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Something in the pipeline (transfers nothing to do with plumbing)



Doc Lynam

I hate the Daily Mail
Jun 19, 2011
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I think we've paid his full value rather than getting a bargain but in purely financial terms in the transfer market I think there's a profit in the deal long term and having paid full whacks there'll be little or no sell-on

Thats if he's half decent and someone want to buy him after!
 






Soulman

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Oct 22, 2012
10,966
Sompting
A few weeks back I started the Alex Pritchard thread. Half way through the thread when we learned Norwich had hijacked a guy on Twitter said he has a contact in Lancing and said something was happening. I posted this on the thread, people laughed and mocked him and didn't believe it etc etc etc and low and behold Oliver Norwood signed that evening (he was right) I and various others posted again to apologise to him.

That same guy has confirmed that there is currently something going down (announcement might not be this week) but something big. other whispers sound as if this is record breaking.

Make of that what you will, but I trust his information.

Well done.
 












atomised

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Mar 21, 2013
5,119
Fair enough i thought Goldson was due to play too but official site suggests he may play on tuesday now
 












B.W.

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Jul 5, 2003
13,666
I wonder whether Goldson's injury is worse than they're letting on ...

No, he's having a run out very soon. Do you not understand the concept of meaningful competition for 1st team places?
 


B.W.

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Jul 5, 2003
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Fair enough i thought Goldson was due to play too but official site suggests he may play on tuesday now

So he is on his way back...
 






Soulman

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Oct 22, 2012
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No, he's having a run out very soon. Do you not understand the concept of meaningful competition for 1st team places?

Exactly. When a player has been out for a long time it takes much longer to get match fit, not only that the defence has done a fair job in his absence, at the moment no one can walk straight back into the team. If Duffy gets his chance and plays well then Connor may have a longer wait.
 




Hugo Rune

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Feb 23, 2012
21,684
Brighton
I'm hoping there is one more little dumpling in the pipeline waiting to burst out into our approving hands. Hopefully it's Dack. At first, it was his Benny-Bjorn style hair and beard combo that attracted me. But now it's the thought of having a Duffy, Dunk, Dack 'n' Bong on the team sheet. What a delightfully onomatopoeia sounding set of surnames.

"A Duffy tackle led to a loose ball. The opposition striker was Dunked and the ball Bonged forward to the seventies throwback Brighton attacker who Dacked it home with aplomb'
 


B.W.

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Jul 5, 2003
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No I dont really. Can you explain BW?

For you, Socky, anything!! :)

You see, up until Duffy's signing, we had 3 good-quality, 1st-team-squad-ready, central defenders. However, 1 of them was injured (CG), and 1 of them had just come back from 8 months out injured with just 60 minutes of football under his belt (UH). Therefore, with no Duffy, we would have been forced to:
(a) play Bruno, a right back, as a central defender again but, this time, we would have also been short a right back, with Liam out injured. This would mean playing an under-23 right back as our 1st-team right back, or another player out of position (not a great option).
(b) play UH in central defence but, remember, he has only played 60 minutes of football since his return (not great).
(c) play Rohan out of position in central defence (just no!)
(d) play an under-23 central defender as our 1st-team central defender (not great).
So, IMHO, no good options, and a team serious about top 2 needs a better one, hence Duffy's signing.

Now, once all 4 central defenders are fit AND match-fit, Chris will have a very difficult decision about who he plays... there will be, forgive me for repeating myself, meaningful competition for 1st team places in central defence. Our cover will be great, and we can, if Chris so desires, rotate our central defenders.

I hope this helps, but please do not hesitate to ask if I am in any way being unclear.
 




SockMonster

Well-known member
Oct 12, 2007
802
Brighton
For you, Socky, anything!! :)

You see, up until Duffy's signing, we had 3 good-quality, 1st-team-squad-ready, central defenders. However, 1 of them was injured (CG), and 1 of them had just come back from 8 months out injured with just 60 minutes of football under his belt (UH). Therefore, with no Duffy, we would have been forced to:
(a) play Bruno, a right back, as a central defender again but, this time, we would have also been short a right back, with Liam out injured. This would mean playing an under-23 right back as our 1st-team right back, or another player out of position (not a great option).
(b) play UH in central defence but, remember, he has only played 60 minutes of football since his return (not great).
(c) play Rohan out of position in central defence (just no!)
(d) play an under-23 central defender as our 1st-team central defender (not great).
So, IMHO, no good options, and a team serious about top 2 needs a better one, hence Duffy's signing.

Now, once all 4 central defenders are fit AND match-fit, Chris will have a very difficult decision about who he plays... there will be, forgive me for repeating myself, meaningful competition for 1st team places in central defence. Our cover will be great, and we can, if Chris so desires, rotate our central defenders.

I hope this helps, but please do not hesitate to ask if I am in any way being unclear.

No. I don't get it.
 


B.W.

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Jul 5, 2003
13,666
No. I don't get it.
Which words are you struggling with? Meaningful? Competition? Both? I genuinely want to help.

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