Why are we so slow ??

[sonnyjim]

Why are we so slow to sign players? We are now into the last week of the transfer window and still haven't done any business. Who do we blame for this?

We knew we needed a striker and a midfielder at least, those deals could of been done a lot earlier but yet again it looks as though we are going to wait until the last day to try and penny pinch and sign whatever is left over.

Who is responsible for this? Just sack them and get somebody else.

[Andrew]

The club has no intention of signing anyone now we are relatively safe.

They do not want to make a realistic charge for a european place so leave it as it is.

We will get a last minute dodgy loan.

It's not slow, it's not interested.

[Deeping_white]

I probably shouldn't engage with this post because it's a do-over of a topic we get on here all the time, but I can't understand how people see transfers as so black and white. As it stands, it looks like our three main targets are Pepi, Atta and Bobb, three players we've initially been collectively quoted way north of £100m because of the January window tax and the fact that all three are younger players who come at a premium because they have a higher ceiling of potential. Now as it stands, paying €35m for Pepi is an overspend and realistically I wouldn't like us to pay that, but he's also Silva's preferred ST target. Question back to you - do we as a club just go "yeah f*ck it" and pay a quoted price instantly, or do you do the sensible thing and negotiate on price to get it to a more reasonable sum? Because we don't have an infinite money glitch and overspending now will hamstring us later down the line, so whilst we could do with some reinforcements to push on to maybe qualify for Europe, would paying silly fees for players just for the sake of getting bodies in and reducing our ability to spend in subsequent years be worth the risk?

FWIW I know we have budget and clearly based on our bids we have some scope to be ambitious, but I would rather we didn't overpay if we didn't need to because then we might have to sell our best players either this summer or next summer to be able to spend, and then it becomes an uncomfortable conversation about who we keep and what sort of player can be brought in to replace them.

[bencher]

We are not actually in the last week of the window. It "slams" shut at 7pm on Monday 2nd February. Mark your diaries.

[demeant0r]

We're slow because the players we're aiming for generally want to play for higher tier teams and thus difficult to convince. That and the calibre of players we're aiming for generally cost £30m+ which we can't afford many of.

[sonnyjim]

I probably shouldn't engage with this post because it's a do-over of a topic we get on here all the time, but I can't understand how people see transfers as so black and white. As it stands, it looks like our three main targets are Pepi, Atta and Bobb, three players we've initially been collectively quoted way north of £100m because of the January window tax and the fact that all three are younger players who come at a premium because they have a higher ceiling of potential. Now as it stands, paying €35m for Pepi is an overspend and realistically I wouldn't like us to pay that, but he's also Silva's preferred ST target. Question back to you - do we as a club just go "yeah f*ck it" and pay a quoted price instantly, or do you do the sensible thing and negotiate on price to get it to a more reasonable sum? Because we don't have an infinite money glitch and overspending now will hamstring us later down the line, so whilst we could do with some reinforcements to push on to maybe qualify for Europe, would paying silly fees for players just for the sake of getting bodies in and reducing our ability to spend in subsequent years be worth the risk?

FWIW I know we have budget and clearly based on our bids we have some scope to be ambitious, but I would rather we didn't overpay if we didn't need to because then we might have to sell our best players either this summer or next summer to be able to spend, and then it becomes an uncomfortable conversation about who we keep and what sort of player can be brought in to replace them.

We've desperately needed a striker since 2023. It's actually ridiculous...

No we don't have an infinite money glitch but other clubs our size sign players much faster and don't drag it on until the final day of the window to sign somebody.

I'm pretty sure we all know that Marco will leave if we don't show at least some kind of ambition and, once again, we're in the same place.

As a premier league team looking to strengthen we need to identify who our targets are before the transfer window opens. It's not rocket science but it seems like it at Fulham.

[sonnyjim]

We are not actually in the last week of the window. It "slams" shut at 7pm on Monday 2nd February. Mark your diaries.

Yeah and I will not be surprised if we still haven't signed anybody on the 1st of February.

