Nick 0 Posted February 1, 2013 "Thank you for all of the messages of support last night. It is true that I don''t tend to retweet complimentary messages.You can always check my timeline because that''s how twitter works.Vast majority messages were very supportive.Thank you.We don''t normally comment on business with clubs. As Celtic commented, we can.We have a good relationship with Celtic. We did make offers for one of their players. They didn''t want to sell or we didn''t meet their valuation.We respect their position.We won''t/can''t spend money we don''t have even though our offers for players would have broken club transfer record x 2 if accepted.In response to those that have asked, I really don''t know anything about a £9.2m bid for any player because we didn''t make one. We did have interest in strikers. Our main international target was available for 20m euros. We don''t have 20m euros. In our view though, we have managed to strengthen the squad during the window with Becchio, Kamara and Camp. "Well said Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crabbycanary 2 Posted February 1, 2013 Thanks for putting that, much appreciated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stig 0 Posted February 1, 2013 Now I feel better about it all. All I wanted was that kind of answer, now we know.Can''t wait to see the new players in action! OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted February 1, 2013 David, imo, you and the board let us down badly in this window, if we go down, it is imo again, down to you unwilling to go that extra mile to get a good player in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted February 1, 2013 The extra mile being spending money we don''t have?Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stig 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"]David, imo, you and the board let us down badly in this window, if we go down, it is imo again, down to you unwilling to go that extra mile to get a good player in.[/quote]Under no uncertain circumstances was Hooper worth anymore than £3-4 or maybe even £5m. You''d have come on here shouting the odds if we''d have paid the fake fee of £9.2m. I know I would have. Rvw would possibly have been worth a punt at those sort of prices, but as it were his valuation was way beyond even that. We did what we could for our two main targets, as was evidenced by McNally but they were just out of our reach. Becchio is as proven as Hooper for a fraction of the cost. Stop being argumentative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stig 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote]Then it is a shame we didn''t have Becchio or Kamara before that game, they''ve scored more goals each than any of our strikers this season. Fancy that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,735 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Nick"]"Thank you for all of the messages of support last night. It is true that I don''t tend to retweet complimentary messages. You can always check my timeline because that''s how twitter works.Vast majority messages were very supportive.Thank you. We don''t normally comment on business with clubs. As Celtic commented, we can.We have a good relationship with Celtic. We did make offers for one of their players. They didn''t want to sell or we didn''t meet their valuation.We respect their position. We won''t/can''t spend money we don''t have even though our offers for players would have broken club transfer record x 2 if accepted. In response to those that have asked, I really don''t know anything about a £9.2m bid for any player because we didn''t make one. We did have interest in strikers. Our main international target was available for 20m euros. We don''t have 20m euros. In our view though, we have managed to strengthen the squad during the window with Becchio, Kamara and Camp. " Well said[/quote]Presumably this is Van Wolfswinkel?, why is he even a target if he is out of our price range then?, I''d love Messi here but we don''t have the £250m required for him either?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
star_manic 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Stig"][quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote]Then it is a shame we didn''t have Becchio or Kamara before that game, they''ve scored more goals each than any of our strikers this season. Fancy that.[/quote] so, you know that Leeds were prepared to let Becchio go earlier? and that Kamaras work permit would only take a few minutes to process and that the MLS accepted our offer instantly? you really are in the know, and in many places. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ginja 26 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="David McNally"]We won''t/can''t spend money we don''t have even though our offers for players would have broken club transfer record x 2 if accepted. [/quote]What''s our record transfer? 4/5 million?I''ve googled and seen quotes we paid 5 million for Bassong and 7 million for Turner, which sounds like nonsense... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dpit 1 Posted February 1, 2013 So come on Wiz. What is the extra mile to which you refer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote]No it would not have done.We would have played differently and the game would not have gone the same way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Stig"][quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote]Then it is a shame we didn''t have Becchio or Kamara before that game, they''ve scored more goals each than any of our strikers this season. Fancy that.[/quote] What, in the Premier League? Weak reply GP, I expected better from you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ginja 26 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote]All if and but though Wiz, there''s no guarantee a "good" striker would have won the day, it might have even lost the game, who knows... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowbeagle 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote]Errr no it wouldnt. no guarantees in football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Stig"][quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote]Then it is a shame we didn''t have Becchio or Kamara before that game, they''ve scored more goals each than any of our strikers this season. Fancy that.