on July 25, 2025, 11:14 pm, in reply to "We would all like for there to be more in through the door but I’m 100% certain"
I hope this is not Jim Ratcliffe style posturing by the Friedkins.
Could be wide of the mark. Just think it's sometimes a false economy to insist on paying less than market value. 
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Moyes would like that too and if it was at all possible we would have done it.
It won’t be through the lack of trying and we will be trying and they will keep trying, like the post I wrote the other day, there’s a pecking order and we’re near the bottom.
I hate that as I’m sure most fans do but it is what it is and it’s the reality of it.
Anyone we are interested in will have a list of clubs also interested in them and so there will be lots to do and lots of back and forth.
I wish we could do our business like Liverpool, we can’t and our transfer business will likely go right up to the end of the window, I get the feeling we are holding off any loans until we see what we are able to do on the perm side.
Annoyingly the window will still be open past the start of the season so we will be stronger as a squad after the first few games, again, it’s shite, but it’s unavoidable.
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Absolutely spot on
It's not wrong to criticise where we are while at the same time appreciating the difficulties and every thing tfg are doing for the club in general. Previous Message
there has to be a middle ground beyond spending like a drunken sailor on shore leave and expecting players we're interested in and their current clubs to accommodate our policy of fiscal prudence. Err on the side of caution by all means, just balance that against the need to have cover and options amongst the first team squad. Previous Message
Rather than reassessing and looking at our other targets for better value for money, or taking our time and negotiating via various tactics.
It worked out so well when we massively overpaid for Gylfi after all. We should just do all that all over again and we can have another summer when everyone was delighted and buzzing because we bought about 8 players in a week who mostly turned out to be shite and nobody would take them off our hands so we were lumbered with shite players on massive contracts and it almost led to the club going bust.
Let’s do that again to appease all the fans who think signing a player in real life is the same as it is on football manager.
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But it's "hysteria" to criticise our lack of signings..sigh... Previous Message
Meanwhile, Sporting have agreed a fee for Vagiannidis
Cool
So, this happened. But it is what it is, until it isn't.
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