Albion reject "final" Leicester bid for Ulloa

[Zebedee]

I think we need to accept that Ulloa is likely to leave if the price is right. Whether we can find a good enough striker to replace him is another question. Somehow I doubt it. If we are short-sighted enough to start the season with just CMS and Fenelon up front, we're going to struggle big-time. If Ulloa goes, we need at least two good strikers to replace him (and of course Barnes). Is anyone hopeful that we'll sign the necessary additions by the Sheff Weds game? I'm not.

 

[British Bulldog]

I think we need to accept that Ulloa is likely to leave if the price is right. Whether we can find a good enough striker to replace him is another question. Somehow I doubt it. If we are short-sighted enough to start the season with just CMS and Fenelon up front, we're going to struggle big-time. If Ulloa goes, we need at least two good strikers to replace him (and of course Barnes). Is anyone hopeful that we'll sign the necessary additions by the Sheff Weds game? I'm not.

If we still hav'nt replaced Barnes after 6 months we've got no hope of replacing Ulloa by the time the season kicks off.

 

[Justice]

I think we need to accept that Ulloa is likely to leave if the price is right. Whether we can find a good enough striker to replace him is another question. Somehow I doubt it. If we are short-sighted enough to start the season with just CMS and Fenelon up front, we're going to struggle big-time. If Ulloa goes, we need at least two good strikers to replace him (and of course Barnes). Is anyone hopeful that we'll sign the necessary additions by the Sheff Weds game? I'm not.

Fenelon could score 20 goals this season for all you know.

 

[Spadge]

Interesting that the paper states " He is settled in Brighton with his family and enjoys playing for the club but he wants Premier League football and fears the scale of investment in the squad is reducing his chances of getting there with Albion ".

Is that not what the majority have been saying on here for a while now?

If the club want to keep Ulloa then surely they would have made signings by now to reduce his fears.

Unfortunately I now also believe we do not have a pot to pi$$ in and this is going to be a season of survive/mediocrity.

Fantastic Stadium, Fantastic Acadamy...........................Pi$$ poor team that has been seriously under-invested in.

Lets hope the next 3-8 weeks prove me wrong.

 

[Napper]

Bids won't be entertained or refused under 9 million so please don't waste yours or our time , 9 million and we can talk otherwise no communication will happen , thanks .

 

[Napper]

Interesting that the paper states " He is settled in Brighton with his family and enjoys playing for the club but he wants Premier League football and fears the scale of investment in the squad is reducing his chances of getting there with Albion ".

Is that not what the majority have been saying on here for a while now?

If the club want to keep Ulloa then surely they would have made signings by now to reduce his fears.

Unfortunately I now also believe we do not have a pot to pi$$ in and this is going to be a season of survive/mediocrity.

Fantastic Stadium, Fantastic Acadamy...........................Pi$$ poor team that has been seriously under-invested in.

Lets hope the next 3-8 weeks prove me wrong.

Piss poor team ?

Yes squad needs few more but even as it stands we are miles from piss poor !

 

[British Bulldog]

Piss poor team ?

Yes squad needs few more but even as it stands we are miles from piss poor !

I agree we're not piss poor but we are well below last seasons standard, If we ever get around to signing a decent keeper and left back then it will look better but it still leaves us short of creativity and fire power and that's without losing any more players. It's frustrating that everything about the Albion looks 100% professional except for the player recruitment which operates at the speed of a sloth on a go slow.

 

[Triggaaar]

Interesting that the paper states " He is settled in Brighton with his family and enjoys playing for the club but he wants Premier League football and fears the scale of investment in the squad is reducing his chances of getting there with Albion ".

Is that not what the majority have been saying on here for a while now?

Probably where the paper got the info from.

Unfortunately I now also believe we do not have a pot to pi$$ in and this is going to be a season of survive/mediocrity.

Fantastic Stadium, Fantastic Acadamy...........................Pi$$ poor team that has been seriously under-invested in.

You believe this despite all evidence to the contrary.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

If we still hav'nt replaced Barnes after 6 months we've got no hope of replacing Ulloa by the time the season kicks off.

