Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Name the buyer.
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Time to announce the truth about Dale Stephens.
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Name the buyer.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Which begs the question....who would have been the alternative back up player
Nixonator
Well-known member
Stephens with his head elsewhere would have probably still been better than his backup player on the pitch.
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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The truth and this club do NOT go hand in hand,we're being mugged off by chancers and bullshitters,let's get some proper investment in NOW.
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clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
warmleyseagull
Well-known member
CH Replying to question on Sky: 'we want to keep our best players.'. Reply to next question: 'we want to keep our best players.'. Obvious that DS stays until replacement sorted. How much more truth do you need? Pritchard stuck on M25 clearly screwed up Plan A, club actively working on Plan B/C etc.
DS will know score, club will be clear that he can f*** around until Weds, if he can be replaced great, if not he plays and plays well until Jan in order to keep his transfer options open (Burnley/Palace won't want a player with splinters in his bum). End of.
DS will know score, club will be clear that he can f*** around until Weds, if he can be replaced great, if not he plays and plays well until Jan in order to keep his transfer options open (Burnley/Palace won't want a player with splinters in his bum). End of.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Believe me, if Palace had put a bid in, this place would be crawling with their fans, and so would Twitter.
When a bid comes in from whatever club, then I agree Stephens would go, as long as it's a Premier League club. Until then, he isn't going anywhere.
He will be gone wait and see
No. Threads that drag on and on for weeks lose everyone's interest. A new thread is needed priodically to restore interest in the subject.
The Stephens thing has cost us points for sure. We would have beaten Reading with him in the starting X1 and probably managed at least a point today. Frankly I am getting very very pissed off about it.
The major reason for our outstanding season in 2015/16 was our central midfield pairing. Now it looks as though we're losing one of them. For what? So he can earn more money and play in the Prem? Why didn't we match any offer salary-wise? Maybe he would have stayed and helped Brighton reach the Premier League rather than jumping ship?
Angry. Angry. Angry.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Troll.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Well being a cynic......£3.5m on a defender might have to be funded via a sale.....clearly £200m investment elsewhere is not enough...
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
We've got no chance of matching Premier wages.
We didn't beat Reading last season when Stephens was playing so I doubt he would have made a difference.
Based on today's performance Norwood is better than Sidwell, but neither as good as Stephens. Which is a worry.
warmleyseagull
Well-known member
Probably, but if we wish to cash in whatever, we would have done so already. This is classic Lizard poker playing with transfer market. I don't think he will go unless we get a quality replacement. Remember Buckley?
I think it's more of a case our valuation hasn't been met. Clubs will now start to get desperate.
warmleyseagull
Well-known member
I think we have to face the reality of DS/BK duo ruling midfield is finished. Even if DS stays I doubt he will be as effective as last season. These magical combinations have a short shelf life, this one ended after 60 minutes at Riverside. We have to move on and find a new supremo.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
Early days, but I think Norwood can be a very good replacement for Stephens if he is off to pastures new.
Nixonator
Well-known member
Is the key point for me. How can there be any way back for a player who by all accounts has cost us points whichever way you look at it? He may not have refused to play, but he has let himself be distracted enough that CH feels pressured to bed-in other options and plan ahead without him. Norwood is a good option but not a suitable replacement, and we haven't even been playing him, we've played Sidwell. I like Sidwell, but let's be honest, how can we honestly compare him to an in-his-prime Stephens whose partnership with Kayal was the key factor in our success last season?
I'm a bit disappointed it has dragged on this far and has detrimentally affected us in 2 league matches, one being a big game against promotion rivals.
Nonsense. Complete nonsense. Norwood looked great. Sid was good. Kayal was better later on. Stephens was missed, though, but because he wasn't there, not because the three aforementioned stood there crying and weeing and everything went to bollocks as a consequence
