Are our transfer policies this season....

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

We didnt get anymore signings at the start of the season knowing we needed them,when the loan window opened we still didnt get any,now we are two weks in still nothing this tells most fans the situation MM has to work with even if we are told "the rite player" blagg which he has to say that to cover the boards arses

I still feel Craig Bellamy was let down by the CCFC board too ..... but it's worked out better for him anyway on the pitch !

I still feel Craig Bellamy was let down by the CCFC board too ..... but it's worked out better for him anyway on the pitch !

i think the malaysians at the start of the seasons et there stall out to say there still strictly to finances last season. they feel DJ showed them money doesnt always provided success. unfortuantly for malkay they seem to be sticking with that even though i feel if we had some of the budjet from last year we would be top right now

yes lets get another JET, Keogh or Eddie they worked great! Face it we haven't got vast amounts to spend, why waste it on a gamble. Leave it to Malkay he's proved he knows what he's doing and the process of watching players (how they behave off the pitch as well!) is one that works. If he cant get the players he wants so be it, we've still got a squad more capable of going that extra step this year than the one we had last year.

all a smoke screen no players coming in they have to keep us interested

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

A bit too stubborn could be pretty accurate.

Anyone with a brain cell can see the Club is flourishing right now, we are in better shape
than most Clubs in the Championship. But it appears that there are now set strict guidelines
in force throughout the Club. Budgets in place at every level. Even with these shocking
hardships enforced on the Club... we are third. Is anyone REALLY complaining about the
position the Club is in???...

I do wish they'd open the chequebook and set Malky loose, but i definitely DONT want him
spending the Clubs money on a player with a 30% chance of failing. Thats pretty much what
we have done with Earnie.. where has that got us??

Still two weeks to go of this window

How rude of people to suggest Malky is 'bullshitting' about being backed..

but how typical

yeah i agree, i dont doubt for one second malky is being backed(not milliosn thats for sure though) but im thinking were being too strict on who we can bring in.

by the looks of it the only players we can sign are tied down unless other clubs there involved with makes moves first. such a risk !

A blind man can see we need some extra options in the latter third and they should stop pussy footing with this Craig Noone fella.

We offer 400k, they want a million, we go back in with 500k. Get real.

Just get back in with a million quid ffs. Malky has obviously identified him as a top target, and we have had a lucrative cup run which wouldnt have been budgeted for.

One the hand you can understand the cautious approach, but no-one envisaged being where we are now, and I think weve just go to throw a little caution to the wind.

A blind man can see we need some extra options in the latter third and they should stop pussy footing with this Craig Noone fella.

We offer 400k, they want a million, we go back in with 500k. Get real.

Just get back in with a million quid ffs. Malky has obviously identified him as a top target, and we have had a lucrative cup run which wouldnt have been budgeted for.

One the hand you can understand the cautious approach, but no-one envisaged being where we are now, and I think weve just go to throw a little caution to the wind.

i agree.

with noone, they have told us they want £1mil, basically saying come get him yet we back off?

if we offered 700-800k with maybe a bonus for promotion of 200k then both teams are happy. i was really surprised we backed off this

A blind man can see we need some extra options in the latter third and they should stop pussy footing with this Craig Noone fella.

We offer 400k, they want a million, we go back in with 500k. Get real.

Just get back in with a million quid ffs. Malky has obviously identified him as a top target, and we have had a lucrative cup run which wouldnt have been budgeted for.

One the hand you can understand the cautious approach, but no-one envisaged being where we are now, and I think weve just go to throw a little caution to the wind.

Throw a little caution to the wind.

Agreed.

We know they arent going to give him £5m or £6m. Fair enough.

But I honestly reckon half that amount will see us fly past at least one
of the two teams above us

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

A bit too stubborn could be pretty accurate.

Anyone with a brain cell can see the Club is flourishing right now, we are in better shape
than most Clubs in the Championship. But it appears that there are now set strict guidelines
in force throughout the Club. Budgets in place at every level. Even with these shocking
hardships enforced on the Club... we are third. Is anyone REALLY complaining about the
position the Club is in???...

I do wish they'd open the chequebook and set Malky loose, but i definitely DONT want him
spending the Clubs money on a player with a 30% chance of failing. Thats pretty much what
we have done with Earnie.. where has that got us??

