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[Albion] Dale Stephens











spence

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Oct 15, 2014
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Crawley
Runours on Huddersfield board is that Butterfield has been left out of the squad for their next game
 






Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
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Goldstone
Runours on Huddersfield board is that Butterfield has been left out of the squad for their next game
Could have done with that a week ago.
 


GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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Gloucester
Would be nutty selling Stephens, We've got a lot of midfielders here but there's only 2 that can play our system well. Rather than selling him we should be looking for another midfielder who's good enough to cover for him or Kayal should they get injured,
This. Selling him now and trying to replace him, either by hoping that one of our existing CMs can step up (which doesn't look very likely), or by buying someone else in and giving them time to get a partnership going - whichever way we do it could easily cost us 10 or 12 points.
What's 10 or 12 points worth in pounds, shillings and pence?
 






spence

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Oct 15, 2014
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Crawley
I like someone in a free role just behind the front two as well.

So that's 4-5-1-2 for me, please! Unbeatable!
Of course it's Unbeatable as you are playing with 12 players
 










sir albion

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Jan 6, 2007
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SWINDON
This. Selling him now and trying to replace him, either by hoping that one of our existing CMs can step up (which doesn't look very likely), or by buying someone else in and giving them time to get a partnership going - whichever way we do it could easily cost us 10 or 12 points.
What's 10 or 12 points worth in pounds, shillings and pence?
Very true
You take kayal away and we're facked basically...crofts,jfc and ince will not create anything unlike kayal and Stephens....We need another quality attacking midfielder.
 


Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
53,153
Goldstone
So - will Dale be on the naughty bench with Dunk?
He'd better not be.

Not that I'm suggesting teams have done it, but making offers for players & putting them off their football could be a good tactic.
Which is why we should have increased our offer for Marshall yesterday.
 








ewe2

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Mar 14, 2008
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Hailsham area
So - will Dale be on the naughty bench with Dunk? http://m.theargus.co.uk/sport/13619925.Albion_reject_bids_for_Dunk_AND_Stephens/ Not that I'm suggesting teams have done it, but making offers for players & putting them off their football could be a good tactic. Fulham have prevented Dunk from playing three games for us IMHO one way, or the other.
Absolutely this,the whole transfer window should shut at least for the UK,when the season starts surely even the authorities cannot promote this frenzy.
 


Machiavelli

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Oct 11, 2013
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Fiveways
He'd better not be.

Which is why we should have increased our offer for Marshall yesterday.

As long as the increased offer was for Marshall's wage package. No need to increase any offer to Blackburn. There's little more than a week until the window closes. We'll see if they can continue to turn down £3m by then.
 




Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
53,153
Goldstone
As long as the increased offer was for Marshall's wage package. No need to increase any offer to Blackburn. There's little more than a week until the window closes. We'll see if they can continue to turn down £3m by then.
It didn't have to be much, just enough to let him know we're still interested, and unsettle him a bit. If he's already happy with the wage guide, increasing the price £100k would be better.
 




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