Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
We need to spend anywhere between 20-40 million pounds in total to stay up and remain within a respectable budget should we go down.
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Transfer Spending Policy
- Thread starter whitelion
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nicko31
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Indeed, our squad needs a couple of additions but we don't need to go mad
Silverhatch
Well-known member
Want us to spend very wisely - but intuitively feel we'll have to go big on a striker (and convince the rest of the squad that the player is worth it). Lucas Perez @ Arsenal keeps cropping up in my head.
seagull_special
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There is value out there but no way in the world should we solely focus on bargains, we will have to pay market value in an overheated market and finding that elusive striker/s will cost.
More than happy to keep the same policy. Why change from getting in committed team players who are prepared to play and give 100% and do not demand more money than they're actual worth and start bringing in up their own arse mercenaries who don't give a shit and ruin the team spirit with some poisonous attitude.
The brutal reality of the PL means that heavy and expensive investment in players is the only way to have any chance of survival.
sir albion
New member
Sensible and don't cave in to silly wages 
sjamesb3466
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Sensible spending but would be willing to go a little mad for a quality striker. Don't know if the club are just playing the position down by not really mentioning it but if we don't sign a top quality striker I would put my mortgage on us going down.
Perkino
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- Dec 11, 2009
- 5,987
The biggest problem is the wages. Signing players on contracts of more than £20k could backfire if we don't survive.
We need the right sort of players for a decent wage and maybe that will mean spending slightly more on a transfer fee but since CH arrived we've improved our squad with most of our signings without paying too much.
If you look at those we have recruited recently we've found plenty of bargains. Kayal, Goldson, Hemed, Murphy, Sidwell, Rosenior & Bong each purchased for less than £1m. Add to that Uwe, Duffy, Skalak, Norwood, Knockaert & Murray. There are plenty of bargains available
We need the right sort of players for a decent wage and maybe that will mean spending slightly more on a transfer fee but since CH arrived we've improved our squad with most of our signings without paying too much.
If you look at those we have recruited recently we've found plenty of bargains. Kayal, Goldson, Hemed, Murphy, Sidwell, Rosenior & Bong each purchased for less than £1m. Add to that Uwe, Duffy, Skalak, Norwood, Knockaert & Murray. There are plenty of bargains available
sir albion
New member
I'd say Norwood and skalak were poor investments and both need shipping out asap
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Players need not only to provide VFM but also fit in with the incredibly close dynamic of the existing squad. Patience will pay dividends, panic buying simply doesn't work.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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There's an argument to be made for keeping spending lower on transfer fees and spending more on wages. Teams like WBA have stayed up with exactly that philosophy.