Still two weeks to go of this window

How rude of people to suggest Malky is 'bullshitting' about being backed..

but how typical

taffy show me where the proof is that MM is being backed,we have been hearing him say constantly we need new player since july so where are they 7months on,its kind of getting boring "we need new players" but money talks and hes not been given the tools to work with or why else would he keep playing the worlds smallest violin with the new players talk,only the board could answer this

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

A bit too stubborn could be pretty accurate.

Anyone with a brain cell can see the Club is flourishing right now, we are in better shape
than most Clubs in the Championship. But it appears that there are now set strict guidelines
in force throughout the Club. Budgets in place at every level. Even with these shocking
hardships enforced on the Club... we are third. Is anyone REALLY complaining about the
position the Club is in???...

I do wish they'd open the chequebook and set Malky loose, but i definitely DONT want him
spending the Clubs money on a player with a 30% chance of failing. Thats pretty much what
we have done with Earnie.. where has that got us??

Still two weeks to go of this window

How rude of people to suggest Malky is 'bullshitting' about being backed..

but how typical

taffy show me where the proof is that MM is being backed,we have been hearing him say constantly we need new player since july so where are they 7months on,its kind of getting boring "we need new players" but money talks and hes not been given the tools to work with or why else would he keep playing the worlds smallest violin with the new players talk,only the board could answer this

until the end of january we cant prove he hanst been backed either recently. i go by malkys word but i just feel were too reluctant to spend on a player unless he is 100% the mold of what we need which is such a small pool of players

No disrespect to anyone here but I’m struggling to understand how people can have such strong opinions on the detail of things we really have little or no knowledge of.

How do we know how much Brighton will accept for Noone? How do we know how highly we rate Noone? How do we know he is our ‘top target’?

It seems the dynamics of our transfer dealings have changed. In my opinion we recruited well in the summer and I see no reason at the moment to see that it will be different in this transfer window. The real question is what does ‘good recruitment’ mean? – does it mean getting the players you want at all costs or does it mean getting the best deals you can with the budget you have?

From what I see (no inside information of course!) the current management team are very careful to recruit the right type of individuals into the squad. This is not just about ability so it means we are fishing in a smaller pool than we have previously

No disrespect to anyone here but I’m struggling to understand how people can have such strong opinions on the detail of things we really have little or no knowledge of.

How do we know how much Brighton will accept for Noone? How do we know how highly we rate Noone? How do we know he is our ‘top target’?

It seems the dynamics of our transfer dealings have changed. In my opinion we recruited well in the summer and I see no reason at the moment to see that it will be different in this transfer window. The real question is what does ‘good recruitment’ mean? – does it mean getting the players you want at all costs or does it mean getting the best deals you can with the budget you have?

From what I see (no inside information of course!) the current management team are very careful to recruit the right type of individuals into the squad. This is not just about ability so it means we are fishing in a smaller pool than we have previously

thats exactly what i said at the start of the topic, which led to my question which ill put in terms of what you said....do you think were fishing in a too 'smaller pool' and being too stubborn in expanding it, in what i feel is a important time to strengthen ??/

I like the idea that we are taking a long term view and only recruiting the right players. A lot was made of the way Watford recruited players and the fact that we were going for the same strategy.

I think you only have to look at our recent history (from Sam's time) to see that player recruitment has largely been a mess from the financial perspective.

In my view this is exactly the time to stick to our new principles. We should not panic and risk upsetting the current squad and wasting another small (by football standards) fortune.

Of course none of us know what is in store for the rest of the window. There doesn’t seem to have been a lot of business completed yet so who knows what we have lined up?

When Malky talks about it what part do people not understand???????


"This transfer window is one when you don't do knee-jerk [signings]," said Mackay.

"If you do that you repent at your leisure with players that you're stuck with that you were not particularly wanting to go for in the first place.

"It's not about being reactionary - it's about sticking to your plan and following that through. If that means patience, then that's what it takes.

"If it means waiting until the last couple of days to get a deal done, then so be it.

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

A bit too stubborn could be pretty accurate.

