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LamieRobertson
Not awoke
BensGrandad
New member
Hope this comes true and not add to push other clubs to act. Would be 3 good additiions
Munchkin
Well-known member
This is one area I would question Bozza on.
Despite what he says I'm pretty sure the club and Andy do link up in an official capacity and information is released to re assure and in some cases appease the fans.
The Argus has built strong links with the club in many areas and that's where I believe Andy has some upfront information prior to release to other parties.
The Albion would be silly no to utilise it's local paper and the influence it has with much of the fanbase.
In summary I'm pretty confident Andy has been given a 'heads up' prior to letting this go to print.
Despite what he says I'm pretty sure the club and Andy do link up in an official capacity and information is released to re assure and in some cases appease the fans.
The Argus has built strong links with the club in many areas and that's where I believe Andy has some upfront information prior to release to other parties.
The Albion would be silly no to utilise it's local paper and the influence it has with much of the fanbase.
In summary I'm pretty confident Andy has been given a 'heads up' prior to letting this go to print.
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,565
The club have a policy of not commenting on specific transfer targets or bids unlike many other managers/teams.
AN wouldn't run this story though without a trusted source(s). They don't necessarily have to be from the Albion though do they?
AN wouldn't run this story though without a trusted source(s). They don't necessarily have to be from the Albion though do they?
You're wrong. It's difficult for me to elaborate on that though.
As a professional journalist, Naylor should also be limited by facts. As print media struggles in the Internet age, professional journalists' reputations mean more and more, not just for the journos themselves, but also the newspaper they represent. If people can get their news anywhere, they are likely to go where they get news they can trust.
If he makes claims like this on a whim, without some credible source, and it turns out to not be true, his reputation and that of the argus would suffer making it harder for them to bring in readers.
He may not have had to get the ok from the club to write it, but the argus's editor would probably have to ok it.
Maybe the club haven't officially let him know, that doesn't mean he hasn't got unofficial word, a well-placed employee who leaks information without the club's permission, etc., maybe he got word from agents, or sources at other clubs (via other journalist local to those teams). The are a few ways he could get information on how close the deal is to being completed.
If he makes claims like this on a whim, without some credible source, and it turns out to not be true, his reputation and that of the argus would suffer making it harder for them to bring in readers.
He may not have had to get the ok from the club to write it, but the argus's editor would probably have to ok it.
Maybe the club haven't officially let him know, that doesn't mean he hasn't got unofficial word, a well-placed employee who leaks information without the club's permission, etc., maybe he got word from agents, or sources at other clubs (via other journalist local to those teams). The are a few ways he could get information on how close the deal is to being completed.
With respect you stated an Argus article earlier this week confirmed a fact when it clearly didn't.
This is all nonsense anyway.
The key thing is some decent additions to the squad are highly likely which will send our collective Albion mojos soaring.
The key thing is some decent additions to the squad are highly likely which will send our collective Albion mojos soaring.
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,565
Agreed! GOSBTS....
Do you have any tiny weeny little hint about who you think Albion's no.1 target is for Ulloa's replacement?? I can do cryptic.
- Apr 5, 2014
- 25,432
Take heart with Clayton. I saw him a couple of times last year and thought that he would be a strong addition to our midfield.
I wish I did. But you can be sure if/when I do, I'll be hinting as much as I can get away with!
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
I don't take what AN says too seriously after he wrote an article a while back stating we had no chance of signing CMS.
c0lz
North East Stand.
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Agree my mojo not soaring until its been confirmed.
The Argus have only said expected to sign.
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
In summary I have to say that I'm confident you probably know as much (or little) as Andy Naylor on these matters.
Tubby-McFat-Fuc
Well-known member
The moaning is not spot on. When it comes to the transfers, its pathetic! Pre-season games mean **** all. Who gives a shit if we have a strong squad and piss every preseason game.
Preseason is about getting match fit. FFS we make about 10 subs in every game, how the **** does that relate to the normal season.
Hypothetically, say we only had a budget for those three players mentioned.
Too stop whinners, the club rushed in, as you want, and signed two of those players in May, and to do that, we would have had to pay what they first asked for.
How would you feel if we only signed two of them, because we paid over the top for them, so couldn't afford all three...............
Or would you prefer to hold out until August, and get all three of them, as they are still without clubs, getting nervous, so dropped their wages demands, and now we can afford all three?
It's a no brainer to me!
The thing I do not get about the moaners regarding transfers, do you not think that the club will lose £8m again this and next year, which Tony Bloom will fund?
I believe whatever happens, we will lose the most each season we can(around £8m) and still be within FFP. So the club are trying to spend the budget and get the most they can for it.
If that means waiting until 31st August to get the maximum return, then so be it.
And before you say it, I'm sure even with those three signed, the club still has most of the Ulloa fee to spend.
FFS how cannot you not trust a set of business men, who get £750,000 for three months of Ashley Barnes, and then go and top even that and get £10m for Ulloa!!
So no, the whining and moaning in this case is most definitely not spot on. It's nothing short of pathetic! Because when the squad is final on 31st August all those moaning will sit there being smug and saying "told you we needed new players... told you!"
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Irrespective of signings ...great that its only a week to go...great to have a home game to kick off with
Munchkin
Well-known member
Fair enough.