Let's hope one of the big 6 isn't about to try and offload a £30M CB in the next few weeks then - we'd never be able to afford a striker then!
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[Albion] Maty Ryan article
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Let's hope one of the big 6 isn't about to try and offload a £30M CB in the next few weeks then - we'd never be able to afford a striker then!
We would probably give them Maupay and Connolly as makeweights
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Tinkering with the deck chairs in my opinion...
Easily good enough for us and PL class.
Easily good enough for us and PL class.
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Recruitment isn’t binary.......getting a new keeper doesn’t have any bearing on other positions. If the opportunity is there for an upgrade, at the right price and with a good fit, it’ll be done for any position. Martínez would be an upgrade IMO.
portlock seagull
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Walton molten. Man is never going to play in PL for us. Been with us forever yet seemingly never gets a chance. Should do the decent thing and let him go somewhere he’ll be a permanent fixture. Feel sorry for the lad.
blockhseagull
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Hasn’t done enough sadly.... but agree time to move him on
portlock seagull
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Not mine, because that money, which is finite, would be better spent on attacking positions. Even if it means paying a little over the odds to get them to down to little old Brighton. I get GP’s philosophy of building from the back, but now we’ve got 57 defensive players and keepers at the club, we need to look at the other two sectors. IMO
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Not mine, because that money, which is finite, would be better spent on attacking positions. Even if it means paying a little over the odds to get them to down to little old Brighton. I get GP’s philosophy of building from the back, but now we’ve got 57 defensive players and keepers at the club, we need to look at the other two sectors. IMO
I’ve no doubt if the right striker is available we’ll SWOOP, regardless of what we do with the rest of the squad........
This guy read the article in The Guardian and wrote his own article based on that one.
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Not mine, because that money, which is finite, would be better spent on attacking positions. Even if it means paying a little over the odds to get them to down to little old Brighton. I get GP’s philosophy of building from the back, but now we’ve got 57 defensive players and keepers at the club, we need to look at the other two sectors. IMO
We’ve actually got 7 first team defenders - not 57 - which is why club are still looking for another full back/wing back - and that strategy of investing in (all over the pitch) young players to develop/loan - can earn us £m to invest in strikers or elsewhere or bring through into the first team for nothing. It’s been a remarkable success in last couple of years (Connolly, Molumby , white, Clarke etc etc)
So not sure why youre knocking it.
And there’s 23 days to land a striker. Laughable to think the club aren’t actively pursuing one.
It's hard to ignore what with all the quotes from:-
Maty
His agent
The club...
...oh.
Maty
His agent
The club...
...oh.
portlock seagull
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portlock seagull
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Or DIVE? That's more apt these days for a striker!
southstandandy
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This is one of those stories I really just don't believe at all.
A - Villa seem all over this and there appears to be far more substance linking Martinez with a move to them.
B - With our need to strengthen our striking reinforcements (although I'm very happy with Maupay & Connolly) to provide additional support , alternative options, and cover up front, I can't see us splashing around £20m on another keeper. Yes, more pressure needed to be put upon Maty, but I hope Walton will do that when recovered from his injury.
C - Can we really afford it? PB made it fairly clear the other night funds are tight with budgets being squeezed in this time of Covid, so if the Albion do spend any cash it won't be on another keeper - just my view.
The only additions I'm expecting might be 1 or 2 loan players in, and the departure of Bernardo and possibly Ali J on loan.
A - Villa seem all over this and there appears to be far more substance linking Martinez with a move to them.
B - With our need to strengthen our striking reinforcements (although I'm very happy with Maupay & Connolly) to provide additional support , alternative options, and cover up front, I can't see us splashing around £20m on another keeper. Yes, more pressure needed to be put upon Maty, but I hope Walton will do that when recovered from his injury.
C - Can we really afford it? PB made it fairly clear the other night funds are tight with budgets being squeezed in this time of Covid, so if the Albion do spend any cash it won't be on another keeper - just my view.
The only additions I'm expecting might be 1 or 2 loan players in, and the departure of Bernardo and possibly Ali J on loan.
tigertim68
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Not last season he didn’t
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Stumpy Tim
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People seem convinced that Martinez is a step up from Maty, but apart from the end of last season he's barely played since he joined Arsenal in 2012. Seems a pointless gamble to me