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When should we panic? - Transfers Activity
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Nixonator
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Luckily nobody gives a flying **** what they think.
Of course it's based on cash flow from punters. A few million on Hudders, or Stoke, or Palace to go down, and a few million on us to finish 17th. or above - just watch those odds change!
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
I agree with them at the moment.
But it's a bit silly judging our squad on what it is today.
DumLum
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Just dreamt the opening credits of the teenage mutant ninja turtles. The turtles were being listed one by one and then 'Leonardo' Boom! Ulloa is standing there in the new kit.
Barnham Seagull
Yapton Actually
What worries me is that we didn't have more signings lined up a few weeks back given our early promotion.
We are in dire need of a right back, left sided midfielder and IMHO 2 up top.
Without these we will certainly be favourites for the drop.
We are in dire need of a right back, left sided midfielder and IMHO 2 up top.
Without these we will certainly be favourites for the drop.
durrington gull
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Yep agree, in danger of doing a Middlesbrough - minimal adding to the squad and immediate relegation
I'm pretty confident we have the money there, we would have spent 8-10 million if the medical had been passed.
That would have been 20 odd million.
I think Huddersfield had to spend big just to get a decent starting 11 because of the loans.
I do think we will reach the 30 million mark by the close of the window.
Let's hope so and it all goes on strikers.
Machiavelli
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Yea, who needs facts eh, they aren't interesting
Took 6 points from us and won the league.
Also spent over 20m on bolstering their squad this season.
You seem to have some outstanding capability to marshall all the facts, whereas other posters don't have access to such pivotal information which, in turn, enables you to provide such enlightening contributions to this forum.
We do need some additional quality for sure. I really don't get the fixation some have on transfer fees though.
Our recruitment is 'behind Newcastle's because they spent £12m on Murphy'. Its bollocks. Murphy is nothing more than 'one for the future' for Newcastle. He'll barely get a game, and will probably go on loan to a Championship club in January.
I swear if we'd spent £15m on Josh Kerr instead of a fiver, some people would be happier.
Our recruitment is 'behind Newcastle's because they spent £12m on Murphy'. Its bollocks. Murphy is nothing more than 'one for the future' for Newcastle. He'll barely get a game, and will probably go on loan to a Championship club in January.
I swear if we'd spent £15m on Josh Kerr instead of a fiver, some people would be happier.
Dave the OAP
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Anyone know if the Norwegian laddie is for the first team or the stiffs?
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casbom
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A bit harsh to say we missed out on Neto, he failed the medical!
Nixonator
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We missed out on Abraham due to a (fairly established) PL club offering a 'sweetener' that we weren't prepared to match on principle. Neither were Newcastle. I doubt he was anywhere near our main target and he still has alot to prove.
If you believe reports our interest in Mooy diminished, presumably because we envisaged better value elsewhere.
Delaney was an ambitious one, not so much because of the player's quality, but mainly because of the fact that he had only recently signed for Bremen and they have no reason to sell.
Neto was just one of those things, i'm sure everyone involved would have loved it to go through but luck was against us.
Didn't Middlesbrough sign like 13 players last season?
Their issue was much more to do with the style of play and reluctance to have more than 3 players in the opposition half at any one time.
pishhead
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A theory that is absolutely 100% incorrect.
If you think that our recruitment network can only find 5 players who Hughton thinks are suitable then you would be shooting massively wide of the mark.
It's well documented that our scouting network tend to identify a cluster of targets per position (4-5 players of comparable ability). Of course there will still be a priority to those players, but the idea is that there will always be alternatives if a deal falls through. i.e. Neto.
Just remember - for the most part, our business under Hughton has been kept well under wraps. A lot of players have been at the training ground having a medical before news has broken.
So unless a club decides to publicly 'out' our interest, i.e. Suttner and Ingolstadt - there is likely to be a lot more going on behind the scenes than any of us realise.
Keep the faith - still a lot of the summer to go.
Weststander
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No, it was 6, blowing most of the relatively small spend on De Roon.
Palace, Bournemouth and Stains bought far more players into their squads following promotion.
AmexRuislip
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I know its the Daily Mail, but...................
Genuinely not seen this mentioned before
Genuinely not seen this mentioned before