Anyone with a brain cell can see the Club is flourishing right now, we are in better shape
than most Clubs in the Championship. But it appears that there are now set strict guidelines
in force throughout the Club. Budgets in place at every level. Even with these shocking
hardships enforced on the Club... we are third. Is anyone REALLY complaining about the
position the Club is in???...

I do wish they'd open the chequebook and set Malky loose, but i definitely DONT want him
spending the Clubs money on a player with a 30% chance of failing. Thats pretty much what
we have done with Earnie.. where has that got us??

Still two weeks to go of this window

How rude of people to suggest Malky is 'bullshitting' about being backed..

but how typical

taffy show me where the proof is that MM is being backed,we have been hearing him say constantly we need new player since july so where are they 7months on,its kind of getting boring "we need new players" but money talks and hes not been given the tools to work with or why else would he keep playing the worlds smallest violin with the new players talk,only the board could answer this

Cardiff City and Malky Mackay are being backed to the tune of
at least £1.5m a month that we know of.

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

A bit too stubborn could be pretty accurate.

Anyone with a brain cell can see the Club is flourishing right now, we are in better shape
than most Clubs in the Championship. But it appears that there are now set strict guidelines
in force throughout the Club. Budgets in place at every level. Even with these shocking
hardships enforced on the Club... we are third. Is anyone REALLY complaining about the
position the Club is in???...

I do wish they'd open the chequebook and set Malky loose, but i definitely DONT want him
spending the Clubs money on a player with a 30% chance of failing. Thats pretty much what
we have done with Earnie.. where has that got us??

Still two weeks to go of this window

How rude of people to suggest Malky is 'bullshitting' about being backed..

but how typical

taffy show me where the proof is that MM is being backed,we have been hearing him say constantly we need new player since july so where are they 7months on,its kind of getting boring "we need new players" but money talks and hes not been given the tools to work with or why else would he keep playing the worlds smallest violin with the new players talk,only the board could answer this

Cardiff City and Malky Mackay are being backed to the tune of
at least £1.5m a month that we know of.

You know this because u log on to a forum and read what others put up on here MM said and has been saying for 7months ""we need new players are squads to small "" wheres the backing in that im asking because i dont see any thats my point im happy we are where we are in the league as i wasnt expecting anything this year but now we are 3rd and knowing we need 3-4 players if we are to push on as theres no better time than now. The manager is crying out for them and nothing is getting done about it even carl put up a thread about MM going out there to talk about what he has to spend and other things like grassroots ect yet we are already over two weeks in to a transfer window and with less than two weeks left which to me sounds unprofessional because things like this should be sorted weeks before a window opens surely???

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

A bit too stubborn could be pretty accurate.

Anyone with a brain cell can see the Club is flourishing right now, we are in better shape
than most Clubs in the Championship. But it appears that there are now set strict guidelines
in force throughout the Club. Budgets in place at every level. Even with these shocking
hardships enforced on the Club... we are third. Is anyone REALLY complaining about the
position the Club is in???...

I do wish they'd open the chequebook and set Malky loose, but i definitely DONT want him
spending the Clubs money on a player with a 30% chance of failing. Thats pretty much what
we have done with Earnie.. where has that got us??

Still two weeks to go of this window

How rude of people to suggest Malky is 'bullshitting' about being backed..

but how typical

taffy show me where the proof is that MM is being backed,we have been hearing him say constantly we need new player since july so where are they 7months on,its kind of getting boring "we need new players" but money talks and hes not been given the tools to work with or why else would he keep playing the worlds smallest violin with the new players talk,only the board could answer this

Cardiff City and Malky Mackay are being backed to the tune of
at least £1.5m a month that we know of.

You know this because u log on to a forum and read what others put up on here MM said and has been saying for 7months ""we need new players are squads to small "" wheres the backing in that im asking because i dont see any thats my point im happy we are where we are in the league as i wasnt expecting anything this year but now we are 3rd and knowing we need 3-4 players if we are to push on as theres no better time than now. The manager is crying out for them and nothing is getting done about it even carl put up a thread about MM going out there to talk about what he has to spend and other things like grassroots ect yet we are already over two weeks in to a transfer window and with less than two weeks left which to me sounds unprofessional because things like this should be sorted weeks before a window opens surely???

