Now Platini has lost the plot

NWhiteley · Post by **NWhiteley** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:14 am

It seems that Platini now wants to remoce the January transfer window and shorten the summer window as well. See here.... http://msnsport.skysports.com/story/0,1 ... 40,00.html

What was wrong with the system, before the current ststem was brought in? It seems that UEFA and FIFA are intent on destroying football, not developing it!

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:25 am

justifying their own jobs

charlies

NWhiteley · Post by **NWhiteley** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:29 am

Isn't this the opposite of what Blatter was saying?

Blatter wanted to give players more freedom to move, as suggested during his "Slave" tirade, where as Platini wants to limit the movement even more!

Ray_Deakin_Maldini_Mk1 · Post by **Ray_Deakin_Maldini_Mk1** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:43 am

Platini was transferred only twice in his entire career and has never manager a club side. Typical Frenchman, likes the sound of his own voice.

malcd1 · Post by **malcd1** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:49 am

The only clubs this will help is the big teams. Those that have a massive squad of international players who can afford to cherry pick the best players early in the transfer window.

Typical proposal from the top. Keep the big teams at the top. All for Champions League football.

W*nkers the lot of them

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:56 am

i'll give it 20min before the anal retentives come on moaning that this is in the wrong forum

NWhiteley · Post by **NWhiteley** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:06 am

Batman wrote:i'll give it 20min before the anal retentives come on moaning that this is in the wrong forum

You could be correct Batty, but this could directly affect us, thats why it went in here, and not other Footy.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:15 am

i agree with you

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:18 am

Paddy Barclay made this point on sunday Supplement, that the transfer window should be closed before the season begins. If this is what Platini is intimating then I agree with him. It's nonsense that the season has already begun and teams are still trying to finalise their squad for the season.

NWhiteley · Post by **NWhiteley** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:21 am

Perhaps it should be closed before the season starts, if the windows are to stay, but Platini seems to want the summer window shortening AND the removal of the winter window.

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:23 am

NWhiteley wrote:Perhaps it should be closed before the season starts, if the windows are to stay, but Platini seems to want the summer window shortening AND the removal of the winter window.

That's a good idea imo. Once this window closes all we do is wait for the next one. Makes it fair all round.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:26 am

not fair on the lower league teams though, who used to rely on bigger clubs snapping up in-form players from the lower leagues

this revenue stream is now lost for the other teams, and means they struggle to balance the books....

NWhiteley · Post by **NWhiteley** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:27 am

It makes it fair for the top 4, who afford to can buy large squads with decent players, the rest of us with small squads, will struggle with a few injuries, as we are currently finding out, even though the window is still open.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:53 am

Just keep the window open up until 1 March, then no-one can make any last minute 'advantage' signings.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:10 pm

Keep it open all the time

Free market innit

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:30 pm

best way

oh, the way it was for years

must have been that way for years COS IT WORKED PLATINI, YOU COCK

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:34 pm

Ray_Deakin_Maldini_Mk1 wrote:Platini was transferred only twice in his entire career and has never manager a club side. Typical Frenchman, likes the sound of his own voice.

Racism?

That said Platini is wrong, agree 100% with DSB and Batty, free market. Cant go around talking about restriction of trade, freedom of movement etc. Im surprised there hasn't been a challenge from a player wanting to move outside the window from one EU country to another, i supose thats why free transfers are allowed outside the window.

palexjones · Post by **palexjones** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:35 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Keep it open all the time

Free market innit

Too right mate, this window only benifits the monster clubs. Makes life difficult for the likes of us and cripples lower league teams.
I also suspect that a lot of the smaller clubs worked hard to bring players through and sell them on It could be said that the window besides restricting a players rights could be stifling the wider development of young talent.
This man is a t*sser and hates the english leagues, but then again he is french

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:36 pm

Most managers dislike the window and would do away with it

Presumably if you could buy at any time till March, as was, there wouldn't be the fever-pitch twice a year

BwfcDan · Post by **BwfcDan** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:01 pm

Prufrock wrote:
Ray_Deakin_Maldini_Mk1 wrote:Platini was transferred only twice in his entire career and has never manager a club side. Typical Frenchman, likes the sound of his own voice.

Racism?

Oh my god

Political correctness gone mad!!

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