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Southampton_Eagle At the after party 08 Aug 16 12.21pm
Originally posted by Bangell Come on, we can't just go round deleting Willo's posts

Southampton_Eagle

At the after party 08 Aug 16 12.21pm

Originally posted by Bangell

Come on, we can't just go round deleting Willo's posts

chateauferret 08 Aug 16 12.32pm
Originally posted by slubglurge Raisies bat to the crowd Roooooooooooooooooooooooooot! ============ The Ferret ============

chateauferret

08 Aug 16 12.32pm

Originally posted by slubglurge

Raisies bat to the crowd

Roooooooooooooooooooooooooot!

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OknotOK Cockfosters, London 08 Aug 16 12.50pm
Originally posted by silvertop Which bit? One club of 20 has signed a striker. Perhaps he was more readily available than the 4/5 targets we are haggling over? The question is: would we have wanted Llorente? I genuinely don't know. Also, trust me - I am not happy going in to the 1st game with only one fit striker. My specs are not wholly rose-tinted. We could have hit e.g. the French market at the beginning of the window and bought one good striker. Not one to get your pulse racing; maybe 7/8 goals a season. However - and this appears to be the most important of all considerations for many posters on this thread - he would have joined the club for a full pre-season and been match fit from day one. Or... we hold out for the marquee signing long promised and that we all crave. As well as the £££, there would be the additional cost of a late start, the risk of putting all our eggs in poor Connor Wickham (!) and perhaps a few points dropped. The question is: which option do you prefer? Unless you are really lucky, getting someone from another league who is not in their national side and who has no PL experience is precarious. I prefer to hold out and risk taking the early hit. Man City have spent c.£100M on players. They can get the big names from day one because they have those readies to burn. We do not. We have to make choices and play a different game. My view is that we do no not have much in the way of bargaining strength. The club do not lack the ambition - just the pulling power. Given that, I agree with the majority of intelligent journalists who think we have had a very good window so far. PS just to indicate the misinformation that informs some of the odd posts on this site, the £100M US investment has been ring-fenced for the essential infrastructure spending. It is not available for players. My fault for a poorly quoted reply. Your post was in reply to someone saying the difference between us and the rest was we only had one fit striker. I was saying actually we're not alone in that position. And we are not even the worst off. I am frustrated by the lack of a striker, but think it is entirely understandable. I think most clubs are reluctant to let their current strike force go, especially to domestic opposition, as it weakens them when there appears to be little movement in the market to be able to get replacements in. It is difficult to know how to judge the board at the moment. If they really wanted Benteke and there genuinely was a £25m offer in place that was rejected (none of which has been confirmed by either club) then it will be a little frustrating if we miss out on him for the reported £5m extra that would secure him. But we have no real knowledge of what is going on in the background. The transfer window to date has - by any measure - been one of the best in our history. 3 players, 2 of whom are full internationals and one of whom may well be soon. All of whom strengthen our squad and are potential first team players. And at least 2 of which are in positions that were identified as serious deficiencies last season. "It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

OknotOK

Cockfosters, London 08 Aug 16 12.50pm

Originally posted by silvertop

Which bit?

One club of 20 has signed a striker. Perhaps he was more readily available than the 4/5 targets we are haggling over? The question is: would we have wanted Llorente? I genuinely don't know.

Also, trust me - I am not happy going in to the 1st game with only one fit striker. My specs are not wholly rose-tinted. We could have hit e.g. the French market at the beginning of the window and bought one good striker. Not one to get your pulse racing; maybe 7/8 goals a season. However - and this appears to be the most important of all considerations for many posters on this thread - he would have joined the club for a full pre-season and been match fit from day one.

Or... we hold out for the marquee signing long promised and that we all crave. As well as the £££, there would be the additional cost of a late start, the risk of putting all our eggs in poor Connor Wickham (!) and perhaps a few points dropped.

The question is: which option do you prefer? Unless you are really lucky, getting someone from another league who is not in their national side and who has no PL experience is precarious. I prefer to hold out and risk taking the early hit.

Man City have spent c.£100M on players. They can get the big names from day one because they have those readies to burn. We do not. We have to make choices and play a different game.

