| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? 17:04 - Feb 1 with 1093 views | Illinoisblue |
What is the point of it? What was so awful about football before the window was in place that had to be fixed? |  |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:05 - Feb 1 with 1067 views | hype313 |
Sky didn't like it. |  |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:07 - Feb 1 with 1020 views | FrimleyBlue |
Didn't lower league sides moan that they some clubs who had nothing to play for sold players to other clubs who were in relegation battles etc and it gave an unfair advantage. Or something like that. |  |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:12 - Feb 1 with 971 views | itfckenty |
I've seen more news about Lewis Hamilton and the fury fight than football on sky's transfer deadline day. They even stated Hamiltons move is the biggest transfer of the day. Haha |  | | |
| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:17 - Feb 1 with 926 views | pointofblue |
Think it was players being distracted and clubs losing players throughout the season up to the end of March(?), when the old window used to end. This way, squads are settled from the end of September to January, and the end of January until the season finishes. | |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:28 - Feb 1 with 846 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:17 - Feb 1 by pointofblue |
Think it was players being distracted and clubs losing players throughout the season up to the end of March(?), when the old window used to end. This way, squads are settled from the end of September to January, and the end of January until the season finishes. |
And lower league clubs can't sell players to sustain themselves when experiencing cashflow issues.
But ultimately it all stemmed from the fallout following the Marc Bosman ruling.
It was the European Commission who wanted it if I recall correctly, as European leagues had them and felt that the UK system which didn't have fixed windows left them at a disadvantage. |  |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:29 - Feb 1 with 836 views | Herbivore |
Think the actual reason is that it was brought in to bring some consistency and alignment between competitions, in Europe at least. Other leagues in Europe had transfer windows long before they were brought in over here, which meant that clubs in one country could sign players from clubs from another country and those clubs didn't have the ability to sign replacements until the transfer window rolled around. |  |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:34 - Feb 1 with 783 views | baxterbasics |
Personally think it is better not to have squads churning players all through the season. Even if this can be annoying. |  |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 18:15 - Feb 1 with 669 views | Illinoisblue |
| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 17:29 - Feb 1 by Herbivore |
Think the actual reason is that it was brought in to bring some consistency and alignment between competitions, in Europe at least. Other leagues in Europe had transfer windows long before they were brought in over here, which meant that clubs in one country could sign players from clubs from another country and those clubs didn't have the ability to sign replacements until the transfer window rolled around. |
That makes sense tbf. | |
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| Generally, the transfer window is nonsense, isn’t it? on 18:32 - Feb 1 with 595 views | Swansea_Blue |
It’s certainly been an interesting one. I can’t think of a previous window where we were waiting for ünal on the last day  |  |
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