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All Down To You Now, Sami



el punal

el punal

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Aug 29, 2012
11,783
Bitterne,Southampton. In the land of wrong stripes
What with Sammy Lee and Stephen Ward doing U-turns when the deal seemed done and dusted, it seems that the club are too honourable, trustworthy and, maybe naive, in their recent recruitment activity.

Sami, time for you to step up to the plate, assume that you're not going to get any decent new players and use your fighting spirit to mould the team into a promotion challenging outfit.

Tall order I know, but we'll be behind you all the way. :albion2:
 








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martin tyler

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Jan 25, 2013
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I think he would struggle with the current bunch if that is all he is given.
We now have 20 senior players. That is 1 less than Blackpool.
3 are keepers which means 17 outfield players.
1 of these in Kemy who quite frankly i would rather he did not play again.
1 stephens in still 6 weeks from fitness.
There is little creativity and very few goals in the team.
He would do well to be above the bottom 6.
 


KZNSeagull

KZNSeagull

Well-known member
Nov 26, 2007
19,814
Wolsingham, County Durham
el punal said:
What with Sammy Lee and Stephen Ward doing U-turns when the deal seemed done and dusted, it seems that the club are too honourable, trustworthy and, maybe naive, in their recent recruitment activity.

Sami, time for you to step up to the plate, assume that you're not going to get any decent new players and use your fighting spirit to mould the team into a promotion challenging outfit.

Tall order I know, but we'll be behind you all the way. :albion2:
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Quite right. Based on some comments on here, not all will be which is a shame. But it will be a big test of his coaching/managerial capabilities and the fans must give him and the team all the support that they can.

Not to worry though, we will get more bodies in soon....
 






Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
I am braced for a relegation scrap, any better will be an achievement with the players we have at the moment. I imagine all the players we bring in are now going to be 3rd, 4th or even 5th choice so I don't expect too much on that front.
 






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somerset

New member
Jul 14, 2003
6,600
Yatton, North Somerset
I really think he will walk, sooner rather than later too. This is a shambles, he has been sold a lie basically.
 




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fleet

Well-known member
Jul 28, 2003
12,222
With the team we have just now we will do very well indeed to pick up points. Good luck to them tomorrow - lets hope they get something - a 0-0 would be good. If we don't get a lot of serious quality coming in we are in for a relegation fight for sure. Frankly we need a lifting of spirits and a really good signing just now and the prospect of more to come would help a lot. A goalscorer ideally!
 






Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
fleet said:
Press conference this morning may bring some news?
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Waffle and corporate bollocks I expect but mainly everyone from Ward to agents to FFP being blamed, club 100% blameless. Price for Buckley too good to turn down, signings imminent but nothing definite yet, it's complicated, keep the faith :thumbsup:
 


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fleet

Well-known member
Jul 28, 2003
12,222
Icy Gull said:
Waffle and corporate bollocks I expect with everyone from Ward to agents to FFP being blamed, club 100% blameless. Signings imminent but nothing definite yet, it's complicated, keep the faith :thumbsup:
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I guess so, but you can hope (for a few mins at least) that it may be something positive.
 






rcf0712

rcf0712

Out Here In The Perimeter
Feb 26, 2009
2,428
Perth, Western Australia
martin tyler said:
I think he would struggle with the current bunch if that is all he is given.
We now have 20 senior players. That is 1 less than Blackpool.
3 are keepers which means 17 outfield players.
1 of these in Kemy who quite frankly i would rather he did not play again.
1 stephens in still 6 weeks from fitness.
There is little creativity and very few goals in the team.
He would do well to be above the bottom 6.
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stick with the tv commentary mate, the last thing we need is another prophet of doom
 


Biscuit

Biscuit

Native Creative
Jul 8, 2003
22,220
Brighton
We need Sammi to galvanize the squad and build the togetherness. Our defense looks iffy and we've got no natural goalscorer up top. We need to start fighting for our Championship status from the off.

Hopefully our on-field aspirations will soon match our off field professionalism, but we've got an awful long way to go to build a squad capable of gaining promotion.
 


rcf0712

rcf0712

Out Here In The Perimeter
Feb 26, 2009
2,428
Perth, Western Australia
el punal said:
What with Sammy Lee and Stephen Ward doing U-turns when the deal seemed done and dusted, it seems that the club are too honourable, trustworthy and, maybe naive, in their recent recruitment activity.

Sami, time for you to step up to the plate, assume that you're not going to get any decent new players and use your fighting spirit to mould the team into a promotion challenging outfit.

Tall order I know, but we'll be behind you all the way. :albion2:
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love it, a positive OP getting behind the team we all purport to love, that's the way
 




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goldstone

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
7,123
We were told we'd have a competitive squad by the end of the transfer window and I for one still believe we will have.

Losing Ward is a shame, but there really plenty of equally good left backs out there.

Losing Buckley ... not a problem. When did he last have a decent game for us? I'd rather have the £2.5m.

Losing Ulloa ... not a big problem. I'd rather have the £7m+ to invest in a more mobile striker and strengthen the squad elsewhere.

As a previous manager said ... KEEP THE FAITH.


"One club, one ambition" is still however a cringeworthy corporate mission statement.
 




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