Paddy McCourt

[lawros left foot]

Most negative poster or just being realistic? I thought long and hard about my posts because there's a certain tinge of negativity about them and maybe i should change my thinking. But then i look at my continuous thumbs up from people which suggests i'm bang on the money on most things. Funny that. Now do your usual trick and give me another thumbs down. That's what you like doing to my posts right?

Yeah, I do give you a lot of thumbs down, because I rarely agree with you. If you think the club was wrong to sell Ulloa, Bridcutt, Upson, (ok, they let him go)Buckley and Barnes, what in your opinion, should we have done to keep them, bearing in mind they wanted to go, and more to the point , with your incessant criticism of our tranfers in, who would you replace them with. Name names

 

[algie]

Yeah, I do give you a lot of thumbs down, because I rarely agree with you. If you think the club was wrong to sell Ulloa, Bridcutt, Upson, (ok, they let him go)Buckley and Barnes, what in your opinion, should we have done to keep them, bearing in mind they wanted to go, and more to the point , with your incessant criticism of our tranfers in, who would you replace them with. Name names

Stop putting words into my mouth. When you get offers like 8 million for Ulloa and 2.5 million for Buckley etc you can't turn them down. That's blindly obvious. It's the replacing part i have a grievance with or lack of. Can't you see that, seriously?
Why should i name names? It isn't my job but i ceratinly like Bamford,Mason,Baldock etc if the price is right.

 

[The Truth]

Stop putting words into my mouth. When you get offers like 8 million for Ulloa and 2.5 million for Buckley etc you can't turn them down. That's blindly obvious. It's the replacing part i have a grievance with or lack of. Can't you see that, seriously?
Why should i name names? It isn't my job but i ceratinly like Bamford,Mason,Baldock etc if the price is right.

but rushing into replacing these players can in some ways end up regressing the teams standard, look at spurs.

 

[algie]

but rushing into replacing these players can in some ways end up regressing the teams standard, look at spurs.

We have two weeks left to find half a team. It wouldn't be this bad if we actually got some of our main targets in much earlier. Now the club doesn't have much time. They can only blame themselves at the end of the day. I expect nearly all Championship clubs are probably just doing their final tweaks to there squads. Where as we are trying to build one.

 

[The Truth]

We have two weeks left to find half a team. It wouldn't be this bad if we actually got some of our main targets in much earlier. Now the club doesn't have much time. They can only blame themselves at the end of the day. I expect nearly all Championship clubs are probably just doing their final tweaks to there squads. Where as we are trying to build one.

If we sign a striker, a left back and a winger. I do believe we will have a more or less complete first team. 3 signings in the next 2 weeks.

I bet we will pull the signings off and go on to a succesful season in relation to how its looking right now.

 

[algie]

If we sign a striker, a left back and a winger. I do believe we will have a more or less complete first team. 3 signings in the next 2 weeks.

I bet we will pull the signings off and go on to a succesful season in relation to how its looking right now.

3 players won't be anywhere near enough over a course of a season. It's a start though.

 

[The Truth]

3 players won't be anywhere near enough over a course of a season. It's a start though.

If we sign 3 more players in the postions I've mentioned, I don't think we will have a squad as skimpy as you think.

This is what the squad will have after 1 more striker, 1 more left back and 1 more winger-

3 strikers
3 wingers
6 centre midfeilders
3 centre backs
4 full backs, 2 on both sides.

 

[algie]

If we sign 3 more players in the postions I've mentioned, I don't think we will have a squad as skimpy as you think.

This is what the squad will have after 1 more striker, 1 more left back and 1 more winger-

3 strikers
3 wingers
6 centre midfeilders
3 centre backs
4 full backs, 2 on both sides.

That's 19 players in total. Sorry fella we aren't going to agree here.

Edit you missed out keepers.

I would like

4 strikers
4 wingers
6 midfielders
4 center backs
4 full backs.

 

[The Truth]

That's 19 players in total. Sorry fella we aren't going to agree here.

