i wanted to make a post to assauge fears over our lack of activity in this transfer window. currently the situation we are in is a 'climate of fear', maintained by changing premier league rules, the global financial situation and the unpredictability of the league that we are in.
firstly i want to say that in terms of our transfer activity i dread to think how crazy we would be going this summer if we'd been promoted. it appears that the main driver of player valuation is not the value of the player to the selling club, but the perception of how much the buying club would be willing to pay. currently blackpool have managed to bring one player in - an israeli on a free. they want to bring dobbie and dudley campbell to the club, but were reckless enough not to include anything as part of their loan to do with a future transfer and swansea and leicester respectively are trying to grab a piece of their premier league pie but attempting to force them to pay over the odds. i can only begin to imagine what swansea would be trying to get out of us for pratley if we'd been promoted, or what cardiff would be trying to get out of us for whittingham. envy and greed take over here - i don't know how much this has to do with how much we got out of newcastle for perch. i was very surprised about the fee. if tyson does go to blackpool, you better believe we'd be getting over a million for him.
next - the unpredictability of the championship and the fact we have a league here which many believe is wide open is stopping players making the drop from the premiership. players who have made that step are few and far between and of those who have many are coming to the end of their careers. the only ones i can make out who are former premiership regulars and not 'past it' have been nicky hunt (to bristol city) and andy griffin (to reading). players are afraid of making the step down lest they get "stuck" down here.
finally last summer we had what is widely regarded as the best transfer window since frank clark signed colin cooper, stan collymore, lars bohinen and alf-inge haaland. the key to this was that all the transfers happened in what seemed like a 5 day period. teams firstly didn't consider forest a threat and secondly didn't perceive forest as being able to pull this off. unfortunately this success has had a backlash this summer as teams reckon forest have a bit of money swilling about and they want a piece of that pie. therefore we are in a difficult situation where we are forced to either pay over the odds or be dragged back into the pack.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...94042/Transfers-Championship-summer-2010.html
look at that - do you think any teams have made any really good deals this year? as good as £250k for paul anderson. or £1.75m for someone as good as chris gunter?
firstly i want to say that in terms of our transfer activity i dread to think how crazy we would be going this summer if we'd been promoted. it appears that the main driver of player valuation is not the value of the player to the selling club, but the perception of how much the buying club would be willing to pay. currently blackpool have managed to bring one player in - an israeli on a free. they want to bring dobbie and dudley campbell to the club, but were reckless enough not to include anything as part of their loan to do with a future transfer and swansea and leicester respectively are trying to grab a piece of their premier league pie but attempting to force them to pay over the odds. i can only begin to imagine what swansea would be trying to get out of us for pratley if we'd been promoted, or what cardiff would be trying to get out of us for whittingham. envy and greed take over here - i don't know how much this has to do with how much we got out of newcastle for perch. i was very surprised about the fee. if tyson does go to blackpool, you better believe we'd be getting over a million for him.
next - the unpredictability of the championship and the fact we have a league here which many believe is wide open is stopping players making the drop from the premiership. players who have made that step are few and far between and of those who have many are coming to the end of their careers. the only ones i can make out who are former premiership regulars and not 'past it' have been nicky hunt (to bristol city) and andy griffin (to reading). players are afraid of making the step down lest they get "stuck" down here.
finally last summer we had what is widely regarded as the best transfer window since frank clark signed colin cooper, stan collymore, lars bohinen and alf-inge haaland. the key to this was that all the transfers happened in what seemed like a 5 day period. teams firstly didn't consider forest a threat and secondly didn't perceive forest as being able to pull this off. unfortunately this success has had a backlash this summer as teams reckon forest have a bit of money swilling about and they want a piece of that pie. therefore we are in a difficult situation where we are forced to either pay over the odds or be dragged back into the pack.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...94042/Transfers-Championship-summer-2010.html
look at that - do you think any teams have made any really good deals this year? as good as £250k for paul anderson. or £1.75m for someone as good as chris gunter?
