Possibly because of points dropped from winning positions would have had us top.
Possibly the disappointment is not with league position in october, but with the way we've played in our last four games (bar the second 45 v leeds and the first 25 v palace). Being 5th now means nothing. Being 5th...
I imagine Gus would know other teams budgets either through experience, or through people within the game talking to each other, amounts offered to players that several clubs are interested in, current wages of players, end of year finance releases.
I would agree with you chappers, both that...
Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that the staff were off and gus was away until tuesday. Their belief was that this meant the rumour was BS, but you are right, it could be that the day of the signing is wrong, but that it may still occur. Personally I'm in the sceptical camp, but am open...
Yes. But if it's not, it's more likely to be painter related than Calderon
Likelihood it's nonsense > likelihood it's painter related > calderon related
As Beardy goal saysa, it's the wrong side, more likely that Gus wants competition for Painter/doesn't think painter has made the step up as well as he'd hoped.
I don't believe the window matters to the loaning/selling club, only the buying/borrowing club's window. I can't remember who, but a player was bought from a UK (might be scottish) team, after our window was closed, by a Turkish (I think) team and was able to play for them because their transfer...
I think he can. The loan of the chelsea player whose name escapes me at the moment was blocked because a) it was in the same window as they bought him and b) it was to a fellow premier league club. Wayne Bridge moved to Man city in 2009 so a) is not relevant and we are a championship club so b)...