Norwich have major clearout - 10 gone,meanwhile back @ Craven Cottage..........

[AnotherVicHalomLoveChild]

nothing
Zip
No "thankyou & goodbyes" to the deadwood
No mention of signing Reither or Boateng although rumours abound
Jol says we will release 8 or 9 players & will look to sign 5 or 6 (nope I don't get the maths on that either)
I understand it takes time to target,persuade & sign new players so nuff said about that - for the moment
However,if Norwich can act quickly as far as releasing those not wanted (& announce them) - why can't we?
Surely we already know those who have no future with us?
Why delay?
Is it a PR thing?
Does it cast further doubt on Jol's future?
Any ideas on this?
Never mind highlights of the season - this is one to (mostly) forget & make a start with the summer rebuild
Come on Fulham - let's have some positive news - pleez!

[cottage cheese]

We get these types of posts every year. Have you not learnt yet that Fulham NEVER release anything until its 100% done. Its the correct way to go about our business.

[Ordar]

To not have even officially acknowledged that Reither has joined permanently is just ridiculous, just a passing mention by Jol in an interview. He deserved more 

[Northern Cottager]

We get these types of posts every year. Have you not learnt yet that Fulham NEVER release anything until its 100% done. Its the correct way to go about our business.

Spot on. These clubs that publicly make themselves a Circus during the transfer window are usually the ones that get relegated. We quietly go about our business, release who we need too and we'll bring people in and make less of a fuss. Less deals scuppered if no-one knows what we are up to!

[Patrick]

We get these types of posts every year. Have you not learnt yet that Fulham NEVER release anything until its 100% done. Its the correct way to go about our business.

+100..........

[FFC1987]

I think they are waiting to announce 2-3 all at once, well I'd like to think so anyway! Just so happens that Reither's team announced it and obviously Boateng did himself too. If we are led to believe that Amorebieta, Sako or Skel are also signing, it makes sense to do them all at once really.

[FFCByTheRiver]

This is a misery post for the sake of misery.

It's not a race to be first to announce, as far as the clubs are concerned it's probably actually much the opposite. We should all know this by now.

Also - Sidwell tweeted something about saying goodbye to a lot of players for the last time after the Swansea game. So there :)

[Andy S]

I think you have to talk to the players that are leaving yourself before you announce anything. Most players want to go off and have a break before doing anything. It's been a long season.
When you look at the numbers thing it is because we are looking to bring some of the accadamy through that there is a discrepancy. Lets not also forget that players contracts are up until 30th June.

[AnotherVicHalomLoveChild]

We get these types of posts every year. Have you not learnt yet that Fulham NEVER release anything until its 100% done. Its the correct way to go about our business.

Spot on. These clubs that publicly make themselves a Circus during the transfer window are usually the ones that get relegated. We quietly go about our business, release who we need too and we'll bring people in and make less of a fuss. Less deals scuppered if no-one knows what we are up to!

There is NO need to "quietly go about" getting rid of the deadwood or those who are out of contract & definitely do not want to play for us (i.e.are not playing the negotiating game)
I fully agree with you regarding our approach as far as new players are concerned & understand the way we do it (i.e.until it is on the official FFC website etc etc)
I state above "nuff said about that - for the moment"
I'm sure that the work is going on as far as new signings & we will see in time
There is good news to be had by having a clearout NOW of those not wanted & not up to the job
Let's not have another August experience again though!
Do either of you understand Jol's "we are losing 8 or 9 so I must sign 5 or 6?"

[Northern Cottager]

We get these types of posts every year. Have you not learnt yet that Fulham NEVER release anything until its 100% done. Its the correct way to go about our business.

Spot on. These clubs that publicly make themselves a Circus during the transfer window are usually the ones that get relegated. We quietly go about our business, release who we need too and we'll bring people in and make less of a fuss. Less deals scuppered if no-one knows what we are up to!

There is NO need to "quietly go about" getting rid of the deadwood or those who are out of contract & definitely do not want to play for us (i.e.are not playing the negotiating game)
I fully agree with you regarding our approach as far as new players are concerned & understand the way we do it (i.e.until it is on the official FFC website etc etc)
I state above "nuff said about that - for the moment"
I'm sure that the work is going on as far as new signings & we will see in time
There is good news to be had by having a clearout NOW of those not wanted & not up to the job
Let's not have another August experience again though!
Do either of you understand Jol's "we are losing 8 or 9 so I must sign 5 or 6?"