My view is that we do no not have much in the way of bargaining strength. The club do not lack the ambition - just the pulling power. Given that, I agree with the majority of intelligent journalists who think we have had a very good window so far.

PS just to indicate the misinformation that informs some of the odd posts on this site, the £100M US investment has been ring-fenced for the essential infrastructure spending. It is not available for players.

My fault for a poorly quoted reply. Your post was in reply to someone saying the difference between us and the rest was we only had one fit striker.

I was saying actually we're not alone in that position. And we are not even the worst off.

I am frustrated by the lack of a striker, but think it is entirely understandable. I think most clubs are reluctant to let their current strike force go, especially to domestic opposition, as it weakens them when there appears to be little movement in the market to be able to get replacements in.

It is difficult to know how to judge the board at the moment. If they really wanted Benteke and there genuinely was a £25m offer in place that was rejected (none of which has been confirmed by either club) then it will be a little frustrating if we miss out on him for the *reported* £5m extra that would secure him. But we have no real knowledge of what is going on in the background.

The transfer window to date has - by any measure - been one of the best in our history. 3 players, 2 of whom are full internationals and one of whom may well be soon. All of whom strengthen our squad and are potential first team players. And at least 2 of which are in positions that were identified as serious deficiencies last season.

"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

CPFC/SCCC Sutton 08 Aug 16 1.37pm
Ei Ei Ei Ei o onto the next page we go The facts One bid submitted (25m rejected) 200 pages on HOL named christian benteke (papertalk) Andy Johnson Magic, He wears a Magic Hat When he Sees the match ball, he says he having that He scores one with left foot, he scores one with his right And When his playing Brighton, He scores all f***ING Night!

CPFC/SCCC

Sutton 08 Aug 16 1.37pm

Ei Ei Ei Ei o onto the next page we go

The facts

One bid submitted (25m rejected)
200 pages on HOL named christian benteke (papertalk)

Andy Johnson Magic, He wears a Magic Hat
When he Sees the match ball, he says he having that
He scores one with left foot, he scores one with his right
And When his playing Brighton, He scores all f***ING Night!

black eagle. south croydon. 08 Aug 16 2.11pm
lets have fun it's page 201

black eagle.

south croydon. 08 Aug 16 2.11pm

lets have fun it's page 201

BelfastEagle 08 Aug 16 2.13pm
It's all done by page 201

BelfastEagle

08 Aug 16 2.13pm

It's all done by page 201

Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 08 Aug 16 2.18pm
Originally posted by laddo The biggest mistake was selling Gayle without a replacement. That was stupid. But, the utter rubbish people are spouting now is cringeworthy. Do the club want strikers? Yes. Have they put bids in for strikers? Yes. Did one reject us and go to Chelsea? Yes. Are all other clubs struggling to get strikers through the door? Yes. Will we get a striker or two before the window shuts? Yes. The key is patience. It's a sellers market at the minute. Not sure we'll get a Benteke but we will, I'm sure get someone who'll be better than what we have now. Great post. Agree entirely. Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham

Cucking Funt

Clapham on the Back 08 Aug 16 2.18pm

Originally posted by laddo

The biggest mistake was selling Gayle without a replacement. That was stupid.

But, the utter rubbish people are spouting now is cringeworthy. Do the club want strikers? Yes. Have they put bids in for strikers? Yes. Did one reject us and go to Chelsea? Yes. Are all other clubs struggling to get strikers through the door? Yes. Will we get a striker or two before the window shuts? Yes.

The key is patience. It's a sellers market at the minute. Not sure we'll get a Benteke but we will, I'm sure get someone who'll be better than what we have now.

Great post. Agree entirely.

Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham

black eagle. south croydon. 08 Aug 16 2.22pm
Originally posted by BelfastEagle It's all done by page 201 Tell you what mate wait till page 208.

black eagle.

south croydon. 08 Aug 16 2.22pm

Originally posted by BelfastEagle

It's all done by page 201

Tell you what mate wait till page 208.

chateauferret 08 Aug 16 2.39pm
Besiktas have told the bin dippers to stick it. ============ The Ferret ============

chateauferret

08 Aug 16 2.39pm

Besiktas have told the bin dippers to stick it.

