Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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Having laughed at someone at Owlstalk thinking that they could get Dunk, Hemed and Knockaert from us without QPRing all over the FFP rules I took a look at some other forums. I should say that I have few problems with Premier League teams looking at top Championship players. Its annoying, but Bloom has always made it clear that, if they want to go and the price is right, he won't stand in a player's way. Stephens is apparently rumoured to be a potential target for Burnley, and however much of a sickener it would be to lose him to them, we would have to face the fact that they are now in a position to throw the cash about. (Not that Dyche will ever admit this).
However, I am surprised at the number of fans of our Championship rivals who seem to think that a rival would give them their best players at a price that they would be able to afford. There are messages on Norwich, Villa, Wednesday and Newcastle boards suggesting that they take our players. They all seem to want Knockaert although few of them can spell his name. Derby fans, perhaps because they are familiar with the Championship, seem to be the exception, in thinking that our lot are easily available to them.
I know all life is on message boards and to be fair, there are fans on the same boards telling their fellows of the facts of life in the Championship. However, the one that has annoyed me enough to post is not on a message board, but from the awful NE journalist Louise Taylor: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...united-rafa-benitez-champinoship-seven-things
She really should know that Tony Bloom will not sell to a Championship rival at a price they would be willing to pay. Her reporting of the 'Boro game showed her to be merely a self appointed cheerleader for the the three North East teams, but you would have thought that a professional journalist would have had a better understanding of the realities of our league. She also suggests Hull's left back as a target for Newcastle. That's Hull, who if they had lost on Saturday would have had parachute payments next year. You expect the big club nonsense from fans, but it seems that The Guardian is paying someone to spout this stuff.
However, I am surprised at the number of fans of our Championship rivals who seem to think that a rival would give them their best players at a price that they would be able to afford. There are messages on Norwich, Villa, Wednesday and Newcastle boards suggesting that they take our players. They all seem to want Knockaert although few of them can spell his name. Derby fans, perhaps because they are familiar with the Championship, seem to be the exception, in thinking that our lot are easily available to them.
I know all life is on message boards and to be fair, there are fans on the same boards telling their fellows of the facts of life in the Championship. However, the one that has annoyed me enough to post is not on a message board, but from the awful NE journalist Louise Taylor: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...united-rafa-benitez-champinoship-seven-things
She really should know that Tony Bloom will not sell to a Championship rival at a price they would be willing to pay. Her reporting of the 'Boro game showed her to be merely a self appointed cheerleader for the the three North East teams, but you would have thought that a professional journalist would have had a better understanding of the realities of our league. She also suggests Hull's left back as a target for Newcastle. That's Hull, who if they had lost on Saturday would have had parachute payments next year. You expect the big club nonsense from fans, but it seems that The Guardian is paying someone to spout this stuff.
ield Wednesday already.
thread it seems there are at least as many sensible people saying there's no way they could sign Dunk or AK as there are deluded fools suggesting them as potential targets.
