Ali G Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 We all know last year we brought in players too late, not fit etc. at the end of last season Bully said he wanted to get business done early with Carlos stating he wanted around 5 new additions. At present we have 1 new signing and the lads are already on a preseason tour. Just hope we don't do what we did last year and leave it too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Ali G said: We all know last year we brought in players too late, not fit etc. at the end of last season Bully said he wanted to get business done early with Carlos stating he wanted around 5 new additions. At present we have 1 new signing and the lads are already on a preseason tour. Just hope we don't do what we did last year and leave it too late. Sadly signing players is never a straight forward thing, yes we will have identified targets but others will have their eyes on them, there are agents negotiating best deals and it all takes time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheowls Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 The lads are already on preseason tour?? Which lads and wheres that then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 you cant make players sign and if they prefer to sit tight and see what offers they get from other clubs there's not a lot the club can do ......as to be better to wait and see if you can get your targets than go for your second or third choices . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 3 minutes ago, torryowl said: you cant make players sign and if they prefer to sit tight and see what offers they get from other clubs there's not a lot the club can do ......as to be better to wait and see if you can get your targets than go for your second or third choices . That's always the danger, some of our targets we will miss out on because we can't compete ie Snodgrass to a Prem team. We are fortunate that we don't need a lot just a CB and maybe a RB now, anything else would be a bonus as long as it's better than what we have. I'd sooner focus on these 2 areas than sign players for the sake of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulixifer Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 A poster with a shyte reputation posting shyte again? Looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I'll certainly take history repeating if we finish another two places higher in the league again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crack pot Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 26 minutes ago, Blue and white said: That's always the danger, some of our targets we will miss out on because we can't compete ie Snodgrass to a Prem team. We are fortunate that we don't need a lot just a CB and maybe a RB now, anything else would be a bonus as long as it's better than what we have. I'd sooner focus on these 2 areas than sign players for the sake of it. Surely a left back is more on the agenda then a right back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Way way too early to worry about signings. Boyd is already an excellent start. I agree we want any players as early as possible to hit the ground settled by 5th August though. No more "finding our team" in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 6 minutes ago, Crack pot said: Surely a left back is more on the agenda then a right back? Its a fair one although Reach can do a job and Pudil isn't as bad as made out. RB we have Palmer who isn't that good and Hunt blows hot and cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 21 minutes ago, Pulixifer said: A poster with a shyte reputation posting shyte again? Looks like it. Yep; definitely a case of 'History repeating'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, Blue and white said: Its a fair one although Reach can do a job and Pudil isn't as bad as made out. RB we have Palmer who isn't that good and Hunt blows hot and cold. Pudil had a strange season. Some matches he was strong, assured and an attacking threat. Other times he was all at sea and looked like he was running through wet cement. I think Reach is likely to play LB a lot more than Pudil this season, especially with Boyd and Wallace here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kameron Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Way way too early to worry about signings. Boyd is already an excellent start. I agree we want any players as early as possible to hit the ground settled by 5th August though. No more "finding our team" in September. He'd still not found it in May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Just now, Kameron said: He'd still not found it in May He did very well to guide us to 4th place if that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
np pontefract Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ali G said: We all know last year we brought in players too late, not fit etc. at the end of last season Bully said he wanted to get business done early with Carlos stating he wanted around 5 new additions. At present we have 1 new signing and the lads are already on a preseason tour. Just hope we don't do what we did last year and leave it too late. You are consistent . CONSISTENTLY NEGATIVE............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 dont know how some fans would have coped back in the 60's when the club only signed 3 players in the 3 years vic Buckingham was in charge ,we had a good side back then and it wasn't easy to get better in which is pretty much the case at present .....while you always want better it's not cast in in stone that you have to buy 4 or 5 new players every window . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Could be that we're waiting on PL teams to sign players and to finalise their squads thus leading to players being made available for loan or sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Difference this year is the squad is much stronger We could do with securing a CB early but the other positions I'm not so worried about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Instead of shooting him down for having a bad reputation, he does have a point. Look at Huddersfield - they did all their business early last season and they had everybody in prior to their team bonding trip to Sweden in the first week of July. Look what happened to them last season - spookily enough they got off to a great start and consequently got promoted! They have been in the playoff final and therefore less chance to prepare for this season, however they have already brought in top players in Scott Malone, Danny Williams, Tom Ince, Arran Mooy to permanent, Kasey Palmer loan, Mounie, Depoitre and they are currently negotiating a deal for a Danish centre back. I am concerned with our pre-season schedule and if we do bring players in late again, we may suffer yet another bad start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwokenGiant Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ali G said: We all know last year we brought in players too late, not fit etc. at the end of last season Bully said he wanted to get business done early with Carlos stating he wanted around 5 new additions. At present we have 1 new signing and the lads are already on a preseason tour. Just hope we don't do what we did last year and leave it too late. Windows only been open 7 days and it's not just a case of going down t'shops and picking what you want off the shelf. Also, my understanding of our chairman, and Thais in general, is they love to barter, so this also means that unlike the crazy Dr down the M1, we will hold out for the best deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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