Every single transfer window, supporters in the Premier League seem to crave signings, expecting a number of players to come into the club and take them on to the next level. Players that come into a side in a transfer window always feel they have something to prove, whether it be repay the price tag or prove the doubters wrong.
If a club is playing well then what is the need for mid-season signings. I can understand a side in the bottom three feeling the need for something new but shouldn’t the summer signings and existing players be given a season to prove their worth? Historically, January signings are not as influential as the summer signings and there are many reasons for that.
A summer signing will have a pre-season with a new club behind him and time to get to know his new team mates and club before competitive matches, where he is ultimately judged. A January signing will have less than a week to train with the first team squad sometimes and learn how the club is run, something that is tough in any line of work, especially football with thousands of people watching you each week.
The price of a player will also increase during January as clubs become desperate to land their preferred signings. An example of a signing such as Andy Carroll moving to Liverpool for £35million last January should be brought up in every board room after Christmas, highlighting the dangers of the January transfer market. Carroll’s lack of form could be to do with anything from moving to a new city, feeling the pressure of the price tag or getting used to the style of a different club.
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Is grass always greener on the other side?? Yer i think so .. One word “suarez”
Never mind the mid season madness. What pushed our manager and director of football to spend 20 million on Downing? A further 16 million on Henderson?
Nothing wrong with the transfer window. Poor judgement, yet again, leaves our club trailing.
After 100+ million pounds spent, we are no where near challanging for top 4.
All we have to show for are jose enrique and Suarez! The rest of the money have been spent badly.
Best of British failed spectacularly.
So now they are poor signing?Just after 11 games?Please jump ship you dunlop head!!!i keep asking the same ?why do people like you want this players to fail?IDIOt
11 games into the 2011/2012 season and we have no hope?!?!? Give it up; the team needs time folks. Why is this so hard for some of you to understand? LFC have hit the post/crossbar 11+ times. If 1/3 of them were converted we’d have 4 or 5 more points and we’d be sitting pretty. The seasons a little longer than 11 games…….