YepAldridge Prior wrote:I'm bored now, it's beyond daft. There's been a steady rise over the years but this year seems to have just broken the trend. It doesn't remotely correlate to previous seasons.
Even paying 12m or so for a decent championship winger is high really, completely unproven at this level.
It is compared to all the other transfers this windowThe Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco wrote:Mahrez is on the market for £27mil.
Thats pretty cheap
Would rather have him than an inform MurphyThe Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco wrote:Mahrez is on the market for £27mil.
Thats pretty cheap
Glad it's not us. For a long time I considered him overrated - but now that he isn't rated so highly, I'm of the mind people rate him just as they should (as a keeper not quite good enough for a PL title contender).Bodacious Benny wrote:Hart looks like he's going to West Ham.
He's arguably the best RB in the league in fairness.Bodacious Benny wrote:£50m for an okay RB
Thats not saying much.ALF wrote:He's arguably the best RB in the league in fairness.Bodacious Benny wrote:£50m for an okay RB
Perhaps, although I'd probably say Bellerin is better.ALF wrote:He's arguably the best RB in the league in fairness.Bodacious Benny wrote:£50m for an okay RB
It is in no way sustainable, at some point the whole thing will come crashing down. Interesting point about lack of recruitment at the Top 6 clubs overall.I'm over Colo wrote:Good read from Bleacher Report today discussing the spending in world football right now. Particularly interesting summary of some of Deloitte's findings regarding the escalating annual losses clubs are taking on - and whether it's sustainable. The author definitely doesn't think it is.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2721 ... -absurdity
Surprised it's only a one year deal. I thought he'd joined you over a month ago anywayB4E wrote:If anyone cares, Sammy Ameobi has joined Bolton on a one year deal. Between him and Will Buckley (1 goal in 3 years lol), one of them hopefully isn't complete s*** in the Championship
Exactly. It's just a sudden and extreme inflation based on an artificial market. PL clubs were willing to spend insane money to get the players they wanted, and everyone knew the tv money was ballooning, but clubs aren't making money, while they all just chase each other into bankruptcy selling people like a commodity. I can't really understand why owners have done this to themselves? They could have just taken advantage of their new revenue and settled finances, but instead they're driving up the cost of doing business. Make fun of the North American sports league franchise system if you want (I don't mean you BB personally), but there are benefits to better controlling the costs of doing business and not driving up your mutual costs with arbitrarily derived transfer fees.Bodacious Benny wrote:It is in no way sustainable, at some point the whole thing will come crashing down. Interesting point about lack of recruitment at the Top 6 clubs overall.I'm over Colo wrote:Good read from Bleacher Report today discussing the spending in world football right now. Particularly interesting summary of some of Deloitte's findings regarding the escalating annual losses clubs are taking on - and whether it's sustainable. The author definitely doesn't think it is.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2721 ... -absurdity
All these inflated transfer fees are pointless. Yes you might be able to charge a premium for your players, but anyone you buy will cost an equally absurd amount.
Yes, this new money gave PL clubs a fantastic opportunity to control costs, clear debt and build for a solid sustainable future. Instead they're just tossing it all away on transfer fees and wages and screwing each other over. Strange business. The problem is that it would take a unified approach from ALL Premier League Clubs to make something like that work, something that was never likely to happen.I'm over Colo wrote:Exactly. It's just a sudden and extreme inflation based on an artificial market. PL clubs were willing to spend insane money to get the players they wanted, and everyone knew the tv money was ballooning, but clubs aren't making money, while they all just chase each other into bankruptcy selling people like a commodity. I can't really understand why owners have done this to themselves? They could have just taken advantage of their new revenue and settled finances, but instead they're driving up the cost of doing business. Make fun of the North American sports league franchise system if you want (I don't mean you BB personally), but there are benefits to better controlling the costs of doing business and not driving up your mutual costs with arbitrarily derived transfer fees.Bodacious Benny wrote:
It is in no way sustainable, at some point the whole thing will come crashing down. Interesting point about lack of recruitment at the Top 6 clubs overall.
All these inflated transfer fees are pointless. Yes you might be able to charge a premium for your players, but anyone you buy will cost an equally absurd amount.
Problem with the current squad is that I can't see us scoring that many goals (lack of creativity) and we'll continue to give away stupid goals.Heisen wrote:In all honesty I'm quite relaxed about our lack of recruitment as we're not the only ones in the position we're in. Southampton, Stoke, West Brom etc., aren't exactly paying these ridiculous fees yet. We'll be in a relegation battle for sure but I'd rather us work with the squad we've got (which in all honesty isn't as horrendous as people are making out) and add two or three then piss away £30m on some unknown player. Even being expected to pay £16m for a Championship winger is ridiculous.
Bodacious Benny wrote:Perhaps, although I'd probably say Bellerin is better.ALF wrote:
He's arguably the best RB in the league in fairness.
This, and because he's so fast he can usually get back into position after he's made a mistake.Lassassinblanc wrote:Bodacious Benny wrote:
Perhaps, although I'd probably say Bellerin is better.
Fully fit Seamus Coleman has to be up there too, Walker is over rated because he's English, he has pace that's all he's a crap defender
