by Big Ern »
01 Feb 2013 00:51
Ideal Ideal ManchesterRoyals I think this has all been bollocks, we were never going to pay that amount, it was just to let the fans think we would pay big money to be let down at the last min and say at least we tried to sign him
Exactly, it's a carefully engineered publicity stunt designed to appease fasns, and create that "oh, we gave it our best shot" impression.
I'm not falling for it, if we wanted this guy we wouldn't squabble over pocket change, and let's be honest here, a player of this calibre might be the difference between going down and staying up so it makes no sense to be stalling over loose change as staying up is worth tens of millions.
So.. can we all agree that we've been had?
It's the same thing every time. Throw some exciting name out there, bid less than they want, announce that we've bid - which we never normally do, and fail to complete the transfer, then create the false perception that we gave it a real go. Bull shit, this was never going to happen, and it was all done to appease the fans, pacify us.
We were never seriously in for Ince, otherwise this would have not turned out the way it always does when we follow our "appease the fans recipe", I am absolutely livid, I am fuming, zingarevich can FOAD, he has no money and we are no better off than we were with JM alone.
Easy Tiger
I don't think this will appease the fans (except for the simpletons like melonhead) and the club will face fierce critism if we go down, which they will thoroughly deserve. I don't think they would go as far a trying a "publicity stunt" but this bid stinks more of "chancing our luck" to see if we could get him on the cheap as opposed to a serious attempt at signing him.
We should also consider that this was a case of one of the most prudent clubs in the country trying to Negotiate with one of the hardest negotiators. Never likely to happen with our penny pinching and Blackpool's over-inflated price. I look forward to seeing Ince grade the premiership next season, but it's fair to say it won't be with us.
Above all, 6 Premiership transfer windows and yet again the board has failed to deliver...more than a coincidence some might say. Kelly was a solid signing, and the others have potential, but we don't need potential for now, we need proven quality to give us that kick-on to avoid relegation. These proven players appear to be something sadly the does not appear to be able to deliver either now or in the past. Unless that policy changes we have nothing more than the odd season in the Premiership to look forward to and it appears we learnt nothing from our last failed Premiership season.