[Football] Is this the slowest transfer window yet?

[Napper]

Pretty boring so far.

Looking forward to games kicking off again this Saturday.

 

[Is it PotG?]

So my VHS recording of JW saying that very thang is a fake?

 

[schmunk]

So my VHS recording of JW saying that very thang is a fake?

Why on Earth would you have that...?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Why on Earth would you have that...?

When there are rumours of Owen and Andrei Kanchelskis flying all over the show, things need to be kept for posterity.

 

[Triggaaar]

From our perspective, other than Trossard and Clarke, I wouldn't expect any incomings for at least a fortninght now to enable GP to get through the week in Austria and then have some time to assess whats he's seen and decide where to strenghen further based on his views.

Personally I think we'll have been working on getting signings from before the window opened, and will be continuing all the time. I'd also think that a central defender and winger were not our top priorities, they were just the ones that came available. So as Potter won't have looked at our squad and said 'we need another central defender', we won't need him to ask for another striker, we'll be trying to get one anyway.

His view on where we're lacking may well lead to some tweaks with our recruitment, but if we don't get someone in the next couple of weeks, it won't be because we're not trying.

All IMO of course.

 

[B.W.]

Personally I think we'll have been working on getting signings from before the window opened, and will be continuing all the time. I'd also think that a central defender and winger were not our top priorities, they were just the ones that came available. So as Potter won't have looked at our squad and said 'we need another central defender', we won't need him to ask for another striker, we'll be trying to get one anyway.

His view on where we're lacking may well lead to some tweaks with our recruitment, but if we don't get someone in the next couple of weeks, it won't be because we're not trying.

All IMO of course.

Spot on IMHO...

 

[Chicken Run]

If my calculations are correct, there has only been a total of 37 transfers so far into Premier League teams and with the window closing on the 8th August this year, I find that a little surprising, with clubs getting near pre season preparations

Villa have spent 79 million pounds so far in this window....

 

[fosters headband]

Villa have spent 79 million pounds so far in this window....

Yes, I think they are the most busy club so far in this window, they are almost replicating Huddersfield's first season

 

[B.W.]

Yes, I think they are the most busy club so far in this window, they are almost replicating Huddersfield's first season

Or Fulham last season (I hope)...

 

[The Man from Del Monte]

Yes.

 

[Triggaaar]

Is this the slowest transfer window yet?

If my calculations are correct

Must be some kind of time vortex

 

[Machiavelli]

Villa have wasted 79 million pounds so far in this window....

Corrected for you

 

[Jim in the West]

Indeed. The transfer window SLAMS, the ball is SMASHED and Seagulls SWOOP. These are the only permitted adjectives in those sentences. I think there's a Law or something governing their use.

Surely they are verbs, not adjectives....?

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

There's no one left because Huddersfield signed EVERYONE last season

 

[Perkino]

In honesty don't you think he has watched DVDs, analysed games, etc and done his homework well before now? Bielsa the Leeds boss last year had watched and analysed hundreds of games before he even met his players to give him clear direction on what was needed...I doubt potter has left it until now to have a look at the players...that would put us miles behind the transfer process.

(I thought whole point of him appointed so early on was to enable the squad recruitment etc not to sit on hands until late July....)

He may have had to wait to see the U23's as there's no footage from any premier league games that show them in action

 

[BNthree]

He may have had to wait to see the U23's as there's no footage from any premier league games that show them in action

Seeing as the academy video the matches of every team from under 9s upwards I'd be amazed if they didn't also film the under 23s matches.

 

[Perkino]

Seeing as the academy video the matches of every team from under 9s upwards I'd be amazed if they didn't also film the under 23s matches.

It's not the same as a competitive premier league match

 

[Weststander]

Selling clubs are asking silly prices, so it’s a game of cat and mouse. In the end, they will sell.

But I hope we’re not too tight on the fee and wage, as others will gazump. In which case we will be totally reliant on Graham Potter to get our RB to learn how to defend, make Propper and Gross pacey athletes, hope that Muzza doesn’t finally hit the age wall and turn Bissouma into the finished PL product overnight.

 

[BNthree]

It's not the same as a competitive premier league match

Ah i get your point. I'm a bit slow tonight.

 

[Weststander]

The Albion’s transfer team are incredible at keeping secrets.

Just 20 days to go, circa £50m to spend on fees and the Argus/NSC ITK’s, haven’t a clue as to which first team signings will be signing for us.