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Albion interested in Cardiff Striker Joe Mason
- Thread starter Sompting_Seagull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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If he's better than Conway then he'll be great. Barnes is no world beater.
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Worth remembering Perseus values Buckley at £7.5m and doesn't think it's a concern that Bridcutt is leaving.
* leans over and whispers* I think he's nuts.
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Why are we waiting for the summer, we're on the cusp of the play offs? If we cock it up again we could lose PIG and Ulloa too in the summer, then we will have a seriously average squad.
Seagull over Canaryland
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I suspect it will be harder to replace Barnes than some on here imagine. Ok he is a marmite player and far from being the perfect player but there is no questioning his passion and willingness to give 100% for The Albion.
By comparison I am very wary of just how committed Obika would be following a series of loans in which he has not inspired a permanent deal. He would need to go some to show the same commitment as Barnes. I hope to be proved wrong.
Mason isn't exactly tearing up trees either.
By comparison I am very wary of just how committed Obika would be following a series of loans in which he has not inspired a permanent deal. He would need to go some to show the same commitment as Barnes. I hope to be proved wrong.
Mason isn't exactly tearing up trees either.
Stumpy Tim
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Which actually means Mason is brilliant, but not quite as good as Conway.
If Oscar approves them - as I'm sure he has/would - they're his signings, regardless of who found/recommended them.
I very much doubt Alex Ferguson found m/any players himself. That's what scouts are for.
Someone above said it's good to see Oscar getting rid of "Gus" signings and getting his signings in. They're his signings in that from a list of a few players he's gone: ok, that one.
That's not his signing, is it?
If it's puppy dog-style commitment and enthusiasm you want, CMS is back soon.
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No it's really not. It's like having pick between a punch in the face or a kick in the nuts. Both rubbish but you have to have one of them.
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You spotted it!
what?
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It's probably his willingness to battle that he refers to. How committed is a journeyman from Spurs going to be? My guess is nowhere near as willing as Barnes.
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It was kind of obvious Dave, my kid brother makes 'jokes' like that all of the time.
Ermm....I don't know how else to explain it. It was in English and everything, and the chap 2 comments above your last one understood it perfectly...
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loud and clear.
gripper stebson
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- Jul 27, 2004
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Desmond has a barrel in the market place...
Hang on - got it. You mean:
They're his signings in that, from a list of a few players, he's gone 'Ok, that one'.
Anyway, yes, that's what a "manager's signings" means - at any club.
The usual exceptions are when the owner insists on a particular signing, or a director of football makes the decisions on transfers. The situation on the latter is unclear at the Albion, I think?
So let's just say they're...
Nathan Jones/scouts - findings
Oscar Garcia - signings
David Burke - approvals
