Bold Seagull
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But clearly we know how to recruit players. So your post of how to conclude deals is something we're already following. So what needs to change for a striker, specifically?
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But clearly we know how to recruit players. So your post of how to conclude deals is something we're already following. So what needs to change for a striker, specifically?
I believe it is too late, our failure to get one in despite all the excuses/bad luck/ leaving it so late last summer, is now probably unresolvable & has shaped our near destiny.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
TB out of money ? Could be, I guess.
Run off with it ? No.
Sold the club ? The buyers would surely be pumping in cash now to stay up.
Fair to say Hemed hasn't stepped up. 2 Goals and we were trying to off-load him in August if we could sign a replacement. My point is since Ulloa/Barnes left we've never really had *that* striker to see us through. The success was when we went back to old hands such as Murray & Zamora. I can't even see Murray being with us next season if we are in the Premiership. I'm not denying what we had hasn't worked, but what I'm saying is we have hardly been very imaginative or forward thinking when it has come to strikers in recent years.
Do you think if we hadn't of had Murray & Zamora before, they'd have come to us?
By paying stupid money. Many of whom then fall into trouble later - remember Portsmouth.
All very easy when it isn't you propping up the club from your pocket. Given what happened last time we played the silly money game I'm very happy that TB doesn't want to play - even if that means a return to the Championship. If we go down then we'll still survive, won't have to worry too much about debts, will still get decent crowds and more than likely will be competing to go back up.
Failed since Sept 1st?how if the transfer window has two weeks left?
Strikers would have considered relegation when considering signing for us in the summer and more.Remember,we
were supposed to be in the bottom 3 since day 1.We were not supposed to have reached 8th.We were not supposed
to on only one occasion let in more than 2 goals.
Do you have any examples more recent than Portsmouth who were relegated in 2010?
Any ideas why so many transfers are done on the last day?are all the other teams as shit as us at buying new players?or is there some other reason?
I would hope you would have learnt something from your reliance on last day deadline failings last summer.
Stirkers will see us in more danger of relegation now than they would have last summer, 15 games to go and a horrendous April/May list of fixtures.
We reached 8th momentarily, but the reality is our position has been going backwards ever since despite the players efforts.
16th puts a rather different gloss on things.
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It’s a valid point, the new striker recruitment has been shit for years. Ulloa, Barnes and Hemed over the last decade and two old boys coming back for a swan song. Have I missed anyone?
In normal circumstances I'd agree with you, but the fact of the matter is all of our likely winnable games were between 1st January and 3rd March, so we don't have the luxury of waiting and that should take into account what we do. Maybe used the saved wages from NOT signing a striker in the summer as a bit of incentive to get some business done early?
With that attitude, why the striving to get up in the first place, you may as well just settle for being a fair to decent Championship side, if you cannot afford the PL?
I used Portsmouth as an extreme example but there are plenty of clubs in the Championship that gambled to try and stay in the PL and now have massive debts.
What a daft statement. Of course a club will always strive to get as high as possible - it doesn't mean they should bankrupt themselves to do so.
Go and liquidate all your assets and put them on a horse .... after all if you win you'll be able to buy even better assets.
Bigger than our debts in the Championship?
Tricky, isn't it?
Talking about this as being the last fortnight of a one-month window isn't quite right for us. The last 2 weeks out of 4 doesn't sound bad... but this is the last 2 weeks out of five months' transfer activity if we believe what we're told. 90% of the time available to us to seal that deal has gone.
On the other hand, the argument about needing a striker NOW because our easier games are front loaded makes sense, but actually the next winnable league game is actually on deadline day - Chelsea isn't a game we're expected to get anything from and then Boro in the cup is essentially irrelevant. Yes, getting a striker in before West Brom would have been much better, but whether it's announced today or next Thursday doesn't really make that much difference does it?
Talking about this as being the last fortnight of a one-month window isn't quite right for us. The last 2 weeks out of 4 doesn't sound bad... but this is the last 2 weeks out of five months' transfer activity if we believe what we're told. 90% of the time available to us to seal that deal has gone.
On the other hand, the argument about needing a striker NOW because our easier games are front loaded makes sense, but actually the next winnable league game is actually on deadline day - Chelsea isn't a game we're expected to get anything from and then Boro in the cup is essentially irrelevant. Yes, getting a striker in before West Brom would have been much better, but whether it's announced today or next Thursday doesn't really make that much difference does it?
Bold Seagull
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Isn't that the same for most clubs? When you do find a great striker, they move on, they're in demand. Why are they in demand? Because so many clubs want to sign a great striker. Why so many clubs? Because everyone is in the same boat searching for a great striker. Always is, and always will be the hardest role to fill, hence they are the highest value.
You might think its been shit for 10 years, others will think a club that gave Murray and Barnes their big breaks and steam rollered League One, that attracted CMS* when others were in the hunt, discovered Ulloa coming into the peak of his career, bought Hemed into his, fashioned Baldock into a dynamite no.10, gave Murray a new lease of life...I would imagine others looking in would actually be impressed when you think of what the likes of Derby have spent and the number of strikers they've gone through as an example.
*coughs dramatically...
GT49er
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Yes, but what is the minimum number of parties that have to agree to a contract (I'll give you a clue: it's more than one).
.... and it gets done!
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