I’d say our transfer strategy is mostly based around the amount of fans we get through the gates.
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Exactly. Hearts have signed a guy who while I wouldn’t want him is apparently on 40k a week down south and it never took them long to negotiate the percentage they were paying etc. Olly Lee looks a good signing aswell. Rangers have signed a good few players, some of them of decent pedigree. But the same people will probably still be telling us after the Motherwell game how things take time, they’re not worried and everyone should relax like they are.
What would annoy me is if it takes months and months and then we end up with a loan on the last few days of the transfer window. That isn't it taking time, that suggests waiting to see what becomes available, that is a risky game and is reliant on other teams plans rather than our own. Surely there are good players out of contract? Dundee signed Kamara for free.
They've also signed another guy today on a pre contract David Vanecek. Thats 12 signings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44780558
The dates we made big signings in recent seasons, would you be happy to wait if it means we bring in similar quality to the below?
Steven Whittaker 15/07/17
Marvin Bartley 17/07/15
Scott Allan 25/07/14
Vykintas Slivka 26/07/17
John McGinn 31/07/15
Anthony Stokes 02/08/17
Ofir Marciano 03/08/16
Liam Henderson 14/08/15
Brandon Barker 17/08/17
Dylan McGeough 21/08/15 & 01/09/14
Darren McGregor 25/08/15
Hearts’ squad was rank last season so they needed to bring in shed loads of new players.
I’d take our squad as it is today over everyone else’s in the league bar Celtic.
Anyone we do bring in will be of the quality to go straight into the first team, we don’t need loads of bodies for the sake of it.
Depends if we are still in Europe and how we do in the league. If Hearts sign 12 players and finish above us and we sign 5 and do poor, no I won't be happy. Quality is important but we are terribly short on quantity. Hearts new signings almost amount to how many senior players we have at the club at the moment, and I'd expect 3 of our senior players will be leaving (at least). Boyle injury = change of shape, Stevenson injury = youngster thrown in or change of shape. We have very little cover, if we had a injury crisis (as we have had in the past) we'd be very very short.
Waiting does not mean we are assured of quality. Deivydas Matulevicius was signed in mid-to-late July was he not? If waiting meant quality without any doubt, I'd be relaxed and super excited to see when #AnnounceMessi was trending. I hope we get quality in, Kamberi and Maclaren reunited would still mean 1 bad injury and Shaw is playing every week. Shaw looks a great prospect but ready to play every week, probably not yet. Same goes for Murray who I think will be leaving.
Why has a transfer thread suddenly turned into a Celtic game discussion?
The Jack Ross Sunderland revolution losing 1-0 in their first game to Darlington from the Conference North (6th tier).
Dylan on the bench.
Can't believe he didn't get a free-kick for that.