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[Albion] Goldson - Rangers [CONFIRMED]
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You don't think that either Leon Balogun, who plays international football at centre back and at right back, or Bernardo, with Bundelsiga experience at centre back and full back, can be considered replacements for Connor Goldson, then?
Pavilionaire
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He might have stayed with us but for those meddling kids...
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No. Balogun replaced UH... and Bernardo is primarily a left-back (see Argus article)... also, neither are HGP's, and we are running up against missing out on attaining the 8 HGP's required, hence we have made a mistake letting CG go without replacing him...
GT49er
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Strangely, I'm convinced the club actually know what they're doing.
schmunk
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We don't NEED to have 8 HGPs, it's just that we can't name more than 17 non-HGPs in the 25-man squad. Chelsea named a squad of 21 (inc. 4 HGPs) in both September and February last season.
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Hmmm... nobody's perfect...
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True, but we need to take every possible opportunity just to survive... we are clearly NOT Chelsea...
Thunder Bolt
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I remember the panics and tantrums when Huddersfield made lots of early signings and we were deemed to be struggling.
Now tell me, who got 40 points with games to spare and who struggled over the line at the last minute.
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Indeed.
It is fair to say :
Huenemeier - > Balogun
Rosenior - > Bernardo
Goldson - >
However, as Bernardo could play 4th choice Central Defence, then we could consider naming a 24 man squad with 7 HGPs and Ben White as 5th pick...
....IF he takes his chance in pre-season.
Perhaps a better choice than paying Reading's £15 million ransom for Moore ?
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So what? They DID get over the line...
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Indeed.
It is fair to say :
Huenemeier - > Balogun
Rosenior - > Bernardo
Goldson - >
However, as Bernardo could play 4th choice Central Defence, then we could consider naming a 24 man squad with 7 HGPs and Ben White as 5th pick...
....IF he takes his chance in pre-season.
Perhaps a better choice than paying Reading's £15 million ransom for Moore ?
I agree that Reading are bang out of order at that price, but that is my point... they know we are chasing a HGP CB, and we have stupidly (IMHO) let CG go without agreeing the replacement deal... they (and other clubs) now have us by the short and curlies... I used to negotiate multi-million pound contracts, and am certain we've messed up here...
Thunder Bolt
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I prefer our way with planned and considered recruitment.
S'hampton Seagull
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You get your knickers in a twist about our recruitment every transfer window. Take some time off! The club know they need another CB, hence the pursuit of Moore. Whether we end with him or not who knows, but I'm sure we are on it.
For me this is the big advantage of window shutting before the season starts, you have to address all of this before a ball is kicked.
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Hmmm... I agree with our recruitment approach, but I was just pointing out how marginal it all is... IMHO, we can't afford to end the window without 25 in the squad and 8 HGP's, and we shot ourselves in the foot by letting CG go too early...
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Hey, just my opinion, as I've made clear... may I suggest you stop over-defending the club...
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Did you, you’ve never mentioned that before
Yes, alright, good point, but I'm pointing out that I know what I'm talking about when I say we've shot ourselves in the foot with the sale of CG before replacing him, and severely weakened our negotiating position...
S'hampton Seagull
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You're right, we've obviously decided not to sign an HGP CB or we've just forgotten altogether. Maybe you should e-mail PB to remind him?