The bit where I said 'personally' obviously didn't register. Honestly I think u need to buy the Croydon Advertiser tomorrow & try really hard to buy a life - Jesus wept you really, really need to.
We be had 3 very good seasons in the Championship and have gained a rep as a good passing side. Opposition managers always say this. I didn't say it was 100% down to the style did I - I said the style has helped move us up 35 odd places in the football ladder. There wasn't even an argument to be...
Promotion we/I crave?! We ve only been in this league 3 yrs. personally I'm quite happy and part of me hates the prem so certainly not craving promotion. In 10 yrs if we've not done it maybe I will a not. We re fine - a club doing consistently well thanks. Yes I've enjoyed our season - style not...
Focusing on that lg 1 championship - we didn't throw money at it at all. The football was the main thing that got us to where we were. Yes Bloom was funding the fairly small playing budget but the football Style Gus installed was the main reason we were promoted. I think I may know that better...
CMS 2.5 to start. And about the only decent fee we paid out + 1mil for Buckley. Either way we be not chucked a huge amount at it and playing budget isn't as high as ur making out and a lot had been down to our style of football..
All I said was we, like Barcelona, have a playing style...
Omg where have u got that from. Where have I denyed that? It was spent in the stadium yes... I was taking about our football philosophy & ur lot (wrongly) brought the stadium money into it. It's helped attract players of course but we were rapidly climbing that football ladder before the...
Must've imagined the league 1 season and a half under Poyet when this philosophy was installed which moved us up about 20 of the places in the football ladder then - some time before the stadium!
Ok then - Brighton & Swansea! There's a direct comparison between certain clubs. Yes and I've pointed out we didn't spend much on players transfer fees so even if this table is right it's proved my point that we didn't chuck loads at it like say QPR / Forest / Leicester this yr - so thanks! Also...
No - that's not what I was saying now was it. I just mentioned our club philosophy and how well it's worked. You're mate said it was down to us throwing 130 million at it. That's totally untrue. End of convo.
Anyway well done to Pullis on winning the award... And Rogers for winning the main...
Again, proof of what? That's not proof of overall budget now is it? And again if anything that's proved we haven't chucked millions at it. As I said, the money we've had has paid for our future mainly..
There's no way the table would be accurate though is there. That info is guessed (admittedly an educated guess using finances I assume) - Clubs don't divulge what certain players are on, whether they're first team etc. also the fact apart from Ulloa & Crofts, we spent nothing on transfers also...
Aggressive?! I'm just sick of deluded palace trolls piping up on every thread!
As for u being SAD enough to go through this thread and 'thumbs down' my comments. Jesus I had 6 notifications from a bloody palace fan. Bore off. Maybe get a life?
Haha where the hell did u get that table - off someone on twitter it seems?!
No such table exists. We were 12th or 14th highest budget that yr according to Gus...
At last a sensible post from a palace fan. I agree with most of what you say. Tbh I was just reacting to some of the untrue crap some of your lot were writing on here. As I mentioned on another thread, huge respect to you for this season - you've deserved it. I do however still point out you...
And had you not spent beyond your means you could well have dropped down the leagues like a stone previously. So of course it's played a part in where you are now...
We ve not invested huge amounts on the team at all. That's one of the reasons both our last managers were unhappy. The main reason for the climb (half the climb was at Withdean) is the clubs new way of football. The 130 mil you talk about has barely affected anything on the pitch in theory. It's...
At times maybe but it's always going to slightly change & there's no way there's a perfect way for any club to play every game. Did u go to many games the yr we won lg 1 ? Some of the best football the Albion will ever play...
It's a club philosophy - bit like Barcelona have where it goes right the way through the whole club at every level & age range. It's essentially a lot of emphasis on ball retention & possession. It's great to watch and has seen us shoot up roughly 35-40 places in the football ladder since it...