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[Notters]

Yea, the club are knwon for getting their replacements in fast.

Ulloa
Buckley
Bridcutt
Barnes

I should imagine it's virtually impossible to get a replacement first? Firstly because the negotiations with the selling club will be just as difficult as those with the buying club. Secondly you can't really make an offer for a player on the condition that one of yours is being sold. Say we go to Oldham, for the sake of argument "Will you accept £2m for your up and coming centre back (by the way we're not sure if we want him or not?)"

 

[Guinness Boy]

As much as I thought Burke was the wrong side of bloody useless, I do think that's a little harsh. Ulloa was always going to be difficult to keep hold of and the price we got was too good to turn down. Buckley and Bridcutt wanted to go and join Gus at Sunderland, the latter getting all fizzy-knickered when it looked like Brighton might dig their heels in. We got good money for them too and in Buckley's case he's also a bit of a sicknote. Barnes was the only one I'd say was a mistake in letting go for the sake of £5k a week but I say that in hindsight. It's never a science with these things.

Nothing to argue with there actually, I badly phrased my post. What I really meant was that it was Burke that failed to adequately replace them.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I should imagine it's virtually impossible to get a replacement first? Firstly because the negotiations with the selling club will be just as difficult as those with the buying club. Secondly you can't really make an offer for a player on the condition that one of yours is being sold. Say we go to Oldham, for the sake of argument "Will you accept £2m for your up and coming centre back (by the way we're not sure if we want him or not?)"

I read it as fast not first.

 

[severnside gull]

Ive no idea if Dunk is going anywhere but if youre basing that assumption on last night then im perplexed.
Bloom gave the same straight bat answer he always gives when asked about player sales and he looked as uncomfortable for this question as he did for the others.

Just going off other peoples' reactions and they appeared to be universal in reading the response. Even Naylor has interpreted it pretty negatively.
I'm hoping it's wrong and he stays although I think we have some reasonable potential coming through.
Hopefully if it does happen it will be to Toon. Selling to Fulham would be massively de motivating IMO

 

[Buzzer]

Nothing to argue with there actually, I badly phrased my post. What I really meant was that it was Burke that failed to adequately replace them.

Fair enough. Burke is therefore guilty as charged although once again I say that in hindsight. In Baldock and COG we respectively bought the league one leading goalscorer and the championship player who scored loads of goals in a rubbish relegated team so on paper both blokes were the kind of players we should have been scouting and looking out for.

 

[LamieRobertson]

As much as I thought Burke was the wrong side of bloody useless, I do think that's a little harsh. Ulloa was always going to be difficult to keep hold of and the price we got was too good to turn down. Buckley and Bridcutt wanted to go and join Gus at Sunderland, the latter getting all fizzy-knickered when it looked like Brighton might dig their heels in. We got good money for them too and in Buckley's case he's also a bit of a sicknote. Barnes was the only one I'd say was a mistake in letting go for the sake of £5k a week but I say that in hindsight. It's never a science with these things.

Theres a few that need to read this post closely.

 

[chaileyjem]

Even Naylor has interpreted it pretty negatively.

Yep the sub has gone to town with the headline - http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/13580356.Bloom_issues_no_guarantees_over_Dunk_staying_at_Albion/
but the article is a straight reporting of what Bloom said last night and the latest re: interest. Not exactly a "negative reaction".

The full quote of Bloom's reaction to the question btw was
"It's not unusual for there to be interest in any club's best players and as we all know Lewis was superb last season.
"We want Lewis to stay for a long time, but it would be ridiculous for me to say that a player is never for sale.
There's always a price for any player."
http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/brighton-and-hove-albion-fans-forum-reviewed-2599330.aspx

 

[symyjym]

Just going off other peoples' reactions and they appeared to be universal in reading the response. Even Naylor has interpreted it pretty negatively.
I'm hoping it's wrong and he stays although I think we have some reasonable potential coming through.
Hopefully if it does happen it will be to Toon. Selling to Fulham would be massively de motivating IMO

Bloom was also asked if he would sell the club and he replied that it is possible that one day it could happen. There's absolutely no guarantees on the ownership situation either.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Bloom was also asked if he would sell the club and he replied that it is possible that one day it could happen. There's absolutely no guarantees on the ownership situation either.

Of course there are no guarantees. There cannot possibly be.

 

[tinx]

As much as I thought Burke was the wrong side of bloody useless, I do think that's a little harsh. Ulloa was always going to be difficult to keep hold of and the price we got was too good to turn down. Buckley and Bridcutt wanted to go and join Gus at Sunderland, the latter getting all fizzy-knickered when it looked like Brighton might dig their heels in. We got good money for them too and in Buckley's case he's also a bit of a sicknote. Barnes was the only one I'd say was a mistake in letting go for the sake of £5k a week but I say that in hindsight. It's never a science with these things.

A new phrase to be added to my vocabulary.

 

[severnside gull]

Yep the sub has gone to town with the headline - http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/13580356.Bloom_issues_no_guarantees_over_Dunk_staying_at_Albion/
but the article is a straight reporting of what Bloom said last night and the latest re: interest. Not exactly a "negative reaction".

The full quote of Bloom's reaction to the question btw was
"It's not unusual for there to be interest in any club's best players and as we all know Lewis was superb last season.
"We want Lewis to stay for a long time, but it would be ridiculous for me to say that a player is never for sale.
There's always a price for any player."
http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/brighton-and-hove-albion-fans-forum-reviewed-2599330.aspx

Thanks for that. It's the fullest quote I've seen and considerably less depressing than initial reactions

 

[chaileyjem]

Bloom was also asked if he would sell the club and he replied that it is possible that one day it could happen. There's absolutely no guarantees on the ownership situation either.

This isn't new. He's given similar answers before and said much the same as he says when asked this in other forums. His usual response is

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Of course there's a vocal minority on here who think that TB is in this to make money not lose it so this won't satisfy them but he certainly didn't say anything last night that he hasn't said before.

 

[Bozza]

I know there are no direct quotes in this piece, but I believe it very much reflects (reflected?) the club's view:

Albion have warned Championship rivals eyeing up Lewis Dunk they have no chance of buying him.
The Seagulls want to build their defence around the 23-year-old centre-half.
They would only consider selling him to a Premier League club.​

...because if Fulham (or any other Championship club) do come up with an offer that matches our valuation, and we can replace him, Dunk will be off and some backtracking will have to be done.

 

[symyjym]

This isn't new. He's given similar answers before and said much the same as he says when asked this in other forums. His usual response is

[tweet]507262736997552128[/tweet]

Of course there's a vocal minority on here who think that TB is in this to make money not lose it so this won't satisfy them but he certainly didn't say anything last night that he hasn't said before.

Yep, his answers are standard and expected, and suddenly all the body language experts come out to interpret the "real" meaning behind it

 

[chaileyjem]

Not sure what happened but the link to listen this again has only just generated itself.
Listen back (and if you have the app then you can download it) in full via http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z0qs7

 

[Kellie]

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Because ENREST has STOLEN it all to dip his SAUSAGE in and clear UP Big Hilda's LADY problem

I've just seen this laughing boy and let me tell you, if his sausage goes within a mile of that washed up has been's problem then he won't have anything left to dip.

 

[Kellie]

It was on [MENTION=29916]Kellie[/MENTION] 's , I'm going to ASK Barber why is there NO TRANSEXUAL toilets at the AMEX

Didn't stop us though did it Big Boy