Gemmill 46388 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 6 minutes ago, toonotl said: That took two minutes by my watch. We all know why they didn't do that though, don't we. Because we thought we were getting Guehi and there wasn't £40m spare for Elanga. Or are we also taking Mitchell to task for not inventing time travel during the last week of the window too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3149 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: We all know why they didn't do that though, don't we. Because we thought we were getting Guehi and there wasn't £40m spare for Elanga. Or are we also taking Mitchell to task for not inventing time travel during the last week of the window too? Nah. I think we should have moved on from the Guehi deal early enough to move on to other targets. We should have had our own "deadline day" after which we abandoned the Guehi deal in time to get somebody else in. Instead we followed Parish around like a puppy for weeks too long and it has cost us any chance of getting anybody in let alone a player that was never for sale. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3149 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) That's two novel ideas inside an hour. Edit: By the way, Gemmers, I agree with the sentiment that we haven't thought of anything they haven't thought of. I'm mainly just piss taking at this point. But it's not so much the ideas that are wrong, it's the lack of a proper plan and implementation. It's results based for football. And the results are not good. So they needed to do everything possible to mitigate against this outcome. I think we agree that that hasn't happened. ❤️ Edited August 30 by toonotl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22249 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 41 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: Fraser has mutually terminated his contract and signed for Southampton. quick, we have funds for Guehi now. 15 minutes of the window to go. I just poured myself a large scotch - did I miss any signings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22249 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, toonotl said: Nah. I think we should have moved on from the Guehi deal early enough to move on to other targets. We should have had our own "deadline day" after which we abandoned the Guehi deal in time to get somebody else in. Instead we followed Parish around like a puppy for weeks too long and it has cost us any chance of getting anybody in let alone a player that was never for sale. bizarre, wasn’t it. We should have moved on to other targets a week or two ago, when palace went public. Perhaps they did, but couldn’t get them “over the line” - who knows? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 What a disappointing window this has been. There was plainly money to spend and we wasted all our time and effort on Guehi it seems. I can't believe there was nobody suitable available for CB, RW or a proper understudy for Pope. Somebody at the club has had a shocker and should be shot with shit. If I was Howe Id be livid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46388 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 You lads need to stride into SJP on Monday with a flip chart and get this revelatory lecture delivered to Mitchell and Co. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3149 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: You lads need to stride into SJP on Monday with a flip chart and get this revelatory lecture delivered to Mitchell and Co. I'll get on to Flight Centre immediately. Can I stay at your place? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46388 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 6 minutes ago, toonotl said: I'll get on to Flight Centre immediately. Can I stay at your place? Absolutely. Can I recommend lots of fingersnapping as you pop these ideas at them. You really want to get the point across that you lads are pure free styling these ideas into existence. It's gonna be like Eight Mile up there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46388 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 See you dickheads in January. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NJS 4424 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 January was shit as well. We've gone backwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3574 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 9 hours ago, PaddockLad said: Here’s a fella I’ve shared a pint with once or twice… just your common or garden world champ… Lovely chap from all reports, very unassuming for a multiple world champion but that's also speedway riders in general - I think the risks involved make them a little more aware of their mortality. I've met Chris Holder and few others and they are different breed to the road racing riders, who are treated like royalty. We hope to get over for the Cardiff round of the WC in the next few years, times nicely with some early season games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3574 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 8 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: The fact that Almiron, Targett, Dubravka, Wilson, Trippier, Krafth, Fraser, Hayden, Lewis and Kuol are all taking a wage and we couldn't agree a single sale for any of them to allow us to bring in an upgrade is farcical. As is adding further shite like Ruddy and 🇬🇷 to the list of players padding out the squad and never getting a game. Chelsea have just binned off a striker to a partner club for £20m. Our owners own 4 Saudi clubs and you're telling we couldn't agree a deal with any of them? Th 50k he's worth and 1000/wk he's on, would not help us with much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3574 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 5 hours ago, Gemmill said: I'm now firmly of the opinion that Mitchell has had a stinker here. I'm not saying he's a bad DoF, or that the task he's been set isn't really hard, but moves like this Elanga thing shows we're basically flailing now, and that's pretty embarrassing to have got ourselves in this position hours before the window shuts. Parrish has probably strung us along - hurting us helps his team - but that's his prerogative and arguably his job. I don't think we'll be shopping at Crystal Palace again for a long time. Said that days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31286 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 7 hours ago, Gemmill said: You lads need to stride into SJP on Monday with a flip chart and get this revelatory lecture delivered to Mitchell and Co. I'd open with the definition of the word ‘no’ because clearly this fucker didn’t understand what Palace was telling him. You can sit in on the lecture if you like, the girls at the taxi rank would sure appreciate it if you did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toonpack 10106 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 8 hours ago, toonotl said: That's two novel ideas inside an hour. Edit: By the way, Gemmers, I agree with the sentiment that we haven't thought of anything they haven't thought of. I'm mainly just piss taking at this point. But it's not so much the ideas that are wrong, it's the lack of a proper plan and implementation. It's results based for football. And the results are not good. So they needed to do everything possible to mitigate against this outcome. I think we agree that that hasn't happened. ❤️ We’re undefeated on the pitch 🤷🏼♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17786 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 https://archive.is/K13uj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6812 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 How many games will it be before someone posts the free agent list? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 10106 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 3 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: https://archive.is/K13uj Next time he’s in Aldi I hope the tins on corned beef fall on his head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17786 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-transfer-2025-project-3254569?ito=copy-link_share_article-top 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9920 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 (edited) It’s the first transfer window since the takeover that has to be considered a failure, but I think people are a bit overreacting especially with blaming individuals. It’s not football manager and there always more than two parties involved in negotiations including agents and players. I am pretty sure we were looking in several players, sometimes the clubs didn’t want to sell or demanding excessive fees, sometimes likely players weren’t interested or demanding excessive wages, sometimes a structure of a deal couldn’t get worked out or agents were asking excessive fees. It is easy to say that we should have been able to at least finalise one or two deals without really knowing why we failed. I do worry that people will act like spoiled brats though if performances don’t pick up and we get some poor results in the next couple of games. The atmosphere around the club could easily become quite toxic. Edited August 31 by Isegrim 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17786 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 This from Hope, as he promised/trailed last night, is a fuckin doozy https://archive.is/zj0ZQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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