The are we allowed the "it's quiet" thread yet? thread.

[Luke The Blue]

Yep I'm gonna panick too. Soon I will be getting told the transfer window is not even open yet.

 

[kaz7]

Where have all the ITK's gone?

 

[Daz_Blue]

Where have all the ITK's gone?

Nobody knows ....

 

[argyle]

Where have all the ITK's gone?

Searching for the supposed Boooom?

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Where have all the ITK's gone?

With things going "quiet" I get the feeling that things have stalled between the clubs over the past week. Just going off rumours/reports, I would guess all the work has been done with the players but we've not met the player valuations and until we do, this might stay "quiet" for a little longer.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

The thing that worries me is the lack of players leaving as well; we will struggle to bring people in until we get rid of players like kolarov and bony to free up sqaud slots most likely

We don't have to give squad slots to players we don't want if we've got too many players for the available slots.

 

[Happy Feet]

Where have all the ITK's gone?

Risking a ban with posts like that.

 

[kaz7]

Risking a ban with posts like that.

Why? it was an honest question not a dig in any way

 

[mosssideblue]

Risking a ban with posts like that.

eh?

 

[Tyga16]

eh?

I can confirm that Sarcasm was used here.

Here too help all the time :)

 

[LittleEgg]

Wasn't it made clear that transfer business would be pretty much on hold whilst the team is in China...?

 

[nmc]

I'm a total KFA but my guess is that deals in are being held up by the difficulty of moving on some of our high earners. Once you bring players in and oversize the squad you lose any leverage for shipping players out. Anyone looking at Bony will lower their bid once they know we've replaced him and are desperate to ship him out - we essentially face the prospect of having him under contract and not being able to name him in any of our squads.

 

[Centurions]

I'm a total KFA but my guess is that deals in are being held up by the difficulty of moving on some of our high earners. Once you bring players in and oversize the squad you lose any leverage for shipping players out. Anyone looking at Bony will lower their bid once they know we've replaced him and are desperate to ship him out - we essentially face the prospect of having him under contract and not being able to name him in any of our squads.

I don't buy into this way of thinking, surely every other club work the exact same way therefore negating any advantage either way? To be fair I don't pay too much attention to other clubs dealings except in a superficial way so perhaps I'm wrong.

 

[Greenjob]

I'm a total KFA but my guess is that deals in are being held up by the difficulty of moving on some of our high earners. Once you bring players in and oversize the squad you lose any leverage for shipping players out. Anyone looking at Bony will lower their bid once they know we've replaced him and are desperate to ship him out - we essentially face the prospect of having him under contract and not being able to name him in any of our squads.

Might be ideal to utilise either NY City or Melbourne to harbour some of our bucksheet players?? Just a suggestion :)

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I'm a total KFA but my guess is that deals in are being held up by the difficulty of moving on some of our high earners. Once you bring players in and oversize the squad you lose any leverage for shipping players out. Anyone looking at Bony will lower their bid once they know we've replaced him and are desperate to ship him out - we essentially face the prospect of having him under contract and not being able to name him in any of our squads.

If we get Stones and Sane we'll have 20 players in the 'Free' category. So even now, we're one player over the 17 we're allowed. And you hardly have to be a footballing Einstein to work out that we're desperate to get rid of Bony & Kolarov.

 

[aguero93:20]

I can confirm that Sarcasm was used here.

Here too help all the time :)

Sarcasm doesn't excuse your appalling grammar, only parody is capable of that.

 

[LittleEgg]

I'm a total KFA but my guess is that deals in are being held up by the difficulty of moving on some of our high earners. Once you bring players in and oversize the squad you lose any leverage for shipping players out. Anyone looking at Bony will lower their bid once they know we've replaced him and are desperate to ship him out - we essentially face the prospect of having him under contract and not being able to name him in any of our squads.

Other clubs have access to all the same gossip...just because replacements haven't arrived yet, doesn't mean other clubs are not aware of city's desire to sell.

That combined with the fact there is more money than quality floating around the PL right now, basically means chill...the musical chairs of player transfers will start soon.

 

[TexasCityzen]

Wasn't it made clear that transfer business would be pretty much on hold whilst the team is in China...?

This is the impression I am under as well. It's clear we probably need to sell some players. Pretty hard to do if they are in China. None of the top English teams seem to be doing much at the moment, bar liverpool.

 

[aguero93:20]

This is the impression I am under as well. It's clear we probably need to sell some players. Pretty hard to do if they are in China. None of the top English teams seem to be doing much at the moment, bar liverpool.

Takes less time to buy a second hand Mazda than a brand new Ferrari tbf.

 

[blueinsa]

Risking a ban with posts like that.

Don't forget your thread ban for shit stirring ;-)