[Albion] There is ZERO chance of SIGNING anyone today.

[Insel affe]

And THREE POINTS from the relegation zone!

Better than being THREE POINTS below the relegation zone though eh ?

Pint half empty kinda guy eh ?

 

[dazzer6666]

And THREE POINTS from the relegation zone!

And THREE POINTS from being top half !

 

[Bob!]

How Texiera doing in Portugal?

or Jesse Lingard, what's he up to now?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

You were there were you? Why this obsession with town? so fecking what if town didn't go up automatically...we were completely outplayed at town when they made us look dreadful...but it didn't matter in the overall scheme of things.

Who trod on your corns? I haven't an obsession with Town, I was replying to a Town fan, who didn't deny my facts. Chill.

 

[Ecosse Exile]

If you think a player would sign for us in our position on the 1st of January...you really have no clue whatsoever.

Not strictly true, i reckon if a fee had been agreed between Brighton and Deportivo, Florin Andone would have, since our last bid went in on the 31st of August, he tried to force through the deal by putting in a transfer request, has mostly been used as a substitute and has fallen out with team-mates and his manager.

Unfortunately for him, although we are undoubtadly desperate for a striker we are no longer as desperate as on the 31st of August due to having the whole month to sign a striker or two and are therefore unwilling to pay the same amount that was agreed previously.

In other words we are playing hard ball, Burnley and Watford seem to have cooled their interest and were never willing to pay what we were, so Depo are stuck with an unhappy player who doesn't want to be there and one that they no longer want.

Brighton are right to play hard-ball on this one, frustrating as it is, Depo still want €18 million, they wont get it, but towards the end of the window he will still want out, they will still want him out and he will leave for far less.

But as to your point, i imagine he would sign right now ifvthings could be agreed.

 

[Ecosse Exile]

If you think a player would sign for us in our position on the 1st of January...you really have no clue whatsoever.

But your point was that a player wouldn't sign for us straight away, a club in our position.... Andone would.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Yes. But a club in our position wouldn't do it. It either does not benifit the club or the player. There are thousands of players we could sign right away...mostly because they are not anywhere near the quality we need.

I feel sorry for Huddersfield who signed a player yesterday. He must be proper shit to sign for them so early. #PrayforHuddersfield

 

[The_Viper]

Yes. But a club in our position wouldn't do it. It either does not benifit the club or the player. There are thousands of players we could sign right away...mostly because they are not anywhere near the quality we need.

Reminder: We thought Niasse was not the quality we need.

 

[macbeth]

https://twitter.com/MiloseMarkovicu/status/948512439846436865

interest in mitrovic apparently

 

[Bra]

Yes. But a club in our position wouldn't do it. It either does not benifit the club or the player. There are thousands of players we could sign right away...mostly because they are not anywhere near the quality we need.

Surely we arent going down the route of assuming decent players only become available at the end of the window? Leaving it late didnt work first time round as regards the striker. And before anyone gets on my case i know we tried. Sooner the better for me.

 

[Gazwag]

Leaving it late didnt work first time round

Ignoring the fact our most influential player this season was "signed" before the 2016/17 season had even ended

 

[Bra]

Ignoring the fact our most influential player this season was "signed" before the 2016/17 season had even ended

Gross has been excellent no doubt and if thats the quality you get early in the window why wait.

 

[chaileyjem]

I feel sorry for Huddersfield who signed a player yesterday. He must be proper shit to sign for them so early. #PrayforHuddersfield

they loaned a player yesterday. Today they have been forced to end their loan of Kasey Palmer as Chelsea have asked for him back.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I feel sorry for Huddersfield who signed a player yesterday. He must be proper shit to sign for them so early. #PrayforHuddersfield

Julien Laurens was just talking about their new signing. Said he’s been very disappointing at Monaco.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Look, if you are a player with an offer from a premier league team, why would you sign for the first offer you get? You would wait and sniff out other offers to get your wages up as much as possible.

Unless they then signed someone else and decided they didn't need you after all.

 

[fosters headband]

Look, if you are a player with an offer from a premier league team, why would you sign for the first offer you get? You would wait and sniff out other offers to get your wages up as much as possible.

Just like Virgil van Dijk you mean He was linked with other clubs but signed for Liverpool on the first day of the window, why was that?

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Just like Virgil van Dijk you mean He was linked with other clubs but signed for Liverpool on the first day of the window, why was that?

Not a good example. He'd put in a transfer request last August to join Liverpool so hardly surprising that he joined them on Jan 1st.

 

[fosters headband]

Because it is ****ing LIVERPOOL!

But it was reported he was wanted was also wanted by Chelsea and Man City, do Liverpool pay more than those two then?

 

[fosters headband]

For him, maybe.

I think your right, which proves if the offer is right why wait around, just sign. which rather blows your first statement out of the water.

 

[fosters headband]

Not a good example. He'd put in a transfer request last August to join Liverpool so hardly surprising that he joined them on Jan 1st.

Didn't Florin Andone want to sign for us back in August?