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cpfc84 08 Aug 16 2.41pm
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SeagullHunter Reading 08 Aug 16 3.00pm
I'm not claiming to be 'ITK' or any of that bollocks however have been told good news to come before Saturday. This is Palace though so wouldn't be surprised if it goes pear-shaped. Edited by SeagullHunter (08 Aug 2016 3.02pm) Dont let Cabaye go

SeagullHunter

Reading 08 Aug 16 3.00pm

I'm not claiming to be 'ITK' or any of that bollocks however have been told good news to come before Saturday. This is Palace though so wouldn't be surprised if it goes pear-shaped.

Edited by SeagullHunter (08 Aug 2016 3.02pm)

Dont let Cabaye go

cpfc84 08 Aug 16 3.02pm
hope your right palace now 1/2 from 5/6

cpfc84

08 Aug 16 3.02pm

hope your right palace now 1/2 from 5/6

silvertop Portishead 08 Aug 16 3.09pm
Originally posted by Cucking Funt Great post. Agree entirely. Also agree good post save, cautiously, 1st line. It may be seen to be stupid; but selling Gayle may have been an informal condition for the acquisition of Townsend. If so, then quite astute. Plus we got £10M.

silvertop

Portishead 08 Aug 16 3.09pm

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

Great post. Agree entirely.

Also agree good post save, cautiously, 1st line. It may be seen to be stupid; but selling Gayle may have been an informal condition for the acquisition of Townsend. If so, then quite astute. Plus we got £10M.

NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 08 Aug 16 3.26pm
Life's a bit like this at the moment.... Attachment: IMG_2103.JPG (61.42Kb) Old, Ungifted and White

NEILLO

Shoreham-by-Sea 08 Aug 16 3.26pm

Life's a bit like this at the moment....

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Old, Ungifted and White

thegreatlardino crawley/selsey 08 Aug 16 3.27pm
can we get this to 250? Sometimes I set out for Ludlow Sometimes I end up in Chepstow

thegreatlardino

crawley/selsey 08 Aug 16 3.27pm

can we get this to 250?

Sometimes I set out for Ludlow
Sometimes I end up in Chepstow

black eagle. south croydon. 08 Aug 16 3.30pm
Buckle my shoe it's 202. come on Benteke don't you fancy getting on the end of Townsend,Zaha and yala's crosses?

black eagle.

south croydon. 08 Aug 16 3.30pm

Buckle my shoe it's 202.

come on Benteke don't you fancy getting on the end of Townsend,Zaha and yala's crosses?

Brinscall Eagle Brinscall Lancashire/ Villamartin ... 08 Aug 16 3.59pm
Should jimruss get a percentage of the transfer fee for being the first post on page 200 ?

Brinscall Eagle

Brinscall Lancashire/ Villamartin ... 08 Aug 16 3.59pm

Should jimruss get a percentage of the transfer fee for being the first post on page 200 ?

chateauferret 08 Aug 16 4.09pm
Originally posted by SeagullHunter I'm not claiming to be 'ITK' or any of that bollocks however have been told good news to come before Saturday. This is Palace though so wouldn't be surprised if it goes pear-shaped. The "good news" is most likely something to the effect that the hot dogs aren't going up this year. ============ The Ferret ============

chateauferret

08 Aug 16 4.09pm

Originally posted by SeagullHunter

I'm not claiming to be 'ITK' or any of that bollocks however have been told good news to come before Saturday. This is Palace though so wouldn't be surprised if it goes pear-shaped.

The "good news" is most likely something to the effect that the hot dogs aren't going up this year.

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CPFC/SCCC Sutton 08 Aug 16 4.11pm
Belgium expert said crystal palace still in negotiations with Liverpool over benteke. However want to recoup the 32.5m paid to avfc. Andy Johnson Magic, He wears a Magic Hat When he Sees the match ball, he says he having that He scores one with left foot, he scores one with his right And When his playing Brighton, He scores all f***ING Night!

CPFC/SCCC

Sutton 08 Aug 16 4.11pm

Belgium expert said crystal palace still in negotiations with Liverpool over benteke. However want to recoup the 32.5m paid to avfc.

CJr94 Holmesdale Road 08 Aug 16 4.26pm
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