I think if we lose 8 or 9 players from the first team and replace with 6 then maybe hes hoping to bring through a few of the younger ones we already have on board? Try and get the mix right of youth and experience maybe.

[Joe McDonald]

why announce that you've let a number of players go, if we can't get the players we target we're in a position to re-sign players and not leave the squad short on numbers (if not quality...)

[Senior Supporter]

We get these types of posts every year. Have you not learnt yet that Fulham NEVER release anything until its 100% done. Its the correct way to go about our business.

Spot on. These clubs that publicly make themselves a Circus during the transfer window are usually the ones that get relegated. We quietly go about our business, release who we need too and we'll bring people in and make less of a fuss. Less deals scuppered if no-one knows what we are up to!

There is NO need to "quietly go about" getting rid of the deadwood or those who are out of contract & definitely do not want to play for us (i.e.are not playing the negotiating game)
I fully agree with you regarding our approach as far as new players are concerned & understand the way we do it (i.e.until it is on the official FFC website etc etc)
I state above "nuff said about that - for the moment"
I'm sure that the work is going on as far as new signings & we will see in time
There is good news to be had by having a clearout NOW of those not wanted & not up to the job
Let's not have another August experience again though!
Do either of you understand Jol's "we are losing 8 or 9 so I must sign 5 or 6?"

When you look at our squad we currently have thirteen midfielders, partly to cover for the long-term injuries. I think it is reasonable, and adequate, to expect the number to be cut to ten by the beginning of next season.

[God The Mechanic]

The season ended three days ago!! Jesus Christ.

[Walsh]

The season ended three days ago!! Jesus Christ.

Exactly what I thought and just because Norwich have released players willy nilly doesn't mean we should, most of our players who will be moving on have been at the club for around 3 years now and shouldn't be just pushed of the club the day the league finishes.

[Steven Ageroad]

Does this mean to say we've already signed 5 players of the 6 expected?

I think they are waiting to announce 2-3 all at once, well I'd like to think so anyway! Just so happens that Reither's team announced it and obviously Boateng did himself too. If we are led to believe that Amorebieta, Sako or Skel are also signing, it makes sense to do them all at once really.

[rusty shackleford]

Absolutely ridiculous on the clubs part. Ive been logging on here every 5 mins from Monday morning hoping for half our squad to be released and several signings to be made and there has been nothing.... nada.... zip... zilch... bupkiss

Surely if Norwich can release a bunch of fringe players in a matter of days then we should too. Come on Jol! If i see Alex Smith in a Fulham shirt one more time im done

[ffcbulgaria]

When you look at our squad we currently have thirteen midfielders, partly to cover for the long-term injuries. I think it is reasonable, and adequate, to expect the number to be cut to ten by the beginning of next season.

Reassuring isnt it? And then you look that those numbers include all the loanees who are gone in the summer, Diarra who might but more likely won't be fit again and Karagounis who is mentioned to be going and is gonna be 37 anyway now you find out our only CM next season will be Sidwell :)

[FFC1987]

Does this mean to say we've already signed 5 players of the 6 expected?

I think they are waiting to announce 2-3 all at once, well I'd like to think so anyway! Just so happens that Reither's team announced it and obviously Boateng did himself too. If we are led to believe that Amorebieta, Sako or Skel are also signing, it makes sense to do them all at once really.

No, I meant, if they know we are going to sign 3 players within say 5 days, the logical thing to do is announce them all as a bundle PR event, rather than doing 1 signing each day if that makes sense?

[Edwatch_Winston_Malone]

I think the players contracts run until the end of June. So there is no need to comment on their status until after then...

[Steven Ageroad]

You missed my point. Jol says he wants to sign 5 or 6 players, the indications are that we may have signed the 5 you mentioned. Does that mean that's sum total of our signings for the summer and maybe 1 other?!

Does this mean to say we've already signed 5 players of the 6 expected?

I think they are waiting to announce 2-3 all at once, well I'd like to think so anyway! Just so happens that Reither's team announced it and obviously Boateng did himself too. If we are led to believe that Amorebieta, Sako or Skel are also signing, it makes sense to do them all at once really.

No, I meant, if they know we are going to sign 3 players within say 5 days, the logical thing to do is announce them all as a bundle PR event, rather than doing 1 signing each day if that makes sense?