Barnes was replaced by Rodriguez, who now needs to be replaced in turn.

 

[drew]

Interesting that the paper states " He is settled in Brighton with his family and enjoys playing for the club but he wants Premier League football and fears the scale of investment in the squad is reducing his chances of getting there with Albion ".

Is that not what the majority have been saying on here for a while now?

If the club want to keep Ulloa then surely they would have made signings by now to reduce his fears.

Unfortunately I now also believe we do not have a pot to pi$$ in and this is going to be a season of survive/mediocrity.

Fantastic Stadium, Fantastic Acadamy...........................Pi$$ poor team that has been seriously under-invested in.

Lets hope the next 3-8 weeks prove me wrong.

Can you explain where the money is supposed to come from for this investments bearing in mind the constraints of FFP or are you choosing to ignore that? Assuming FFP sanctions are applied from January as is the intention, if we exceeded the allowed parameters, people like you wouldn't have to worry about transfer windows because, one the basis we might not have got promoted despite spunking millions on players, we would have a transfer embargo, not only for that January window but for every window after that until our accounts are back in order! It is unfair that some clubs have parachute payments but that is the hand we are currently being dealt.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Interesting that the paper states " He is settled in Brighton with his family and enjoys playing for the club but he wants Premier League football and fears the scale of investment in the squad is reducing his chances of getting there with Albion ".

Is that not what the majority have been saying on here for a while now?

If the club want to keep Ulloa then surely they would have made signings by now to reduce his fears.

Unfortunately I now also believe we do not have a pot to pi$$ in and this is going to be a season of survive/mediocrity.

Fantastic Stadium, Fantastic Acadamy...........................Pi$$ poor team that has been seriously under-invested in.

Lets hope the next 3-8 weeks prove me wrong.

Tony Bloom will not buy players to PLEASE anyone. Not bedwetting NSCers, not stroppy players and certainly not agents looking for more "ambition" from the club so they can engineer a big money move.

We buy when it's right for the club. Which is usually right at the end of the window when you get the most for your money. That's how it is. People need to accept that.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Tony Bloom will not buy players to PLEASE anyone. Not bedwetting NSCers, not stroppy players and certainly not agents looking for more "ambition" from the club so they can engineer a big money move.

We buy when it's right for the club. Which is usually right at the end of the window when you get the most for your money. That's how it is. People need to accept that.

Plus it helps to balance the books if you ever want to sell

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Just got a feeling we'll persuade him to stay another year. Hope so anyway.

 

[Seasidesage]

I think there is a game of brinkmanship going on between the Championship clubs and the players. Very few clubs have spent any real money bar the usual suspects, the ones with parachute payments and high value players sold and the few who don't care. Everyone else even if they have brought a few players in, it's been Bosmans or on free's.

Towards the start of the season, players wage demands will fall and you will see a flurry of signings, not just by us, but by most of the teams in this league...

 

[Acker79]

Bids won't be entertained or refused under 9 million so please don't waste yours or our time , 9 million and we can talk otherwise no communication will happen , thanks .

If bids under 9m won't be entertained or refused, what will happen to them?

 

[dazzer6666]

I think there is a game of brinkmanship going on between the Championship clubs and the players. Very few clubs have spent any real money bar the usual suspects, the ones with parachute payments and high value players sold and the few who don't care. Everyone else even if they have brought a few players in, it's been Bosmans or on free's.

Towards the start of the season, players wage demands will fall and you will see a flurry of signings, not just by us, but by most of the teams in this league...

Agree with this, think the last week will be exceptionally busy with not a lot happening beforehand.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Will it be the final final bid

 

[LamieRobertson]

If bids under 9m won't be entertained or refused, what will happen to them?

they will get bored?

 

[Rookie]

If we still hav'nt replaced Barnes after 6 months we've got no hope of replacing Ulloa by the time the season kicks off.

Lingard and Rodriguez?

 

[Uncle C]

Which part of 'we wont take less than £10m' do Leicester not understand?