14 seconds away

[AndyinLiverpool]

7 minutes ago, blackNwhites said:

I've never heard of this sort of thing happening before. 14 seconds too late? f*** off. Was it 23.00:14 or 23.01:14? Either way, f*** off. Is there any kind of grace period? 2 minutes for Kieftenbeld, so what? He made a mistake, there's no grace period for human error now?

This, as far as I recall, has never happened. Andre Arshavin's transfer to Arsenal went through, and that was about 12 hours later than the window.

Why have they started clamping down on it now? Why is the answer to all of footballing's problems to close things the Thursday before season kick off?

Football is ran by idiots papering over the cracks.

Feel better for that?

 

There isn't a grace period because clubs have weeks and weeks to conduct transfers.

I swear clubs do the deadline day dance just for the publicity. Serves them right. It's like arriving at a bus stop a minute late and then complaining that the bus left on time.

[blackNwhites]

2 hours ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

Feel better for that?

 

There isn't a grace period because clubs have weeks and weeks to conduct transfers.

I swear clubs do the deadline day dance just for the publicity. Serves them right. It's like arriving at a bus stop a minute late and then complaining that the bus left on time.

Why are people getting all strict about it now? What happened? Every year since we've had this circus of a window, transfers have snuck through after the window shuts. 

Leicester and Derby though, nah.

[AndyinLiverpool]

8 minutes ago, blackNwhites said:

Why are people getting all strict about it now? What happened? Every year since we've had this circus of a window, transfers have snuck through after the window shuts. 

Leicester and Derby though, nah.

Because certain forms have to be submitted before the deadline and the rest can be submitted later. Derby and Leicester, it would seem, couldn't even get the first bit right.

[blackNwhites]

24 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

Because certain forms have to be submitted before the deadline and the rest can be submitted later. Derby and Leicester, it would seem, couldn't even get the first bit right.

Seems a bit strange that the first time we've heard about it, after 2 signings have been announced, they've had to come out and say they haven't been done in time.

Too much of a coincidence, specially after the new transfer window thing has been announced.

We're talking 14 seconds and 2 minutes and the lives of two men being messed about with. It's too much, the whole of the transfer windows idea should be binned and a new system that doesn't see people being flogged like cattle.

It's too weird and the EFL and FA are arrogant by acting outside of UEFA.

[rynny]

1 minute ago, blackNwhites said:

Seems a bit strange that the first time we've heard about it, after 2 signings have been announced, they've had to come out and say they haven't been done in time.

Too much of a coincidence, specially after the new transfer window thing has been announced.

We're talking 14 seconds and 2 minutes and the lives of two men being messed about with. It's too much, the whole of the transfer windows idea should be binned and a new system that doesn't see people being flogged like cattle.

It's too weird and the EFL and FA are arrogant by acting outside of UEFA.

Barnsley have had the same issue as well. Oli McBurnie was announced after the deadline only to have to release a statement yesterday that it hadn't gone through in time.

[WharfedaleRam]

Hmm. Makes you wonder if the same had happened to a player going to a top 6 prem. club, would we have the same outcome?!

[Day]

18 minutes ago, WharfedaleRam said:

Hmm. Makes you wonder if the same had happened to a player going to a top 6 prem. club, would we have the same outcome?!

Rules are rules but rules would be flexible had this been say Man Utd and a £90m signing.

[blackNwhites]

44 minutes ago, rynny said:

Barnsley have had the same issue as well. Oli McBurnie was announced after the deadline only to have to release a statement yesterday that it hadn't gone through in time.

Hadn't heard of this. 

It's ridiculous really. I thought the Leicester one was 14 minutes, not seconds.

3 smaller clubs punished. 3 footballing careers messed about with. All for the sake of a few seconds or minutes. It's a farce.

Does anyone remember the Arshavin circus? It was snowing at the time, that doesn't really add to the story but I remember it clearly. It was hours after the deadline that the FA 'allowed' it.

Silva, Kieftenbeld and McBurnie have had the next 4 months of their career ruined.

Sack the window circus, especially after this new ruling that only applies to the English FA joke.

[CumbrianRam]

Difference is Leicester have to pay the wage and transfer fee and not get anything until Jan, Derby simply didn't get the player and can either go back for him or move on.