Keep calm and carry on!

[LBW]

Quiet window so far for the majority of clubs in the premier league especially those teams at our level.
The club is in good hands, when the signings are made and the season has started I believe the optimism will be back.

[samwise]

this is sunderland, we do not do optimism, we do knee-jerks.

[gipetto]

Originally Posted by LBW

Quiet window so far for the majority of clubs in the premier league especially those teams at our level.
The club is in good hands, when the signings are made and the season has started I believe the optimism will be back.

Is it really quiet?

Arsenal

Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £13m)
Lukas Podoloski (Cologne, £11m)

Villa

Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United, £3m)
Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, undisclosed)
Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, free)

Chelsea

Oscar (Internacional, £25m)
Eden Hazard (Lille, £32m)
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen, £7m)

Fulham

Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, free)
Mladen Petric (Hamburg, free)
George Williams (MK Dons, free)
Sascha Riether (Cologne, loan)

Liverpool

Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m)

Man Utd

Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, £17m)
Nick Powell (Crewe, £4m)

Norwich

Michael Turner (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Robert Snodgrass (Norwich, £3m)
Steven Whittaker (Rangers, free)
Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley, undisclosed)

QPR

Junior Hoilett (Blackburn, tribunal)
Park Ji-sung (Manchester United, undisclosed)
Samba Diakite (Nancy, undisclosed)
Robert Green (West Ham, free)
Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, free)
Andrew Johnson (Fulham, free)
Fabio (Manchester United, loan)

Reading

Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest, £2.5m)
Adrian Mariappa (Watford, £2.5m)
Pierce Sweeney (Bray Wanderers, undisclosed)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham, free)
Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, free)
Garath McCleary (Nottingham Forest, free)
Nicky Shorey (West Brom, free)

Southampton

Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, £6m)
Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham, undisclosed)
Steven Davis (Rangers, free)
Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, compensation not yet agreed)

Swansea

Michu (Rayo Vallecano, £2m)
Jose Manuel Flores (Genoa, £2m)
Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal, loan)

Spurs

Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, £10m)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, £8m)

West Brom

Ben Foster (Birmingham, undisclosed)
Yassine El Ghanassy (AA Gent, loan)
Claudio Yacob (Racing Club de Avellaneda)

West Ham

Modibo Maiga (Sochaux, £5m)
Stephen Henderson (Portsmouth, undisclosed)
George McCartney (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton, free)
Mohamed Diame (Wigan, free)

[kick in the quinn]

30% of those are free, and another 20% undisclosed, which mostly means "next to free". There are probably only one or two in those groups that we might have been interested in quality wise. So far, most transfers have been mopping up the scraps. Only 20% have been for more than £5m. Given how much extra cash the PL teams are getting this season, you have to say it's quiet.

[Sunderland Surfer]

Originally Posted by gipetto

Is it really quiet?

Arsenal

Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £13m)
Lukas Podoloski (Cologne, £11m)

Villa

Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United, £3m)
Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, undisclosed)
Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, free)

Chelsea

Oscar (Internacional, £25m)
Eden Hazard (Lille, £32m)
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen, £7m)

Fulham

Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, free)
Mladen Petric (Hamburg, free)
George Williams (MK Dons, free)
Sascha Riether (Cologne, loan)

Liverpool

Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m)

Man Utd

Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, £17m)
Nick Powell (Crewe, £4m)

Norwich

Michael Turner (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Robert Snodgrass (Norwich, £3m)
Steven Whittaker (Rangers, free)
Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley, undisclosed)

QPR

Junior Hoilett (Blackburn, tribunal)
Park Ji-sung (Manchester United, undisclosed)
Samba Diakite (Nancy, undisclosed)
Robert Green (West Ham, free)
Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, free)
Andrew Johnson (Fulham, free)
Fabio (Manchester United, loan)

Reading

Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest, £2.5m)
Adrian Mariappa (Watford, £2.5m)
Pierce Sweeney (Bray Wanderers, undisclosed)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham, free)
Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, free)
Garath McCleary (Nottingham Forest, free)
Nicky Shorey (West Brom, free)

Southampton

Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, £6m)
Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham, undisclosed)
Steven Davis (Rangers, free)
Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, compensation not yet agreed)

Swansea

Michu (Rayo Vallecano, £2m)
Jose Manuel Flores (Genoa, £2m)
Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal, loan)

Spurs

Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, £10m)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, £8m)

West Brom

Ben Foster (Birmingham, undisclosed)
Yassine El Ghanassy (AA Gent, loan)
Claudio Yacob (Racing Club de Avellaneda)

West Ham

Modibo Maiga (Sochaux, £5m)
Stephen Henderson (Portsmouth, undisclosed)
George McCartney (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton, free)
Mohamed Diame (Wigan, free)

Thanks for that, haven't been able to keep up to date recently - haven't missed much by the looks of that. Silly season yet to begin and I feel relaxed about our dealings; perhaps TOOSB should do another transfer feelings poll.

[Sid]

Originally Posted by kick in the quinn

30% of those are free, and another 20% undisclosed, which mostly means "next to free". There are probably only one or two in those groups that we might have been interested in quality wise. So far, most transfers have been mopping up the scraps. Only 20% have been for more than £5m. Given how much extra cash the PL teams are getting this season, you have to say it's quiet.

Thought that the new tv deal starts next season, not this one?

[LBW]

Originally Posted by gipetto

Is it really quiet?

