Indeed.
However, I think it was just a case of frustration and expectations.
The transfer window is shit. There is quite a lot of dross available for sale in January (unless you have mega-bucks). There is no point signing any old sailor for the sake of it and I feel the loan window works well...
I am not wishing to just bounce this thread for the sake of it and this isn't a told you so. But...
Why would you be so hasty? We have signed some midfielders. He was obviously looking for a short term fix in the shape of Lua-Lua on loan, presumably because the right (or left) man was not...
Our relegation rivals may have been able to attract players, but would those players have improved us? Besides which, we have already signed a handful of players thus far.
I really do not understand the levels of criticism aimed at Poyet and/or Bloom. Were our targets available at a price we...
You would hope that he would be giving his old team mates a ring i.e. Zola and Di Matteo, but there are no guarantees that they will have anyone suitable or whether the players in question want to come or are offered a better loan deal elsewhere.
I am sure he does have good contacts within the game, as he seems to be a popular chap. However, that does not guarantee that the teams have the right men we need or that the players are keen to go on loan or that we can afford them or reach an agreeable deal.
Painter and Calderon seem to be...