BHA January transfer watch

[atomised]

Heading for heathrow

 

[severnside gull]

Well, that rules out any players signing from Gillingham, Southend, Ipswich and Norwich (or South and East London)......unless they were lost.

The opposite I think if they were going clockwise?
Could've been headed to hoover up any bargains that may be left at Reading I guess?

 

[Springal]

Heading for heathrow

Hotel meeting at 9am, just after the South American flights that all land between 7-8.30am maybe ?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Hotel meeting at 9am, just after the South American flights that all land between 7-8.30am maybe ?

Two Iberian flights landed this morning. One from Madrid and one from Manchester.

 

[Springal]

Two Iberian flights landed this morning. One from Madrid and one from Manchester.

Iberian is Spanish, so you could connect through Madrid.

But a number of airlines fly direct from Heathrow to South America

 

[Urchin]

From Twitter:

@CSEmelec viajó a Buenos Aires para realizar pretemporada 2016 sin Narváez y Miller Bolaños

Includes a pictures of their squad at the airport travelling to pre season.

Translates to:

@CSEmelec He traveled to Buenos Aires to perform preseason 2016 Narvaez and Miller Bolanos

But the translation is wrong, and should read WITHOUT Bolanos and Narvaez.

 

[saafend_seagull]

When does their season start ?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Doesn't the West Brom chairman own that?

I thought it was Burton's?, or was it Stirling's? . . . wait a minute, it's Albion Rovers!

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

That looks right. Seen on the M25 at 7am this morning with 2 chaps suited in the front. I came off at the M3 and they were still heading around clockwise..

could've been Tony Pulis heading south to Sandbanks ?

 

[Postman Pat]

I thought it was Burton's?, or was it Stirling's? . . . wait a minute, it's Albion Rovers!

Dyslexic Albino?

 

[atomised]

could've been Tony Pulis heading south to Sandbanks ?

Clockwise?

 

[Marshy]

Betting suspended on Nathan Jones becoming the new Luton Boss apparantly...

 

[atomised]

Betting suspended on Nathan Jones becoming the new Luton Boss apparantly...

Really. I think thatd be a bad move for him. Wasnt his greatest fan but he's done well here.

 

[Findon Seagull]

Betting suspended on Nathan Jones becoming the new Luton Boss apparantly...

Good luck to him if it does indeed come off.

 

[Marshy]

Really. I think thatd be a bad move for him. Wasnt his greatest fan but he's done well here.

Big Club Luton, if he wants to cut his teeth as a manager it would be a great move for him i think.

 

[Bigtomfu]

Big Club Luton, if he wants to cut his teeth as a manager it would be a great move for him i think.

Or uncompetitive poisoned chalice?

Still at least he knows their highest earner.

 

[perseus]

I'm afraid our stumbling block will always be the wages for players.
Unfortunately, as we all should know once you get to the promised land there will be very few players who, if good
enough to play in the PL will play for much less than £45-70K a week, and the ones at the lower end of that pay scale
will be the ones I imagine that Albion will be employing.
I would estimate IMHO that you need to spend realistically £20million plus at the moment, to stand any chance of staying in the PL in your first season,
that is of course if you have a damn good manager that can make a team perform on a very very tight budget, who will also cost a club
a few million for his services.
I can see us getting there one day, but struggling to get 3/4 wins in that season unless Mr Bloom is prepared to shell out millions and millions for players.
This isn't a criticism just an honest observation from planet reality.

I think you might be overestimating the wages in the PL.

Williamson (Newcastle) would be a good buy and I think he is on between £26K and £40K a week. Too much in the Championship. Buckley and Bridcutt were/are on about £16K a week at Sunderland w/o the bonuses and possiby a 40% relegation reduction. Someone like Sagbo (when at Hull) might have been earning less than this. However, Danny Graham (Sunderland) may be of £40K a week when £4 a week would seem too much?

Albion might need to spend £50 million (transfers + wages) to have any chance of staying in the PL as we would need at least five players.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Albion might need to spend £50 million (transfers + wages) to have any chance of staying in the PL as we would need at least five players.

Which 6 would you retain in a starting line up?

I'd possibly go for;
Stockers
Dunk
Bong
Kayal
Stephens
March

 

[perseus]

Which 6 would you retain in a starting line up?

I'd possibly go for;
Stockers
Dunk
Bong
Kayal
Stephens
March

Lualua definitely and Bruno good for one season. One unexpected player likely to make the grade: Rosenoir.

I think we need five players to reach the autos, but we are in a bit of a dilemma in buying players as they need to be good enough to sustain PL football and that means they will be on wages much too high for the Championship.

Williamson (Newcastle) would make sense but his wages are too high! I think Buckley would be affordable as there are certain current Albion players like Murphy and Baldock who might not make the jump up to a higher division and I'm not sure we ought to have signed them?

 

[Foolg]

Lualua definitely and Bruno good for one season. One unexpected player likely to make the grade: Rosenoir.

I think we need five players to reach the autos, but we are in a bit of a dilemma in buying players as they need to be good enough to sustain PL football and that means they will be on wages much too high for the Championship.

Williamson (Newcastle) would make sense but his wages are too high! I think Buckley would be affordable as there are certain current Albion players like Murphy and Baldock who might not make the jump up to a higher division and I'm not sure we ought to have signed them?

Do you have to mention Buckley in EVERY post you put?

He's gone, he's always injured, and he's not been great for 2/3 years now. Get over it.