Edit you missed out keepers.

I would like

4 strikers
4 wingers
6 midfielders
4 center backs
4 full backs.

fair enough. I'd still be happier with quality rather than quantity though.

 

[phoenix]

Most negative poster or just being realistic? I thought long and hard about my posts because there's a certain tinge of negativity about them and maybe i should change my thinking. But then i look at my continuous thumbs up from people which suggests i'm bang on the money on most things. Funny that. Now do your usual trick and give me another thumbs down. That's what you like doing to my posts right?

I used to enjoy reading your posts Algie. very well informed and interesting. But when I start reading them now. my thoughts are, here we go again! I can see exactly where you are coming from and don't disagree. But can we please have your normally enjoyable posts back in one form or another. whilst still making your very valid point, thanks mate.

 

[fleet]

Not sure what will make me happy until I see us starting to score goals and win games! That looks a long way off just now

 

[lawros left foot]

Stop putting words into my mouth. When you get offers like 8 million for Ulloa and 2.5 million for Buckley etc you can't turn them down. That's blindly obvious. It's the replacing part i have a grievance with or lack of. Can't you see that, seriously?
Why should i name names? It isn't my job but i ceratinly like Bamford,Mason,Baldock etc if the price is right.

There's the rub, isn't it? If the price is right, and if they want to come, and if their wages don't destroy our pay structue, all of which must be considered. It is very easy to just constantly criticise, the trick is to be constructively critical, offer an alternative to decisions you disagree with. Although it isn't your job, you do seem to believe you have more knowledge of the transfer market than either the clubs owner, or any of the very experienced members of staff in the recruitment department.

 

[wehatepalace]

I've always been of the opinion you don't sell unless you have a replacement lined up. Why should we be weakened just because another side wants our player.
The Ulloa transfer went on for ages, we should have had a replacement to sign straight away.
If Chris O Grady was that replacement then that says more about our ambition (or lack of it) than it does anything else.

 

[lawros left foot]

Personally I would have liked Billy Sharp, but apparently wages would be a stumbling block, and I don't know if he would share a dressing room with the axe killing psychopath, Lewis Dunk

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

There's the rub, isn't it? If the price is right, and if they want to come, and if their wages don't destroy our pay structue, all of which must be considered. It is very easy to just constantly criticise, the trick is to be constructively critical, offer an alternative to decisions you disagree with. Although it isn't your job, you do seem to believe you have more knowledge of the transfer market than either the clubs owner, or any of the very experienced members of staff in the recruitment department.

Is our pay structure realistic though? Judging by the squad we have and the players we're signing , probably not.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I've always been of the opinion you don't sell unless you have a replacement lined up. Why should we be weakened just because another side wants our player.
The Ulloa transfer went on for ages, we should have had a replacement to sign straight away.
If Chris O Grady was that replacement then that says more about our ambition (or lack of it) than it does anything else.

And that goes for most of our players sold, Bridcutt, Buckley, Barnes and Ulloa all rumbled on for a few windows, yet we want to wait til the end of August to react

 

[Dorset Seagull]

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I've always been of the opinion you don't sell unless you have a replacement lined up. Why should we be weakened just because another side wants our player.
The Ulloa transfer went on for ages, we should have had a replacement to sign straight away.
If Chris O Grady was that replacement then that says more about our ambition (or lack of it) than it does anything else.

the problem is that replacements aren't easy to find and our ones being chased by others decide they don't want to turn up for games like Bridcutt and Buckley. You are therefore better off getting rid when the price is right even if you have no replacements

 

[BensGrandad]

Has he actually been signed or will the signing of Holla stop that.

 

[casbom]

Has he actually been signed or will the signing of Holla stop that.

Different type of midfielder, I should imagine we're waiting to see a bit more of him before signing him. Buckley replacement.

 

[Albumen]

Has he actually been signed or will the signing of Holla stop that.

Totally different player it seems.