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Transfer thread

braineclipse said:
Seemingly trying to move quickly this window. Johnson, some loan deals presumably we think Solomon will be more likely to move permanently with this loan. Hopefully some movement on incoming players too.
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They will try & do things quickly so they can say it was DL fault for all those slow drawn out transfers & we are different.
 
Gazza said:
And if it is that black and white where they can get transfers done quickly. Then surely it does highlight a deficiency in Levy’s tenure?
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Sure that's one way of looking at it. I guess the argument is every transfer is different I guess we will find out soon enough. I am more interested in the quality of the players we are buying. It will be interesting to see how much we actually spend
 
Gazza said:
And if it is that black and white where they can get transfers done quickly. Then surely it does highlight a deficiency in Levy’s tenure?
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Who were the owners during that time and could have stepped in if not happy with it?

That would be some gaslighting by "the Lewis family"
 
JerusalemMan said:
How about what would be better for the squad after this month's and summer's transfer windows?
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Still going to have Kinsky, Phillips, Takei, Vuskovic, Byfield, Abbot, Gray, Bergvall, Devine, Moore, W.Barnett, Yang, Lankshear, Melia and Europa is ideal for them. Probs missing some.
 
Legohamster said:
Who were the owners during that time and could have stepped in if not happy with it?

That would be some gaslighting by "the Lewis family"
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I think it is pretty clear that Levy had full control of the club during his tenure here. I suspect he demanded that as part of his chairman role (which is a natural thing for him to do).
 
Legohamster said:
Who were the owners during that time and could have stepped in if not happy with it?

That would be some gaslighting by "the Lewis family"
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Not really. It seems that levy was quite autonomous and delivered with the budget constraints of a stadium build. Perhaps the owners have stepped in wanting a cake of direction in the market. Not really gas lighting but perhaps the objectives have changed with the hired personnel. It happens.
 
Gazza said:
Not really. It seems that levy was quite autonomous and delivered with the budget constraints of a stadium build. Perhaps the owners have stepped in wanting a cake of direction in the market. Not really gas lighting but perhaps the objectives have changed with the hired personnel. It happens.
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100% the owners are the same and they control and controlled the budget then, Levy was not acting like a lone wolf as some allude to. I think the difference will be like you have alluded to, personnel changes which might see us as more dynamic in the market, time will tell, I like the moves to shift quick, lets see how that translates to incoming. You get rid of BJ you need to bring in something fairly quickly now IMO
 
Gazza said:
Not really. It seems that levy was quite autonomous and delivered with the budget constraints of a stadium build. Perhaps the owners have stepped in wanting a cake of direction in the market. Not really gas lighting but perhaps the objectives have changed with the hired personnel. It happens.
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If they were that unhappy with the direction of the club they would have stepped in or pumped more money into the club.

The Lewis family are the billionaires, not levy
 
Legohamster said:
If they were that unhappy with the direction of the club they would have stepped in or pumped more money into the club.
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Not easy to just pump money into a club as an owner anymore. City were last gravy train club in England. Saudi ownership of Saudi Sportswashing Machine hasn't had the same propellant because they've had to put the money in gradually and organically.
 
Legohamster said:
If they were that unhappy with the direction of the club they would have stepped in or pumped more money into the club.

The Lewis family are the billionaires, not levy
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Who said anything about being unhappy? Maybe levy’s skill set was perfect for what was required then with budgets etc and think someone else would be better suited working with a new set of parameters?
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
100% the owners are the same and they control and controlled the budget then, Levy was not acting like a lone wolf as some allude to. I think the difference will be like you have alluded to, personnel changes which might see us as more dynamic in the market, time will tell, I like the moves to shift quick, lets see how that translates to incoming. You get rid of BJ you need to bring in something fairly quickly now IMO
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Sure but perhaps the MO has changed which can be more successful in hiring a CEO with a different skill set.
 
Gazza said:
Who said anything about being unhappy? Maybe levy’s skill set was perfect for what was required then with budgets etc and think someone else would be better suited working with a new set of parameters?
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One that can work with £100m dividends being taken out of the club every year, rather than one being able to work on zero net spend?
 
Strange to let Brenan go without a replacement all but done. As we could have done with another attacker against Brentford and the window for Sunderland registration must be close.

Shouldn’t have let Johnson go for 35m unless we were ready. 40m take him now, 35 when we’re ready.

Although maybe needed the cash flow? So we can execute transfers. Seems unlikely.
 
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