Christmas Tree 5095 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Craig said: A 'poor window'. Of all the twatty things CT has come out with over the years, and fuck me there has been many, this one is going to team some beating. Dear me. Grow up man. At the end of the last season did you expect to see improvements in the front 6? Will you consider it a good window “IF” we don’t improve the front 6? Honestly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5095 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: I think possibly poor was the wrong choice of word. as it stands and should it remain the case when the window closes then I think it's reasonable to say that a failure to add to the attack would be disappointing. Fair enough. Poor, disappointing, anticlimax. We all mean the same 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6798 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 CT, if we don't sign another player it won't be a poor window. It'll be frustrating, but not poor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18910 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: As I said Two things: 1. what the fuck do you think you were watching on Sunday? 2. You personally are entitled to hold that opinion but you don’t set targets aims or ambitions for NUFC, we now have highly skilled professionals to do that . That renders your opinion as null, void and fairly worthless. Have some faith. actually… 3. ITS NOT FUCKIN FOOTBALL MANAGER Edited August 24, 2022 by PaddockLad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23456 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 30 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Bllocks man We are a totally different club. I honestly can’t believe that anyone on here thought that with a week to go, we wouldn’t have improved the front 6. i still think we will improve the front six. I’ve thought for a while it will go to the wire. It’s obvious what they’re trying to do. Clearly they have the means to spend £70m on Maddison tomorrow. But they want to establish a hard-nosed reputation so selling clubs don’t take the piss out of them in the future. I have no doubt we will still get a couple of attacking players in but they may compromise options - a couple of loans instead of testing FFP limits by signing the big marquee forwards most of us crave. If we end up signing Pedro and we get Pulisic, Broja or Gallagher on loan, it’s been a good window. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6798 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Dear me. Grow up man. At the end of the last season did you expect to see improvements in the front 6? Will you consider it a good window “IF” we don’t improve the front 6? Honestly Dealing with the points in turn. The irony of being told to 'grow up' by the man who's having a paddy because the toys we've been bought are not good enough for him is, quite frankly, staggering! I expected to see development in the football club. That meant strengthening on and off the pitch. This has been achieved. I didn't have specific expectations of positions. I'm knowledgeable enough to know it's not that straight forward. Yes, I would still consider it a good window. 'Poor' implies that club haven't performed as they should. It's a ridiculous choice of word that even when pulled up about it, you not only stood by it, you emphasised it in bold. You're one of the most illogical people on here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11313 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 But I wanna stwiker!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49554 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 42 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Bllocks man We are a totally different club. I honestly can’t believe that anyone on here thought that with a week to go, we wouldn’t have improved the front 6. Confucius say wise man only judge window once window closed. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23456 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Fair enough. Poor, disappointing, anticlimax. We all mean the same 👍 Poor doesn’t mean the same as anticlimactic. we flew out of the blocks and made three signings which, when added to Trippier and Burn, have sorted out our leaky defence. You have to put it in perspective. Anticlimactic maybe, if we don’t sign anyone else, after the start we made, but still one of the best windows in recent years. But failing to sign attackers seems highly unlikely given how many we’ve been linked with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12399 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Just as a matter of interest CT, which players should we have bought, and how much should we have paid for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5095 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, Craig said: Dealing with the points in turn. The irony of being told to 'grow up' by the man who's having a paddy because the toys we've been bought are not good enough for him is, quite frankly, staggering! I expected to see development in the football club. That meant strengthening on and off the pitch. This has been achieved. I didn't have specific expectations of positions. I'm knowledgeable enough to know it's not that straight forward. Yes, I would still consider it a good window. 'Poor' implies that club haven't performed as they should. It's a ridiculous choice of word that even when pulled up about it, you not only stood by it, you emphasised it in bold. You're one of the most illogical people on here. What a load of shite You must be the ONLY fan who didn’t expect to see improvements in the front 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6798 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 You must be the ONLY fan who expected improvements in the front 6 to be an absolute guarantee. As I said, completely fucking illogical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5095 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, RobinRobin said: Just as a matter of interest CT, which players should we have bought, and how much should we have paid for them? We need a right winger, a striker and for me, an improvement on Willock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36595 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: We need a right winger, a striker and for me, an improvement on Willock. More want than need with the latter, surely. I do get where you’re coming from but I was about to more or less post the same as Gemmill re the window not being closed. A lot of things happen near the end of the window too when a big deal leads to another etc. Plus clubs want a replacement lined up before selling goal scorers. Even if we didn’t get anyone else though we’re still light years ahead of where we were pre-takeover. It hasn’t even been a year yet 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22632 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Look what happend in Jan. Burn etc done right at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18910 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 CT: Mike Ashley is a football genius Also CT: The new NUFC regime are making me feel disappointed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5095 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, Craig said: You must be the ONLY fan who expected improvements in the front 6 to be an absolute guarantee. As I said, completely fucking illogical. Aye, I’m the only one who thought it was a must. But yes Craig, you had no expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23456 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: We need a right winger, a striker and for me, an improvement on Willock. Improvements in all those areas would be great. But the only area we really urgently “need” reinforcements is CF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6798 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 All of those examples imply desire. None of them state it was an absolute guarantee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4330 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I'd be more disappointed if we spaffed a load of money on players that don't improve us or fit into the new ethos. Confident that's not gonna happen though 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5095 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Alex said: More want than need with the latter, surely. I do get where you’re coming from but I was about to more or less post the same as Gemmill re the window not being closed. A lot of things happen near the end of the window too when a big deal leads to another etc. Plus clubs want a replacement lined up before selling goal scorers. Even if we didn’t get anyone else though we’re still light years ahead of where we were pre-takeover. It hasn’t even been a year yet I did say if nothing happens in the last week. The club is fantastically different to September last year and I love everything about it. But you can tell from Eddies interviews and our failed bids that we have been geared up to improve the front 6. If we don’t then it’s disappointing, given what most of us were expecting at the start of this thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6798 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 To be clear CT, and it's a sign of how fucking illogical you are that I even have to do this, if you trawl hard enough you'll find similar posts to those examples you've brought up from me! You're skewing the narrative though, it's about your inference that not strengthening the front 6 six would render the transfer window 'poor'. It's a ludicrous comment to make. If we don't strengthen then it'll be frustrating and disappointing, but not 'poor'. Your perspective at times is utterly ridiculous. The level of progress this club has made inside 11 months is unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5095 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Craig said: All of those examples imply desire. None of them state it was an absolute guarantee. I think the word “need” is used, not desire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6798 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Christmas Tree said: I did say if nothing happens in the last week. The club is fantastically different to September last year and I love everything about it. But you can tell from Eddies interviews and our failed bids that we have been geared up to improve the front 6. If we don’t then it’s disappointing, given what most of us were hoping at the start of this thread. Genuinely FYP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49554 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 1 minute ago, spongebob toonpants said: I'd be more disappointed if we spaffed a load of money on players that don't improve us or fit into the new ethos. Confident that's not gonna happen though Aye. The most impressive thing so far is how considered our approach is. As a fan who wants new signings, of course it's a bit frustrating, but when you've got Man United changing their transfer targets due to fan backlash and Everton gatecrashing bids for players at the last second, I would much much rather we continued with our current approach. And look at the shitshow those two clubs have found themselves in. I've no doubt there's concern at the club that we haven't got our business done yet. But they'll not panic and bring the wrong people in because they're proper fucking pros. Long may that continue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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