symyjym
Banned
What the club need to do every time a player has a bad game is to make them write a letter of apolgy to the fans.
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Bloom's Open Letter
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That may be true, or may not be. It's also possible that Spurs reduced their requirements in the last hours of the window.
Yes it does look that way.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
'Nuff said....
boik
Well-known member
Identified his audience pretty well then! ;-)
The very fact that the club felt an open letter was necessary demonstrates that they are at least aware of the supporters' concerns. That's a charitable interpretation. One might also suggest they know much they've cocked up the quest for more striking options.
GreersElbow
New member
There's no sugar coating it, so i hope they're worling extra hard in the background to secure a deal for January. Hopefully Andone can be agreed in principle
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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Before Jan 1st, we play 21 games, that is 55% of the season. Eleven of those games are away and it is difficult to see more than 5-7 points accruing. Of the ten home games, 6-7 are potentially winnable but being cautious I have gone for 14 points. Therefore, we are going to hit the New Year with around 20 points, if all goes well. The last five games are a nightmare and I don't envisage many points. Possibly two draws and three defeats. That leaves 12 games to muster at least 18 points and again, the majority of those points will have to come at home.
If we are short of 20 points at Jan 1, then it will take an extraordinary effort to stay up. We have clearly made life more difficult for ourselves, with only one fit striker, who was fancied by Championship clubs!! Gonna be a bumpy ride.
If we are short of 20 points at Jan 1, then it will take an extraordinary effort to stay up. We have clearly made life more difficult for ourselves, with only one fit striker, who was fancied by Championship clubs!! Gonna be a bumpy ride.
Charlies Shinpad
New member
I'm with you on that one [emoji106][emoji106]
Skalak will be busy.#scapegoat
Maybe the answer has been under ones nose the whole time...Skalak up front. #goalsforfun
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
There probably aren't many clubs who got ALL that they wanted. And I do think that we have recruited well in other areas.
But the glaring deficiency in the squad going into this season (and to an extent the last, but we got away with it), is in the strikers department. We were already starting from a VERY weak position in this area, which other PL clubs still looking for signings are not. We got lucky last year insofar as Baldock, Hemed and Murray stayed (largely) injury free - but we always knew we were just 1 or 2 injuries / suspensions away from a complete and utter Akpom. That's now come home to roost with Baldock and Murray crocked, a risk we always knew was there, but have failed to address.
We'll move on and make do, because we have no choice now, we'll see how this plays out. But the cost of this could be such a heavy one to bear.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Pretty pink fairy
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- Jan 30, 2008
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the reality of the greedy world of modern day football coming home to roost, dress it up all you want those are the facts
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This time last year we were in the same position and we're only a bit more advanced this time around. Players want to be in the Prem, therefore they are much likely to sign for a club they think will be in it for a few years or at least for the duration of their contract.
Our first season back in the Prem saw us sign Championship players (one overseas and another from League One). I think we missed out on other targets, one of which decided the Championship was preferable to us! Point being a new team in the Prem can cause a real problem attracting players because many don't want to risk it.
I think this might be in play more than some think it is.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Or you might assume it was Tottenham whom offered him to us at the last minute once they secured Llorente when Swansea confirmed Bony. Why blame us for that? We probably got a call late doors saying Janssen is available if we wanted to do a deal, we clearly agreed this in principle with Spurs because the Deal Sheet was submitted before 11pm, we just couldn't agree personal terms with the player at such short notice.
So many ways to look at these things, but would the club have been wrong not to have considered this at the last minute?
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
No doubt we've had some issues.
Adone I think has been messed up by Arsenal's dreadful start of the season, and compounded by the heavy defeat at Liverpool. The sale of Sanchez was pretty much agreed, they were going to sell Perez to Deportivo and we were going to get Adone. That all collapsed when even though agreeing the Sanchez sale, Arsenal pulled out at the last minute.
Dwanema we've been led down the garden path as it is pretty clear Zurich knew about the heart issue but didn't disclose it, so that deal got to the final stages until our or our insurers cardiologists got hold of him.
Janssen as said above I think would have been Spurs offering the player to us once Llorente was confirmed. We clearly agreed terms with Spurs as the Deal Sheet must have been submitted before 11pm and likely we had an outline of a deal from the player's agent otherwise it wouldn't have got to the deal sheet stage, but the player or us has failed to agree the details of those terms, for whatever reason.
Not sure about what happened to other targets etc. but it's clear a lot of this has been out of our hands, even though we appeared to have agreement on deals.
Adone I think has been messed up by Arsenal's dreadful start of the season, and compounded by the heavy defeat at Liverpool. The sale of Sanchez was pretty much agreed, they were going to sell Perez to Deportivo and we were going to get Adone. That all collapsed when even though agreeing the Sanchez sale, Arsenal pulled out at the last minute.
Dwanema we've been led down the garden path as it is pretty clear Zurich knew about the heart issue but didn't disclose it, so that deal got to the final stages until our or our insurers cardiologists got hold of him.
Janssen as said above I think would have been Spurs offering the player to us once Llorente was confirmed. We clearly agreed terms with Spurs as the Deal Sheet must have been submitted before 11pm and likely we had an outline of a deal from the player's agent otherwise it wouldn't have got to the deal sheet stage, but the player or us has failed to agree the details of those terms, for whatever reason.
Not sure about what happened to other targets etc. but it's clear a lot of this has been out of our hands, even though we appeared to have agreement on deals.
B52
New member
Unfortunately, I don't think you are.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
They still wouldn't be good enough for the PL
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
No of course not, because by that stage the fact was, we bloody well needed him. Levy was no doubt undoing his flies as soon as he saw us in trouble at the last minute, and was seeing the £££ signs flying around in front of him at what he'd be able to extract from us. Quite how much we'd agreed to part with for Janssen we'll probably never know, but it was clearly a long way north of our other targets - and the fact that this fee was agreed in double-quick time between Tony Bloom and a bloke who is know to drive the hardest of bargains, would seem to indicate we were prepared to bend over and take it right up the gary.
Then with the player - could we not agree terms, or was it more a case of Janssen getting cold feet at the prospect of joining a (possibly doomed) relegation battle ? That wouldn't be surprising. Were we wrong to go for that last-ditch deal ? Given our situation now, I'd say no. But what a desperate and embarrassing situation to arrive at.
All I can say is, they did all they could to salvage it, but it was just left far too late.
Then with the player - could we not agree terms, or was it more a case of Janssen getting cold feet at the prospect of joining a (possibly doomed) relegation battle ? That wouldn't be surprising. Were we wrong to go for that last-ditch deal ? Given our situation now, I'd say no. But what a desperate and embarrassing situation to arrive at.
All I can say is, they did all they could to salvage it, but it was just left far too late.
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