Wasn’t a gamble imo, more a calculated risk. Reinforcing in January would have been stupidly expensive and we wouldn’t have signed those we’re signing now (that fit our profile).
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[Albion] Tony I love you.
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Your last suggestion I reckon, RDZ burnt his bridges acting like a cock and constantly referencing us as a small club. Hell, he even said Moises and Ali Mac deserved to play for a bigger club, which was to me, the first sign that he thought he was better than us too.
Kalimantan Gull
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Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
My thoughts on all of these new players.
With a new manager comes new tactics and playing style. It would seem the days of heart attacks and playing out from the back are gone. And that means new players. But PBOBE and the recruitment team say we've been watching the new players for some time?
So for how long have the club known about new style of play? That would mean TB knew RDZ was leaving a lot sooner than we were told.
With a new manager comes new tactics and playing style. It would seem the days of heart attacks and playing out from the back are gone. And that means new players. But PBOBE and the recruitment team say we've been watching the new players for some time?
So for how long have the club known about new style of play? That would mean TB knew RDZ was leaving a lot sooner than we were told.
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I think the management challenge now is to mold all the new players and old ones into a real team and squad. Fans will need to be patient for a while if it takes time to get.
I reckon TB already had enough in January - with the deal sealed in Rome. Interesting that Fabien was watching us over Christmas as well of course
Fab certainly looked a happy man this morning on Sky Sports.
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The Flux Capacitor
Paul Barber was seen in the old Toys R Us car park with a metal detecto so can only assume he found the 1983 cup final money. 
I like his demeanour…………he’s also 100% ‘on message’. Press are going to get **** all out of him
He looked like someone who had been told a lot of secrets but sworn to secrecy.I like his demeanour…………he’s also 100% ‘on message’. Press are going to get **** all out of him
kevo
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This is kinda true isn't it? Although I'm delighted with all the pre-season transfer activity, I do wonder if we could have done some business in January to give RDZ the help he needed.
Jimmy Grimble
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When we bumped into Tony in Rome and had a chat with him, he was far from enthusiastic - and that was before the match!I reckon TB already had enough in January - with the deal sealed in Rome. Interesting that Fabien was watching us over Christmas as well of course
Dorset Seagull
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Which must have been about the time Fab came over to watch some training sessions.....makes you think
He also watched us home v Spurs and was in the away end v Palace. Boy did his homeworkWhich must have been about the time Fab came over to watch some training sessions.....makes you think
Do you think it was any coincidence that Fab was at the Spurs game at Christmas??
That's because you think in timescales of one season, where as Bloom thinks in timescales of 5-10.
Imagine what RDZ could have achieved with us if he hadn't been such a dick. If he'd have just accepted that Bloom knew best on the transfer strategy, and he knew best on the football strategy, we could be having a real crack at getting into the Champions League now. Instead he's ended up signing (alleged) rapists at a club far below the level he thought he was going to be at, with no genuine prospects of a big job any time soon. He would have been far, far better off here.
Greg Bobkin
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Maybe he doesn't know much about it - a bit like what he said about Mason Greenwood?
To the OP, totally agree. But not let's forget Barber and David Weir for their roles in all of this (and others). It might be 'Tony's' money and final decision, but a good boss is only as good as the people around him, no?
Up and coming bright young Coach comes to watch random Premier League game at a mid-size club a couple of days after Christmas. What do you think?
