The most disappointing thing for me is it's yet another loan signing. It is rare for a successful team to be built on a lot of loan signings and you would have thought the board would have seen how using the loan system during the first half of the season did not work at all.
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Leon best [signs on a half-year loan]
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Icy Gull
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Graham Barrett came highly rated I'll have you know! Gifton Noel Williams was pretty damn good in comparison to what we already had.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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Why when we are struggling for goals are we signing another striker who doesn't score a lot. The only way this would make sense is if Hughton believes Best is the man to unlock the scoring potential shown by Baldock in League 1. Otherwise this seems utterly pointless.
BensGrandad
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Harry got Portsmouth promoted on loans, granted it went pear shaped the next year but it is possible to get promoted with loans. Just as an example add Steve Sidwell and Carlton Cole to our existing loanees and see the difference.
TWOCHOICEStom
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I like how our "transfer strategy" is being summed up already. One, pretty decent signing to replace a seemingly outgoing striker of similar/less ability.
Keep your knickers on everyone.
Keep your knickers on everyone.
Icy Gull
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You're right we need to lower our expectations dramatically, if we don't we'll end up disappointed...again.
Expecting us to sign players on a contract of a similar ilk to those Bournemouth seem to sign at will is unreasonable for a club like ours.
B.W.
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Good point that it is too early to say for sure, but it very much looks like bargain bucket again, I'm afraid...
daveyboy1973
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moan moan moan again!!! does anybody think hes not gonna do better than what we already have! if he finds his form he could be blinding for us.
B.W.
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The contrast is stark, sadly...
B.W.
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Why is he suddenly going to become lethal then, oh wise one?
James Bond's body double
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Lets just ensure we stay up if that's cheap and nasty who cares, hopefully we will start to shop for the summer window sooner so come next window we know who we want and get em in early. Well here's hoping!!!
- Jul 7, 2003
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Yep, I'll give you GNW, who did OK for us. But the others were terrible, Barrett in particular. Just another in a long line of players who you think "How on EARTH did he ever get a contract at Arsenal?" (see also O'Cearuill, Joe; Hoyte, Gavin; Gislason, Valur etc).
I really get the impression that we will not see any "big" signing for the forseeable future, the club is putting all its eggs in the youth development side for the future, any permanent signings will be either bargain basements or ones for the future. Other than that I think we will be using the loan system to the full - and I hate loans!
And as for Leon Best totally uninspirational this is a player that cannot get in the Blackburn team when they might offload Gestede and was sent home from Derby for being crap.
And as for Leon Best totally uninspirational this is a player that cannot get in the Blackburn team when they might offload Gestede and was sent home from Derby for being crap.
I'm not summing anything up but I can't deny I'm totally confused. I've watched COG all season and he has looked useful ... strong, got good control and can pick out his man ... not a bad shot either. But he got no chance under Hypia, eratic game time and often played out wide. But he's given a bit of a chance this past 4 games and he's shown that he has got something.
Speculation is he wants away (my thinking is why not when he's not being given a chance) but I haven't seen anything saying he's put in a request
Now it seems like we are dumping him for a like for like player who has had opportunities but from what I can see has done pretty well nothing since his days at Coventry
Just bloody confusing, no more than that
OvingdeanSeagull
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Unbelievable. He's awful. I'd much rather have O'Grady. What a terrible window this has been so far, I'm sure Bloom said we'd be strengthening?
daveyboy1973
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i put if!!!!! if cms cant put that chance in from six yards then hes never gonna score another goal, ogrady as we all know is on his way, and baldock is never gonna score playing on the wing!! im saying give the bloke a chance!!!
martin tyler
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TBH as long as he does not wack it straight at a goalkeeper or player when totally unmarked in the 6 yard box then he is an improvement on what we already have. Who knows he may work here he may not but let's give him 5 minutes on the pitch before we all write him off as being totally useless and not good enough to tie the laces of the current forwards.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
But have we got any really decent strikers coming through the youth setup ?
Prettyboyshaw
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Will be hit a combined total of 15 goals from the half a dozen strikers we had / have this season. Pathetic.
This season has been so ****ing dull for the first time in a long time I'm going to have to drag myself to the game tomorrow,
This season has been so ****ing dull for the first time in a long time I'm going to have to drag myself to the game tomorrow,
So far, we've lost Bent and Gardner, kept Halford and look to replace one big striker with another one. I wouldn't say it's that bad yet. Very little tends to happen before the last few days anyway.