Newcastle slams window transfer
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Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has hit out at the transfer window, claiming it is 'ridiculous'.
The Magpies made have been criticised by sections of their support for showing a lack of ambition in their signings.
He told the Newcastle Chronicle: "There is no-one to blame for us not getting other players in before the transfer deadline.
"It's the window to blame. It is absolutely ridiculous - really a restriction of trade - and I would like to see somebody challenging it.
"How can you stop someone from getting a job? What other business - and football is a business - would allow this?
"We have been slammed for trying to do business on transfer deadline day, but it is no good saying you should buy before that because things don't always work out that way in football.
"It's not like buying a pair of shoes off a shelf. It's completely different. It's more like a game of poker. Don't forget, other clubs do not always want to sell their players.
He added: "We do not want Glenn Roeder to buy players willy-nilly. He is trying to tidy things up for us and it cannot happen overnight.
"But he has got rid of a few high wage earners who were not doing it for us and were not fitting in here.
"And what he is looking to do is to buy the right players at the right price, and at the right terms, and players who have the right attitude.
"The transfer deadline has come and gone until January and we have to move on. We have a quality squad of players who are the envy of some of the other Premiership clubs.
"And I can assure our fans we are always on the look out for players to add to this squad.
"We have nothing to reproach ourselves for. "
The Magpies made have been criticised by sections of their support for showing a lack of ambition in their signings.
He told the Newcastle Chronicle: "There is no-one to blame for us not getting other players in before the transfer deadline.
"It's the window to blame. It is absolutely ridiculous - really a restriction of trade - and I would like to see somebody challenging it.
"How can you stop someone from getting a job? What other business - and football is a business - would allow this?
"We have been slammed for trying to do business on transfer deadline day, but it is no good saying you should buy before that because things don't always work out that way in football.
"It's not like buying a pair of shoes off a shelf. It's completely different. It's more like a game of poker. Don't forget, other clubs do not always want to sell their players.
He added: "We do not want Glenn Roeder to buy players willy-nilly. He is trying to tidy things up for us and it cannot happen overnight.
"But he has got rid of a few high wage earners who were not doing it for us and were not fitting in here.
"And what he is looking to do is to buy the right players at the right price, and at the right terms, and players who have the right attitude.
"The transfer deadline has come and gone until January and we have to move on. We have a quality squad of players who are the envy of some of the other Premiership clubs.
"And I can assure our fans we are always on the look out for players to add to this squad.
"We have nothing to reproach ourselves for. "
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