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The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:16 am

How on earth can we start to look at ourselves and say " yes I think we can stay up " confidently unless Malky brings in some Premier League quality. The lack of bodies is astonishing. I do believe that the lads that got us there should have a good crack at it but with teams strengthening around us we need to pull our finger out!

Patience is going C'MON MALKY

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:49 am

No chance while Malky and his recrouting team are in there positions.They have on premiership experience whatsoever and it shows with there lack of signings.All we get from Malky is be patient but we have been patient long enough.

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:59 am

i hope we get a few signings in this week to shut you up! he hasn't done us wrong in 2 years so trust what hes doing! what would you rather, rush and make a mistake or be patient and get it right 1st time!

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:31 am

CalShepCCFC wrote:i hope we get a few signings in this week to shut you up! he hasn't done us wrong in 2 years so trust what hes doing! what would you rather, rush and make a mistake or be patient and get it right 1st time!



Only time will tell if MM gets it right. The proof will be in our results. To date MM and his team have had nearly 100 days since we gained promotion to identify and move on potential targets. We have 1 signing to date a lot less than many of the other teams in the Premiership. Most clubs have done early business even though MM says this is difficult.

We still have time to bring in 3-5 quality players that we need to be competitive in the Premier League. Let's leave it in MM's hands and see what he comes up with. I hope that we do not buy average players for the sake of it. Onwards and upwards. :ayatollah:

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:53 am

Who needs Malky when we have premiership managers reading and writing on this board :old: :old:

ill keep faith in Malky who has actually started to become a successful manager unlike the impatient keyboard warriors on here :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:14 pm

Where did I say I was a Premier League manager, My point is which you can't seem to grasp is that with the severe lack of signings we could find ourselves in deep trouble.
A few injuries here and there and we've got a tiny squad with not much strength in depth! It's vital we get bodies in. Yes Malky takes his time and to be fair to him he hasn't made that many bad signings during his time here. But he can't afford to be too studious with his signings. Quality is important of course but if we could go down because of this. We might never get a chance at this again we need to make sure at least on paper we have a chance. At the moment we don't.

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:00 pm

Bluebird ! wrote:Where did I say I was a Premier League manager, My point is which you can't seem to grasp is that with the severe lack of signings we could find ourselves in deep trouble.
A few injuries here and there and we've got a tiny squad with not much strength in depth! It's vital we get bodies in. Yes Malky takes his time and to be fair to him he hasn't made that many bad signings during his time here. But he can't afford to be too studious with his signings. Quality is important of course but if we could go down because of this. We might never get a chance at this again we need to make sure at least on paper we have a chance. At the moment we don't.


That's why we got another 6weeks to make these signings not as if we got a week to go and then were doomed so chill out

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:11 pm

The best signings are usually done towards the end if the transfer window, chill out san for fuc sake

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:00 pm

Love watching fans looking for excuses without accepting we are struggling badly.

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:13 pm

Fully agree with the initial Post, it okay having players super fit and chasing every ball on the field but you need real quality in the premier and looking at last season's team we are NOWHERE near the team we need to be. As the days go by and the new season gets close I am really concerned about the lack of new quality players. Fingers crossed that Malky has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:16 pm

We're up shit creek & Malky knows it. He knows that he's got to say something when asked about signings, but how do you come out & tell fans: "I haven't signed anyone because all of my targets have either gone elsewhere or just don't fancy playing for us."
So "have patience" is all he can say.

I do think we need to start being realistic about next season & that 17th and staying up of GD would be an achievement. Stop with inquiries into young French defenders or up and coming Portuguese strikers & buy solid premiership experienced who've proven themselves in the league or old heads who've been around the block and know what it takes to stay up. Whatever happens times ticking & things need to start happening soon!

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:21 pm

Malky sort it out, Malky Malky sort it out

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:23 pm

Whenskysaregrey wrote:
I do think we need to start being realistic about next season & that 17th and staying up of GD would be an achievement. Stop with inquiries into young French defenders or up and coming Portuguese strikers & buy solid premiership experienced who've proven themselves in the league or old heads who've been around the block and know what it takes to stay up. Whatever happens times ticking & things need to start happening soon!



Good shout. Its great having a blend of youngsters with experience but we are going into the Premier League and you cannot go wrong with some experienced Premier League campaigners who know how to see a game out. They have been there and done it.

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:27 pm

CalShepCCFC wrote:i hope we get a few signings in this week to shut you up! he hasn't done us wrong in 2 years so trust what hes doing! what would you rather, rush and make a mistake or be patient and get it right 1st time!

:ayatollah:

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:45 pm

ive said with what we got at this moment we will go down, i think the likes of mason. noone,etc need quality players around them. to bring them on. bellamy cant babysit the whole team. :roll:

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:54 pm

Cal Shep, mate why can't you understand and wake up and see the fact if we don't sign 5/6 quality players soon we're fucked? It's a hard season physically and mentally! we'll go from a winning mentality to a losing one over the season! that's when you need quality players to produce that bit of magic and lift the crowd and players at the moment we don't have that many players who can provide us with confidence! Malky has had loads of time to look into targets!

I am in favour of the way he does his transfers but there's being thorough and there's being too thorough. It's frustrating because we might only get one shot at this and it has to be a bloody good team too stay up. The team doesn't fill me with confidence at the moment, we need to freshen it up, liven it up a bit add some spark, solidity in defence and we'll get everyone involved with CCFC believing we can do a job

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:26 pm

The negativity on here sometimes astounds me. Look at last season, most of our signings were done late and I still think we did pretty well.

Everyone's getting a bit nervous and twitchy (myself including) but I still remain confident that Malky will get the players required in and he's the man to lead us forward.

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:40 pm

WHEN are we going to sign someone decent??

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:53 pm

CardiffBatman888 wrote:WHEN are we going to sign someone decent??


I'll give Malky a text now.

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:58 pm

Super Kev wrote:
CardiffBatman888 wrote:WHEN are we going to sign someone decent??


I'll give Malky a text now.


No call his mobile would be better!! Thanks

Re: The lack of signings

Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:59 pm

CardiffBatman888 wrote:
Super Kev wrote:
CardiffBatman888 wrote:WHEN are we going to sign someone decent??


I'll give Malky a text now.


No call his mobile would be better!! Thanks


;) :ayatollah: