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Post by Macmoish on Jan 30, 2011 21:43:51 GMT
Beyond our messageboard discussion, anyone truly expecting a big transfer fee signing (or even another loan) before tomorrow?
In theory, we do have a few more weeks to bring in loans before that deadline?
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 30, 2011 21:55:31 GMT
Beyond our messageboard discussion, anyone truly expecting a big transfer fee signing (or even another loan) before tomorrow? In theory, we do have a few more weeks to bring in loans before that deadline? Harlow is !well you have to be optimistic ! Permanent signing of a forward and one more loan defender tomorrow or when the loan window opens in 10days. making a total of 6 , but i did tell Lond 5 but its grown due to injuries!
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Post by samp99 on Jan 30, 2011 22:05:17 GMT
Mittal should cough up and get Torres
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 31, 2011 3:40:47 GMT
If only, The money they spend on a single party would buy us three high quality EPL players.
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 31, 2011 8:00:29 GMT
Shall we use this thread for Final day transfers of interest etc , old players , linked players, qpr players we sign etc , sort of treat it as deadline day thread!
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 8:05:04 GMT
Good idea...
Caveat: Should QPR ACTUALLY Make a signing (or sell off Tarrabt or Borrowdale) feel free to start a new thread!
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 31, 2011 8:07:50 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 31, 2011 8:21:37 GMT
Everton chasing a last day deal for Chris Eagles
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 31, 2011 8:27:44 GMT
Well I hope the G-man has got the fax working. I'm surprised though that the FA have noit gone hi tech and used e-mail and attachments for contracts that are signed and scanned and sent off to them. dont need to swet over 1 friggen fax machine.
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 8:39:34 GMT
Yeah but can you imagine if there's a problem faxing something, imagine the problems with scanning in and emailing WITH Attachment!
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 31, 2011 8:41:53 GMT
Issues easily dealt with but I find it hard to believe all the clubs have to rely on a fax. How 1980's ish.
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 31, 2011 8:56:52 GMT
Bet its the old thermal paper roll type ! That way the print falls off after 2 years and you can deny all knowledge!
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 9:00:13 GMT
At least they've stopped making everyone PHYSICALLY deliver the papers to their out-of-the way office (by horse and buggy)
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 31, 2011 9:04:46 GMT
Can you still use pidgeons like in war time!
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 9:05:58 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 9:18:21 GMT
If it's worth relegation-threatened clubs to spend multi-millions to stay up - because of the big money involved - surely it's no less worth for a promotion-chasing club (which is so nearly there) to "invest" in adding the extra to virtually ensure.
Should the unbelievable (but not unimaginable) occur and we don't make it: The consequences and costs are pretty clear.
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 9:46:05 GMT
League managers want January transfer window scrappedBy Covsupport news/RD www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/league_managers_want_january_transfer_window_scrapped_627025/index.shtml Monday, 31st January 2011 It doesn't do what it was looking to when it came in," says LMA chief Richard Bevan. Richard Bevan the chief of the League Managers Association has said the The Premier League, Football League, Football Association and the Professional Footballers Association are all in agreement that the January transfer window should be dropped as it is not serving the purpose for which it was set up. Richard Bevan, speaking on BBC Midlands Late Kick Off program, said, "It doesn't do what it was looking to when it came in." "It doesn't create stability, it doesn't create a level playing field, and certainly in the Football League they are very keen the domestic window is removed." He added, "Key stakeholders in the game, the Premier League, Football Association, Football League, the FA the LMA and the PFA, would like to see it scrapped." The current scheme of having two transfer windows is a FIFA ruling and so transfer are only permitted from 1 to 31 January and 1 June to 31 August in England. The argument in favour of abolishing the transfer windows is essentially that it destabilises lower league clubs and put unnecessary pressure on league managers to get short term success. Failure to win games at the right time of the year is leading to too many managers being sacked either just prior to, or during a transfer window. Bevan, who was appointed Chief executive of the LMA in 2008, has been a long time advocate of reform of the transfer window, essentially to stop football club owners from "scapegoating" them He thinks that the transfer window has now become the time when managers are being sacked , not for failure, but for not being as successful as the owners want. The recent sackings of Roy Hodgson at Liverpool and Roy Keane