Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Lisbon would be my guess
It’s not the DAY for GESSWORK from you [MENTION=12291]Bradders[/MENTION]
Lisbon would be my guess
It’s not the DAY for GESSWORK from you [MENTION=12291]Bradders[/MENTION]
White was class for us last year, but the others I've mentioned were too. I grant you that White played c36 games, which was more than the others, but Lamptey, March and Webster were all playing better than him before they got their injuries. White really kicked on from about December last year (especially when he returned to defence, and he to a back three), but both Veltman and Dunk were excellent in 2021.
No one is arguing that we wouldn't be improved by signing a quality striker. Of course we need more cover there. But what has got on my tits today (and what has drawn me into debate) has been comments like:
- we're a weaker squad (often followed by a word like 'obviously')
- we're sitting on £50m why don't we spend it?
- we can afford £30m (ignoring what we all believe is a wage cap at the Albion)
- we're so slow in negotiating, that's why we ....
- ....never sign a striker
- just go and by one Bloom
No one is arguing that we wouldn't be improved by signing a quality striker. Of course we need more cover there. But what has got on my tits today (and what has drawn me into debate) has been comments like:
- we're a weaker squad (often followed by a word like 'obviously')
- we're sitting on £50m why don't we spend it?
- we can afford £30m (ignoring what we all believe is a wage cap at the Albion)
- we're so slow in negotiating, that's why we ....
- ....never sign a striker
- just go and by one Bloom
The £50m will cover some of the £67m loss from season before last.
Last seasons losses may well be even worse given most of it was played behind closed doors.
Just love the way fans like to spend our owners money.
Presumably the point of saying White was our 6th best defender is to highlight that we won't miss him because we have a lot of good players. So I'm not having a dig at you on that front, because I think we do have a lot of good players.
But I don't think March, Lamptey and Veltman (because he played largely at wingback), are direct comparison's as defenders because they don't play the same role as White. It would be slightly different if you said White wasn't even our 5th best performer in the team last year as I think that opens up the debate more. I would still say there was an argument that he was in the top 5, but I'd chalk that up to differing opinions.
Nunez was at training in Benfica this afternoon so unless he's got a private jet I suspect this one won't be happening.
The £50m will cover some of the £67m loss from season before last.
Last seasons losses may well be even worse given most of it was played behind closed doors.
Just love the way fans like to spend our owners money.
What I don’t get about this though, is every club had those losses. Why do we talk as though we are the only club who have to recoup losses?
“Ah but they have billionaire owners”
So do we…
I've checked with my SAUCE in Lisbon who told me "ele esta no estadio da luz"
Which if you TRANS into INGLISH says " he is at the stadium of light"
So it looks like he has SINGED for SUNDERLAND
I am sure it has been proven our owner is nowhere near as well off as most other Premier League club owners.
Also the club is committed to a sustainable model which means not throwing cash away, besides, around £34m already wasted on Ali J and Locadia who didn't perform
Which is absolutely fine and I think everyone understands that.
However, when the ‘top ten’ target is constantly thrown around by the club you can’t blame fans for being frustrated when the transfer strategy doesn’t match that.
The £50m will cover some of the £67m loss from season before last.
Last seasons losses may well be even worse given most of it was played behind closed doors.
Just love the way fans like to spend our owners money.