I find it amazing, and I may be deluded, but I find it hard to stomach that people on here are giving up on our chances before we have even kicked a ball. Can't we just suck it and see??
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Ambitious PL rivals - spending plans
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I find it amazing, and I may be deluded, but I find it hard to stomach that people on here are giving up on our chances before we have even kicked a ball. Can't we just suck it and see??
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Not with the current team. If we wait to see how we get on BEFORE we strengthen further we're f@cked. The Premier League is brutal and unforgiving. By the time you realise you're not good enough you're adrift and nobody wants to sign. THIS is our one chance to get it right.
However, I do trust the Albion to get it right. Patience.
The poster is mischief-making palace.
Of course, he'll protest too much about this comment in a minute....
Weststander
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Loved Muzza here the first time, gutted when he left (a cock up by someone, but you get conflicting views as to whether it was Poyet's or Bloom's fault), but elated that he came back. Better late than ever, we wouldn't be in the PL without his stack of vital goals.
Are Palace fans intelligent enough to make mischief??
WonderingSoton
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IMHO a quality midfielder and striker would make an instant difference, that's the spine of the side. Get that right and you're on the right track. If that pair cost 25m to get in - it has to be done.
Weststander
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Suck it and see with the squad as its stands on 28th June, would IMO be a definite relegation. A lack of top flight quality finishers, goal scoring CM'ers, wingers able to beat PL defenders other than AK, one CB if the narrative on NSC is right than Goldson will go out on loan, and fullbacks able to handle the pace/skill/power of Mane, Zaha, Salah, Redmond, etc coming at them.
But TB isn't going to blow this.
But my point is people are writing the team off when we don't know what the team will look like when the season starts. I know being a Brighton fan is all about the highs and lows but I would at least like to start the season on a high.
I hope you are right.
Cash on the Table?
Interesting Argus piece today about Abraham. £1m signing on fee? Ridiculous. His agent seems to have forgotten that the point of a loan is to give his client regular first team experience he has no chance of achieving at his own club, where he's soon to be pocketing 50k a week anyway. Absolutely right for Albion to move on. Any player that has the attitude they're doing us a favour is a terrible idea.
As for Swansea being on the same budget because of TV money - absolutely not true. They have several years of Premier League bunce behind them (and will be a more attractive proposition anyway to prospective signings because of that track record).
Not worried at all about Huddersfield piling into the market early. If you chuck enough money around it must be easy to attract players - especially ones that aren't good enough. I'd hope our relative tardiness is because we're competing for players that have plentiful options. As Hughton says, others will become available in the shake down (and some of our targets may realise we're their best choice).
We might not end up with all the players we want, but if we can't improve on what we have already then may as well spend very little. Better than spunking a fortune on mediocrity and still getting relegated (which could be the Huddersfield model at the moment).
As for Swansea being on the same budget because of TV money - absolutely not true. They have several years of Premier League bunce behind them (and will be a more attractive proposition anyway to prospective signings because of that track record).
Not worried at all about Huddersfield piling into the market early. If you chuck enough money around it must be easy to attract players - especially ones that aren't good enough. I'd hope our relative tardiness is because we're competing for players that have plentiful options. As Hughton says, others will become available in the shake down (and some of our targets may realise we're their best choice).
We might not end up with all the players we want, but if we can't improve on what we have already then may as well spend very little. Better than spunking a fortune on mediocrity and still getting relegated (which could be the Huddersfield model at the moment).
To be fair, we do have THREE PL games before the window slams shut and we need to name the 25.
Not many, admittedly.
sir albion
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Totally agree and he's certainly not worth anywhere near 50k a week and I'm glad we won't be interested in yet another money grabbing unproven youngster at this level.
Bristol city just spent over £5 million on a striker too
Weststander
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I'm not. Will reassess the squad mid August and 1st September.
Finchley Seagull
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To be honest, this thread feels like you are. The subject for starters suggested to me that you were saying we aren't ambitious. And, as I've said before, for all the talk on this thread Huddersfield have only actually signed one player so far and have a weaker squad than last season with Mooy, Brown, Palmer and Ward all gone. During that season, they finished 12 points below us.
Flying Farrier
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- May 24, 2017
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Whether or not we finish above Huddersfield is beside the point.....it's how far we'll finish above them...we will more than likely need a gap of more than 12 pts to ensure safety .....the fact that they are strengthening and we....well we're not....makes this task highly unlikely.
Finchley Seagull
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In June? Seriously? I know you are a WUM but at least attempt to make sense.
And, if you read my post, it clearly states that Huddersfield are weaker (not stronger) currently than last season.
And the reason for focusing on Huddersfield in my post was that the thread is about them.
They are strengthening? You might want to read his post again, then remind yourself we've signed 2players and it's June.
Flying Farrier
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- May 24, 2017
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You're not going to count those two signings as evidence of progress are you?....1 Aussie GK and a player from a relegated German team no ones ever heard of!.....come on....and i'm called a WUM!
Btw if you read my post properly i said that Huddersfield were Strengthening.
You're a WUM or a simpleton. Either way, I'm out.