Day Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Would the removing transfer windows lower the increasingly ridiculous fees clubs are paying? Allow clubs to bring players in throughout the season, maybe put a deadline in place for the Football League players, no player signed after 1st March can play in the play offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Yes it would, bring in what you need and not what you might need to cover. Would also mean the younger players will get more competitive game time as clubs aren't so reluctant to let them out on loan in case they may need them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I think the new "lack of loans between windows" has been very counter productive. Unless you are an agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robglosta Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Where's the fun in that, doe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 1 hour ago, David said: Would the removing transfer windows lower the increasingly ridiculous fees clubs are paying? Allow clubs to bring players in throughout the season, maybe put a deadline in place for the Football League players, no player signed after 1st March can play in the play offs. Yes David it has! now get rid of substitutes then nobody would want most of these who are constantly being sold, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I couldn't deal with all the 'looks like Villa are preparing a bid!' jokes all year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Would it mean people talk **** all year or would it mean less drama as the "excitement" wears off? Transfer rumours, gossip, speculation is ****. I hate it. In fact I hate speculation and rumour any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rample Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Yes. Look at Wildschut with a reasonable half season behind him suddenly going for £7m, which is vastly more than anyone expected a week ago, and partly down to the fact teams can hold buying clubs to ransom knowing there is a ticking clock. Average players as well as those with a brief run of form become crazily overpriced. I remember talk of Hogan in summer and we were saying £6, 7 , 8m or whatever it was a risk, and now that's virtually doubled. Footballers remind me of the housing boom - if you were lucky enough to buy a few you at the right time you are set as prices have rocketed since, and if you didn't you'll struggle to get on the ladder now. Maybe that is good for youth players/lower league finds in a way as smaller clubs will be priced out of most things beside these. Works the other way sometimes too though - if Boro/Villa want shut of Rhodes/McCormack they are going to have to knock serious money off their value to shift them today. Prices will have dropped by £4m or so during this window. What winds me up though is this last day flurry. Why, if you're signing a player, wouldn't you want him in 4 weeks ago, settled and with 4 or 5 games under his belt by now. I know sometimes it's knock on effects - Brady/Wilsdschut/Obertan to continue as above - but if Norwich had just bid £4m for Wildschut 4 weeks ago they would have got him for that or £5m at the outside. Let's go back to the 80s where you could sign who you wanted when you wanted up until March, squads were reasonable sizes, £2.5m was a lot of money and the playing field was a bit more even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I would like to see the transfer window extended - to include managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 3 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said: I think the new "lack of loans between windows" has been very counter productive. Unless you are an agent. Yep, stupid, stupid decision. Which utter wanksock came up with that idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 7 hours ago, David said: Would the removing transfer windows lower the increasingly ridiculous fees clubs are paying? Allow clubs to bring players in throughout the season, maybe put a deadline in place for the Football League players, no player signed after 1st March can play in the play offs. I think the transfer window is a misguided attempt to place some boundaries around unfettered free market forces. We've seen how the financial clout has gravitated to the top and the gap between the prem and the rest grows ever larger. We've also seen how contracts have become less meaningful. The essential tenet in English law is that contracts can be varied on giving sufficient notice and compensation. Hence with the massive financial muscle of the top clubs, contracts increasingly mean nothing further down. They can be bought out. So allowing a transfer free for all throughout the season without some other safeguards would in my view make things worse. Imagine a predatory bid coming in October for will if he's had a good start to the season. I haven't thought through what the best way forward is. But there needs to be some mechanism to even up the playing field. An analogy is the draft system in the nfl. One things for sure. The transfer system as it is benefits nobody except Jim f****** white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottingram Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Only issue is the ability to constantly unsettle players. At least if a player becomes unsettled say a week before the window closes its just for that week. Could maybe lead to even longer drawn out transfer sagas which would be a negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 6 hours ago, Leicester Ram said: I couldn't deal with all the 'looks like Villa are preparing a bid!' jokes all year round. Or Owen Bradley walking his dog jokes, Jesus H. Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 12 minutes ago, nottingram said: Only issue is the ability to constantly unsettle players. At least if a player becomes unsettled say a week before the window closes its just for that week. Could maybe lead to even longer drawn out transfer sagas which would be a negative. Which is why I think there have to be some different constraints. A couple of ill thought out ideas (to stimulate comment) - have to register an interest with the league before any activity - to quash false rumours - limit the number of signings in a season? It's not a straightforward issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Transfer window for managers. You have to have the head until Jan/summer and can't change in between. It'd be cruel and hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottingram Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 18 minutes ago, HantsRam said: Which is why I think there have to be some different constraints. A couple of ill thought out ideas (to stimulate comment) - have to register an interest with the league before any activity - to quash false rumours - limit the number of signings in a season? It's not a straightforward issue. Possibly, maybe real clamping down on agents and tapping up but difficult to enforce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 7 minutes ago, nottingram said: Possibly, maybe real clamping down on agents and tapping up but difficult to enforce. This is a good point. As in any market, understanding the actors in it and working out how you could regulate each one is really important. Like you say, vague things like "tapping up" or "turning heads " are probably not able to be regulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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