[alfie]

I probably shouldn't engage with this post because it's a do-over of a topic we get on here all the time, but I can't understand how people see transfers as so black and white. As it stands, it looks like our three main targets are Pepi, Atta and Bobb, three players we've initially been collectively quoted way north of £100m because of the January window tax and the fact that all three are younger players who come at a premium because they have a higher ceiling of potential. Now as it stands, paying €35m for Pepi is an overspend and realistically I wouldn't like us to pay that, but he's also Silva's preferred ST target. Question back to you - do we as a club just go "yeah f*ck it" and pay a quoted price instantly, or do you do the sensible thing and negotiate on price to get it to a more reasonable sum? Because we don't have an infinite money glitch and overspending now will hamstring us later down the line, so whilst we could do with some reinforcements to push on to maybe qualify for Europe, would paying silly fees for players just for the sake of getting bodies in and reducing our ability to spend in subsequent years be worth the risk?

FWIW I know we have budget and clearly based on our bids we have some scope to be ambitious, but I would rather we didn't overpay if we didn't need to because then we might have to sell our best players either this summer or next summer to be able to spend, and then it becomes an uncomfortable conversation about who we keep and what sort of player can be brought in to replace them.

We've desperately needed a striker since 2023. It's actually ridiculous...

No we don't have an infinite money glitch but other clubs our size sign players much faster and don't drag it on until the final day of the window to sign somebody.

I'm pretty sure we all know that Marco will leave if we don't show at least some kind of ambition and, once again, we're in the same place.

As a premier league team looking to strengthen we need to identify who our targets are before the transfer window opens. It's not rocket science but it seems like it at Fulham.

Players were identified a long time ago, but as usual selling clubs know we are in need of a striker, they then inflate the price, I don't blame Fulham for negotiating the price down. As for other clubs bringing players in, that's good if the manager/coach wants those players.
As usual as with all transfers in/out we do not have the knowledge of what goes on, all we do is blame the club.

[Coastwalker]

We'll sign someone.

One minute before the Window Closes We'll put in the paperwork for Raheem Sterling on loan.

[cookieg]

I probably shouldn't engage with this post because it's a do-over of a topic we get on here all the time, but I can't understand how people see transfers as so black and white. As it stands, it looks like our three main targets are Pepi, Atta and Bobb, three players we've initially been collectively quoted way north of £100m because of the January window tax and the fact that all three are younger players who come at a premium because they have a higher ceiling of potential. Now as it stands, paying €35m for Pepi is an overspend and realistically I wouldn't like us to pay that, but he's also Silva's preferred ST target. Question back to you - do we as a club just go "yeah f*ck it" and pay a quoted price instantly, or do you do the sensible thing and negotiate on price to get it to a more reasonable sum? Because we don't have an infinite money glitch and overspending now will hamstring us later down the line, so whilst we could do with some reinforcements to push on to maybe qualify for Europe, would paying silly fees for players just for the sake of getting bodies in and reducing our ability to spend in subsequent years be worth the risk?

FWIW I know we have budget and clearly based on our bids we have some scope to be ambitious, but I would rather we didn't overpay if we didn't need to because then we might have to sell our best players either this summer or next summer to be able to spend, and then it becomes an uncomfortable conversation about who we keep and what sort of player can be brought in to replace them.

We've desperately needed a striker since 2023. It's actually ridiculous...

No we don't have an infinite money glitch but other clubs our size sign players much faster and don't drag it on until the final day of the window to sign somebody.

I'm pretty sure we all know that Marco will leave if we don't show at least some kind of ambition and, once again, we're in the same place.

As a premier league team looking to strengthen we need to identify who our targets are before the transfer window opens. It's not rocket science but it seems like it at Fulham.

Marco will leave anyway because he is yet to commit to Fulham. How can he possibly sell the club to a potential signing when that player doesn't know of the manager will be there next season.

[bencher]

I still maintain that our transfer team is understaffed compared to other clubs in the PL. I said this in the summer as well. I have no idea in reality but reading between the lines all our deals seem to take far longer than other clubs around us and I think it's the club being cheap on staffing, too much work for the likes of AM and TK to get through and/or they are not good at delegating.

[HV71]

Past history would seem to indicate that this has very little to do with circumstance but everything to do with strategy and dogma.

[H4usuallysitting]

We'll probably get a couple of loans on Feb 2nd

[perry geyton]

The truth of the matter is quite simple, most fans just live in a bit of a delusional bubble of buy buy buy spend spend spend like that's the answer to everything
Inflated places are out of control , especially in January,
35 million for a mediocre winger etc.

