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Loft gets another year
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British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
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cannedheat said:
Thats about right.
Yorkie said:
Just because the others were last year doesn’t make it any better, it means Dick has been lying for longer. Do you honestly believe Dick ever thought we had a realistic chance of signing them, he was actually proved to be lying by Neil Warnock about Shipperley. I think the club should just keep quite until we actually sign people.
However it is the false hope that really irritates me, if Dick Knight just held his hands up and said we have no money then everybody would be more understanding of the situation.
Gerbil
Nsc's most loved
bobbyzam said:
Statto
007
If true then im not particularly happy about it. It seems that Wilkins is scared of letting any of the first teamers go. Perhaps the picture will become clearer tomorrow.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
- 10,974
Yorkie said:
because there's a bunch of saddo's trying to do dean wilkins job and thinking they know everything about running a football club including how much the players get paid i guess if you look at other threads as well.
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,286
cannedheat said:
What? Just becauseI haven't managed a professional team doesn't mean I cant have an opinion of the goings on at the club.
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,286
H block said:
Why is that for sure?
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,286
Yorkie said:
Didn't Dick Knight say "substantial" on Hartys phone in?
Stinky Kat
Tripping
Da Man Clay said:
I think your right there.
Gerbil
Nsc's most loved
Da Man Clay said:
Apparently not.
He did however say that we'd been after Rooney and Beckham but they both turned us down
Stinky Kat
Tripping
Harty or D the G may be able to remember what was said
I'll copy and paste the article for you if you don't want to click on the link.
Dick Knight says Albion manager Dean Wilkins has a "healthy budget" for next season.
The chairman suggested at the weekend it is, in fact, lower than for the current campaign, which might just explain why Albion have been able to cut season ticket prices by five per cent when they are in such a parlous financial state.
They were £253,000 in the red for the year to June 2006, when they were relegated from the Championship, a big drop from the previous year's losses of more than £1m.
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But that figure included the sales of Adam Virgo to Celtic and Dan Harding to Leeds for a combined total of around £2m.
Without those transfer deals, the operating losses would have been over £4m, which is quite frightening and a further indication of why the July verdict on the new stadium at Falmer is so critical to the club's future.
July could be a big month for Albion in another respect as well. It is when Bobby Zamora and Virgo were sold in recent seasons. Will their most saleable asset have to be offloaded?
A number of Premiership and Championship clubs have been monitoring Joel Lynch's progress this season.
If one of them comes in with, for example, a £500,000 bid during the summer, with add-ons relating to future club and international appearances in recognition of his potential, then Albion will find it terribly hard to turn it down.
Fans might argue Virgo was not worth three times more than Lynch but the comparison is unrealistic. The Seagulls had Mark McGhee's special relationship with Celtic chief Gordon Strachan to thank for that extraordinary deal.
Also, the going rate for strikers is generally much higher than for defenders so it is worth remembering Virgo was sold off the back of his relegation-saving exploits as an emergency centre forward.
11:14pm Wednesday 11th April 2007
Dick Knight says Albion manager Dean Wilkins has a "healthy budget" for next season.
The chairman suggested at the weekend it is, in fact, lower than for the current campaign, which might just explain why Albion have been able to cut season ticket prices by five per cent when they are in such a parlous financial state.
They were £253,000 in the red for the year to June 2006, when they were relegated from the Championship, a big drop from the previous year's losses of more than £1m.
advertisement
But that figure included the sales of Adam Virgo to Celtic and Dan Harding to Leeds for a combined total of around £2m.
Without those transfer deals, the operating losses would have been over £4m, which is quite frightening and a further indication of why the July verdict on the new stadium at Falmer is so critical to the club's future.
July could be a big month for Albion in another respect as well. It is when Bobby Zamora and Virgo were sold in recent seasons. Will their most saleable asset have to be offloaded?
A number of Premiership and Championship clubs have been monitoring Joel Lynch's progress this season.
If one of them comes in with, for example, a £500,000 bid during the summer, with add-ons relating to future club and international appearances in recognition of his potential, then Albion will find it terribly hard to turn it down.
Fans might argue Virgo was not worth three times more than Lynch but the comparison is unrealistic. The Seagulls had Mark McGhee's special relationship with Celtic chief Gordon Strachan to thank for that extraordinary deal.
Also, the going rate for strikers is generally much higher than for defenders so it is worth remembering Virgo was sold off the back of his relegation-saving exploits as an emergency centre forward.
11:14pm Wednesday 11th April 2007
Withdean Wanderer
Banned
Fantastic news i think.
At times he shows promise, but it would help if those morons who were on Hendersons back at Withdean didn't turn on him.
At times he shows promise, but it would help if those morons who were on Hendersons back at Withdean didn't turn on him.