No news or leaks isn't necessarily bad news in regards to transfer activity. If we can get deals done quietly without other teams getting wind of them surely it gives us a better chance to get the player(s) signed.
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Summer 2015 transfer window thread
- Thread starter El Turi
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No news or leaks isn't necessarily bad news in regards to transfer activity. If we can get deals done quietly without other teams getting wind of them surely it gives us a better chance to get the player(s) signed.
Accept mediocrity?
'Oi, you son, yes you over there, give us the ball back, the game is over'.
Accept mediocrity! To do that shows a complete lack of ambition, to do that sends a message of 'happy to be average', shows an absolute absence of winning mentality. We have a world class training facility, the highest quality stadium in our division, the highest attendance's etc, shall I go on?
We are one of the big boys in the Championship, we have to aim high, and then higher again. Our facilities do not give us a God given right to be successful, the give us a responsibility to aim to be successful not accept 'mediocre'. WHEN we get to the Prem we will need to readjust our expectations as we will no longer be a big fish, and in my lifetime we never will be, but you can never stop trying to be the very best you can be, if you do then you might as well put the ball away in the cupboard.
For what it is worth, I think the club have about two weeks to start to demonstrate our ambition. Let's wait and see.
Diego Napier
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- Mar 27, 2010
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Dear Mummy & Daddy,
Please can I have my Christmas presents early. All my friends are getting theirs early and there may not be any good ones left in the shop. Why can't I have mine now? I promise I'll put them away again until Christmas day. I want to know what I've got, give them to me now or I'll stop being your good little soldier. It's not fair, everyone's playing with their toys, why should they have their toys and not me? What have I done to deserve being treated like this? You're just being horrible to me, you don't like me do you? I hate you and I want my toys now! I want them, I want them! I wish I had a nice Mummy & Daddy like everyone else and not someone horrid like you. This always happens to me, it's just not fair. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!
Please can I have my Christmas presents early. All my friends are getting theirs early and there may not be any good ones left in the shop. Why can't I have mine now? I promise I'll put them away again until Christmas day. I want to know what I've got, give them to me now or I'll stop being your good little soldier. It's not fair, everyone's playing with their toys, why should they have their toys and not me? What have I done to deserve being treated like this? You're just being horrible to me, you don't like me do you? I hate you and I want my toys now! I want them, I want them! I wish I had a nice Mummy & Daddy like everyone else and not someone horrid like you. This always happens to me, it's just not fair. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!
- Jun 27, 2012
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You argued the squad was average. It wasn't.18 other clubs had squads that secured less points. You said the football was drab. We won a lot of matches and Forest was the most exciting albion match arguably for decades but each to their own. And as for vintage season then in 27 seasons out of the last 30 we've done worse. Interest There's a fair argument to say oscar /club should have done more in getting us over the line especially in the jan transfer window and we could have done without Bridcutt going on strike and yes the squad was showing signs of decline. We can all argue the finer points of that. (Buckley scored a few vital goals for starters) But why make out it was in in any way comparable to last year or most other seasons supporting the club (in the light of that it really was "vintage") .
My point was, as far as spending we are mediocre. As for the future, as my post does say and which you decided not to quote as it did not fit in with your rant. Is that the academy is the best way forward and that is where we have to produce the talent.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Yeah Mummy and Daddy last year I got my presents weeks, even months after everybody else and to make it worse they were shit ones too.
It really is not in the interest of an agent to keep a transfer quiet. The Iranian's agent is a good example of this - contacting the press at every opportunity to put pressure on our club to increase the offer. We either deal with agents like him or wait till the end of the window and raid Wigan, Millwall & Blackpool of some of their players.
Rookie
Greetings
- Feb 8, 2005
- 12,324
Amen to that. Would love to have seen what Oscar could have done with a bit of support from the club, especially in the January window.
Finchley Seagull
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People keep going on about Derby signing a few players, which they've done and they look a strong bet for doing well (although Clement is untested in management).
However, there are 22 other teams in this league outside us and Derby. Half of them have not even signed a player yet. Why not mention them?
It's frustrating that we've not signed anyone for the first team yet but we're far from alone. For context, if you're going to mention Derby you need to talk about other teams not signing players too.
However, there are 22 other teams in this league outside us and Derby. Half of them have not even signed a player yet. Why not mention them?
It's frustrating that we've not signed anyone for the first team yet but we're far from alone. For context, if you're going to mention Derby you need to talk about other teams not signing players too.
B.W.
New member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 13,666
LoL! Well said IG.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Oh my was that a bad game
It was indeed; and it set the tone for the rest of an awful season. As a club with ambition to reach the Premier league, we really must do better this year.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
Yeah, like the year I got an empty box and my Dad told me it was an Action Man Deserter.......
B.W.
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- Jul 5, 2003
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DarrenFreemansPerm
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A couple of things, I'm not comparing last season to the season under Oscar, last year was awful but Oscar's season wasn't brilliant either but was far better than Hyypia's reign. In Oscar's season we scored a 55 goals in 46 games, the only teams that scored less finished 18th and below, yes we won a lot of games but they were mostly tedious 1-0 affairs, not enjoyable to watch.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Ha ! Yes i do get the point DFP. I'm just pointing out that you're being extremely harsh in your assessment of only our 3rd play-offs season in 30 years.
You must have enjoyed Forest ? , beating QPR ? , Burnley ? the Leicester 4-1 , the 2 goals at the end of Yeovil, beating dirty Leeds ? . Thrashing Charlton ? - oh well. Perhaps not. I can see this is a lost cause !!
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
I can see DFP's point...the only home game I actually enjoyed up to near the end was that Leicester one...apart from that I remember people thinking it was all a pretty turgid affair....in hindsight I think OG did a good job in the aftermath of Poyetgate.
BensGrandad
New member
As regards OG it was a case of what you wanted entertaining football and lose 3- 2 most games or results and dour 1-0 wins or 0-0 draws. I personally prefer the latter.as I believe the game is about results and I pay money to see them achieve good results however the team play.
DarrenFreemansPerm
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Absolutely, but there's no point trying pretend we played entertaining football under Oscar, effective yes, but not enjoyable.
BensGrandad
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As I said we got the results which is what I want first and foremost. Stylish exciting play comes 2nd to results. Achieve the first and try for the 2nd.