Arsenal

Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £13m)
Lukas Podoloski (Cologne, £11m)

Villa

Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United, £3m)
Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, undisclosed)
Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, free)

Chelsea

Oscar (Internacional, £25m)
Eden Hazard (Lille, £32m)
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen, £7m)

Fulham

Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, free)
Mladen Petric (Hamburg, free)
George Williams (MK Dons, free)
Sascha Riether (Cologne, loan)

Liverpool

Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m)

Man Utd

Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, £17m)
Nick Powell (Crewe, £4m)

Norwich

Michael Turner (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Robert Snodgrass (Norwich, £3m)
Steven Whittaker (Rangers, free)
Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley, undisclosed)

QPR

Junior Hoilett (Blackburn, tribunal)
Park Ji-sung (Manchester United, undisclosed)
Samba Diakite (Nancy, undisclosed)
Robert Green (West Ham, free)
Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, free)
Andrew Johnson (Fulham, free)
Fabio (Manchester United, loan)

Reading

Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest, £2.5m)
Adrian Mariappa (Watford, £2.5m)
Pierce Sweeney (Bray Wanderers, undisclosed)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham, free)
Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, free)
Garath McCleary (Nottingham Forest, free)
Nicky Shorey (West Brom, free)

Southampton

Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, £6m)
Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham, undisclosed)
Steven Davis (Rangers, free)
Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, compensation not yet agreed)

Swansea

Michu (Rayo Vallecano, £2m)
Jose Manuel Flores (Genoa, £2m)
Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal, loan)

Spurs

Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, £10m)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, £8m)

West Brom

Ben Foster (Birmingham, undisclosed)
Yassine El Ghanassy (AA Gent, loan)
Claudio Yacob (Racing Club de Avellaneda)

West Ham

Modibo Maiga (Sochaux, £5m)
Stephen Henderson (Portsmouth, undisclosed)
George McCartney (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton, free)
Mohamed Diame (Wigan, free)

Apart from the top 5 clubs I would say %95 of those signings would be classed as underwhelming by the majority on here.
Still stand by what I said its been quiet, a lot of signings listed are no more than squad players. We have ample squad players its a different standard of player I believe we will be looking at.

[Father Jack Hackett]

Originally Posted by gipetto

Is it really quiet?

Arsenal

Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, £13m)
Lukas Podoloski (Cologne, £11m)

Villa

Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United, £3m)
Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, undisclosed)
Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar, free)

Chelsea

Oscar (Internacional, £25m)
Eden Hazard (Lille, £32m)
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen, £7m)

Fulham

Hugo Rodallega (Wigan, free)
Mladen Petric (Hamburg, free)
George Williams (MK Dons, free)
Sascha Riether (Cologne, loan)

Liverpool

Fabio Borini (Roma, £10m)

Man Utd

Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, £17m)
Nick Powell (Crewe, £4m)

Norwich

Michael Turner (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Robert Snodgrass (Norwich, £3m)
Steven Whittaker (Rangers, free)
Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley, undisclosed)

QPR

Junior Hoilett (Blackburn, tribunal)
Park Ji-sung (Manchester United, undisclosed)
Samba Diakite (Nancy, undisclosed)
Robert Green (West Ham, free)
Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham, free)
Andrew Johnson (Fulham, free)
Fabio (Manchester United, loan)

Reading

Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest, £2.5m)
Adrian Mariappa (Watford, £2.5m)
Pierce Sweeney (Bray Wanderers, undisclosed)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham, free)
Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, free)
Garath McCleary (Nottingham Forest, free)
Nicky Shorey (West Brom, free)

Southampton

Jay Rodriguez (Burnley, £6m)
Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham, undisclosed)
Steven Davis (Rangers, free)
Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace, compensation not yet agreed)

Swansea

Michu (Rayo Vallecano, £2m)
Jose Manuel Flores (Genoa, £2m)
Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal, loan)

Spurs

Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, £10m)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim, £8m)

West Brom

Ben Foster (Birmingham, undisclosed)
Yassine El Ghanassy (AA Gent, loan)
Claudio Yacob (Racing Club de Avellaneda)

West Ham

Modibo Maiga (Sochaux, £5m)
Stephen Henderson (Portsmouth, undisclosed)
George McCartney (Sunderland, undisclosed)
Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton, free)
Mohamed Diame (Wigan, free)

How many of those would you take?

It's mainly newly-promoted clubs getting bodies in, as we did. The OP said it was especially quiet for teams around us and going by your post, it is.

[gipetto]

Originally Posted by Father Jack Hackett

How many of those would you take?

It's mainly newly-promoted clubs getting bodies in, as we did. The OP said it was especially quiet for teams around us and going by your post, it is.

Sides like Norwich, Swansea and West Brom were around us last season. There's no reason why QPR, West Ham and Southampton aren't around us this coming season. We've hardly got a team packed full of stars. This will be our 6th sucessive season in the top flight and we're still lacking quality in a number of areas. For a club of our size to not have a proper striker is desperate stuff. It's not like we need to make one or two changes, we need to make several.

[Nozs' Hat]

Originally Posted by kick in the quinn

30% of those are free, and another 20% undisclosed, which mostly means "next to free". There are probably only one or two in those groups that we might have been interested in quality wise. So far, most transfers have been mopping up the scraps. Only 20% have been for more than £5m. Given how much extra cash the PL teams are getting this season, you have to say it's quiet.

75% of all statistics are shite