[/quote] What, in the Premier League? Weak reply GP, I expected better from you.[/quote]That wasn''t me...And its a good point, we''ve signed a striker in form. None of our players last season were previously prem quality, bar Drury for one season, yet we managed to finish 12th? Holt scored 15, Moro 9, Pilks 7/8 I think. How''d they manage that? They weren''t proven strikers, must have been cheating... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="dpit"]So come on Wiz. What is the extra mile to which you refer?[/quote] Celtic asked for 10 million three ruddy weeks ago, yet we leave it with an hour to go and still we haggled! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hog 0 Posted February 1, 2013 we have always known how inflated prices are in this window, Hooper is not worth more than 5 Million but Celtic wanted closer to 10. Despite being in so called financial trouble, Sporting wanted a similar amount for Wolfswinkel.The real crime here was failing to get a quality striker in the Summer and instead bringing in Kane to provide competition for Holt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowbeagle 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"][quote user="dpit"]So come on Wiz. What is the extra mile to which you refer?[/quote] Celtic asked for 10 million three ruddy weeks ago, yet we leave it with an hour to go and still we haggled![/quote]We haggled because we couldnt afford £10m how simple does it need to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wizard 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Gingerpele"][quote user="Wiz"][quote user="Stig"][quote user="Wiz"] [quote user="Gingerpele"]The extra mile being spending money we don''t have? Buying ''good players'' doesn''t equal safety you know... Wolves probably thought they''d spent enough on good players to stay up last year. QPR the same this year.[/quote] GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.[/quote] Then it is a shame we didn''t have Becchio or Kamara before that game, they''ve scored more goals each than any of our strikers this season. Fancy that.[/quote] What, in the Premier League? Weak reply GP, I expected better from you.[/quote] That wasn''t me... And its a good point, we''ve signed a striker in form. None of our players last season were previously prem quality, bar Drury for one season, yet we managed to finish 12th? Holt scored 15, Moro 9, Pilks 7/8 I think. How''d they manage that? They weren''t proven strikers, must have been cheating...[/quote] Or we had a more attack minded manager back then![;)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SYG 0 Posted February 1, 2013 I am disappointed that we didn''t bring in a class striker (although I am pleased with Becchio) I would of been much more disappointed if we spent around £8million on Hopper, who at best is worth half of that.So let''s see how the new boys get on and look forward to spending money in the summer to bring in that class striker(s) for next season... OTBC!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfcstar 287 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"][quote user="dpit"]So come on Wiz. What is the extra mile to which you refer?[/quote] Celtic asked for 10 million three ruddy weeks ago, yet we leave it with an hour to go and still we haggled![/quote]Did they? Got any proof of that??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Brownstone 0 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Wiz"]David, imo, you and the board let us down badly in this window, if we go down, it is imo again, down to you unwilling to go that extra mile to get a good player in.[/quote] I''m genuinely stunned that anyone could be this thick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
York Canary 28 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Mr Brownstone"][quote user="Wiz"]David, imo, you and the board let us down badly in this window, if we go down, it is imo again, down to you unwilling to go that extra mile to get a good player in.[/quote] I''m genuinely stunned that anyone could be this thick.[/quote]Impressive isn''t it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marvin the martian 0 Posted February 1, 2013 GP, a good striker would have ensured we''d have beaten Spurs.What, like Torres ? He''s been great value for money hasn''t he ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Son Ova Gunn 165 Posted February 1, 2013 [quote user="Mr Brownstone"][quote user="Wiz"]David, imo, you and the board let us down badly in this window, if we go down, it is imo again, down to you unwilling to go that extra mile to get a good player in.[/quote] I''m genuinely stunned that anyone could be this thick.[/quote]While not jumping to defend Wiz its not a question of intelligence but of expectations. He''s obviously disappointed that we have only spent £200k strengthening a team in what is a vitaly important transfer window and while some see no problem with this others expected more. When you consider that the striking position was identified in the summer as something we needed to look at, hence last minute Kane who hasnt worked out so far, then we have had months leading up to this point to identify realistic targets and prepare the groundwork. To find out that we could not afford two targets and the third wanted a move elsewhere in the last few days of January is not great is it?. I could understand if the moves depended on other transfers falling into place but that doesnt seem to have been the case. I think we will have enough to see us over the line this season, just, and therefore glad we didnt pay the figures quoted for RVW or Hooper, but I am disappointed that further targets in our budget were not identified and thats nothing to do with my IQ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joanna Grey 0 Posted February 1, 2013 SCL wanted £17.25m for RVW although the generally accepted selling price that they leaked was £8m to £10m? Shows what we have to put up with nowadays.BTW, Wiz shows himself up again for the attention seeker he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rivvo 257 Posted February 1, 2013 I''m stunned that you''re stunned, you''ve been posting on here longer than I have you should know by now!Next week Wiz will be saying how pleased he is with the new signings and how he''s glad we didn''t pay over the odds for another striker (probably). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites