No. If our teams were going to sign players they would have in the window allocated.
Yes, English clubs have disadvantaged themselves. Players often come available later in the window, as clubs finalise their squads. Also, you learn things about your squad once competitive football starts, but now you cannot fix them.
The timing was even worse, doing it for the first time in a World Cup summer.
Also, people think clubs abroad will respect our window and not bid for players once our window is shut. Cannot see that, if one of the big clubs decides they want a player they will go for him.
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posted 9 minutes ago
No. If our teams were going to sign players they would have in the window allocated.
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so youd be happy if your team had two serious injuries in the first 2 or 3 games and were unable to get someone in to replace them. Well can only assume you are a man city fan, they are poss. the only team that could cope with that.
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posted 53 seconds ago
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
No. If our teams were going to sign players they would have in the window allocated.
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so youd be happy if your team had two serious injuries in the first 2 or 3 games and were unable to get someone in to replace them. Well can only assume you are a man city fan, they are poss. the only team that could cope with that.
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Wrong team in Manchester. We had plenty of time to buy players, we bought 2, wouldn’t have made any difference if the window was open for longer.
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I think sooner rather than later a big name player will leave and our clubs will be stood around with their dlcks in their hands wandering how it happened...
Didn't they vote for it?
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot
I think sooner or later the other big leagues will follow suit and close before their league starts too. Obviously we start a week earlier so their might still be some overlap but in the end closing it before the season starts makes sense all around.
We've absolutely shot ourselves in the foot here. As it stands now parasites like RM can come in and take players, as they do, and there is nothing we can do to replace them.
European clubs could even use it as a ploy to deliberately disadvantage British clubs in European competition.
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
for example lets say after game 2 in uk Gareth Bale has huge argument with Reals coach and hands in transfer request no British club can go in for him, so can psg munich and such pick him up dirt cheap and we lose out again.
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
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Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
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Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
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The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
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Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
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The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
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Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
Other option would be to have two window tiers (like we are having) but rather than stopping buys altogether before the season kicks off just stop domestic transfers?
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
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Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
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The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
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Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
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If Hazard wants to go, he goes anyway. Not depending on how long the TW is open.
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
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Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
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The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
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Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
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If Hazard wants to go, he goes anyway. Not depending on how long the TW is open.
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But if he goes when our window is shut Chelsea can't replace him - kind of the whole point...
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
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Again, not really addressing the question.
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
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Again, not really addressing the question.
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I give you my view before.
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
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Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
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Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
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If Hazard wants to go, he goes anyway. Not depending on how long the TW is open.
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Obviously but the whole point is then, we can't replace him and our season is in disarray!
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
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You're not really getting this concept are you!!
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comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
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You're not really getting this concept are you!!
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The comment all about money was related to Hazard's possible intention to leave the club. If Chelsea gives him even more money he stays.
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
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You're not really getting this concept are you!!
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The comment all about money was related to Hazard's possible intention to leave the club. If Chelsea gives him even more money he stays.
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But that isn't what we are discussing. The topic is if the transfer window closing for PL teams 3 weeks before the rest of the big leagues is a bad move.
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posted on 12/8/18
No. If our teams were going to sign players they would have in the window allocated.
posted on 12/8/18
Yes, English clubs have disadvantaged themselves. Players often come available later in the window, as clubs finalise their squads. Also, you learn things about your squad once competitive football starts, but now you cannot fix them.
The timing was even worse, doing it for the first time in a World Cup summer.
Also, people think clubs abroad will respect our window and not bid for players once our window is shut. Cannot see that, if one of the big clubs decides they want a player they will go for him.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
No. If our teams were going to sign players they would have in the window allocated.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
so youd be happy if your team had two serious injuries in the first 2 or 3 games and were unable to get someone in to replace them. Well can only assume you are a man city fan, they are poss. the only team that could cope with that.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by vavarising (U21731)
posted 53 seconds ago
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
No. If our teams were going to sign players they would have in the window allocated.
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so youd be happy if your team had two serious injuries in the first 2 or 3 games and were unable to get someone in to replace them. Well can only assume you are a man city fan, they are poss. the only team that could cope with that.
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Wrong team in Manchester. We had plenty of time to buy players, we bought 2, wouldn’t have made any difference if the window was open for longer.
posted on 12/8/18
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posted on 12/8/18
I think sooner rather than later a big name player will leave and our clubs will be stood around with their dlcks in their hands wandering how it happened...
Didn't they vote for it?
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot
posted on 12/8/18
I think sooner or later the other big leagues will follow suit and close before their league starts too. Obviously we start a week earlier so their might still be some overlap but in the end closing it before the season starts makes sense all around.
posted on 12/8/18
We've absolutely shot ourselves in the foot here. As it stands now parasites like RM can come in and take players, as they do, and there is nothing we can do to replace them.
European clubs could even use it as a ploy to deliberately disadvantage British clubs in European competition.
posted on 12/8/18
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
posted on 12/8/18
for example lets say after game 2 in uk Gareth Bale has huge argument with Reals coach and hands in transfer request no British club can go in for him, so can psg munich and such pick him up dirt cheap and we lose out again.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
posted on 12/8/18
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
posted on 12/8/18
Other option would be to have two window tiers (like we are having) but rather than stopping buys altogether before the season kicks off just stop domestic transfers?
posted on 12/8/18
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
----------------------------------------------------------------------
If Hazard wants to go, he goes anyway. Not depending on how long the TW is open.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 0 seconds ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
----------------------------------------------------------------------
If Hazard wants to go, he goes anyway. Not depending on how long the TW is open.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
But if he goes when our window is shut Chelsea can't replace him - kind of the whole point...
posted on 12/8/18
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
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That's life. All about money.
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Again, not really addressing the question.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That's life. All about money.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Again, not really addressing the question.
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I give you my view before.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 27 minutes ago
Transfer Window is open long enough. I am pretty happy that is shut earlier in the PL. But it should be more restrictive. No outgoings either would be good.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fine if it was but that's not the case, as it stands now RM can put in a £200m bid for Hazard, unsettle him to the point he demands a transfer, leaves us in a untenable position and we have no way of replacing him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The club needs to stand firm then. Simple.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thats not really the point, though. If Hazard wants to go then it will disrupt Chelsea - even if he ends up staying.
The whole point of closing the window was so teams aren't disrupted by transfers .
----------------------------------------------------------------------
If Hazard wants to go, he goes anyway. Not depending on how long the TW is open.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Obviously but the whole point is then, we can't replace him and our season is in disarray!
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That's life. All about money.
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You're not really getting this concept are you!!
posted on 12/8/18
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posted on 12/8/18
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That's life. All about money.
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You're not really getting this concept are you!!
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The comment all about money was related to Hazard's possible intention to leave the club. If Chelsea gives him even more money he stays.
posted on 12/8/18
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by BrummieBlue! (U3487)
posted 20 minutes ago
The club can by all means stand firm - that's the easy part.
Trying to get the best out of an unsettled player for the following season is the hard part.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That's life. All about money.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You're not really getting this concept are you!!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The comment all about money was related to Hazard's possible intention to leave the club. If Chelsea gives him even more money he stays.
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But that isn't what we are discussing. The topic is if the transfer window closing for PL teams 3 weeks before the rest of the big leagues is a bad move.
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