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The Transfer Window

Baldygit said:
Surely it was brought in to stop clubs buying players to strengthen their teams to help assist teams in promotion pushes/relegation battles. Loan players were only intended to be used in emergencies when first introduced but have now become a mockery
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Not quite. When we had only one transfer deadline, in March, loans were not only emergency loans. When the two window system was introduced, loans outside the windows were deemed emergency loans.
 
Kathryn said:
Not quite. When we had only one transfer deadline, in March, loans were not only emergency loans. When the two window system was introduced, loans outside the windows were deemed emergency loans.
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Which I'm thinking was a better system than the current one, which panics clubs into buying.
 
Doyle and Pringle are proven players that almost any League 1 team would love to have on their squad. Their current wages mean that only a loan may be possible at present, but I'd be shocked if we weren't getting plenty of offers in. No idea what the market is for Grimshaw, but he does at least have youth on his side (trying to spin a positive light there).
 
europne said:
I was in a large Cash and Carry many years ago, and saw them position a pallet of salt bags in the entrance, customers came in and walked past it, no one bought any. About 20 minutes later a member of staff put a large notice in front of it saying ' Two bags of salt per customer only'. From then on everyone passing it put 2 bags on their truck, some even tried hiding more.

The question is does the transfer window actually encourage player movement, the last day is normally insane with panic moves.

Would we be better without it and return to the ban on transfers for the final part of the season only.
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I don't believe that for a second.

You were watching a pallet of salt bags being positioned (o.k), you observed customers shopping behaviour (strange), you kept this up for 20 minutes (sad), then monitored staff altering the said sign (coincidental), then everyone bought two bags of sugar (bollocks). How can you hide more sugar than your willing to pay for? (absurd)
 
JoseCaldercat said:
Doyle and Pringle are proven players that almost any League 1 team would love to have on their squad. Their current wages mean that only a loan may be possible at present, but I'd be shocked if we weren't getting plenty of offers in. No idea what the market is for Grimshaw, but he does at least have youth on his side (trying to spin a positive light there).
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Well, Doyle had a great 6 months in League 1 when DJ and Clucas were supplying the bullets for him and Pringle turns slower than a pint of milk.
 
wahwahwah said:
I don't believe that for a second.

You were watching a pallet of salt bags being positioned (o.k), you observed customers shopping behaviour (strange), you kept this up for 20 minutes (sad), then monitored staff altering the said sign (coincidental), then everyone bought two bags of sugar (bollocks). How can you hide more sugar than your willing to pay for? (absurd)
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It was salt, not sugar. Pay attention.
 
Sid Snot said:
You're suggesting we get two bags for Pringle?
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We tried to swap Pringle for Fleetwoods Devante Cole last week.
When Alex Neil suggested to Uwe Rosler that we would swap Pringle for Cole, Rosler said 'how many sacks do you want'.
Bu-bum, tish.
 
wahwahwah said:
I don't believe that for a second.

You were watching a pallet of salt bags being positioned (o.k), you observed customers shopping behaviour (strange), you kept this up for 20 minutes (sad), then monitored staff altering the said sign (coincidental), then everyone bought two bags of sugar (bollocks). How can you hide more sugar than your willing to pay for? (absurd)
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OMG!!!

I was doing some work there.

The point of the story is that the transfer window actually creates a market because it makes clubs start panic buying, as we will all witness over the next 3 days culminating in frantic activity on Thursday as real frenzy sets in.

Is this good for football, do fans secretly enjoy the drama it creates, or should it be changed.

It's crazy rumour time folks..........
 
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