[Official TC Thread] January Transfer Window 2025 - 3rd Feb 11pm Deadline

Nobody is 'bashing' Brendan...

 

Eh ? Come again ?
I've seen some of them calling Brendan a rat.

 

Literally not seen one person criticise him over this transfer window..

 

Diego costa doing the rounds


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We've entered this stage of post transfer window mayhem I see

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Another mismanaged window by our board and recruitment team with lack of planning, strategy and foresight.

Jota could turn out to be a great signing (again) but it doesnt quite absolve or redeem our failure to capitalise from a position of strength.

Its a recurring issue under the senior management and it has to change as it constantly undermines the ambition of the manager and the hopes of the fans.

I cant think of many other multi million pound organisations thats run with such carelessness.

 

First of all, Brendan is clearly at odds with the board over the lack of signings. So pretty much everyone is on Brendan's side here.

Secondly, considering injuries and suspensions is not being negative. It's called being realistic. No player realistically plays every minute of every game. Which is why it's important to have depth so your starting XI isn't massively weakened by missing a player or two. That simply isn't the case for us now. An injury to Idah or Maeda and we're massively weaker.

 

To be fair, there’s probably a few teams in England with supporters saying similar. Arsenal have got no fit strikers at this moment in time and still didn’t bring one in despite being in a title race and competing on multiple fronts. Man Utd are an absolute shambles and didn’t sign anyone either. There were a few clubs down South who didn’t sign anyone in January, and the majority of players who moved did so on loan. It was an extremely quiet window in general.

 

January is never the time to really be trying to sign players that are regularly playing at their current clubs, because a) those clubs don't want to sell, and b) if a club really wants them it will be at a premium. Hence why in January, its more about the fringe players or guys currently plying their trade outside of the major European leagues.

 

Man Utd are severely restricted with PSR. Arsenal couldn’t afford Watkins. Most clubs in England are suffering with PSR issues, which is why they struggled to sign players.

We don’t have that problem.