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We need a quote from Poyet saying he couldn't afford to keep him. That is what the whole thread is directed towards. I am struggling to remember him saying that.
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Do you think Gus Poyet is a LIAR?
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We need a quote from Poyet saying he couldn't afford to keep him. That is what the whole thread is directed towards. I am struggling to remember him saying that.
Bold Seagull
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Your post is about whether Gus has lied about the reason we didn't keep hold of Murray, which was...er...about the budget!?
Poll please as per my previous post!
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Didn't he ask for 15k a week? If so his wages weren't too much but a lot of the other players would have wanted pay rises and any new signings would have expected higher wages.
Withdean Wanderer
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Bold Seagull
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There was something in Fridays Argus about it, although I only scanned it tonight as my curry was ready!
Meade's Ball
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Well ask it in an untwattish way then rather than attempt to purely bathe in the responses of the easily antagonised or the likeminded miseryguts by being "provocative".
You could ask whether any other fan needs to be told the God's honest truth on every occasion, or if they're aware that a manager who exposes their own weaknesses is a bit of a simpleton for feeding the arsenal of their opponents.
Thunder Bolt
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Tony Bloom is above criticism at the moment for forking out for the stadium. When we missed out or lost players under Dick Knight, he took the blame too. That's despite having a chief exec/managing director who got the boot but the replacement is getting criticised for everything including Gully's Girls.
Bold Seagull
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It is a pointless thread on so many levels.
Meade's Ball
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Well he's explained it all for you then. Now, let's all go to bed.
Guy Fawkes
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West Brom star Liam Ridgewell, 28-year-old earns £20,000-a-week with the high-flying Midlands club
Glen Murray, League 1 striker who just won the league and promotion to the Championship was reportedly asking for £14k per week (if reports on here are to be believed.)
Maybe Gus thought we couldn't afford it in terms of
a) being able to use that money better on another player who was proven (and possibly cheaper)
b) didn't think he was worth that much and therefore priced himself out of staying (ie, can't afford to pay his over inflated wage for an unproven player at that level)
c) he had a budget to stick to, what if he spent that much on Murray and he flopped, we couldn't sell him or afford to release him and would be stuck with him for 2 or 3 years (or however long he was demanding)
d) by paying Murray that much meant that his budget wouldn't have covered the transfer fees and wages of the players we did sign like Buckley and CMS (who scored more goals than Murray in a poorer side in Peterborough)
e) Gus put a value on him and he wanted more so in that sense, we couldn't afford him
or f) a combination of some or all of the above (or even more reasons).
All managers make decisions, some work out, some don't and in this case its backfired but if / when we sign someone who does well and could fire us to success then everyone will forget about Murray
Thunder Bolt
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Hindsight is always clear but at the time Hoskins was knocking in goals for fun in a team fighting relegation, CMS had scored 34 goals and Murray 22. Who appeared to be the better player AT THE TIME?
There wasn't this hand wringing last season when Murray scored 7 in 46.
There wasn't this hand wringing last season when Murray scored 7 in 46.
Thunder Bolt
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It reminds me of the concerted efforts of some fans when they turned against McGhee. Funnily enough he never lost a game at Selhurst with us, Wolves, Reading or Millwall.
Withdean Wanderer
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Probably because last season we naively thought Gus would eventually sign a proper target man to replace him, rather than telling us all summer it was his priority signing, only to go and fork out for a very average midget instead at the last minute.
Marc1901
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From what I know, Murray left for more money (obviously). His wife apparently left him because she didn't like living in Brighton ( Being a northern girl ), divorced him and well and truly took him to the dry cleaners. Palace offered him more money, supposedly only a couple more grand than what we offered with a tax-free signing on fee.
Can you honestly blame him? IF it was me, I'd probably do that same.
Can you honestly blame him? IF it was me, I'd probably do that same.
Seagull on the wing
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Blooming JCLs ...go and support another club then.....
Thunder Bolt
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Dobbie is average? I don't think Swansea or Blackpool fans would agree. Have I completed your Nsc Bingo card yet?
Withdean Wanderer
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Look at my registration date on here. Compare it to yours. Move along.
Withdean Wanderer
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20 goals at this level in 3 years. Murray has almost scored that amount in 3 months.
Thunder Bolt
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Seagull on the wing
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You really are deluded,I was with NSC years before you but never posted...and I was supporting Albion long before you were born....