Bedwetters gone quiet

[Deadly Danson]

The club must be one of the most transparent out there. Online, social, public meetings, local fan clubs, emails, interviews, podcasts.. TB, Barber etc are no slouches in telling fans what's happening and do it 24/7. They were very clear about the transfer window from the outset and repeated it many times in many forums in many ways. We will provide a competitive squad by the time the window closes.

Yet they weren't believed by many who post on here.


Threads about TB selling the club, only interested in infrastructure, the competency of the recruitment team , the motives of Paul Barber was questioned constantly and the words of Bloom were dismissed, forgotten or not believed. It was only 7 signings in 11 days and 3 wins on the trot and hey presto.


As a wise poster on here said yesterday, it's either famine or feast on here from most of us and let's face it were a long way from being promoted. It's going to be a tough job getting that squad to play together in a new system for a manager unused to the Championship and relatively untested. Things are going to get rough. I guarantee it.

But were we told. ?
Constantly. Again and again. The club were crystal clear ...
Some just chose not to listen ...

Absolutely 100% spot on.

 

[the wanderbus]

Amazing how so many posters suddenly reveal themselves to be level headed superfans now the transfer window appears a success. Plenty of people advocated keeping calm but plenty of others, silence ...until now. Funny that, maybe they were as concerned as the rest of us but were keeping quiet until knowing which opinion was right then coming down on that side. I am perfectly happy to admit that Iam still pissed off at throwing 6 points away due to having an understrength squad but am more than happy with the squad as it stands, stronger at the end of the window than it was at the start.......for the first time for 18 months.

 

[Acker79]

Huh?

It makes perfect sense. Clearly he is eager to see the reaction of a fan who doesn't react when he stormed off after staying in a match v Birmingham where we faced Norwich.

I don't see why you're having trouble with it.

 

[Acker79]

The club must be one of the most transparent out there. Online, social, public meetings, local fan clubs, emails, interviews, podcasts.. TB, Barber etc are no slouches in telling fans what's happening and do it 24/7. They were very clear about the transfer window from the outset and repeated it many times in many forums in many ways. We will provide a competitive squad by the time the window closes.

Erm. I'm not sure repeatedly saying "we're not going to go in to specifics, but just wait until the end of the transfer window before judging the squad" counts as transparency. It's basically saying "shut up and wait" which isn't what transparency is about.

Transparency would be "these are the players/types of players we have made bids on£, "these bids were accepted but the player's demands were too high interest from other clubs priced us out", "this is a player we're close to completing a deal with", "we're waiting to hear back from this player".

Look at Cotterill telling the press about interest in his players (yeah, he overvalued Baldock, but that's part of the game) he let it be known people were after his player. Look at Cork City with their updates on Lenihan. That is transparency.

What we did was professional. It was done to give us the best chance of getting the targets we wanted, to give us as much leverage (or reduce other clubs' and agent's leverage) by eliminating expectation etc. It was an entirely reasonable method to use, and I don't criticise them for it, but it wasn't transparent.

 

[BrianWade4]

And again look at me look at me !! I think I was right look at meeeeeee !!!!!!

Harsh. I don't like you any more.

 

[BrianWade4]

The irony of him starting a thread about 'Bedwetters' given this post by him on the 14/08 referring to other bedwetters...



Personally I think everyone was a little worried deep down.

Fair comment

 

[Ernest]

The club must be one of the most transparent out there. Online, social, public meetings, local fan clubs, emails, interviews, podcasts.. TB, Barber etc are no slouches in telling fans what's happening and do it 24/7. They were very clear about the transfer window from the outset and repeated it many times in many forums in many ways. We will provide a competitive squad by the time the window closes.

Yet they weren't believed by many who post on here.


Threads about TB selling the club, only interested in infrastructure, the competency of the recruitment team , the motives of Paul Barber was questioned constantly and the words of Bloom were dismissed, forgotten or not believed. It was only 7 signings in 11 days and 3 wins on the trot and hey presto.