at Ipswich are just two "big names" to have lost their jobs at the beginning of the January transfer window and press speculation still surrounds a plethora of other managers, including Avram Grant at West Ham and Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea. Bevan stated, "I'm sure you'll find chairman who will say the transfer window was a final nail in the coffin of some decisions that they had to make in terms of sacking managers or coaches, but I think if you look at the wider picture, what you have to focus on is good governance, good communication, and creating that stable framework, that platform from which managers and coaches can flourish and not be strangled." He continued, "We've 13 managers under 40 and we've got to help these guys understand the commerciality of the game and the position of clubs as well, help the communication, manage the expectations and then they will get longer in the job to try to survive. We encourage managers to get in writing from the club the targets and ambitions set for that season. Once you have that, you can manage around it and you can ensure people's ambitions are not getting too unrealistic." Bevan went on to point out that fees paid for players bought in January are often hugely inflated over what they would be in the summer. So far this January Manchester City are thought to have paid £27m for Edin Dzeko, a player who cost just £4m three years ago and Liverpool paid £23m for Luis Suarez who was also sold three years ago for just £6.4m "Certainly when you consider there are 663 clubs across the 52 leagues of Europe 50% of them are losing money," said Bevan "That's not a good business position and the transfer window needs to be removed." Bevan knows he will have a fight on his hands to persuade FIFA president Sepp Blatter to have a rethink over the transfer window. He opined, "FIFA are in a position where they've got one man making key decisions, and where you have an organisation that can have such an impact on the communities and business of sport, then that is not good governance at all - and it needs to change."
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 10:28:00 GMT
**** - Liverpool's Paul Konchesky to Nott Forest (Loan)
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 31, 2011 10:55:34 GMT
I thought they were going to off load him back to Fulham.
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 31, 2011 12:38:30 GMT
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jan 31, 2011 12:40:26 GMT
Furs to make a come back at 42!
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 13:11:13 GMT
Gianni to make his English debut!
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Post by cpr on Jan 31, 2011 13:59:47 GMT
Is his English that bad?
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 14:19:46 GMT
Benni to stay at Hammers… for now www.kickoff.com/news/19988/benni-mccarthy-remains-at-west-ham.php 2011-01-31 Benni McCarthy's hopes of leaving West Ham before the end of the January transfer window are over after his agent Rob Moore confirmed that the 33-year-old would be staying at Upton Park – for now. Moore has been trying to find Bafana Bafana's record goalscorer a new club after seeing him limited to a handful of appearances under Avram Grant. Championship leaders QPR handed him a week's trial but despite scoring in a training match against Spurs, they have turned their attention to other targets. "There's going to be nothing happening today," Moore told KickOff.com. "But the move to QPR could still happen because the Football League's loan window opens up again next week but I think they are looking elsewhere for now." Last week's 14 minutes off the bench against Birmingham City in the Carling Cup semi-final was the first time in over a month that McCarthy had seen any action for his current employers. To make things worse, Grant has just signed Spurs striker Robbie Keane on loan and Moore admitted McCarthy'stime in east London is coming to an end. "He came on the other night but I think Benni's time at West Ham is limited," he said. "We'll wait and see what happens because we do have a few other options but if the right move comes along then I'm sure Benni will consider it. Ideally at his age, he has to be playing every week and that just hasn't been happening." www.kickoff.com/news/19988/benni-mccarthy-remains-at-west-ham.php
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Post by londonranger on Jan 31, 2011 15:01:02 GMT
Warnock bemoaning our lack of firepower. Get Kitson stat so he cant play tomorrow.
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Post by londonranger on Jan 31, 2011 15:02:56 GMT
The itk board says no one. Indyrs says dont get Lita, trouble with a capital T which rhymes with P which sounds like Pool.
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Post by londonranger on Jan 31, 2011 15:05:56 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 31, 2011 15:41:03 GMT
Andy Reid to Blackpool (permanent) and Beattie loan to Blackpool (not sure that's complete)
And Liverpool set for Carroll at 35 million?
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Post by cpr on Jan 31, 2011 15:53:35 GMT
Torres is blue, Carroll on route to being red.
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Post by harlowranger on Jan 31, 2011 20:08:53 GMT
Gudjohnson on his way to Fulham for medical! loan deal
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