Does anyone actually believe...............

[djbaldken]

..........................................that we will sign anyone who will improve our remote chances of promotion before the window closes????

I'm firmly in the no camp.
And then it will be the tired old excuses as to why not. Im not going to list them cause you all know what they will be.

 

[The Vicar]

The key is in the 'who will improve our chances' bit! To this the answer is NO. Any signing will be some journeyman looking for a better pay day.

 

[BushBlade]

I'm surprised we haven't discussed this more.

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

I'm surprised we haven't discussed this more.

I think we need a poll.

 

[Newbury Blade]

..........................................that we will sign anyone who will improve our remote chances of promotion before the window closes????

I'm firmly in the no camp.
And then it will be the tired old excuses as to why not. Im not going to list them cause you all know what they will be.

These would be the same tired old excuses they used last January, would they?

 

[MobileBlade]

Just checked on twitter. Nope. Looks like we are not going to sign anyone.

 

[Newbury Blade]

The key is in the 'who will improve our chances' bit! To this the answer is NO. Any signing will be some journeyman looking for a better pay day.

Yes, like Brayford, Coutts, Done and Sharp, perhaps.

 

[BushBlade]

I think we need a poll.

And some jokes about the fax machine.

 

[MobileBlade]

And some jokes about the fax machine.

Have I missed something? What's this about a fax machine?

 

[PeteBlade]

Is Michael Palin a Blade?

 

[Pierre's PC]

I'm after the GCB ringtone for my Nokia, halp!!!!

 

[Sheffsteel]

The OP lacks logic and must have memory problems.

The exact same things have been said the last 2 January Windows.

Example: Theres no way we'll buy Brayford. We haven't the ambition to pay over a million and pay massive wages in league 1.

Shock, horror. We sign Brayford.

There's no way well buy Matt Done. He's in top form and we don't have the ambition to meet Rochdales asking price because we have no ambition.

Shock horror. We sign Done.

Maybe for the pessimists this will be 3rd time lucky but based on the last 2 years then I expect us to sign players to improve the 1st team.

The only spanner in the works are the rumours that the Prince might be tightening the purse strings and I'm a little worried that Phipps has taken himself off Twitter because that action suggests he knows flack might be coming his way.

 

[Booker4]

..........................................that we will sign anyone who will improve our remote chances of promotion before the window closes????

I'm firmly in the no camp.
And then it will be the tired old excuses as to why not. Im not going to list them cause you all know what they will be.

I don't know about anyone else but I'm sick of (every 10 minutes) checking this forum, Sky Sports Transfer centre, SUFC Tweets etc hoping for signs of a signing. OK, I'm a bit of a sad bastard, but I know I'm not alone and the hope is what's killing me. I'd rather just accept the news now and know that we're not signing anyone and then I can fume. I hope to be proved wrong, but if not, I might join Brian in the car park! ;-)

 

[S1blade]

We've been "actively working towards the window" at least since the Shrewsbury battering. Of course we're getting players in! To think anything else would be to suggest that our club, from owner to manager, says anything and everything to keep us spending, attending and generally not asking questions and seeking answers about the whole ongoing shower. (See also: "Europe in 5 Years"; "New funds of $500 million will become available within a 6 to 9 month period"; "Think Liverpool" and - seem to remember but I might be wrong - "This club HAS TO go up this season.")

 

[Bladesince59]

Plenty of time

 

[CarlMcBlade]

SUFC is like a pound shop that that buys it's stock for £1.50

 

[Booker4]

The OP lacks logic and must have memory problems.

The exact same things have been said the last 2 January Windows.

Example: Theres no way we'll buy Brayford. We haven't the ambition to pay over a million and pay massive wages in league 1.

Shock, horror. We sign Brayford.

There's no way well buy Matt Done. He's in top form and we don't have the ambition to meet Rochdales asking price because we have no ambition.

Shock horror. We sign Done.

Maybe for the pessimists this will be 3rd time lucky but based on the last 2 years then I expect us to sign players to improve the 1st team.

The only spanner in the works are the rumours that the Prince might be tightening the purse strings and I'm a little worried that Phipps has taken himself off Twitter because that action suggests he knows flack might be coming his way.

No one thought we might sign Done mate because it came right at the end of the window and it was more like "who the hell is Matt Done"? He proved to be a decent signing, but every window we've failed to significantly strengthen the team, and usually we end up weaker, not stronger at the end of one. We needed height last season up front to have someone better than Higdon to play alongside McNulty and we got a better version of McNulty. Bit like this summer we got a better version (again) of McNulty in Sharp. When are we going to sign what we f@@@ing need.

 

[TJB.]

The problem is that, quite rightly, we're looking to sign players of good quality who will get us and keep us in the play-off mix. Unfortunately for us, so is every other bugger. Although we didn't sign what we needed last January (Brayford & Freeman are good, but two RB's when we needed a CB?), we did sign quality, with Done only signing on deadline day. Agents are trying to get the best deals for their clients, clubs want the biggest fees, blah blah blah.

It's a waiting game, it's boring and sometimes we'll lose out. With the size of our squad and the fact we've only been able to sell one player, with a few others shipped on loan, I'd be surprised if anything worth singing about happens this window.

A fuckload of contracts up in June, with nobody wanting to pay for what they can get for free in a few months and players who know they're not gonna get equal/higher wages elsewhere, thus happy to sit out current deals...only at Sheffield United!

 

[Roygbiv]

We've been "actively working towards the window" at least since the Shrewsbury battering. Of course we're getting players in! To think anything else would be to suggest that our club, from owner to manager, says anything and everything to keep us spending, attending and generally not asking questions and seeking answers about the whole ongoing shower. (See also: "Europe in 5 Years"; "New funds of $500 million will become available within a 6 to 9 month period"; "Think Liverpool" and - seem to remember but I might be wrong - "This club HAS TO go up this season.")

Joking aside I do keep thinking about Adkins continually saying " we need to stay in touch until January ". He obviously thought something was going to materialise this month

 

[west_yorks_blade]

In my opinion we either will or will not bring someone in during the JTW.

But I could be wrong.

 

[Rodley]

I'm after the GCB ringtone for my Nokia, halp!!!!

HOUSE!

 

[MobileBlade]

HOUSE!

Was it Magnet or Maggots?

 

[Rodley]

Was it Magnet or Maggots?

Ahhhhh... memries.

 

[Newbury Blade]

I'm not claiming to be ITK exactly, but apparently we are in for Fulham's Dan Burn.

 

[mosbolad]

The only spanner in the works are the rumours that the Prince might be tightening the purse strings and I'm a little worried that Phipps has taken himself off Twitter because that action suggests he knows flack might be coming his way.

Phipps Twatted 2 hours ago.

 

[Sean Thornton]

SUFC is like a pound shop that that buys it's stock for £1.50

Yes because they are everywhere

 

[Sean Thornton]

 

[brownie4583]

If we don't sign anybody we can kiss goodbye to promotion

 

[longinthe toothblade]

I'm surprised we haven't discussed this more.

Assume there's an element of irony behind your post?

 

[BushBlade]

Assume there's an element of irony behind your post?

Just a touch.