Lets turn this on its head then

There's more EVIDENCE to show that the Malaysians are subsidising and supporting this Club

Where's yours that Malky is lying about being backed

a bit too stubborn???


As were all sat 2 weeks in still waiting for even a glimpse of a possible signing you have to try and wonder what is happening. Each day a championship rival makes another signing, more often than not a young player on loan from a prem side that makes you think 'we could of done with him'. im just wondering if were a bit stubborn with our policy...

Malkay has stated that he has a shortlist and any player we would sign would have been watched for months assesed both on and off the field for personality and drive and to find out whether he really does fit into the mold that would suit our team. i think this is great, knowing that anybody who comes in will be a good signing, but it does also severely limit our player pool.

this is janaury, a small window where anythign can happen and players become available daily and im worried we just turn our heads at players who arnt already pre approved. i know were being strict with finances but sometimes i feel when its this obvious where we need new players that we just need to take a RISK on a player or two who isnt MM preapproved through our scouting network.

i would rather have a player in who has a 30% chance of failing who we can afford rather than nothing at all

A bit too stubborn could be pretty accurate.

Anyone with a brain cell can see the Club is flourishing right now, we are in better shape
than most Clubs in the Championship. But it appears that there are now set strict guidelines
in force throughout the Club. Budgets in place at every level. Even with these shocking
hardships enforced on the Club... we are third. Is anyone REALLY complaining about the
position the Club is in???...

I do wish they'd open the chequebook and set Malky loose, but i definitely DONT want him
spending the Clubs money on a player with a 30% chance of failing. Thats pretty much what
we have done with Earnie.. where has that got us??

Still two weeks to go of this window

How rude of people to suggest Malky is 'bullshitting' about being backed..

but how typical

taffy show me where the proof is that MM is being backed,we have been hearing him say constantly we need new player since july so where are they 7months on,its kind of getting boring "we need new players" but money talks and hes not been given the tools to work with or why else would he keep playing the worlds smallest violin with the new players talk,only the board could answer this

Cardiff City and Malky Mackay are being backed to the tune of
at least £1.5m a month that we know of.

You know this because u log on to a forum and read what others put up on here MM said and has been saying for 7months ""we need new players are squads to small "" wheres the backing in that im asking because i dont see any thats my point im happy we are where we are in the league as i wasnt expecting anything this year but now we are 3rd and knowing we need 3-4 players if we are to push on as theres no better time than now. The manager is crying out for them and nothing is getting done about it even carl put up a thread about MM going out there to talk about what he has to spend and other things like grassroots ect yet we are already over two weeks in to a transfer window and with less than two weeks left which to me sounds unprofessional because things like this should be sorted weeks before a window opens surely???

Lets turn this on its head then

There's more EVIDENCE to show that the Malaysians are subsidising and supporting this Club

Where's yours that Malky is lying about being backed

Please enlighten me with your evidence about them subsidising.Eitherway the thing is Taffy the thread headline states TRANSFER POLICIES while your referring to the malaysians paying for debts before MM come even here.MM has been saying we need players since july most weeks in papers and video interviews even after game interviews hes said it many times so wheres the backing all i want to know because your spinning it around saying there backing him in other areas which they might well be but MM wasnt here before the massive dept was build up and he needs players talk every week from him is getting boring AND I DONT SEE ANY NEW PLAYERS theres my evidence anyone can see thats evidence for MM to be saying the same thing for 7months.This is a transfer policies thread not the malaysians are paying for dai down the road to do some painting and decorating at the ccs this weekend

IMO we need to go for a young player from league 1 or 2, who's eager to prove himself and go far, a bit like Joe Mason at the beginning of the season. Nobody had heard of him, probably low wages but desperate to do well and show us what we can do. These players dont usually have a big ego about them. I'm sure MM will find one

IMO we need to go for a young player from league 1 or 2, who's eager to prove himself and go far, a bit like Joe Mason at the beginning of the season. Nobody had heard of him, probably low wages but desperate to do well and show us what we can do. These players dont usually have a big ego about them. I'm sure MM will find one

i agree 3-4 players like this would do us well but i can not see it happening or they would be here by now to 7months ago

i dont blame them when they still got other crocks on board who give nothing but take everything