Recent content by Smithy07

Same thing. Enough cash flashed and i am sure he would have been persuaded but we don't have the sort of cash (and are not desperate enough to sign sopneone at any cost) to pay what i suspect it would take. Will be interesting to see how Bennett's form holds up if he does end up staying. He was...

I think its looking unlikely that this one will happen based on the fact he was training this morning and Lambert didn't sound that convinced he'd get someone esle in today when he spoke this morning. I suspect that Bloom has put too high a price on his head for us and given that we have...

Not really any more limited than Brighton. If you get up and If you do ok in the championship then yes there is potential for there to be not too much difference between the clubs but it takes years to rebuild a fanbase and it can take years for a side to step up from League 1 to the prem. 2 or...

Not quite true though is it that nothing has chnaged. You didn't want or need to sell the player 10 days ago and i'm sure you don't now but the thing thats changed is the player has come out and requsted to be allowed to move. I notice Bloom doesn't say that he wont sell or that the player...

had not heard the Burnley rumour before but that could make it interesting. Maybe they might get some revenge for us humiliating them over lambert recently! I seriously think some of you guys may be overestimating the lure of your new stadium to a player. Yes to you lot its a big deal as you've...

You don't put in a full transfer request to force the clubs hand over terms. It wouldn't be necessary to go that far. To put in a request you have to be really frustrated/keen to leave because (1) it destroys your relationship with the fans/club you are at and (2) I believe it means you are not...

I think this rumour started on the 606 messageboards where it was started as having come from the "local media." Since there is nothing about it in our local media or yours I therefore suspect this rumour is b**locks. If any further move is going to happen i would expect it in the next couple...

Don't think we would be crying foul although you are right we would not be happy about it. That, however, is the nature of the beast. Bigger or higher division clubs will always try and sign the best talent from lower divisions. It may well be that Bennett is happy to stay at Brighton and is not...

Just to bring the thread back to some kind of logical discussion about our efforts to sign bennett it all seems to have gone rather quiet other than Lambert admitting we've made an approach and we'll have to see what happens. Its virtually unheard of for Lambert to say anything about any signing...

Poyet and chairman Tony Bloom are standing their ground as far as Bennett is concerned. "We're just trying to make sure Elliott stays here," Poyet said. "We're fighting hard and we hope he is going to be here. "There have been, as you can imagine, contacts, phone calls and things going on...

Fair enough. I'm sure its all above board (and I suspect most won't care if its not anyway as long as the stadium is built) but i can't believe that the info in the public domain on this barely scratches the surface of whatever arrangements underpin it all. 39 year old blokes can't generally...

You keep telling yourself that. Our debts are manageable and spending £1.5million (which in reality is what this "promotion push" would involve) is not going to tip us over the edge. i suspect most of what extra budget there would be would come from directors loans anyway rather than the bank...

So a player who has scored the best part of 40 league 1 goals for Swindon in one and a half seasons is a big risk at £1 million yet you guys claim that Elliott Bennett is worth at least double that?

Not really. He's exactly the type of player lambo would sign from what i know of him. Young, on the way up rather than at the end of his career, technically decent and able to play in a variety of positions. The fact that he can play on the wing will certainly be a factor but we play a diamond...

If Lambert really wants him then i suspect we will find the money from somewhere to up our bid. We have an unexpected really good opportunity to push for the prem under the best manager we are likely to have in charge of our club for some time. Lambert will go to bigger things at some point and...