As a wise poster on here said yesterday, it's either famine or feast on here from most of us and let's face it were a long way from being promoted. It's going to be a tough job getting that squad to play together in a new system for a manager unused to the Championship and relatively untested. Things are going to get rough. I guarantee it.

But were we told. ?
Constantly. Again and again. The club were crystal clear ...
Some just chose not to listen ...

Don't forget BLOGS

 

[portslade seagull]

Another childish rambling, its like being at infants school when you learn a new word and then just keep repeating it, bore off with your bedwetter fans or maybe grow up !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[British Bulldog]

They were very clear about the transfer window from the outset and repeated it many times in many forums in many ways. We will provide a competitive squad by the time the window closes.

That wasn't said from the outset it was said at the fans forum a few days before the season started, If you read my earlier post Tony Bloom stated on the 3rd July " I'm confident for the start of the season we'll have a very competitive squad "
Quite clearly that plan never worked and fans were fully justified in being a bit concerned the way we started the season both with squad building and results.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

It could be argued they did little to stave this off either.

Missing my point. They are not going to conduct transfer business in public, and nor should they, so why were so many people so willing to jump straight on the bandwagon in slagging off the club and not trusting that things would get done as they'd promised. TB has not let us down before, why were people so happy to believe he would this time.

 

[chaileyjem]

What we did was professional. It was done to give us the best chance of getting the targets we wanted, to give us as much leverage (or reduce other clubs' and agent's leverage) by eliminating expectation etc. It was an entirely reasonable method to use, and I don't criticise them for it, but it wasn't transparent.

Yes agreed. The strategy of not providing a running commentary on our list of targets and how we're progressing is frustrating for some and can contribute to rumour and misunderstanding but ultimately it makes sense.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

11 signings ....

7 new players in 11 days, to complete our PROMOTION WINNING SQUAD

Where are you? Should've kept the faith

Who's to say the fans serious discontent early August didn't play a major part in the club upping their game?

Fair play for the off-the-wall imaginative signings tho

 

[Juan Albion]

Who's to say the fans serious discontent early August didn't play a major part in the club upping their game?

Okay, I'll say that.

 

[Ernest]

Who's to say the fans serious discontent early August didn't play a major part in the club upping their game?

Fair play for the off-the-wall imaginative signings tho

The THREAT of a MASSIVE Protest had Bloom changing his UNDIES and opening his PURSE

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Okay, I'll say that.

Well somebody had to say it.

 

[Juan Albion]

Well somebody had to say it.

Actually it was quite easy. I pressed a few keys and it just came out from my deep well of creativity.

 

[portslade seagull]

Who's to say the fans serious discontent early August didn't play a major part in the club upping their game?

Fair play for the off

Wasn't there a supposed emergency meeting after which players started arriving

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The THREAT of a MASSIVE Protest had Bloom changing his UNDIES and opening his PURSE

Better late THAN never. Better to SINGE a truckload of new players than rely on THE same old dross who have had double DIBS at at the play-offs and been FOUND wanting.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Actually it was quite easy. I pressed a few keys and it just came out from my deep well of creativity.

You'll be disappointed with the depth of that well of creativity.

 

[A mex eyecan]

I think a moral to all this could be summed up for each side of this debate, the all alleged bed wetters and the lickers, if that's what they appear to be labeled ...

Never a bed wetter or a licker be
At least not on a forum for all to see
Keep concerns and worries close to your heart
Or else a binfest you are bound to start
Be big and bold when maybe you posted knee jerk
Making an error don't make you a Burke
Big men hold their hands up and say
I may have been wrong guys, but hey ..
Hope you'll forgive my little rant
Please don't always hold me to account
There's not one of us who's judgement hasn't once gone missing
But trying for self justification continues ones digging
The hole gets deeper in seeking self justification
When all it may have taken was a short declaration

I got it wrong .......