We have a good squad, blowing dough is not always necessarily the answer to all of one's problems

I think the main concern for the khans right now is tying Marco down for the future, Harry too maybe

It's About time people started being grateful for what we have

UTF

[perry geyton]

I probably shouldn't engage with this post because it's a do-over of a topic we get on here all the time, but I can't understand how people see transfers as so black and white. As it stands, it looks like our three main targets are Pepi, Atta and Bobb, three players we've initially been collectively quoted way north of £100m because of the January window tax and the fact that all three are younger players who come at a premium because they have a higher ceiling of potential. Now as it stands, paying €35m for Pepi is an overspend and realistically I wouldn't like us to pay that, but he's also Silva's preferred ST target. Question back to you - do we as a club just go "yeah f*ck it" and pay a quoted price instantly, or do you do the sensible thing and negotiate on price to get it to a more reasonable sum? Because we don't have an infinite money glitch and overspending now will hamstring us later down the line, so whilst we could do with some reinforcements to push on to maybe qualify for Europe, would paying silly fees for players just for the sake of getting bodies in and reducing our ability to spend in subsequent years be worth the risk?

FWIW I know we have budget and clearly based on our bids we have some scope to be ambitious, but I would rather we didn't overpay if we didn't need to because then we might have to sell our best players either this summer or next summer to be able to spend, and then it becomes an uncomfortable conversation about who we keep and what sort of player can be brought in to replace them.

We've desperately needed a striker since 2023. It's actually ridiculous...

No we don't have an infinite money glitch but other clubs our size sign players much faster and don't drag it on until the final day of the window to sign somebody.

I'm pretty sure we all know that Marco will leave if we don't show at least some kind of ambition and, once again, we're in the same place.

As a premier league team looking to strengthen we need to identify who our targets are before the transfer window opens. It's not rocket science but it seems like it at Fulham.

We've desperately needed a striker since 2023 ?
That's news to me

[ArcticOctopus]

We've desperately needed a striker since 2023 ?
That's news to me

Yeah, came here to say that. Would it be nice to have a 20 goal a season striker? Absolutely. But they're not the only ones allowed to score goals.
Raul got 12 last year, Iwobi got 9. That's pretty good, especially for a club our size. I mean Chelsea's leading goal scorer last year was Cole Palmer with 15 then Nicolas Jackson with 10.

[H4usuallysitting]

The truth of the matter is quite simple, most fans just live in a bit of a delusional bubble of buy buy buy spend spend spend like that's the answer to everything
Inflated places are out of control , especially in January,
35 million for a mediocre winger etc.

We have a good squad, blowing dough is not always necessarily the answer to all of one's problems

I think the main concern for the khans right now is tying Marco down for the future, Harry too maybe

It's About time people started being grateful for what we have

UTF

Now, now Perry - we won't be having sensible post's on here

[Jim©]

The truth of the matter is quite simple, most fans just live in a bit of a delusional bubble of buy buy buy spend spend spend like that's the answer to everything
Inflated places are out of control , especially in January,
35 million for a mediocre winger etc.

We have a good squad, blowing dough is not always necessarily the answer to all of one's problems

I think the main concern for the khans right now is tying Marco down for the future, Harry too maybe

It's About time people started being grateful for what we have

UTF

I couldn't agree more. Look at the big spenders- Liverpool £430m to go backwards, Chelsea £300m to be 3 points ahead of us. Now look at the two lowest spenders- Fulham and Aston Villa.

Spend spend spend guarantees nothing at all.

[Andrew]

The truth of the matter is quite simple, most fans just live in a bit of a delusional bubble of buy buy buy spend spend spend like that's the answer to everything
Inflated places are out of control , especially in January,
35 million for a mediocre winger etc.

We have a good squad, blowing dough is not always necessarily the answer to all of one's problems

I think the main concern for the khans right now is tying Marco down for the future, Harry too maybe

It's About time people started being grateful for what we have

UTF

Now, now Perry - we won't be having sensible post's on here

I think the issue is not whether it is a good idea to spend spend spend but rather the words our leaders spout about ambition and what we can expect at the time of season ticket sales. If the owner said, no way are we spending money the squad is ok as it is then we would all cope but they lead us to believe they are ambitious but do not follow that through. The issue of marco's contract is proof positive they are not ambitious because a good management team would have pinned him down by now or have somebody lined up ready to go. The wilson issue shows there is total uncertainty.

And just as a final thought, Andy Thomas was probably the difference between success and Failure for Mac, I think we are in a similarish situation now.

[St Eve]

These posts are getting a little tedious.