Transfer Window

[fergo]

Off Topic Just hope nobody tries to nick Hutton off us Fergo!!

Think we are safe the way he has played the last month. Not had the same drive at all. Keeps taking the ball very square on.
But hope we can keep hold of him as he has been great and can only get better.

 

[fergo]

All the transfer window does is force the teams that are not doing well or are hampered by injuries to fork out for players at inflated prices. These players then have little chance of making the immediate impact required because the time for them to bed in is not there. Like Sir Alex said, they've had little success in the January window, it would be easier to have it open all year round, but to stop players swapping from team to team, they should make the contracts harder to get out of. After all they do get paid a considerable sum of money, and the only real objection to this would be from the agents, and is'nt it them who onlt really benefit from the instability that the current system creates.

Almost totally agree with you.
However, in the past, before Bosman, football clubs had all the power. Now players have a bit of a say in their own destiny. Some could be said to be greedy and play the system but many people in many walks of life do that.
I think that player bought in a panic buy in January are far more likely to flop and we have seen it time and time agian. The only time i have seen it pulled off well was Redknapp with his buys fro Tottenham to keep Portsmouth up and Dugarry at Birmingham doing likewise.
I dont have a problem with footballers wages whatsoever but the money agents make on deals is crazy.