Was bringing BZ in a way to shut the fans up?

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nwgull

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Shut the fans up? You mean a few people having a bit of a moan up on here and other social media that we've not been spending like Midds or Derby. It's not like there have been protests outside the club offices or TB's house.
 




WhingForPresident

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If they wanted to shut us up, they could've just built the monorail they've promised so many times.

Jokes aside, you'd have to be pretty intellectually challenged to believe that the club are going to pay someone presumably big wages (by our standards) for a year to 'shut the (0.1% of our fanbase that have a moan-up on NSC) fans up'.
 


deletebeepbeepbeep

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Of course it was, if we hadn't made any signings by Friday and lost 1 nil to Forest the atmosphere around the ground would have been extremely negative and signing Zamora was one way to avoid this. I find it highly doubtful he would have signed when he did, if we had been successful in our pursuit of Marshall.

That's not the only reason but I'm sure it played a big part to him signing when he did.
 


chaileyjem

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This has got me thinking really. BZ even said himself it was all over so quickly. Was his arrival a way for TB and PB to shut the fans up about bringing in anymore players and silently admitting there'll be no more??? Sounds to me abit suss.

In the club approved news / feature a few minutes after Zamora's arrival there's a quote from Hughton where he says
"We still have work to do in terms of adding to the squad, including those offensive options, in terms of creating and scoring goals."
http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/bobby-zamora-returns-to-brighton-and-hove-albion-2591390.aspx
 






symyjym

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Of course it was, if we hadn't made any signings by Friday and lost 1 nil to Forest the atmosphere around the ground would have been extremely negative and signing Zamora was one way to avoid this. I find it highly doubtful he would have signed when he did, if we had been successful in our pursuit of Marshall.

That's not the only reason but I'm sure it played a big part to him signing when he did.

We can now lose 0-1 to Forest and the atmosphere will still be positive.
 




Guinness Boy

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If that was the purpose it's done the trick for me, I'm buzzing for Friday now. Not felt like this in a long time. Last season was dreadful, this season already feels a million times better.

Just so long as you understand he definitely won't start and probably won't make the 18. That's not a club conspiracy either, he's just not match fir.
 




maltaseagull

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Im at a loss to why people think TB and PB dont want any kind of success.

Me neither!

To read some of the posts on here you would imagine TB has told PB make sure we sign rubbish players on high wages so I can keep funding losses of £8 million a year!And do not get promoted :nono::nono::nono:
 


NooBHA

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No - He is here to score goals.

I don't think that's the last of transfer activity either. I thinmk we are paying players to come in and try and help win football matches. It seems that some people think that every activity within the club should be treated like an Agetha Christie mystery.

Conspiracy theories are actually nice to hear. I quite like them myself but sometimes you just have to apply logic and common sense and dismiss them.
 








rool

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Jul 10, 2003
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Conspiracy theories are actually nice to hear. I quite like them myself but sometimes you just have to apply logic and common sense and dismiss them.

It's true and all that, but it's easyish to think along the lines of the OP I think. The dissatisfaction in the lack of attacking signings was really building up if NSC is anything to gauge it by.
The signing of BZ certainly seems to have placated most on here which is probably a great relief ahead of the fans forum and the first game.
 






Frutos

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Just so long as you understand he definitely won't start and probably won't make the 18. That's not a club conspiracy either, he's just not match fir.

I reckon he'll be on the bench - definitely won't start though.

Even if he's not in the squad you can guarantee that he'll be on the pitch either before kick-off or at half-time.
 


Steve.S

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You do ask a good question, where was he on our target list? BZ has maintained that he always wanted to come back, yet a few of the ITK people on here had said that it was not looking likely a few weeks back. I am glad he signed and think he is what the fans needed, as for the club, I do wonder if they had got some of the targets they had gone for, would we have signed him this week or ever. He is 34 and injury prone. Time will tell.
 




Brian Fantana

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I'm 100% sure that a) this not is not the last signing we'll make, b) most of the significant business is still to be done and c) we will break our transfer record before the end of the window.
 




Westdene Wonder

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I'm 100% sure that a) this not is not the last signing we'll make, b) most of the significant business is still to be done and c) we will break our transfer record before the end of the window.

No point in splashing out a large sum on another player, the present squad backed up with the managers experience should be quite capable of holding a mid-table position.
 




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