The Adam Clayton saga - now officially signed for Middlesbrough

[chaileyjem]

2-3 years ago. In Hawaii so early morning. All money now being directed to the yoof, 2m fees are pipedreams

We made 2x £1m+ bids in January and if reports are to be believed have already made a £1.5m+ bid this window for a midfielder, to add to the 6-7 we already have in our squad.
We were also happy to pay, it was reported, £1m+ for a goalkeeper.
If *all* money is directed to the "yoof" (assume you mean the academy) then why were we being so spendthrift with all the activity above?
And if we are targeting a first choice, 40 game a year striker then thats £2m minimum where-ever and however we find him.
Not pipe dreams but funding a reasonably competitive squad in the Championship without parachute money still means big transfer fees especially for strikers.

 

[Mackenzie]

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Nadia Comaneci

 

[Chris001]

Ulloa was only 18 months ago. We'll never get a 20+ goal striker for less than 2m, so i'm sure that we'll spend that and more if the right player comes along.

Before anyone asks, I wear normal glasses, no tints.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
George Bernard Shaw

 

[Chris001]

We made 2x £1m+ bids in January and if reports are to be believed have already made a £1.5m+ bid this window for a midfielder, to add to the 6-7 we already have in our squad.
We were also happy to pay, it was reported, £1m+ for a goalkeeper.
If *all* money is directed to the "yoof" (assume you mean the academy) then why were we being so spendthrift with all the activity above?
And if we are targeting a first choice, 40 game a year striker then thats £2m minimum where-ever and however we find him.
Not pipe dreams but funding a reasonably competitive squad in the Championship without parachute money still means big transfer fees especially for strikers.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
Joyce Meyer

 

[Chris001]

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Nadia Comaneci

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Plato

 

[Soulman]

If it rains porridge....put your bowl out.
Scott of the Antarctic.

 

[Chris001]

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
Lennon and McCartney

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun Tzu

 

[Chris001]

If it rains porridge....put your bowl out.
Scott of the Antarctic.

 

[Chris001]

"Keep out of the black and in the red. There's nothing in this game for two in a bed."

Ghandi.

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.
Kurt Cobain

 

[fat old seagull]

Have we all gone stark raving bonkers now? It's a bit like WW1 trench poetry, all these quotes. Surely we aren't that nervous...are we?

 

[Soulman]

Exit Signs are on the way out.
Jim Morrison The Doors.

 

[Chris001]

Exit Signs are on the way out.
Jim Morrison The Doors.

This is the strangest life I've ever known.
Jim Morrison

 

[akipling]

I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer
Turbo B, Snap

 

[Chris001]

Have we all gone stark raving bonkers now? It's a bit like WW1 trench poetry, all these quotes. Surely we aren't that nervous...are we?

Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute.
Adriana Lima

 

[Chris001]

I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer
Turbo B, Snap

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.
Eminem

 

[Soulman]

I have sex daily...........er sorry i have dyslexia.
ukwnon peot

 

[Chris001]

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Winston Churchill

Going to bed, drunk! good night - UTA

 

[akipling]

I messed my pants, when we flew over France
Busted

 

[fat old seagull]

Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute.
Adriana Lima

Stop that now! I'm spoken for !

 

[carteater]

Do you have the time, to listen to me whine?

Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day