Deadline day 2018

[10-0 win]

PL will close window thursday before first kick off starting august 2018. No mention on EFL doing the same, but think this is a great step for all clubs and fans. Surely EFL will do accordingly allthough they normally kick off a week before.

Thoughts !!! Godd or bad ?

 

[GrayBlade]

Common sense says all the windows should be brought into line now, but unfortunately common sense never comes into it regarding the EFL clubs. It's all down to Sky, BT and the BBC.

They want to bang the drum and make the new Premier season an 'event' excluding all others. It really dicks me off how much they all seem to disregard as irrelevant fans of other clubs in the build-up to the new season, especially when a lot of those clubs have a bigger fan-base than dine teams in the Premiership.

 

[Ricky]

It might not be a problem if there was a Football League loan window, but there isn't, because they closed it for no good reason.

All it will 'help' is that other pointless rule about players being unable to play for more than 2 clubs in a season - the possibility of them doing so will be reduced if they can't move after the season starts.

Generally what will happen is that even more players will find themselves trapped as they fall out of the manager's plans once pre season becomes the real season. And many managers will be wishing the window was open when they realise additional areas they need to strengthen.

Oh well, I suppose there's nothing you can do when a few whiny PL managers, who probably won't be in their jobs another year, moan their arses off about the current system.

 

[The Crab]

No more Jim White day.....................

 

[tomtheblade]

I think it's ok as it is to be honest. Moving it forward takes away the ability managers have to assess their squad playing competitive football and make adjustments to their squad.

I think it's worth a try, to see how it works, but if it doesn't they should go back to the current system.

 

[RammyBlade]

I think it's ok as it is to be honest. Moving it forward takes away the ability managers have to assess their squad playing competitive football and make adjustments to their squad.

I think it's worth a try, to see how it works, but if it doesn't they should go back to the current system.

Never thought of it like that but on balance think it will be better in terms of not worrying whether our stars will be shipped out without time to replace them during the season

 

[BushBlade]

It's fine for the PL who can carry two senior players and a kid for every position but it's not so good for FL clubs who can't afford that luxury. Holloway was trying to make that point a couple of weeks ago but he just sounded like a pissed up tramp.

We'd have been fucked if the window had closed before our first game last season.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

I'm not even sure we need a transfer window at all anymore.
I think I'm right in saying it came about to stop teams in with a shout at the end of the season being able to buy their way to a trophy or out of trouble.
That, of course, is no guarantee of success, but wouldn't the FFP rules prevent it from happening any way?

 

[snootyfenooty]

That, of course, is no guarantee of success, but wouldn't the FFP rules prevent it from happening any way?

FFP stands for Fuck Fair Play. The teams with clout will always find a way around it.

 

[Liverpool blade]

I think it might work but the EFL need to make the same decision. I very much doubt that will happen!. I M O.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

No more Jim White day.....................

There will be though as it will just be earlier.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Surely the transfer window is illegal anyway, if I want to do a job change I am free to do so any part of the year.

For players surely someone should challenge this?

 

[Isar]

I think it will be a good thing. I see they can still sell players until the "normal" window closes.

 

[Harrisblade]

Never thought of it like that but on balance think it will be better in terms of not worrying whether our stars will be shipped out without time to replace them during the season

Which supposedly prevented several 'nearly agreed' last day deals actually happening.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Clubs, no matter which League in which country, shouldn't be restricted in the buying/selling/loaning of players at any time.

Spending more money than having sense doesn't guarantee success.

 

[sufcboy95]

For it to work, needs to be Europe wide. Just puts the premier league at a massive disadvantage

 

[Hodgyman]

Dowe mind what they do in other divisions. The Premier league will be the only one relevant to us next year

 

[The Crab]

There will be though as it will just be earlier.

All over by the time I get in from work though, unless I claim some sort of personal Jim White / Hayley Mqueen Bank Holiday thing?

 

[LenTednTony]

It would make sense if it also stopped clubs from selling as well. European leagues can still come in for players in the Prem and EFL. As we know, because McCabe has told us, you can't stop a player leaving if he wants to! A good team could, theoretically, end up decimated.

 

[Grizzly blade]

I assumed they were doing this to make sure themptemier league sides have done all their business, and will leave the rest as it is so that they could then move out any players not featuring.
I also thought it was more to do with getting all the young players out on loan rather than it going tits up on deadline day.

 

[I should coco]

Surely the transfer window is illegal anyway, if I want to do a job change I am free to do so any part of the year.

For players surely someone should challenge this?

Any part of the year yes, but you have a notice period in your contract and have to honour this.

Players simply have a longer 'notice period', i.e. the length of their contract. It works both ways and they get the full 3 years money even if they are not playing.

This is when it gets pathetic when some deluded moron on £150k per week goes on about feeling like a 'slave' because they can't piss off somewhere else to get £200k per week. They sign the bloody contract and have the 'benefit' of agents and lawyers, so they should be fully bound by them.

Useless overpaid prima donna wanker tosspot footballers....

 

[Ricky]

Part of the reason this has come about is because clubs stupidly insist on leaving it until deadline day when it could all be done much earlier. If clubs stopped using deadline day like fucking idiots then there'd be much less drama and much less for the poor managers to whine about.

If they insist on no loan window, and the PL window shuts before the season, then the EFL window can't close at the same time. It has to close after the PL window. Otherwise loans will be reduced significantly and too many players will be trapped. A large number of loans are from PL to EFL, and many of those happen after the season starts - often because managers aren't decisive enough to know what they want to do with their players before then.

On top of that all the other top leagues in Europe would ideally close at a similar time in the interests of fairness but the PL can't expect that to happen. They can't expect everyone else to adjust to an unnecessary change they've instigated. They've got what they wanted, it will be their problem and they'll have to deal with it. The PL is the richest league in the world and overall its clubs have the most spending power, so they'll be throwing away a big advantage and other European clubs will snap up players who would've gone to the PL. And the window closure doesn't even stop them losing players. They've got the worst of both worlds now. Congratulations to them.

If there was to be any new deadline it should be for transfers between PL clubs having to happen before the start of the season.

 

[RMBlade]

I think it is a good idea especially if the top 5 leagues all fall into line.

The EFL are discussing the change on the 21st September and I would imagine the EFL will fall in like with the Premier League. Bundesliga (Germany) sound like they are in favor of changing their window and so are the Serie A (Italy).

I suspect most leagues will fall in line with Premier League in the coming months. I think it benefits the smaller teams rather than the larger ones. Clubs will know who is in their squads before the season starts rather than having their stars taken away 3/4 weeks into the season.

Alexis Sanchez wouldn't have an "abdominal injury" and would be playing for Arsenal from day one and Coutinho wouldn't have a "back injury" and would be playing for Liverpool from day one.

 

[Harrisblade]

It would make sense if it also stopped clubs from selling as well. European leagues can still come in for players in the Prem and EFL. As we know, because McCabe has told us, you can't stop a player leaving if he wants to! A good team could, theoretically, end up decimated.

It might even be true!
That was the fear expressed by the 5 clubs who voted against the change - Man City, Man Utd, Swansea, Crystal Palace and Watford.
If Man City don't feel they can't hold on to their players,what chance does anyone else have?