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Transfer Deadline Day ***OFFICIAL*** Thread
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- Feb 8, 2005
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Do we? Who is cover for Bennett?
So Murray isn't proven?
You won't be happy 'til we have signed f***ing Fernando Torres will you?
brightonmark1234
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out of the the whole day not even a proven forward i mean apart from murray
mcshane in the 79th
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- Nov 4, 2005
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Not too unhappy if we start most games (even at Withdean) in 4-5-1. It looks like the players are settled in it. It's just the lack of options if things aren't going to plan in a game that worries me.
Define proven forward then. Name me ONE "proven forward" you want us to sign.
B.W.
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- Jul 5, 2003
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With the exception of Lua Lua, I'm gutted. What happens if Murray or Barnes gets injured or suspended
We're well and truly fcuked
Sam Ovett
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Murray is our proven striker...some people just set their expectations too high which only leads to disappointment. Supporting a team that has not done much in the past few years, the squad we have is such a good one, some people need to take the stick out of their ass and start crafting it into a useful tool, such as optimism and good support. 
I dont rate Barnes, you can be as optimistic as you like, and hopefully prove me wrong, but he's not enough if we want to finish inside the play-offs if he starts every week. Murray is likely to spend some time injured or suspended, so we are left (currently) with Barnes and Holroyd/Hart as back up.
We cannot rely on Murray for 46+ games, and Barnes cannot hack it on his own up front, end of, in my opinion like.
B.W.
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Murray is our proven striker...some people just set their expectations too high which only leads to disappointment. Supporting a team that has not done much in the past few years, the squad we have is such a good one, some people need to take the stick out of their ass and start crafting it into a useful tool, such as optimism and good support.
And some people need to take their head out of their ar$e and realise we have effectively zero cover if Murray and/or Barnes get suspended or injured...
Murray is our proven striker...some people just set their expectations too high which only leads to disappointment. Supporting a team that has not done much in the past few years, the squad we have is such a good one, some people need to take the stick out of their ass and start crafting it into a useful tool, such as optimism and good support.
i agree totally, look at the squad now compared to 12 months ago
portslade seagull
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Smith looks quite useful
We have the exact same squad that we were on play-off form with at the end of last season + Greer + Sparrow + Battipiedi + Baz + Kishishev + numerous squad players, and the only player we have lost that will have any impact is Crofts, and Sparrow looks more than up to filling his boots.
Put it into a bit of perspective please
Put it into a bit of perspective please
BRIGHT ON Q
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Should have put in a bid for the young lad banging them in for Shrewsbury.
B.W.
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Agreed... we are really only short in 1 vital area... up-front... loan market beckons, I reckon...
Sam Ovett
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Wtf are you on about?!?!? If Murray gets injured, we play Barnes...Yes, if we paly a 4-4-2 and one gets injured, we switch to a 4-5-1. Baz/Hart/Holroyd/Agdestein will have to do the job if both get injured at the same time.
If you look at teams in this league, what would happen if their two main strikers get injured?!!? They are going to struggle as well. It is impossible to please people unless you bring in f***ing Messi
did you not see the volley he hit against walsall?
and have we not just signed another striker?
God, you're a tedious bastard aren't you. Are you ever happy? Of course you are - you're happy whenever there is something to moan about.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Some of you lot would do well to remember we are, as of last season, a third division team playing in a crap ground, in a league with bigger and richer clubs, therefore the sort of players you're talking about might not actually be that keen to join us, at least not for this season.
I cannot grasp why people are criticising the club for "failing" to sign the likes of Jason Roberts or Adam Le Fondre, when they quite probably have made enquiries but been turned down by the player because they have far better offers.
If you idiots want to see us end up like Pompey because we've chucked money we don't have at players we can't afford, then be my guest. Personally I'd rather we attempted to get this club built on solid foundations, and if it means we take a little longer to get to where we all want to be, well so be it. I'd rather have a sustained period of success starting from say two years time than go roaring up the league now and then have it all fall apart around us because of unsustainable debts and creditors attempting to wind the club up from all directions.
A little grasp on reality is needed
I cannot grasp why people are criticising the club for "failing" to sign the likes of Jason Roberts or Adam Le Fondre, when they quite probably have made enquiries but been turned down by the player because they have far better offers.
If you idiots want to see us end up like Pompey because we've chucked money we don't have at players we can't afford, then be my guest. Personally I'd rather we attempted to get this club built on solid foundations, and if it means we take a little longer to get to where we all want to be, well so be it. I'd rather have a sustained period of success starting from say two years time than go roaring up the league now and then have it all fall apart around us because of unsustainable debts and creditors attempting to wind the club up from all directions.
A little grasp on reality is needed