No, I doubt it - more likely the post quoted below has nailed it much more accurately:Maybe he means putting in numerous late bids on the final day of the transfer window and getting nowhere
It's the same sort of idiot thinking that goes: "We won't need Hemed any more when we sign a striker. We'd like £8M for him, so we'll just tell the world and then several clubs will come shopping with an £8M cheque in their hands".
I'd rather hear the question put by someone who doesn't confuse British with English, who doesn't think that Ian Wright is relevant to the argument, who doesn't realise that Lewis Grabban didn't care whether anyone met him or not and who doesn't see that Ward's eyes lit up the moment Burnley came knocking with Premier League ££££s.
TB has made it clear that there is a budget. As a fan, he would love to hoover up players regardless of cost. As Chairman and the man who funds the entire show, he will continue to be shrewd, prudent and look to the long-term. From top to bottom, the club doesn't see relegation as the end of the world. It will be no more of a catastrophe than missing out so narrowly two, four or five seasons ago. Gus was frustrated back then when TB wouldn't loosen the purse strings. He felt we had hit the ceiling but actually TB was digging deep and lasting foundations. You have to appreciate that we are still building and he simply won't chase short-term gratification, no matter how disappointing relegation might be for us fans. The lower reaches of The Championship, not to mention Leagues 1 & 2, are peppered with clubs who went on spending sprees.
I blame Baldock, he's been pony.
I'd rather hear the question put by someone who doesn't confuse British with English, who doesn't think that Ian Wright is relevant to the argument, who doesn't realise that Lewis Grabban didn't care whether anyone met him or not and who doesn't see that Ward's eyes lit up the moment Burnley came knocking with Premier League ££££s.
TB has made it clear that there is a budget. As a fan, he would love to hoover up players regardless of cost. As Chairman and the man who funds the entire show, he will continue to be shrewd, prudent and look to the long-term. From top to bottom, the club doesn't see relegation as the end of the world. It will be no more of a catastrophe than missing out so narrowly two, four or five seasons ago. Gus was frustrated back then when TB wouldn't loosen the purse strings. He felt we had hit the ceiling but actually TB was digging deep and lasting foundations. You have to appreciate that we are still building and he simply won't chase short-term gratification, no matter how disappointing relegation might be for us fans. The lower reaches of The Championship, not to mention Leagues 1 & 2, are peppered with clubs who went on spending sprees.
I'd rather hear the question put by someone who doesn't confuse British with English, who doesn't think that Ian Wright is relevant to the argument, who doesn't realise that Lewis Grabban didn't care whether anyone met him or not and who doesn't see that Ward's eyes lit up the moment Burnley came knocking with Premier League ££££s.
TB has made it clear that there is a budget. As a fan, he would love to hoover up players regardless of cost. As Chairman and the man who funds the entire show, he will continue to be shrewd, prudent and look to the long-term. From top to bottom, the club doesn't see relegation as the end of the world. It will be no more of a catastrophe than missing out so narrowly two, four or five seasons ago. Gus was frustrated back then when TB wouldn't loosen the purse strings. He felt we had hit the ceiling but actually TB was digging deep and lasting foundations. You have to appreciate that we are still building and he simply won't chase short-term gratification, no matter how disappointing relegation might be for us fans. The lower reaches of The Championship, not to mention Leagues 1 & 2, are peppered with clubs who went on spending sprees.
