| Monday 15th june 13:18 - May 13 with 608 views | muccletonjoe | Is our next big date. The transfer window opens. A must to get players in early. A major mistake last time we went upto the Premier league. Far better to integrate players through July and August, than September and October. The key to premier league survival is undoubtedly a good start, if you don't get points on the board early , playing catch up in that league as a promoted side is nigh impossible |  | | |  |
| Monday 15th june on 14:21 - May 13 with 498 views | homer_123 | But that needs to be balanced against getting the right people in. |  |
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| Monday 15th june on 14:26 - May 13 with 488 views | SheffordBlue | A useful reference point might be Sunderland (although I think the World Cup will impact the whole market this summer) These are dates during the summer transfer window when Sunderland announced signings: July 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 30 August 1, 6, 10, 12, 17 September 1 (deadline day) |  |
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| Monday 15th june on 14:26 - May 13 with 479 views | tractorboy1978 | The World Cup is going to pose an issue this summer with getting players in quickly. But that is an issue for everyone. Probably an argument teams with less players at the World Cup have a better chance of being ready to go and settling into the season quicker too. |  | |  |
| Monday 15th june on 14:29 - May 13 with 456 views | homer_123 |
| Monday 15th june on 14:26 - May 13 by SheffordBlue | A useful reference point might be Sunderland (although I think the World Cup will impact the whole market this summer) These are dates during the summer transfer window when Sunderland announced signings: July 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 30 August 1, 6, 10, 12, 17 September 1 (deadline day) |
Broken record time. Sunderland are a good blueprint. It's more who and the type of player they brought in than precisely when. I'm arguing that getting them sooner is a bad thing, clearly the sooner the better. This time, though, we need to be more savvy on who we bring in. |  |
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| Monday 15th june on 14:38 - May 13 with 403 views | MJallday | i agree - but this is a world cup year. many agents will be hanging on. then again, if we're in this boat, so is everyone else. but i do agree -early business and settling in is absolutely key to our next attempt at staying in the EPL |  |
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| Monday 15th june on 14:39 - May 13 with 401 views | hype313 | Think everyone would like their business done by 16th June, but as we know, easier said than done. |  |
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| Monday 15th june on 14:55 - May 13 with 301 views | IndependentlyBlue |
| Monday 15th june on 14:26 - May 13 by tractorboy1978 | The World Cup is going to pose an issue this summer with getting players in quickly. But that is an issue for everyone. Probably an argument teams with less players at the World Cup have a better chance of being ready to go and settling into the season quicker too. |
Apart from the trickle down from the big transfers will the WC have that much effect? Each team of 48 countries can take a maximum of 26 players. With all due respect several of those countries will have few players at Prem level. Can’t really see there being a shortage of players on the move. Might be a good time to raid the Italian market? |  |
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| Monday 15th june on 15:35 - May 13 with 187 views | Jon_456 | It reality the date is actually pretty insignificant. Deals can be done now, they players just can’t be registered until that point. One would imagine some player discussions have already taken place. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| Monday 15th june on 16:17 - May 13 with 96 views | muccletonjoe |
| Monday 15th june on 14:26 - May 13 by SheffordBlue | A useful reference point might be Sunderland (although I think the World Cup will impact the whole market this summer) These are dates during the summer transfer window when Sunderland announced signings: July 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 30 August 1, 6, 10, 12, 17 September 1 (deadline day) |
So Sunderland had just about all their players in before the season started and most of them , with a month to spare. Maybe not the only factor in them staying up, but certainly one of them. |  | |  |
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