January transfer window

[kevo]

Anyone else think it should be scrapped? I think all permanent transfers should be made in the close season. Clubs choose their squads for the following season and that should be it, apart from loan signings. Why should some teams be able to strengthen their squad or other teams lose valuable players half way through the campaign?

 

[hybrid_x]

Totally agree....really unsettles whole clubs, and basically says, "if you're bad at football or management, then you can buy again to save yourself."

I would even scrap the loan system. An A team, B team and Youth team is by far enough.

Success would taste much sweeter this way, and poor performance more clear.

 

[pauli cee]

I'll third that.
Would make for a much more even playing field than some of the other ideas,
(good players wouldn't sign for a team with 20 superstars where they aren't likely to get much game time)

 

[Bladders]

Should that apply to coaching staff as well?

 

[pauli cee]

maybe...

 

[seagull_in_malaysia]

I think they should scrap the windows and allow transfers all year round.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

I think they should scrap the windows and allow transfers all year round.

Agree entirely. No other business has sanctions in this way. A shop isnt allowed to only buy stock twice a year.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

It's disruptive. Have a good half season & the vultures flock, players get their heads turned and get unsettled and it's even worse if you lose a prized asset with no time to replace them.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

How else would Manure get out of their predicament? It will never happen. In fact I understand from very reliable sources that this end of January window will be extended until such time as Manure buy enough players to force their way into the top 4!

TNBA

TTF

 

[drew]

Do none of you remember what it was like prior to the window. Transfer deadline day in March and anytime up until that point you could lose your star player. At least this way you keep players you might otherwise lose until Jan and only have to fend off offers for 31 days. Not ideal but much better than it was.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Do none of you remember what it was like prior to the window. Transfer deadline day in March and anytime up until that point you could lose your star player. At least this way you keep players you might otherwise lose until Jan and only have to fend off offers for 31 days. Not ideal but much better than it was.

But at least if you lost your star player in December you had time to buy a replacement!

 

[JOLovegrove]

But then you would have Burnley giving us a million pound to take Barnes 'on loan' till the end of the season and then he signs for free in the summer. Teams would easily get round it.

 

[drew]

But at least if you lost your star player in December you had time to buy a replacement!

Yeah because star players are two a penny!!!!

 

[kevo]

Do none of you remember what it was like prior to the window. Transfer deadline day in March and anytime up until that point you could lose your star player. At least this way you keep players you might otherwise lose until Jan and only have to fend off offers for 31 days. Not ideal but much better than it was.

It is better, but I'm still not a fan of the way the season is disrupted like this every January. Prefer the idea that each club chooses their players for the season and then have to stick with it (with obviously the option of getting players in on loan if needed).