Sissoko in? You can't have a back up plan an hour before the window shuts.

 

Pathetic business, just when I thought the club was ran by professionals were still the same old shitty Micky Mouse outfit we always have been.

I would rather have Bolasie over all 3 of those players you have mentioned for Palace.

If Barkley is out then we can still put Deulofeu at CAM or go two up top.

Anyone else find the "we thought we had a deal agreed but then because of XYZ it has fallen through" line getting a bit tedious...

If Mohsiri wasnt here I would be saying typical Bill with his BS again.

This is dead according to Vinny O'Conner... seems Sissoko had no intention of ever joining us.

Based on what he has said I think we have had a close escape there. The bloke sounds like a tool and given a lot of the Newcastle fans comments he doesn't seem to fit the type of mentality we would want at the club.

Medicals can be done after the deadline I believe.

Mcgeady gone to Preston according to Fourth Official

Since when has Dominic Cork been doing deadline day? They must have been short!

Who goes? Gana, Kone, Bolasie....who am I missing???

Thats it I think... My counting is as good as your time keeping