Probably true, but their best was woeful.
Some of them maybe. I care about our fortunes more than some.
I don't think that's a fact.
I am glad that many of you are feeling more positive than I am.
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I am glad that many of you are feeling more positive than I am.
I find it hard to believe that Tony was stupid enough to not realise the demands until there was 24 hours left.
tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
- 2,325
Any one who thinks it will be any easier in the January transfer window , will be in for a big shock , it is notourously hard to get business done , and the transfere fees will be even higher
Maybe it's just that you love the sound of your own voice ....... e.g. Your cringworthy speech outside the Evening Star after the Wigan game. Heaven forbid you express your view in a thread started by someone else.
Lawro's Lip
New member
Woke up this morning thinking we had pulled the Jansen deal off at the very last minute but what a disappointment. Our recruitment plan over the last couple of months has failed to deliver on our most important objective and clearly needs a rethink. I don't know what led to the failure but behind the scenes those involved must learn quickly from this. If inflated prices, our low profile and bad luck played a part this needs to be built into the strategy starting now and until the end of the January window. As fans we obviously need to give CH and the players a chance to prove they can pull this round particularly if we struggle, as most now fear we will. It feels like we have made the extreme challenge of staying in the top flight almost impossible but let's hope our manager and team can surprise us all.
sir albion
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We've all been saying strikers for months and would you believe it we get none
kemptown kid
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- Apr 17, 2011
- 362
Spot on. Huddersfield have started well and good luck to them, but let's see where we are by Christmas before panicking. Like all Albion fans,I wish we had landed one of our striker targets but there is no guarantee that 10 or even 15 million pounds would buy the 15 -20 goals we want. There is plenty of fire power in the squad and potential for one of our current wide men to step into the speedy striker role we hoped to fill during the last few days. However the season ends, we certainly don't want to be saddled with over priced and over paid panic buys.
sir albion
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Very true. Selling clubs famously know they have relegation battle clubs over a barrel.
sams dad
I hate Palarse
Why do you give a ****? I thought you stopped watching the Albion years ago?
- Aug 7, 2003
- 7,800
We'll finish 14th, no probs. Other teams have other issues, dodgy owners, crooked managers, prima donnas, cock wombles and **** muffins (Rooney's of this world) We'll be fine,Tony and Chris will work their magic.
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His speech mentioned optimum timing. That must be the end of the window, shirley. He thought he'd timed it to perfection.
kemptown kid
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- Apr 17, 2011
- 362
Plenty of firepower like who?
This isn't the championship remember
Knockaert. Izquierdo. March. Hemed. Brown. Hopefully Murray and Baldock will be available before too long. It's not The Championship, but I have faith in CH's ability to get goals out of that lot.
- Aug 8, 2005
- 26,554
These sort of threads are all well and good and very noble but I find it a bit patronising all things considered.
We all know we needed a striker. Fans, Bloom, Hughton, Barber, everyone. We had all summer to get one. In fact as the first automatically promoted side we had longer than anyone else. We didn't get one.
Whatever the reason for that and I don't doubt the difficulty of recruiting one it is a glaring fact that we are lacking goals in the team. So yes it's not the end of the world, no one has died, and yep we are very lucky to have Bloom and the stadium and we all know where we have come from ("1997 club!") but what has that got to do with the inability to sign a single striker?
We don't need geeing up. We, as supporters, will always support the team but right now and until the next match it is understandable to be fed up, cross, disappointed, fearful that we don't have a striker that can score goals at this level. It took so much to get us where we are that to see it given up without a fight would be a great shame.
Let's hope the players we do have can produce a miracle though and let's hope the club have learnt their lesson and sort it out in January.
We all know we needed a striker. Fans, Bloom, Hughton, Barber, everyone. We had all summer to get one. In fact as the first automatically promoted side we had longer than anyone else. We didn't get one.
Whatever the reason for that and I don't doubt the difficulty of recruiting one it is a glaring fact that we are lacking goals in the team. So yes it's not the end of the world, no one has died, and yep we are very lucky to have Bloom and the stadium and we all know where we have come from ("1997 club!") but what has that got to do with the inability to sign a single striker?
We don't need geeing up. We, as supporters, will always support the team but right now and until the next match it is understandable to be fed up, cross, disappointed, fearful that we don't have a striker that can score goals at this level. It took so much to get us where we are that to see it given up without a fight would be a great shame.
Let's hope the players we do have can produce a miracle though and let's hope the club have learnt their lesson and sort it out in January.
There is only one way to convince players to play for the Albion, you and the OP know it.
Sadly after 6 years and then still not working it out at 22:58 yesterday, when an extra £10m suddenly appeared, didn't quite cut it.
durrington gull
Well-known member
Good points, Hudds showing they mean business fair play
symyjym
Banned
Totally with him. Being disappointed is fine but fans spitting the dummy is an embarrassment. We want our players to believe we are as loyal to them as we want them to be for us so it's unfortunate when players pick up a bad vibe from a vocal few making all the noise.
Anyway my thoughts and perspective is we are 2 points behind Arsenal and 3 behind 9th.
Brian Parsons
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I too think it's our lack of provenance that goes with playing history in the PL. I for one would like to see someone from the development squad step up to the plate. Also do the scouts still look around non-league footie these days on the off chance there might just be another Jamie Vardy out there. Hope springs eternal.
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Good post. Sums it up perfectly for me. Thanks for not tacking it onto one of the numerous bedwetter threads.
